Salesa JennyANNA LORCK (Labour—Tukituki): Hawke's Bay has been hit hard. We are hurting. We're down but we are far from out. We will get up and we will rebuild. Having lived my life in this great region of Hawke's Bay I have never seen so much devastation. But Madam Speaker and to the House I have never seen so much support and strength come from our community and from across the country to help Hawke's Bay in our time of need. The outpouring of support and how we've worked together is what will keep us together and will see us become one of the best provincial regions in this country that we've always been and I know we always will be. The message I have from Hawke's Bay is that we are going to be growing and growing more. We have the talent the experience the workforces and the people who know better about how to grow a region. We do grow the best apples and pears for the world.Now I think it's important that I now note the latest report from New Zealand Apples & Pears which has been the assessment of the damage and what hasn't been damaged in our region for our orchardists. It came in the way of a Radio New Zealand report. But rather than use their headline which said Almost 4000 hectares of apple orchards in Hawke's Bay" what I would like to say is more than half the apple orchards in Hawke's Bay will be harvested and will export the best apples in the world for higher prices. That's what I think we need to turn to.We cannot take away from the devastation. We cannot take away from the lives lost. I would like to acknowledge those people who have lost their lives and I'd like to acknowledge those friends and whānau who have also lost loved ones.But I do also want to say that without the help that we got—it was incredible to see so many people come together. It was the people of our region who got us through in those first few days especially when we had no communications. I'd like to really make a shout-out to the helicopter pilots who flew in saving hundreds of people off rooves; to the neighbours who saw neighbours on rooves or needing to get on boats to go and save people—everybody did whatever they could at that time to save as many people as they could.I want to acknowledge our Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme workers many of whom were caught up in the flooding but also their employers and the pastoral care that was given to them through all of the rescue and evacuation centres all the generosity that came through. Again it is the support that has kept Hawke's Bay together. I want to acknowledge Pakowhai School and the principal Tim and parents Amanda and Leslie who cleaned their whole school out in time for the ministry to come in and within 12 hours after two weeks of being closed they were given the tick to let the kids back in so that they could get back to a little bit of normality because kids need to know that that special universe of school is a safe place to strive and thrive and get back to that way of being normal.I could acknowledge so many more people but I would like to take this time again to say thank you to everyone. Thank you so much to all and everyone who have done so much to help Hawke's Bay in our time of need.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): I call on Ingrid Leary for five minutes."