Dean Jacqui: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDean Jacqui: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11731. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): What a privilege it is to be part of this John Key - led Government. I want to acknowledge and congratulate my colleague Nuk Korako on what was a heartfelt and moving speech. It is appropriate at the time of this Budget debate to speak about things that are really important to us.I am going to take a slightly different tack from the member who has just spoken but what is really important to me and what I think has been well expressed through this Budget is the connection to my part of New Zealand—my and many other people’s part of New Zealand. It is a part of New Zealand I care a lot about and I am very proud of the achievements by people and business in my part of New Zealand which is the Waitaki electorate: Central Otago South Canterbury and North Otago. I was so pleased to see yet again the affirmation through this Budget that regional economic development is important. It is important because it provides not only employment but also social cohesion. It provides for communities that look after each other and that are not afraid to express their enthusiasm and caring nature for each other. That is one of the good things about small communities in my region.So how was that expressed in the Budget? For tourism which is one of my portfolios I was so pleased to see an announcement of $25 million going into upgrading the New Zealand Cycle Trail. How does that promote social cohesion? How does that promote strong communities? Well actually it is providing the most effective means of growing jobs and growing communities that I have seen in my electorate. I have long gone on about the Otago Central Rail Trail and the impact it has had on that local community. We are seeing that very same impact on jobs and opportunities through this investment in the New Zealand Cycle Trail. We see it from one end of New Zealand to the other. I was most recently in Cromwell with the Prime Minister as he made a major announcement to upgrade the Cycle Trail to bring some of the cycle trails together. People will be travelling throughout the world to come and visit New Zealand’s cycle trails thereby enhancing our communities.The Prime Minister also announced $12 million to help communities build small-scale infrastructure projects as a result of increased visitors to New Zealand. That is what we commonly know as the freedom camping dilemma—the fact that we have got increasing numbers of people coming to New Zealand and no facilities or not enough facilities to cater for them as they stay overnight and are not self-contained.Do you know what? When James Shaw the co-leader of the Green-Labour alliance got up to speak after the Budget he laughed. James Shaw the co-leader of the Green-Labour alliance merger laughed at the fact that this Government had invested $12 million to build toilets. Actually if it was really the environmental party maybe he might have stood up and actually applauded that initiative because as well as providing a welcome to visitors to New Zealand which is incredibly important it is also about protecting the environment. So where were the Greens—where were the Greens—on a really key environmental issue for those of us in scenic New Zealand? They were nowhere to be seen displaying their true colours. I can tell you that this Government has displayed its true colours and under John Key we are providing not only for the environment but we are providing for our communities. Thank you.