Brown SimeonSIMEON BROWN (National—Pakuranga): Thank you Mr Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to take a call in this annual review debate and what a year it has been for our transport sector in New Zealand. I don't know if there's ever been such a time when things in our transport sector have been in such a poor state. The 54000 potholes on our roads last year a record—a record—under this Minister: 54000 potholes on our roads last year. No new major roads started and completed under this Government. Our ferries: the Interislander ferry—absolutely appalling the service that's being provided there at the moment with cancellations left right left left left and left under this Government. The trains: the trains in Auckland—you can't get on the trains in Auckland the lines are shut down. Trains in Wellington—well I say Michael Wood's so good at speed limit reductions he's even managed to do it on the rail network here in Wellington. It's appalling. Chris Penk: It's gone to zero!SIMEON BROWN: The Road to Zero is even applied to the rail network now. It's only for the speed limit. And then the bus driver shortage. So if you can't get in your car because there's potholes everywhere and you can't get on the train well I'm sorry there's no bus drivers either because this Minister of Transport is also the Minister of Immigration and hasn't sorted it out. Ferries: well the Interislander but also the commuter ferries are in a terrible state. And then this Government's flagship policy around road safety Road to Zero. Well it's the road to zero-maintenance" policy under this Government. It's the "road to zero-maintenance" policy they've spent though $61 million advertising—$61 million advertising. It seems like Michael Wood's trying to make Phil Twyford look good. He spends all of this money but actually isn't getting the results that are needed. And then of course we've seen the cancellations the bonfire—the bonfire of policies. The Clean Car Upgrade all of these other critically important policies which were promoted in last year's Budget: gone gone gone. And to this new Prime Minister. And the only thing that's actually been progressed in the last 12 months in the annual review is slower speed limits. It takes longer to get around. We've got 30-kilometre zones being put in Auckland and Wellington and Hamilton and Christchurch and other places slowing people down meaning it's a less productive economy harder to get around more time on the roads less time doing the things that people want to do. And that is a really sad state of affairs for our transport sector. And so our time in annual reviews was asking these questions of the officials and trying to get answers as to what is actually happening and the answer is: transport has never been in such a bad state as it currently is under this Government. It's going backwards it's going slower it's less productive. And even the outcomes that this Government says that they're wanting to achieve are not being achieved. Their road safety goals hundreds of kilometres of road safety median barriers were meant to be done but all they've done is actually put in place 50 kilometres of median barriers—50 kilometres. They promised hundreds of kilometres of median barriers—50 kilometres. They said they were going to do 3 million breath tests every year; they only achieved 1.5 million breath tests for alcohol on our roads in the last financial year. Hon Judith Collins: How are they going on the drug testing? SIMEON BROWN: And how's drug testing going? Well I'd really appreciate it if the Minister could give us some insights as to how that's going because well it isn't going because they passed legislation which they can't implement. Hon Judith Collins: Six years.SIMEON BROWN: It took six years as the Hon Judith Collins says; six years—passed legislation which isn't able to be implemented in New Zealand. They set a test which can't be implemented. Another failure when it comes to road safety.And of course we have had the tragedy and the challenge of Cyclone Gabrielle which has left many of our communities asking where this Government is supporting them when it comes to restoring their roading connections. And this Government—$250 million to help our councils and New Zealand Transport Agency repair but this is going to need far more than $250 million to fix the roads damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. I was down at Thames-Coromandel district looking at State Highway 25A and the people of Thames are saying "What is the solution? When will it be done? Will it be completed before Christmas?" Because that community is dying under what's happening and the indecisiveness about what the solution is going to be. The communities at East Coast need to have their roads restored. But also we don't just need to be restoring these roads we need to be making sure that we're also making them more resilient at the same time. Going North: the Brynderwyns we look at Dome Valley which this Government spent $78 million and the road's worse than when it started. It's appalling. So look I think the Minister of Transport is leading transportation to the worst place it's ever been in this country and we need to make sure we're getting transportation back on the right track."