Whaitiri MekaHon MEKA WHAITIRI (Minister of Customs): E te Māngai o te Whare tēnā koe. Otirā e ngā mema katoa o te Whare nei tēnā tātou katoa. The Government is getting on with its economic recovery or colloquially as some of us know doing the mahi". That's what we're doing on this side—doing the mahi. I want to touch on a couple of the agencies that I'm really proud to lead in their contribution to the Government's trade recovery and that's the New Zealand Customs Service through its own economic recovery programme. I thought I'd take it down a notch and just share with all members of the House how it's looking like on the factory floor kind of speak.The Customs New Zealand economic recovery programme is based on our free-trade agreements and our work with APEC 2021 particularly around the Secure Trade Lane with Australia and of course expanding our Secure Exports Scheme. Can I just highlight the fact that while we were in COVID last year and COVID is very much with us the stellar work that customs officers did both at the airport and our ports—continue to do that to keep ourselves safe. But they also enable the facilitation of personal protective equipment gear and of course the Pfizer vaccine that is coming into the country so there is no hold-up at our border and I want to thank them for that.But they've been also working with our duty payers. During COVID 2020 many of our exporters were facing some challenges around paying of levies and we were able to put them on hold until they were up running again. So of 350 companies back in April 2020—we did that in terms of instalments of levies—I can report to the House that come April 2021 96 percent of those owing levies to the Government are fully paid. So I want to thank them for that. The Secure Trade Lane with Australia I mentioned earlier is again to ensure that when we are fully open with our Australian neighbours our exporters can come freely across the border.But also the Secure Exports Scheme—and it's interesting to note the value of our Secure Exports Scheme of about $159 million in products that we export. About half of the exporters in this country actually are signed up to the Customs Secure Exports Scheme. It just enables another mechanism to get our goods and services to market a lot easier through signing up on the Customs Secure Exports Scheme. So I couldn't be prouder of the work that Customs do in that space.Of course we have e-commerce we have industry partnering and we have the reduction of administration penalties across the customs systems to ensure that we are enabling our exporters greater opportunity to contribute to the economic recovery that's been led by this Government.But I also briefly want to touch on my Māori agribusiness team that is centred in the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI); the Māori Agribusiness Extension Programme; the Māori Agribusiness Pathway to Increased Productivity; He Ara Mahi Hou which is the Māori agribusiness workforce skills and training programme; and the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund co-funding pathways. Proud that MPI are working with iwi Māori land owners farmers food producers to increase productivity and of course contribute to the overall economic recovery of this country. I've said this before in this House the Māori asset base is worth $68 billion and it's a no-brainer that this Government and this side is actively working with our iwi Māori partners. I also want to talk briefly on Stats New Zealand the Mana Ōrite agreement which is a partnership with iwi Māori data leaders and co-design of Te Whata. It is the first ever iwi platform information to enable the $68 million I touched on previously in terms of investment and growth in that space. So I'm proud that this side is getting on with the mahi. I'm proud of the relationships we have built with iwi and Māori. And at the end of the day this side is delivering. We're delivering gains for Māori for all people and that's why I'm proud to be part of this Government leading an economic recovery for all with all."