McAnulty KieranKIERAN McANULTY (Labour): Malo e laumalie 'Eiki Sea. We have just seen from Nuk Koroko an example of why employers should invest in their staff and why personnel development is so important. After six years in the job that member's gone backwards in his ability to communicate effectively in this House. What a shocking example to our youngsters out there—that they might aspire to come to this House and they look across the benches to the Opposition and they see that example of how to express and articulate someone's views and vision. What a woeful excuse.But it wasn't an isolated incident. We have an opportunity for the Opposition to put their best foot forward now. They have had a pretty poor four weeks. After it was requested from their leader—rather poor judgment in my view—to have an inquiry into which one of his MPs leaked the expenses two days before it was due to come out anyway you'd think that they would take an opportunity today on members' day here in the general debate to show the country that they are a party that is forward-focused.Hon Nanaia Mahuta: Did they do it?KIERAN McANULTY: No they did not. No they did not. What we saw was an example of a party that is backwards-looking. One cannot tell me that rolling out Chris Finlayson as an example of the future that rolling out the likes of Todd McClay—Darroch Ball: Nick Smith.KIERAN McANULTY: —sends a message to the populace that this is a party that our young party should aspire to. What about Dr Nick Smith? In 28 years I'm still struggling to understand what the member has contributed to his party and to this Parliament. They are a party that is focused entirely on internal issues watching over their back and trying to stop the knives going in and today's a prime example of just that. They are not talking about the things that matter. They're not talking about housing. What did the National Party have to say when our Minister—this Government's Minister this coalition Government's Minister—the Hon Phil Twyford announced the largest investment in a long long time in 6400 more public houses across this country up to 2022? It is a huge investment. It's a recognition that there is a housing crisis facing this country that the previous Government over the last nine years totally ignored. What does it say to their representatives of certain regions like I don't know their MP from Wairarapa Alastair Scott? What does it say about his advocacy for his region when over the last nine years there has been no investment in public housing? Yet as soon as there is a new Government there are 80 new public houses in the Wairarapa electorate within the first year—just like that. That's what happens when you get a Government that actually advocates and delivers for the things that matter to people here.Let's look at transport another portfolio for the Hon Phil Twyford—a record $16 billion investment in transport across the country. In my patch that is something that we've been screaming out for for years. We are a food-producing region with one particular difference to any other region of a similar ilk: we are in close proximity with a commuter rail link to the capital city. That rail link has been screaming out for investment over generations—successive Governments. All we heard from the previous Government was lip-service—promises of something but never anything guaranteed or delivered. Within 12 months this Government has invested—guaranteed the money to double-track up to Upper Hutt and invest in the Wairarapa rail line up to Masterton. It is exactly what the region wanted what the three mayors have been screaming out for what the regional council has been screaming out for and what the previous Government completely ignored. They failed to give anything that's going to give Wairarapa a chance. Now as a result of this coalition Government—one that invests in infrastructure invests in housing and invests in education—the people of Wairarapa have something to look forward to: economic growth businesses and families moving to the region; actually giving people a chance. That's what happens when you vote for a coalition Government and you ignore the neglect that National placed on this country over the last nine long years.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed.