van de Molen Tim; Davis KelvinTIM VAN DE MOLEN (National—Waikato): Thank you Mr Chair. Look I'll ask a couple of questions then of the Minister of Tourism to make sure his time is utilised. Now I could have asked this—and I had hoped to ask this—of the Minister of Transport but there is crossover between the two so I think it's pertinent still for this Minister to be able to address it. It's in relation to the aviation sector and around the international flights currently. Obviously there are very few coming into the country and we understand now that Air New Zealand have had to put a halt on incoming international flights because of the lack of capacity in our quarantine facilities. So I'm just keen to get a sense from the Minister as to whether he's had any discussions around the impact on our aviation sector—Air New Zealand specifically in this case—if we're not able to provide consistency around what that scheduling might look like but then also flying on from that around the back loading of freight from the horticultural sector. Obviously that's coming up to peak picking season soon and the cost of freight back loading is significantly higher now—so whether there's been any discussions between him from the tourism perspective and the Minister of Transport in terms of linking a better solution or more costly approach. That aspect would be my first question and then one to follow. Hon KELVIN DAVIS (Minister of Tourism): Thank you Mr Chair. Well it's a pity the member Tim van de Molen didn't ask those questions of the Minister responsible for aviation and transport. What I can say though is that aviation received some $600 million post-COVID. We've got to make sure that the air routes are maintained and that airlines retain the ability to fly between destinations and also $900 million in loans was given to Air New Zealand. But in terms of the wider questions he asked it's difficult for me to answer as they do fall into the purview of the Minister of Transport whose time in the chair has ended. TIM VAN DE MOLEN (National—Waikato): I appreciate that. I just would have expected there would be some collaboration between the Ministers across portfolios that clearly intertwine but if that's not the case then that's fine. I would happily have asked that of the Minister of Transport if the Green Minister hadn't jumped up and done a self-appreciation speech for five minutes. Moving on to the next point though which is in relation to the proposed international airport tariffs. With his tourism portfolio I'd be really interested to understand what conversations the Minister of Tourism might have had. Given that Christchurch Airport is 25 percent owned by the Crown and their purchase of land down in Tarras for a new international airport can the Minister give us some insight into the conversations he's had or the discussions he's had? How aware was he of that potential purchase and where does he see that sitting from a tourism perspective in terms of contributing to the economy if we're putting an international airport in that location? Hon KELVIN DAVIS (Minister of Tourism): Well again the member Tim van de Molen is asking questions that I don't have responsibility for. My responsibilities as the Minister of Tourism are to make sure the tourism settings are such that tourism can continue and that tourism businesses can continue bearing in mind that the definition of tourism businesses is fairly wide ranging. But he's really asking questions that come under the purview of another Minister although we do have conversations all the time and—Tim van de Molen: No idea no conversation no input no thoughts no judgment no work. Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Well if the member would like to listen I did say that we do have conversations all the time. But in terms of conversations around what he's actually asking the Minister of Transport is the person that he should have been asking the questions to.