Reti ShaneDr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): In the late 1960s and early 1970s I had the privilege on Sunday mornings of listening to the Radio New Zealand children's programme. That is where I first heard of Flick the Little Fire Engine Little Toot Diana and the Golden Apples. Today I want to model my contribution on one of those stories—The Soldier's Deck of Cards. It is a story about a soldier who in front of a court martial conveyed his beliefs with all that he had at the time—a pack of cards.So today this pack of cards in my hand is my Hansard. This pack of cards is my Speakers' Rulings and my policy notes. When I look at the ace I see a representation of the best the finest the highest level—a serve that cannot be returned. And this reminds me of the Government's front bench—the best the first the highest level—serving up the Opposition with a serve that cannot be returned.When I look at the two I am reminded of the $2 billion in the 2016 health budget—$28 million of that to the Northland District Health Board. You know when I first worked there we had nine resident medical officers—today there are 90. The workforce has expanded and continues to expand under this Government.The three is a tragic reminder of the number of Labour leaders who have held office while this Government has been in office. The clubs are how they were dispensed; they clubbed each other to death. The diamonds are why: their twinkle twinkle" pie-in-the-sky policies. Their hearts—they had no heart no love for each other that is for sure. And this card shows how they were buried—with spades. The deck tells the story.When I come to the four five and six it takes me to Sunday 20 December last year 456 days since a stunning 2014 election—a stunning election. Over those 456 days this Government has given New Zealanders free under-13 childcare reduced ACC levels and benefit increases. The seventh is the day of rest but not for this Government—we are hard workers. We do not rest. We have completed an endless number of bills through their third readings—the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill a building amendments bill Te Piri mō Te Reo Māori and many others.The eight and the nine well that is the number of emails I have received lately—89—from the people in Portland who are awfully glad to be receiving a roundabout either on Loop Road North or Loop Road South which will facilitate logging trucks off State Highway 1. They are also very grateful for the $25 million of new roading funding from Toetoe Road to Springfield. This takes us to the face cards—the jack the queen and the king. This Government will face the tough issues. Te Ture Whenua is a tough issue foreign fighters are a tough issue Auckland housing is a tough issue and this Government will face them all.In conclusion that leaves just one the joker—and I will leave it to the House to decide who and what party that is. But let me give you the attributes of the joker. The joker is very old—the joker first appeared in a pack of cards in 1860. It is usually depicted as the jester with diminished capabilities and the joker is frequently also known as the wild card—unpredictable unstable and unsuitable to follow the usual rules. Again I will leave it to the imagination of the House as to whom this applies. Today this pack of cards is my Hansard and my policy notes and I look forward to filling out the rest of the cards. Thank you.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed."