Mooney JosephJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise as the member of Parliament for Southland and the National Party spokesperson for rural communities and associate spokesperson for tourism. The thing I've been hearing again and again and again as I go around my communities in Southland is that we need a plan. We need to know where we are headed. It is uncertain times—COVID keeps throwing curve balls; that is granted—and there needs to be a plan for how we move forwards as a country especially as we see that many other countries are starting to remove lockdowns remove restrictions and get on with it.Unfortunately this Government has not done so and today the National Party has delivered a plan a very carefully thought-through plan with 10 pillars to it that gives us a real pragmatic road map for the future and how we will get there. It is over time that we get on with it. In my region where I have Queenstown for example 90 percent of local businesses report they've lost turnover of up to $100000 per week during level 4 and 25 percent report that they do not expect to survive the recent lockdowns.It is tough tough times. We feel for Auckland which is still in level 3 and it's experiencing significant challenges of its own. We also know that over 50 percent of domestic tourists to Queenstown come from Auckland and it is a community that we hugely value in that region. This town is built on an experience that requires human contact—the tourism accommodation hospitality providers. The South Island has not had a case of COVID since May 2020. I've heard from businesses who have borrowed against their homes to keep their businesses going and their staff employed but they are running out of money. They need a plan and a plan for the future.I've heard from businesses that they have already been at rock bottom for a long time. They've lost 80 to 90 percent of their turnover with borders being closed and it's difficult with the wage subsidy to look at another 40 percent decline that they have to prove to qualify for the wage subsidy.If I move down through my region I travel past Kingston and north and south and out to west and south and places like Athol Garston and Mossburn where there are also huge challenges. This is a region that is always struggling for workers—just can't get enough of them. We have contractors and dairy farm workers who are hugely valued in our communities but they have not been valued by this Government. We have found they have not had their residency applications processed and/or their visas rolled over or they have been separated from their families for more than 18 months. They are leaving for Australia they are leaving for Canada and they are leaving for the United Kingdom—places that value their services value their contribution to the local communities value their contribution to the economy and give them opportunities to become residents of those countries. And they give them opportunities to reunite with their children and their partners their loved ones. New Zealand shamefully has not done this.If I move to another part of my electorate out towards Fiordland to the towering peaks beneath which there's Manapouri and Te Anau this is another region that is heavily dependent on tourism. I've heard from operators there that their domestic tourism is probably reliant on roughly 70 percent of those coming from Auckland. So the lockdown pain that has been felt in Auckland has also been felt as far away as Fiordland and deeply. I am hearing that there is a lot of fatigue in the community. They dealt first early last year with the loss of tourism from China then the floods in February and then they had the lockdowns the loss of international tourism and now the loss of most of their domestic tourism.I'm hearing from community groups that are struggling. People who would normally donate money to community organisations and give food that could be handed out to less fortunate members of the community can no longer afford to do so. I'm hearing from folks who were volunteers providing support to the community who are hearing tough tough stories that they are not trained or equipped to deal with but they are doing their best to support their community.If I move on to Lumsden the shortage of teachers in that region of New Zealand has meant they haven't been able to find the third early childhood teacher they need to keep the early learning centre with 33 kids open. This is a community that already lost is maternity birthing centre previously. We need to support these people.