Prime Willow-JeanWILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour—Northland): E te Māngai o te Whare tēnā koe. Tomorrow is 1 September and it has been quite a hard winter for many people in Aotearoa New Zealand. We know it's hard; we know whānau are struggling at the moment. Tomorrow marks 1 September which is the day that the second payment will start to roll out to almost 2.1 million people. From tomorrow whānau will be receiving $116 in their bank account if they earn under $70000 per person in their household—the second payment. When I asked those for feedback on the first payment many said that they appreciated it that they were able to use to it to put towards clothing for their children during winter to be able to pay for those extra bills and so I know that this payment will be welcomed by many starting from tomorrow.In terms of what this Government has been doing to alleviate the costs of living because we know it's hard for whānau at the moment: when we couple that with the reduction on the taxes for fuel for example—25c per litre—that has been in place since April this year saving families many hundreds of dollars when they are filling up their cars at the petrol stations. In addition to that we've had increases to Working for Families to superannuation to student allowance and to main benefits—again from 1 April benefiting over a million people.We have been doing significant work in the area of supermarkets to ensure that people are getting a fairer deal at the checkout. We have put in place the commissioner. We have ensured that we are able to have competition by stopping supermarkets from blocking their competitors. We have also looked at fair pricing for wholesale goods and that being passed on for example. There is more work to do in that space but I want to commend the Minister who has been working hard to address one of those most significant areas where whānau are feeling the impacts of the cost of living and that's in our supermarkets.We've also increased paid parental leave by over $40 per week. We've had the winter energy payment which I know many people have benefited from—over a million New Zealanders benefit from the winter energy payment. That has got them through those extra costs of heating their house to buy in wood for example and being able to turn on that heat pump so that they do not have to suffer in the cold months of winter.We've also just celebrated two years of our free lunches in schools. We are providing over a million lunches to over 220000 tamariki in 950 schools across Aotearoa. I have received direct feedback on the difference that that initiative alone makes for whānau those with two children those with four children—a significant cost to their families. We're so proud of that initiative because we know that tamariki with full puku are more likely to get better learning outcomes and so I'm proud that we are celebrating our second year of that initiative. One of the previous speakers referred to our free period products in schools another initiative that I am extremely proud of. I know when we were advocating for this issue in Te Tai Tokerau it is over $20 a month per person menstruating in the household. I had a father who I worked with he had five daughters so you know that those costs do add up quickly. So to be able to alleviate that and to ensure that there are no barriers to attendance—I am so proud of that work that we have been doing.On top of that we have had minimum wage increases since 2017 which is now an extra $218 per week. GP visits are cheaper and free for all children under 14. And I want to mention because we have a baby in the House this afternoon: our Best Start payment is also providing an extra $65 a week for parents of newborns. These are all the sorts of initiatives that Labour has introduced to try and alleviate the cost of living pressures that are on our whānau not just this winter but in the last five years which we have had the privilege of being in Government: being able to make these Budget decisions being able to set these policy initiatives to benefit a huge number of New Zealanders—over a million on those main benefits. And with the payment tomorrow which will start hitting those bank accounts up to another 2.1 million people will be benefiting from that. I couldn't be more proud to stand on this side of the House with my colleagues knowing that we are genuinely supporting Aotearoa New Zealand.