Doocey Matt; Dean JacquiMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. Where I come from in Canterbury actions speak louder than words and what an absolute kick in the guts for Cantabrians who have been affected by the flooding ten days ago. The Prime Minister goes into Ashburton does a photo op disappears and the next day $785 million for a cycleway. Three-quarters of a billion dollars and what do the Canterbury floods get? Half a million dollars—$500000 versus three-quarters of a billion dollars. That is tone deaf. How could you get it so wrong? Communities frightened having to leave their houses in the middle of the night with the fear of stopbanks breaking and in some areas like mid-Canterbury the stopbanks did break. Houses flooded farms flooded roads washed away bridges washed away complete devastation and we have a Government that comes in more interested in photo ops and announces a mere $500000 and then goes up to Auckland and announces $785 million for a nice-to-have cycleway. Where is the fairness in that? And quite rightly Cantabrians feel as though they've had a kick in the guts from mother Nature with the floods and now another kick in the guts from this Government when they're down.But what gives me great hope is a word that we don't use often these days and that's parochial". What Cantabrians know especially after the earthquakes is how to look after each other—we know each other. And what I've seen going out and about in my electorate of Waimakariri to the neighbouring electorate in Selwyn—I just want to acknowledge the great work Nicola Grigg is doing in Selwyn in leading the National Party's response to the Canterbury floods. And when you look at the devastation in mid-Canterbury as well it's great to see those Cantabrians getting on and looking after each other. I was at a farm in Ashburton a couple of days ago. Neighbours were turning up members of that community most of them unannounced volunteers turning up in their trucks turning up in their tractors all there to help out the affected farmers because they know they are not going to get any support from this Government. This Government does not care about them and they have showed that. A measly $500000 compared to three-quarters of a billion dollars for a cycleway.What it says to us is that this Government does not understand provincial New Zealand. Yes some of the farmers will be able to deal with the issues behind the farm gate—they'll be supported by family and friends and other farmers and their neighbours—but it's the infrastructure that's going to be needing the funding and we need to get on and do it today. That's the roads that's the bridges—these are going to cut off vital rural communities from the support they need. What COVID has taught us is how thankful we are for the farming communities. We would be up the proverbial creek without a paddle without our farming communities. COVID has taught us about the value of primary industry in New Zealand and we need farmers performing to the best of their abilities and that's why this Government needs to step up and respond to affected Cantabrians.With my final minute I just want to acknowledge the many volunteers that stepped up on the night of the 30th and the Saturday and the Sunday. Many of those people that stepped up over the weekend in my electorate of Waimakariri were volunteers—volunteer civil defence volunteer fire brigades. We also had our police our district councils as well because there was a real fear quite rightly. I live next to the Ashley River. The Ashley River was biblical. I've never seen it like that the thundering noise and the torrents and the perception of the stopbanks failing. And I want to let Cantabrians know that the National Party will back you. We will shine a light on this Government's failures. We will bring your voices to Wellington when this Government won't listen—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): The member's time has expired."