Nash StuartSTUART NASH (Labour—Napier): I do not share that member Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi's optimism. I am going to push really hard to be part of the general debate yet again before the end of the year. Ha! I am going to go hard. But on that I do agree with the member on one thing: when he said that we should be allowed to live in our communities and feel safe and secure. We believe this. I think it is absolutely vital for the health and well-being of our various communities up and down the country that we can feel safe and secure in our homes in our businesses and on our streets. In fact we have come a long way. My kids just cannot believe that when I was young and we used to go out we would leave the door open the car would be unlocked there would be bikes on the front lawn and there were no worries whatsoever. Those were the good old days and there is no reason why we should not or we cannot go back there.At the end of May this year the police Minister Judith Collins signed off on the Police 4-year plan. On page 51 of that plan there was a little table and it highlighted the number of police from 2016 through to 2020. The surprising thing was there was no increase whatsoever in sworn or non-sworn staff over those 4 years. Let us move forward 6 months to question time today. The Minister said to me—one thing that I agree with her about—Mr Nash I've been telling you and the Prime Minister has been telling you for months there is something coming." and that was it. She has been telling me for months: "We've got a plan. We're gonna do something about this." Then surprisingly Minister Tolley stood up and she said something that I completely agree with as well. What she said was: "I judge a person on their actions not their words." Well I think Mrs Tolley should have talk with Judith Collins because Judith Collins has been saying for 6 months: "New Zealand something is coming." In the meantime the Tauranga Women's Refuge said that in 60 percent of their cases they have problems with P. In the meantime burglaries go up sexual violence assaults go up violence in our communities goes up and resolutions drop. The Minister has a lot of good words but no actions. What we are talking about here is a group of men and women who are absolutely committed to the New Zealand Police and the communities they serve. In fact their workplace survey showed that over 85 percent of police officers are absolutely committed to the community and to New Zealand Police. That is fantastic. But what that survey also showed is that 55 percent of respondents said that they had far too much undue work stress and 60 percent of the respondents actually said that the police are not meeting the promises they make to the public. It is quite a dichotomy is it not? We have got a highly committed force here but down here they are quite dissatisfied because they know they are not meeting the promises.Then in the paper on Sunday we see that the police has closed down the Panmure Ellerslie and Epsom stations. When the Minister was asked about this on Tuesday she seemed as surprised as the rest of us. Maybe because they are closing down the Epsom station there might be some action because I expect the people in Epsom will not be particularly happy about this but we never know. Then in Mount Roskill what do we find out? The Mount Roskill police station is not even open during the day.Phil Twyford: What?STUART NASH: It is not open during the day in Mount Roskill. This is not unique to Mount Roskill. This is up and down our country. The Napier police station is not open during the day—no sorry that is not true; it is not open after hours. There is a phone there. If you have got a problem after hours you pick up the phone outside the police station. If you are lucky someone might turn up. I am not blaming the police for this. I am not blaming the police at all because I have immense respect for the work that our police do in our community. In fact they are out there working day and night doing a job that I could not do. In fact what they are doing is they are making sure that all of our families can sleep safely in our beds. I have immense respect for them. But I actually think at this point in time they are being let down by the Minister. The Police Association is saying "We need a thousand more police." and there is only one party that is listening. Well no that is not fair; New Zealand First has said it wants more police as well but Labour is the only party that has come out with a costed policy that says: "You know communities of New Zealand we have listened. We are going to give you 1000 more police." It is a fully funded fully backed initiative that will deliver to our communities because we believe it is imperative. If our communities are not only to survive but to thrive do well and feel safe we need more police on the streets. That is why we are saying to the National Party to the people of New Zealand and to everyone: 1000 more police under Labour."