Doocey Matt; Tisch LindsayMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): It is a pleasure and honour to rise and take a call in the debate on the Prime Minister's statement. Mr Assistant Speaker can I first wish you a happy New Year and say how refreshed you are looking coming back after the break. I must say what an excitable New Zealand First caucus.Hon Members: Hooray!MATT DOOCEY: I have never seen them so excitable. But really what that is about is they know one of them has got to go do they not? As the media said one of them has got to go to clear the way for Shane Jones. Look at them—they are like peacocks posturing amongst their caucus looking at each other and thinking Who's going to go?". There is Ron Mark leading from the front—he is worried is he not? He thought: "Oh I better start off on the front foot or I will be up for the chop." Look at them—nervous. Who is making the way for Shane Jones?Can I say that I join with my colleagues in the "Waimak"—Mr Prosser. We were out and about meeting the locals of Waimakariri in the adjournment break and I must say that although things can change and we can always improve it is fair to say the general consensus—like the "Waimak" like New Zealand—is that people are feeling that things are on track and we are heading in the right direction.There is one line from the Prime Minister's statement earlier on today about infrastructure that I really want to pick up on. We know that the National Party is a party of infrastructure. We know this Government is the Government of infrastructure. And there was a line there that the Prime Minister quoted in his very eloquent speech: $32 billion is earmarked to be spent on infrastructure over the next 5 years. That is on top of $18.5 billion that was spent in the last 5 years.We know this party is about infrastructure. We know that this Government is about infrastructure—infrastructure that will keep New Zealanders connected regionally nationally and internationally. It will keep us moving and it will keep the economy growing. "Waimak" is very similar to the rest of New Zealand when I look at the infrastructure and the spending on infrastructure going into the Waimakariri. Look at education infrastructure spending: 11 schools in the Waimakariri will open new classrooms this year as part of a $1.1 billion spend on education infrastructure in greater Christchurch. That is great news for our young people great news for their parents and great news for our very dedicated educators. Whether you are from the towns of Oxford Woodend Swannanoa Fernside Rangiora or Kaiapoi in the "Waimak" they are all opening new classrooms this year—11 new classrooms.Let us look at the spending on health infrastructure: over a billion dollars in Canterbury for building three new hospitals one of them the Rangiora Hospital which opened last year. It is a great investment into infrastructure that provides first-class healthcare services on the doorsteps of rural communities so it is great that that is going to be expanded on. The recent announcement by Canterbury District Health Board is that it is going to be expanding after-hours care in Waimakariri and in North Canterbury. That just shows we are delivering services—first-class services—out in rural communities on their doorsteps. I visited the mobile operating theatre last night. That has got its open day at the Rangiora Health Hub next Tuesday. It is going out there for the first time. Local people from the "Waimak" and North Canterbury are going to be able to get surgical procedures on their doorsteps. That is what I am talking about: when we invest in local infrastructure it supports local communities.Look at the roads of national significance. In my electorate alone we have got two new roading projects: the Western Belfast Bypass and the Christchurch Northern Corridor. Hundreds of millions of dollars of investment into those roading projects will make a real difference to "Waimak" commuters. It will give them reliable travel times. I am looking forward to the Western Belfast Bypass opening up at the end of this year. It will make a real difference for my constituents and give them reliable travel times.I just want to close by acknowledging the announcement by the Prime Minister a few weeks ago of ultra-fast broadband to 121 new towns three of them in my electorate—Waikuku Oxford and Woodend. This is a party of infrastructure. This is a Government of infrastructure. Bring on 2017. Thank you.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Brett Hudson—5 minutes."