Boyack RachelRACHEL BOYACK (Labour—Nelson): Talofa lava Madam Speaker. It's an honour to speak tonight about the Government's wellbeing Budget that delivers for New Zealand and for Nelson. It is always a privilege to take a call at this time of night and those of us on the graveyard shift often have a bit of a joke about the two people who are staying up to watch the excitement on Parliament TV. Well last week while I was having lunch in Richmond I met one of those two people. Her name is Lou Reeves from my electorate of Nelson. And so at 9.30 p.m. tonight oh it's 9.45 it's my pleasure to give a shout-out to Lou. And I hope she is watching tonight to hear the good news for Nelson in the 2022 Wellbeing Budget.It's well known that Nelson Hospital has two earthquake-prone buildings that need attention. The George Manson building opened in the 1960s by the hospital superintendent Dr Percy Brunette was found in 2020 to be in the poorest condition of 24 clinical facilities across the country. The building is also earthquake prone and meets only 22 percent of the building code. The Percy Brunette building opened in the 1970s is also earthquake prone. George and Percy are old. For George it's time for a well-earned retirement. For Percy it's time for a couple of hip replacements. Investment in infrastructure has been a key focus for the Labour Government laying foundations for future economic growth and productivity. Budget 2022 invests $1.3 billion of capital funding to upgrade our health infrastructure and includes the initial funding needed to start the redevelopment of Nelson Hospital.I want to put on record my thanks to my colleague the Hon Dr David Clark who undertook a stocktake of all health capital assets across the country and produced the National Asset Management Programme for district health boards in 2020. This was the first time ever that such a stocktake had been undertaken and it has ensured that Nelson Hospital is at the top of the list where it rightly deserves to be. Rebuilding Nelson Hospital will be the biggest capital project in Nelson in a generation. It will ensure we have the facilities we need for our growing and ageing population and will also provide jobs as we secure our recovery from COVID-19. Some have commented that this project would have happened regardless of which party was in Government. This graph shows clearly that that is not the case. New Zealanders deserve a world-class health system and facilities and that is what we as a Labour Government are delivering on. You only have to look at this graph to work out where the National Party's priorities are. They will cut funding to essential services like health infrastructure leaving our hospitals earthquake prone and in shoddy condition all while they give people like Christopher Luxon an unneeded tax cut.I'm extremely grateful to my colleagues health Minister Andrew Little and finance Minister Grant Robertson for seeing the need for this project and backing it and also to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her commitment to this important project back in 2020. Thank you for the support you've shown to the people of Nelson and to Te Tauihu.Not only have we delivered on health but Housing Minister Megan Woods had two exciting announcements for Nelson in the Budget. The first is a housing fund for affordable rentals. Last week I met with Abbeyfield NZ a community housing provider who provide affordable rentals for older people and the Nelson Tasman Housing Trust who have an ambitious plan to increase their social housing stock from 50 to 100 homes. Both community housing providers were excited by the announcement. I know the fund will make a real difference for Nelsonians who are doing it tough and struggling to find an affordable rental. I also met with Steve Graham and Shirley from G.J. Gardner in Nelson who are very pleased about the lift in the price cap for first-home grants for new builds across Nelson-Tasman. And they are confident that they'll be able to build below this new price cap so that first-home buyers can get into their own home.The 2022 Wellbeing Budget also delivers on our election manifesto commitment to deliver accessible dental care for low-income people. Last week I met with Nelson's principal dental officer Dr Rob Beaglehole who has advocated for this. And I want to thank you Rob for your advocacy for our people.Budget 2022 creates economic security for now and into the future. Our strong economic management means we can invest in critical services like Nelson's new hospital. I'm proud to be a member of a Labour Government delivering for Nelson.