van de Molen TimTIM VAN DE MOLEN (National—Waikato): Thank you Mr Speaker. I would like to add my thanks to those of the Hon Simon Bridges to all of the staff who make this place tick—your work is absolutely appreciated. Also further to Barbara Kuriger's comments with regard to those in the emergency services your great work and sacrifice is absolutely wonderful—thank you for what you do.Now in the spirit of the season I decided to come up with a festive acrostic poem for the House this afternoon based on the word Christmas". So we have "C" for the cost of living under this Government. It has risen rapidly over the last year. We have seen rents rise $30 on average across the country. We've seen the price of petrol going through the roof. Electricity prices have lifted as well to the point where there are significantly less Christmas lights on display this year than there have been in the past—much to my disappointment as I drove around the area last week looking for Christmas festivity."H" is for housing and the KiwiBuild shambles that we've got in front of us at the moment—33 houses after one year. Thirty-three—is that all this Government can produce? But I suppose if we look at the demand we're seeing in the ballot it's probably in line with the supply so no surprises there. Actually in my electorate we have the town of Te Kauwhata and we have the dubious pleasure now of having KiwiBuild coming to town. I note that they've recently changed the threshold for HomeStart grants to enable people to compete on the open market where all of those houses are trending to end up at this rate."R" is for the roads of national significance (RONS) that have been scrapped under this Government. A disgraceful change—scrapping all of these projects that were bringing significant safety social and economic benefits to regions around the country. Just last week I had to write to the New Zealand Transport Agency requesting an update on safety plans after another crash at an incident on a State highway in my area—an intersection that would have been bypassed by one of these RONS. "I" is for illicit drugs. Well we know what the Government is doing in this space. Medical marijuana for Christmas everybody—fill your boots! It's going to be legal to smoke loose-leaf cannabis but it's not legal to grow it or legal to sell it but let's not get hung up on those details."S" is for the Santa-sized surplus saving their bacon thanks to strong economic management from the last Government. They're spending it on the regional slush fund and they're spending it on free fees but funnily they can't find money for the teachers. Won't somebody think of the teachers?"T" is for the trees. How many trees? Well we know there's 400000 less than there might have been—they've all been mulched up in Northland. Ten million trees is all they've managed to plant over and above the normal plantings. That's probably not any more than the number of Christmas trees we're seeing on display around New Zealand at the moment."M" is for the migration compact with the UN and we've just seen that signed today. This brings serious concerns to the sovereignty of New Zealand and our ability to set our own immigration settings and we should absolutely not be ceding that to a foreign power."A" is for amateur Government. We're seeing working groups up the wazoo. We're seeing a disjointed secretive and dysfunctional Government on that side of the House.Finally "S" is for what that Government should be saying to New Zealanders: "Sorry we haven't got it right. Sorry we've let you down." Their school report would probably say something like "Tries hard but lacks ability." Mr McAnulty you've seen those before.Actually my daughter would be delighted to hear that I spoke to Santa last night and he shared with me who was on his naughty list this year and who was on his nice list. I can assure you that the Government this year members on that side will be getting in their Santa sacks lumps of imported Indonesian coal for Christmas. Still I would like to finish on a few positives. It's important to note that the economy is still tracking pretty well largely as the Opposition would say due to nine long years of strong sound stable financial management by the previous National Government.I'd like to acknowledge the strong work of the Opposition. Members of the public can have confidence in the work being done on this side of the House. I would also like to acknowledge my colleagues—thank you for your fantastic contribution this year. It's been a privilege and an honour to be a part of the National caucus. I'd like to finish by wishing everyone in this House a merry Christmas. To members opposite as well to all the staff to the fine constituents of the Waikato and to all of New Zealand have a safe summer. See you next year."