Goodhew JoHon JO GOODHEW (National—Rangitata): It is great to rise in this debate and I am going to take my lead from the Green Party member James Shaw. That may seem a little strange here this afternoon but you know that member actually talked about great" so I am going to talk about "great". I am going to talk about some of the great things that are happening in our regions. Of course I am very parochial about Canterbury. I am a Highlanders supporter but Canterbury is great because that is where I live and it is Canterbury's economy that is absolutely vital to New Zealand's economy. So I do want to talk about Canterbury's economy today.If we take the figures to the end of March 2016—that is the GDP figures—Canterbury is right up there with 31.9 percent growth across the period of 5 years 2011-16. That compares with New Zealand at 23.8 percent across that same period. Of course we know that a number of things have been happening in Canterbury—some good some bad—and people may think it is just about construction in Canterbury in terms of that growth. But drilling down literally into what is creating that growth it is actually more than that. It is professional scientific technical services it is transport it is manufacturing and it is definitely agriculture but it is also postal services. That was one that interested me because that was perhaps not something that would have jumped on to my radar.In Canterbury we also know that if we look at the ANZ research job ads across that period of time—the last 18 months—the number of job ads in Canterbury has oscillated at around the 5500 mark and it was a little more at the beginning of that period. That tells you that things are pretty hot in Canterbury. That particular GDP growth is of course around growth and as long as the region continues to grow like that we know it will continue to be very much a big part of the engine room of the economy.But there is more great news. You know New Zealanders are pretty interested in knowing that more houses are being built. We know that across the country the annual consents have doubled and they have almost tripled in Auckland and that should provide some reassurance to New Zealanders. As well as that we are actually back in surplus. I can tell you that for New Zealanders reflecting back on the last few years since the global financial crisis that has been a tough ask but this National-led Government has delivered on that with a surplus of $1.8 billion last year. What that means is that we can start to pay down debt which is really really important and then after getting debt to around 20 percent of GDP we will be returning an amount to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund as well—starting up the contributions again.To finish I want to talk in specific terms about one great news story close to home for me. This is quite topical this week really—it is about pizza but it is about the mozzarella cheese that goes on pizza. I want to talk about technology that was developed by the Fonterra Research and Development Centre. It is supported by the Transforming the Dairy Value Chain which is a Primary Growth Partnership. Of course Primary Growth Partnership—that is the Ministry for Primary Industries it is Fonterra and it is Dairy New Zealand. What this technology does—and it is a tightly kept secret of course—is it actually produces mozzarella. It is called individually quick-frozen mozzarella and it used to take 3 months. Now it happens in 6 hours and that is why we have some great contracts with the rest of the world to supply that stretchy cheese to them.In fact that will contribute to what Fonterra is heading towards by 2023. Food service—that is mozzarella cheese being part of it—is a $5 billion part of that particular sector. But it is more when I think about what is happening locally. This actually means 1000 people are in jobs building the $240 million - plus mozzarella plant at Clandeboye. It is already a big plant but this will be the largest mozzarella plant in the Southern Hemisphere.In addition to that we are talking about 133 new jobs. Some of those jobs are really technical; some of them are entry-level. Some of them will be people coming out of the polytech system and some of them will be young people coming out of schools and Fonterra is actively recruiting from around the country as well. That means a huge boost for our part of the region. This is why we as a Government are able to say there are some great things happening. There is more to do but some really great things are happening in my region."