Guy NathanHon NATHAN GUY (Minister for Primary Industries): Is it not typical that we get a lot of trash talk from the other side of the House? I am not even going to lower myself to get in the trough with what we have just heard over the other side of the House. I want to talk about the positivity on the back of Budget 2017 and the significant investment that has been made into infrastructure—about $4 billion. I saw that first hand yesterday when I was up in the Gisborne region. In this Budget we are investing another $90 million in water storage and infrastructure and irrigation projects. I was delighted to be there with the mayor Meng Foon yesterday and other horticulture leaders turning the tap on the managed aquifer recharge programme where water on high-flow levels is taken out of the Waipaoa River and injected under pressure into the aquifer at the Poverty Bay flats there which has got a huge amount of pressure on it over the summer months. Ultimately that will recharge that aquifer to allow it to be used over the summer months. Here is a classic example of the Government investing with the local community and council the local trust to underpin job creation in the Gisborne region. We do not hear that across the other side of the House. Another example—when I left the tap-turning ceremony I went down to LeaderBrand which has just built the salad house. It is a massive investment—Hon Anne Tolley: $20 million.Hon NATHAN GUY: —of about $20 million. It is creating jobs. They said to me when I toured their factory which is growing a whole lot of lettuces and other products that they would not have invested in this new plant which is not properly open yet—soon they will be having an opening and the local MP I am sure will be there celebrating with those business leaders in her community—unless they had the confidence that the managed aquifer recharge scheme that we have invested in was going to work. This Poverty Bay flats area underpins thousands of jobs—about 1100 jobs—and then there is the ability when they add more value to these products to create more jobs. There are 3000 hectares under irrigation of 18000—there is potential for more. This is a wonderful story but it gets lost by the other side of the House which does not care and does not support our rural communities.What is also important when we think about the investment that the Government is making into infrastructure is rural broadband. That follows on from the investment that is being made in ultra-fast broadband for our small regional towns. Soon the Government will be announcing the next investment into Rural Broadband Initiative 2. If you think about the challenges that the primary sector faces right now to do with water quality nutrient loads and taking value products to market they are going to be required to do more measuring and monitoring. The way for our farmers and growers to do that is with reliable technology. Of course smartphones mean that we need mobile technology. We need more cellphone towers. We need the Government to invest. Soon we will be world leading. While we are a small country here in the South Pacific we will be the most connected country in the OECD.What we have also heard from Minister Bridges this afternoon is the investment that is being made into transport infrastructure with the Waterview Connection due to open in a matter of moments. I see the first-hand experience in my electorate where we have recently opened the Kapiti Expressway. I was also just a couple of months ago having a look at the great progress that is being made on Transmission Gully. These are significant investments made by this Government that are going to transform the economy. Instead of vehicles produce and people waiting to get to market or to their hospital appointments or to the ferry they will have a streamlined transport corridor worth $2 billion from Wellington all the way to Levin and Foxton will be the gateway.Can I finish by saying that the mood of the primary sector at Fieldays was really buoyant. There was a record crowd through the gates of 133000 people and the reception that the National Party got was absolutely fantastic. Ian McKelvie who is leading the Primary Production Committee was there. We released this document which says the primary sector is in really good heart—$41 billion next year and growing at 9 percent. Well done to our foresters fishers growers and farmers.