SpeechHon CLARE CURRAN (Labour—Dunedin South): Talofa lava Mr Speaker. One of the first things that I did in level 2 in my community was head to King Edward Street in South Dunedin to my local cafe—Aroma Cafe which is just down the road from my electorate office—and get morning tea for my Dunedin staff as it was the first day that they were physically open. I asked the Aroma Cafe staff how they'd fared under lockdown. Bill who's the manager and the owner of that small business said that they just would not have survived without the wage subsidy. The same was true with my hairdresser with the vet with the car yard in Andersons Bay Road who actually told me not only would they not have survived without the wage subsidy but also that what was heartening for them was that business was booming once people came out of lockdown which was good news for them.I want to give a real shout out to the civil defence coordination in Dunedin during the lockdown and Dunedin City Council and the Otago Regional Council who corralled and worked with all of the community groups the social agencies to deliver that welfare support and response; the Otago Chamber of Commerce and the employers' association that worked so hard with the local businesses right across the region; and the GPs the care workers the midwives and all the essential workers. I have never spoken to as many supermarket workers as I did during the lockdown particularly during that first week when there was so much nervousness and literally fear from those minimum wage workers who were on the front line and without a lot of the supports that they needed especially for those first few days.I also want to give a big thankyou to the staff in my Dunedin office—and in fact my whole staff—who went like the clappers to form an online digital office so that we could respond to all of the hundreds and hundreds of calls and messages and help and support that was needed over that lockdown period. I know I'm not alone obviously. Every MP in this House will have had behind them incredible staff who worked their butts off to provide the supports that were needed. I really want to thank Warren and Nadine and Larissa and Josh for the work that they did during that time.Last Tuesday I took a day to go down to Balclutha and Milton with Ingrid Leary who's the new candidate for Taieri who's replacing me when I stand down. We talked to dozens of people in the coffee shops and the shops along the main street the community groups the council—all who said Thank you. Thank you so much to the Government. Thank you Jacinda for moving so quickly for putting in place the wage subsidy for keeping us safe."Now of course we know that not every job or every business can be saved but what this Government has done is not only put in place that $12.1 billion recovery package right at the beginning but then was agile enough to move incredibly quickly to put in place the Budget showing the agility of a Government and a finance Minister faced with one of the biggest challenges this country's ever seen to be able to recast and refocus the Budget to deliver what is needed in our country right now.Two things in the short time left that stand out for me is the free apprenticeships that are being made available and the reinstatement of adult education which is part of the glue that holds our community together. We are a team of 5 million. When we work together we're at our best."