Hipkins ChrisHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): The most revealing thing about that contribution is that a week after they made their signature policy announcement on law and order National haven't mentioned it once in the House this week—not once. Not once did you hear any National MP utter the words Strike Force Raptor"—not once in the House this week. It appears that fresh from selecting the country's youngest ever candidate they've handed over their policy development to the country's youngest ever focus group; how else do you explain Strike Force Raptor being the name of their law and order policy? I have it on good authority that the next policy that that genius focus group has come up with is an enhanced dog squad for the police; they're going to call it "Paw Patrol"!It's somewhat appropriate however that Simon Bridges is fascinated by raptors because raptors attack from either side and that is where Simon Bridges' attention is really really focused at the moment.Of course dinosaurs are a very appropriate source of inspiration for the National Party's policy development because their entire policy platform is prehistoric. I have never before in my time in this House ever seen a politician who thinks that the answer to law and order is to get police to go out and provoke crime. That's effectively what Simon Bridges' law and order policy is all about. The police shouldn't just solve crime; they should go out and they should provoke it. I think New Zealanders are much smarter than that. People want to have smart policing not people wearing cartoon logos wielding themselves around the country and provoking crime which is what Simon Bridges is all about although listening to that last contribution there is a certain likeness between Simon Bridges and another prehistoric cartoon character—Fred Flintstone. I think that Simon Bridges is the New Zealand Parliament's equivalent of Fred Flintstone which of course makes Paul Goldsmith Barney Rubble. He seems quite proud of that! Of course there are other children's programmes the National Party could take inspiration from. Ghostbusters—Ghostbusters. They built ghost roads or they claim to have built ghost roads. Perhaps they should get on to the case with the Ghostbusters.Meanwhile on this side of the House our Government is getting on and confronting the long-term challenges that are facing this country. We are investing in the future of New Zealand unlike the member opposite who couldn't find one thing to say about his own party during his contribution here. Five minutes is nowhere near long enough to get into the things that we are incredibly proud of on this side of the House. So I'm just going to pick two: the huge investment this Government is making in fixing up our run-down schools up and down the country—$400 million of extra funding over the weekend going into repairing the damage of at least a decade of neglect for our schools up and down the country; every State school in the country benefiting from their policy and they are absolutely delighted about it.The other policy that I want to mention today because it's one that really gets to the heart of investing in the future is the plan we launched today around early childhood education. This is a Government that takes early childhood education seriously. We know that the investment we make in the earliest years of a child's life will pay dividends for them and for the whole country in the future. Unlike the last Government who froze funding for early childhood education for a decade our Government has already increased early childhood education funding and there is more to come. We are committed to quality early childhood education which means investing in quality teachers qualified and trained teachers unlike the last Government who stopped the plan to move towards a fully qualified early childhood education workforce. Progress didn't just stall; it went backwards under that Government. We are picking up the pieces and we're getting things back on track because we know that early childhood education is such a significant investment in the future of this country.So New Zealanders have a choice: a Government that's investing in the future that's tackling long-term challenges or one that takes their inspiration from the dinosaurs. That is what New Zealanders will get the chance to choose from in the coming election. I am very proud of what this Government's delivering. There is a lot more to come. It's going to be a fantastic election campaign. I'm feeling really good about it."