Eagle PaulPAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. Can I acknowledge all New Zealanders for persevering with the lockdown and in particular Aucklanders who are still at alert level 4. I also want to acknowledge the Tongan community: mālō 'aupito for their Tongan Language Week. It's not such a vibrant time to be celebrating but none the less they are doing it in an appropriate manner. It is a real pleasure to speak on the second reading of the imprest supply bill because there is much good news and this is an important element in the Budget cycle. My colleagues here from the Government have spoken at length in very positive ways of the significance of Budget 2021 and the difference it is making to ensure we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic stronger much stronger than we have before. The initiatives have been appropriate and I want to add my congratulations to the Prime Minister the Deputy Prime Minister and that health ministerial team who have done extraordinarily well to put together a programme combined with the rest of the Cabinet and put a pathway there that I think all New Zealanders can begin the mahi and celebrate at the end of it.I want to mention a couple of things to kick off. One of those is the Housing Acceleration Fund—$3.8 billion a significant portion of that for our Māori community but that there in itself is addressing some of those long-term challenges we know exist in housing and in particular the inequality. But it is making a difference even in places like Wellington south-east and the Chatham Islands. I have seen a significant upbeat response to the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund. The application recently closed but I can say to you that both local authorities together with developers and iwi have come together strongly to respond to that crisis a crisis that started many many moons ago and now we have an initiative in place thanks to the Budget that will enable those homes to be built. Often you hear that infrastructure is a major issue. I believe this will be transformational and particularly those at the lower end who are seeking something to rent something to move on from be it a house that's supplied by the Government or the private sector and to move into something that they could rent to own and a full tool kit. The thing that makes me most proud is that we've advanced into a tool kit of initiatives that can help people move from living in public housing living in housing that's just an absolute disgrace into something I believe will be transformational for their lives. We put a roof over someone's head and it takes care of most of the story and we're not spending unnecessary money at the other end.I want to also just acknowledge the School Investment Package. The schools I visited some years ago with the then member for Rongotai Dame Annette King needed much work. I know that from a recent conversation she'll be really proud that many a school now has got the investment. I know just travelling along Washington Ave on to the Ridgeway School many years it needed some investment as did the three schools on the Chatham Islands. I know Mr Speaker we will get to Pitt Island. I will take you back there myself and we will see some of those improvements to Pitt Island School.I also want to just mention the near completion of the new children's hospital. It's an appropriate moment to acknowledge all of those involved on the front line. I know that being the largest employer in the electorate doctors nurses and all of those associated health services have worked right through. They are tired but they remain defiant and upbeat because they know we can beat this. They agree with our strategy and they work day in day out to make sure that all New Zealanders are looked after in the most appropriate way. I want to acknowledge Fionnagh and her team at the Capital and Coast DHB for their hard work but everyone from an orderly right through to the ambulance drivers up to doctors and those who are just keeping the show on the road. That's a state of the art facility a big contribution from a philanthropist who has made it happen. And that's the spirit. We are working together in partnerships strongly with those who have the same values as this Government to put people first as the previous speaker said from this side of the House and make sure that those who most need it get the money that they need. I want to finish there with some words. I've been in contact with both of the mayors of Wellington City and the Chatham Islands and I think Monique Croon speaks for all Rongotai residents when she emailed me today and said thank you to the New Zealand Government for putting our island's wellbeing first and to the stakeholder teams working together to ensure the needs and the wellbeing of this community and those communities from around Aotearoa New Zealand are met. Thank you Mr Speaker.