Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. Is not Hamilton lucky? That is their first Minister in 33 years. How lucky they are! How lucky they are! I am pleased to take this short call in support of Andrew Little's amendment to the Prime Minister's statement. We do have a new Prime Minister Bill English or as Nuk would say Wīremu Ingarihi. He is a nice enough guy—he is a nice enough guy—but he is not a leader and he has demonstrated that just in the short period that he has taken on the reins. What did he do up in Waitangi? Well he did not show. He did not show up to the one day that is important for Māori. He could not front there. What did he do in his state of the nation address? Did he talk about the housing crisis? No he did not. The housing crisis is the biggest issue that our country is facing at this moment and Phil Twyford is doing some fantastic work in that area. But this is a no-show Prime Minister. I do acknowledge my colleague David Clark. He gave a great comparison between Governor William Hobson and Bill English. He asked what the difference between the two is. Well I would like to ask: what are the similarities between Governor Hobson and our new Prime Minister? It is of course that they are both affectionately known as Willie. That is some self-deprecating humour—it does work in the latter stages of this week. But I would like to support Andrew Little because he is our outstanding leader. He has shown the steel that Bill English has not shown; he has not shown it. Can we just look at the state of our nation. I just want to cover three areas. Look at healthcare. Look at the fact that our health system has been underfunded to the tune of $1.7 billion and increasing since this Government has taken office. What that translates to is that on average and per capita numbers the average Kiwi is being underspent on for their health dollar by $300—that is $300 per person less—under this Government. Andrew Bayly: How much?RINO TIRIKATENE: $300 less per capita and that translates across the board to fewer first specialist assessment appointments and more agony despair and pain for many many Kiwis around the country.I do want to move on because I do have a short amount of time. I do want to move on to the housing issue because it is a national disgrace. It is a national disgrace—particularly in the Auckland area house prices are hitting the million dollar mark. It is not quite that level down south but that is just unheard of those astronomical figures. Also the fact that rents have increased by as I understand $8000 on average since National has taken office—the average household in Auckland is paying $8000 more in rent. So that is putting a huge squeeze on the average Kiwi family and that is something that this Government has just let glide by. In addition to that we have seen a huge amount of the dreaded four-letter word this huge taniwha that is emerging across New Zealand. I am talking about debt and indebtedness of the average household. We are looking at Kiwi families now with private debt approaching half a trillion dollars in this country—that is all private household corporate consumer debt. That is an obscene amount of debt which has now been taken over and is being fuelled by the housing crisis that this Government has let grow rampant under its watch. It is an indictment. Mr English is not a leader. He is not a leader. He is the accidental leader. So I am just pleased that we have a leader in Andrew Little and that we are revived and we are energised and we are going to take it to the nation. We want to have a change of Government this September and I am very proud to be part of this team. We are going to be working hard all the way through to the election to change the Government this year. Kia ora tātou.