Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker and welcome back to my colleague the Hon Nicola Grigg. I say tēnā koe" deliberately today because te reo Māori is an official language of this country Aotearoa New Zealand and I do not accept this Government's continued whakaiti of our Treaty partner.Aucklanders are not getting what they voted for. National promised voters that the cost of living would come down that crime would stop incomes would grow climate change would be addressed and we would all be better off but that is not what we are seeing. Under National "back on track" means rents are up unemployment is up benefit numbers are up groceries are up. Insurances—up. Energy—up. Young people not engaged in training or education—up. Rates—up. Auckland businesses are closing at a much higher rate than their counterparts in the rest of the country.You just can't trust this Government because nothing they do stacks up. It's just slogans. It's out of step with what experts say and they aren't focused on what really matters to Aucklanders. They believe that the still-to-be-proven repeal of the regional fuel tax eases the cost of living and even if this was so that gives Aucklanders back a mere $2 per week. Add on $50 for additional rego fees add on public transport costs add on prescription costs add on their dirty fuel excise taxes. Even with all of their talk of tax cuts an average Auckland family will pay at least $80 more per week under this National Government—$80 more per week. Aucklanders are left short-changed under National with all of their broken promises and they just cannot be trusted.But is this surprising when we look at the Minister responsible for Auckland issues? The Minister for Auckland is supposed to advocate on behalf of Aucklanders and coordinate an all-of-Government response. I think he spends more time working outside of Auckland than in but he also has no plan to reduce congestion to reduce crime and what I've spoken to today he's got no plan to reduce the cost of living.Cameron Brewer: More cops on the beat—more cops in Queen Street.SHANAN HALBERT: Instead he's supported tax cuts for landlords and expected that to trickle down. He's ripped out Māori wards. These are not priorities for Aucklanders. The cuts that he has supported are too extreme. The half-price public transport scrapped—more expensive to get around our city—$1.2 billion hole in Auckland infrastructures fund disabling our city to futureproof our infrastructure. They promised to train 500 more front-line officers in two years—Cameron Brewer: They're coming.SHANAN HALBERT: —but instead they have reduced police numbers from Auckland's North Shore Mr Brewer and West Auckland to prop up their CBD response teams. In addition to that huge cuts to Oranga Tamariki funding including the North Shore Women's Centre leaving up to 500 women—vulnerable women and their tamariki—without support and forcing their closure. They promised no impact to front-line services and here we are.They've also scrapped the building of property of desperately needed classrooms and schools across Tāmaki-makau-rau Auckland and in my local community. Beach Haven Primary School Birkenhead Primary and Willow Park Schools—they've cancelled the building of our classrooms.Aucklanders work hard they pay their taxes and they wanted a cost of living plan that this Government has not delivered—they've broken their promise."