Tolley AnneHon ANNE TOLLEY (Minister for Children): Well it is certainly the age of alternative facts and if it was not for that member's hairstyle I would say he simply resembles Trump with some of his comments because the fact is—the fact is—as released in the Ministry of Social Development's annual report that incomes for both before-housing costs and after-housing costs right across the spectrum have been growing. Real incomes in real terms have been growing for New Zealanders—that is people on lower incomes middle incomes and higher incomes. What is more that report also shows that the low income and material hardship trends for children are flat or falling. That is a terrific thing for this Government to have achieved. In fact it shows that there are 30000 fewer children now in poverty under those two measures than there were under the last years of Labour. So despite a global financial crisis this Government has raised those families above the poverty line.I want to talk today about infrastructure because this Government is investing in infrastructure in a way that we have not seen for many many decades. I was privileged on Sunday to travel through the new Waterview Connection tunnel. What a fantastic piece of engineering that is.Dr David Clark: Thank you Helen Clark.Hon ANNE TOLLEY: Oh yeah right! Oh yeah right! If you also travel down State Highway 1 the Huntly bypass is under way and the Cambridge Bypass is completed. The Waikato Expressway of course is under construction and in my own part of the world there is the Tauranga Eastern Link—absolutely fantastic pieces—Hon Todd McClay: Te Puke bypass.Hon ANNE TOLLEY: The Te Puke bypass—the absolutely fantastic infrastructure that this Government has been investing in. And it continues. And it continues because this Government has a strong record of working with local councils.Just on Sunday we stood with the Prime Minister we stood with the Mayor of Auckland and the local MP and we talked about how this Government was helping to lift the quality of life and enabling growth in those communities. Standing alongside council this Government is co-investing up to $600 million to ensure that infrastructure can be built that will encourage and enable further growth. As we stood there in Auckland announcing the launch of the Crown Infrastructure Partnerships by the Auckland mayor Auckland Council was really interested in taking up that opportunity because it has got two big projects one in the north which will see 5500 new houses and one in the south which is looking at about 17800 new houses. The first part of the plan there in Drury South—as we stood opposite the quarry there with the Stevenson Group which is looking to invest $300 million itself in the investment you could feel the excitement from the Auckland mayor. He was absolutely delighted with the work that the Government was doing with his council organisation and really looking forward to putting in the projects that the Government was announcing.Not a couple of weeks ago my colleague the Hon Nathan Guy and I were with the Wellington regional mayors co-investing for water resilience because Wellington and Porirua are almost unique in that they are cities that do not have their own water supplies. So of course being a high-risk area for earthquakes this Government is working alongside those councils and saying we will help you ensure that there is water available—22 bores are being made available and this Government is putting in $6 million alongside those councils to make sure that those cities should there be an emergency have adequate water supplies for their people.I cannot go without finally talking about my electorate and the announcement that that bridge leading to the historic East Cape Lighthouse will be replaced. And just as important is the Mōtū Bridge. I drove through there the other day. That is coming on. I tell you people in Gisborne cannot wait for that two-lane bridge to be completed. It has not come out of the transport fund; it has come out of this Government's investment in regional roading plans working alongside councils and delivering in infrastructure right across this country. This is a great Government.