Lee MelissaMELISSA LEE (National): Thank you for the opportunity to take a call on the excellent statement made by the Prime Minister last week. I would like to begin by echoing the Hon Chris Finlayson's comments about it being great to be back. What an honour it is for me to share my speaking slot with my favourite Tim Macindoe chief whip of the National Party and the best MP Hamilton West has ever seen—oh sorry Mr Assistant Speaker; I forgot that you were once a member in Hamilton West. Apologies but he is one of my very favourites. Mr Finlayson talked about the great summer that he has actually had and Auckland has had a most fantastic summer. I am showing a little bit of proof that I have actually had a great summer with different coloured hands from playing golf but I have to say that I did not actually play as well as the Hon Chris Finlayson did. I just maintained my handicap without the scores that he was actually showing off.What a fantastic Waitangi Day Auckland had. I accompanied the Prime Minister to the Ōrākei Marae with Ngāti Whātua and what a fantastic welcome we actually did in fact receive from Ngāti Whātua. I was so impressed and actually inspired by our Prime Minister. He actually spoke in Te Reo and I was inspired because as a new migrant of 30 years or so in New Zealand I always said that I was going to learn Te Reo and I have not quite managed to. I speak just a few words here and there—you know the odd greeting—but when I saw the Prime Minister speak at the marae in Te Reo I was inspired. I thought that I had to do something about that and I am going to be taking some lessons so that maybe one of these days I can actually speak at a marae in Te Reo. To do so will be my aspiration.It has already been a great start to the 2017 year particularly with the announcement that was made in regard to the 1125 more police officers who will actually be introduced to keep our community safer and to support the most vulnerable in our society. I am proud to be part of the strong National caucus which is supporting police numbers to work for our communities to ensure that our society actually does in fact get help. I am particularly proud of the additional 20 ethnic liaison officers that were announced. These ethnic liaison officers do so much good in our community. They are the major links between our communities and the police not just because of their expertise in their language but because of the cultural knowledge that they actually have. They provide the link. I have seen many instances where these people have prevented incidents that could have escalated beyond basic trouble that we might see on our streets. They have managed to calm them down because of their knowledge of the community's cultural issues. We have many police officers who speak a wide array of languages. Their expertise is welcome and more of these ethnic liaison officers are also welcome.I am also very happy about the announcement of the 24/7 non-emergency service line. I have heard many other members speak in this House about the non-emergency times when they want to ring the 111 number but do not want to hold up the 111 line because it is important—it is a number that people use for emergencies and they do not want to take it up. But there are times when you want to ring the police and people do not remember the number of the local police station. I think having a 3-digit number like 111 or even an 0800 number that is easy to remember is very important to report non-emergency issues that the police can actually attend to and I know that many people in the ethnic communities have welcomed these announcements.Our economy is actually working well. You know one of the things that I just want to say is that New Zealand is considered the fourth safest country in the world. I await the day that I can proudly tell all my friends overseas that New Zealand is in fact the safest country in the world. That will be a day that I will be very very proud of. This year is going to be a very very busy one with 23 September looming. I wish all members best of luck in their electorates and in their campaigns. I have got only 4 seconds to hand over to my chief whip.