Tirikatene RinoRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga): Thank you Mr Speaker. I'm proud of our country. I'm proud that our team of 5 million banded together. We rallied and we broke the chain of community transmission. We all made those sacrifices living through the different restriction levels and we stopped the virus. I'm proud of our country and I'm proud of our coalition Government. I'm proud of the actions that we have taken and I'm especially proud of our Prime Minister the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern with her world-leading leadership that has guided our country through this one-in-100-year global pandemic that is causing havoc right around the globe. I'm proud of the actions that we have taken as a Government to ensure that our people are safe. Now the other side the venom and the vitriol that they're flinging about—it's so negative and it's so desperate. Desperate to try and—I don't know. They're trying to fling whatever they can to try and discredit the work that we've been doing but they're disrespecting the people of Aotearoa—the team of 5 million—that have worked so hard and that have been all committed to ensuring that we beat this virus. So I want to acknowledge all the people around New Zealand and thank them and acknowledge the sacrifice and the commitment that they've all had as we have been in this united team. I'm proud to be part of that team. I'm also proud to be a member of this Government with outstanding Ministers. I want to speak as the member for Te Tai Tonga the largest electorate in Aotearoa—the whole of the South Island all of Wellington and many other islands that are flung far and wide—and say that I have been across my electorate and I have heard the acknowledgment and the kudos that we are getting as a Government and the appreciation from the many whānau out there for what we have achieved not only in terms of the public health response in dealing with COVID but also our response in Budget 2020 in ensuring that we have that springboard for growth. We have cushioned the blow that has hit our businesses particularly in affected sectors like tourism and hospitality. Over $11 billion has been paid out in wage subsidies to protect those jobs and to protect those businesses and to ensure that they have those resources in place. We've coupled that with our Budget to ensure that not only do we have those supports; we have other small-business measures and most importantly as we are transitioning now we are wanting to do more emphasis on training on skills and on apprenticeships. I'm looking forward to seeing the roll-out of what we have heard today in terms of redeployment of those Kiwis that may have lost their jobs into the much-needed jobs that are required in the dairy sector right across the rural communities of New Zealand—plenty of jobs going there. In fact while the Opposition tries to talk down everything to do with our country the good news is that our primary sector exports which are the backbone of our economy compared to last year are up—we're up. In the face of all of this COVID that we have been dealing with primary sector exports are up across the board by 4 percent. I'm sure Mr McAnulty is very pleased with that and I acknowledge the great people of the Wairarapa—those real heartland people. So whilst our Opposition might be all venomous and nasty the good people of New Zealand are going about their business. Our farmers our horticulturalists and our people working right across our service industries they're going to work they're working hard and they're making sure that they're selling our great products goods and services and earning foreign exchange which is powering our economy. But we know there's further work to be done and that's why our Minister of Finance the Hon Grant Robertson and our wider team are ensuring that we have the supports there and that we will be able to cushion the blow and smoothen the road for the many businesses that are affected. A case in point is the tourism industry. I'm very proud of the support that the Hon Kelvin Davis has given to our iconic Whale Watch Kaikōura business. That business which actually was started by my uncles and relations of mine transformed that small town into a global tourism destination and not one job has been lost at Whale Watch Kaikōura in the face of COVID. Thanks to the support of our wage subsidies and our tourism recovery package not one job has been lost. There is joy and absolute elation right across that community that they will be reopening their doors come 4 July and that's what will be seeing right across our country. Thank you sir. I'm proud of our Government and our country.