Rurawhe AdrianSTEPH LEWIS (Labour—Whanganui): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. It is my privilege to rise and take my first call in the House for the year. It's my pleasure also to stand in support of the Prime Minister's statement and the vision that he set out for Aotearoa New Zealand in this House on Tuesday.I'd like to begin my contribution in this House just as members across the House have done this week by acknowledging those who have lost their homes and every possession that they own bar the clothes on their back that they left with. And that is as a result of the floods that we've seen in Auckland and it is a result of Cyclone Gabrielle. I especially want to extend my thoughts and aroha to the whānau and friends of the firefighters who lost their lives and the families and friends of everyone who's lost their lives as a result of the floods.Again I also want to join my colleagues by acknowledging our first responders our telcos our social service provider agencies thousands of volunteers who have turned up with shovels and gumboots on the ground to help clear out silt and mud and all of those Kiwis from across Aotearoa who have donated bedding towels clothes and money to help those in need.I cannot imagine the terror of watching the flood waters rise to within 10 centimetres of your ceiling. I cannot imagine the horror of wondering how you are going to make it out alive to safety. But coming from Wanganui I do recall the 2004 and 2015 floods quite vividly. In 2004 while we weren't flooded we were without power and isolated for four days. I remember bucketing in water as we had no power just to flush the toilet cooking on the barbecue and candlelit evenings. In 2015 it took us years to recover from those floods.As the new chair of our Primary Production Committee I also want to acknowledge our primary producers—the food growers and the farmers who have been affected and impacted who have had their homes washed away their livestock drowned their livelihoods and their legacies in some cases gone. Our Government is here for you. We are here to help you rebuild and recover. That is why we've announced $25 million as a kick-start to recovery efforts for farmers growers whenua Māori owners and rural communities significantly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. This is taking our primary sector support to a total of $29 million to date. We've also made available grants for growers of up to $2000 per hectare to a maximum of $40000 to help remove silt from trees and vines to clean up and minimise their vine and tree losses. For pastoral and arable farmers we've created grants of up to $10000 to help with the initial recovery on-farm such as repairs to stock and water infrastructure fencing and feed troughs. Our Government will provide further support once more assessments have been completed. Affected farmers can apply for this support through the Ministry for Primary Industry's website.While there are farmers and orchardists who have been significantly impacted there are also food producers in the affected regions who haven't been as impacted. What they are facing instead is the inability to harvest their crops and get them out to port. So I'd like to acknowledge our public servants and our defence force workers contractors Waka Kotahi and lines companies who are working round the clock to restore that infrastructure to rebuild those roads in some way to get workers in to help with the harvest and then get the produce out to the ports and our export markets.We are here to help families. Our Government has taken action across all of the main costs impacting New Zealand families: groceries transport housing and health. And in April this year we'll roll-out more support for families. That's going to be in addition to the initiatives we've already rolled out like the winter energy payment increases to main benefits and Working for Families tax credits increases to student allowances and the accommodation supplement—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired. This debate is interrupted and is set down for resumption next sitting day. The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday 7 March 2023. Kia ora.Debate interrupted.The House adjourned at 4.56 p.m.