Woods MeganHon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): It's a pleasure to take my first call in a general debate in this Parliament. It's wonderful to have this opportunity to have a broad-ranging discussion and not be called into line by the Speaker about it.What I'm more than happy to be talking about is the great new Government that we have which has hit the ground running. We have a Prime Minister that New Zealanders are absolutely loving. I'm getting great feedback in my electorate and everywhere I go that people love her new approach. They see generational change they see compassion they see kindness and they see empathy. In short they finally see a Prime Minister who cares about them and cares about their lives. And for the first time I am seeing real hope and excitement in people about their future.One of the things that it has been a great pleasure for me to observe over the last month since we've been in Government is the number of young women who were previously disengaged from politics absolutely fizzing with excitement about the inspiring role model they see in our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the interest that they are taking in politics as a consequence.We are making progress this Jacinda Ardern - led Government. We are making great progress. We've got on with the work of banning foreign speculators which the previous Government over the course of nine years said couldn't be done. We did it in a month. We've got paid parental leave we've got the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) on the way and a families package that will put more money in the back pocket of Kiwi mums and dads. One of the things I'm really excited about seeing get into place for next winter is our winter power payments which will help those who we know struggle to pay their power bills. It will help them have warm homes and keep them healthier and I am excited about being able to talk to constituents on that. We are determined not to waste a minute on this side of the House. Real action—the kind of action we haven't seen for the last nine years. That is what we are determined to do and what our Government is getting on and doing. We are told by the Opposition that we're never going to have seen a more effective Opposition. Well what I'm seeing is a lot of inside baseball. The biggest issue of the day for the Opposition seems to be secret notes. Sitting in question time it seems to me like I'm watching a really bad teen movie. There is a jilted lover who is convinced that somewhere in the secret diary of someone locked in the safe of someone's bedroom is the secret of why it ended—why it didn't get over the line and why they were left hanging and they chose someone else. You hear speaker after speaker convinced that those secrets are locked in that safe and if they knew the troubles of the universe would be solved—if only they could see those secret 33 pages. Well I think the Opposition needs to come to terms with the fact that the reason they didn't get into Government isn't contained in some mythical 33-page document. The reason they didn't get into Government is because New Zealanders voted for change. New Zealanders voted for something different New Zealanders voted for hope and New Zealanders voted for a future of which they can be proud and that they can see themselves.After the nine years of that Government what are we seeing when we do get into Government? We've had Amy Adams in the last contribution saying Well Phil Twyford hasn't fixed the housing problem in a month."; they had nine long years. And what have we found when we've come into Government? What we're seeing is the big problems that have been left behind—billions and billions of dollars of a capital deficit. We're seeing creaking schools and hospitals. Of particular interest to me was a $75 million budget blowout on a multi-sports facility in Christchurch. This is just the tip of the iceberg of what we're seeing of these so called "fiscal geniuses"—of what they've left behind after nine years in Government.There is not much to show for the record of what the last Government put into place. We are a Government that is determined to get on and do it a Government that is determined to provide a better future for New Zealanders and a group of people that aren't obsessed about the secret diary that doesn't exist. Thank you Mr Speaker."