Lee MelissaMELISSA LEE (National): I am a little baffled by the speech that was given by the member who just sat down Dr Megan Woods. I know she was coughing so I hope she is feeling a lot better. One of the things she said that baffled me was this whole idea that Labour is innovative and into the future and looking to the future—that Labour has brand new ideas and that it has actually got a brand new leader. It has just got a brand new leader and she took some time to come up with this brand-spanking-new big-hit policy announcement and came up with a policy that was from like 10 years ago—one of Labour's big hits that the electorate denounced and said it was not going to take. It was rejected by the electorate. Labour members have come back with this brand new idea they claim and they are innovative they say.It is a great pleasure to take a call in the third reading of the debate on the Appropriation Bill. The Estimates process is in fact a really important one. I would like to acknowledge all of my colleagues who have spoken on this topic here and through the select committee process which actually lasted quite a few months.I believe that this year's Budget is one of the greatest yet and is one of the reasons why the Opposition is very upset. I think Dr Megan Woods talked about how only the top 10 percent is benefiting. Really? I thought it was 1.3 million New Zealanders who are in fact going to be taking home $26 in their pocket. They are going to be better off—1.3 million New Zealanders. Is that considered the top 10 percent of New Zealand taxpayers? I think we need to do better obviously on numeracy. Obviously it did not work for the Labour members.I am really very proud of the fact that I have chaired the Commerce Committee during the 51st Parliament to back innovation economic development and engagement with our telecommunications sector. I am very proud to be a National member. It is in fact a great honour to speak on the important work that the committee has undertaken. I think one of the things I was really proud of was that we were able to rewrite a piece of legislation as a select committee. That is something that does not often happen but it was with the approval of the Minister that we did it and I thank all of my members who helped the committee through that process especially the secretariat who work really really hard.At the Commerce Committee we heard a number of Ministers during the Estimates review process. I would like to thank them and the advisers and the officials for the information and the way that we engaged with them. Often I am very proud of the speed at which New Zealand has done the ultra-fast broadband network. I know a lot of people say that it is not fast enough and often we all complain about that. I remember that a while ago—it was actually visitors from overseas who had in fact come to New Zealand. They were from my birth country Korea. As everyone knows Korea is really advanced in terms of technology and ultra-fast broadband. Download speeds over there are actually massive. When its president visited New Zealand the media pack came to New Zealand and they could not actually send video back to Korea. That was many years ago back in 2009.But since then New Zealand has rolled out ultra-fast broadband networks and thanks to the great work of our previous communications Minister Amy Adams and now the Hon Simon Bridges the second phase of the ultra-fast broadband roll-out is expected to reach 151 new towns and communities across New Zealand. By its completion in 2024 we will ensure that up to 85 percent of New Zealanders can access fibre and achieve better connectivity for their homes and workplaces. I note the important role that Crown Fibre Holdings now to be renamed Crown Infrastructure Partners has had in the roll-out and that further work is under way to support increases to the roll-out speed and tightened time frames for the implementation.I think Mr Ron Mark talked earlier about the fact that some New Zealand businesses are sold to overseas entities. I would just like to remind the honourable member that overseas investment is not necessarily a bad thing. You know I get really tired of members who try to say that speculators happen to have my skin colour and who suggest that overseas investment happens only from countries that have my coloured skin. I recently had an opportunity to visit Invercargill. I went and visited my colleague Sarah Dowie and one of the reasons I did that was that there is a great Korean company that has invested in Southland. It invested $130 million. It rescued a New Zealand company—actually it was invested in by an American company; I guess nobody talks about American companies. But it was failing. It was failing badly. It was losing money and the Korean company decided to invest in New Zealand and actually invested a lot of money into it.I went to visit that company. It does not sell logs; it actually brings in logs. It pulps them. It makes boards for furniture-making. It does not send them back to Korea; it actually exports them to Japan and America and brings in a lot of export dollars for New Zealand. Its annual wage bill is $13 million. That does not go back to the country where they invest from; it is actually invested back into New Zealanders who are working for that company in New Zealand who earn that wage. Also there are the surrounding businesses like the truck drivers who actually supply the company with the logs; the restaurants that are in Southland in Invercargill; and the local shops that supply all of the workers. So it is the community that actually benefits as a result of the great big investment that happened which happens to have come from an overseas country and I celebrate that. I think it is actually a fantastic thing that it does that.Talking about trade we in this House have often talked about the great work that both Governments have done in terms of the free-trade agreements (FTAs) that we have actually signed. I am a very firm believer in that and the National Government has actually worked really really hard to make sure that our trading partners know we value them and that we expand those trading nations we deal with. One of the greatest things that I heard after the Korean FTA—I mean it is not something you talk about often but Korean people like deer velvet. I was talking to a deer velvet industry representative who said that within 6 months of the FTA between New Zealand and South Korea being ratified—within 6 months of the FTA being ratified—the exports of deer velvet actually doubled. That was not even a year; it was only 6 months. Their exports doubled and that is a huge benefit for New Zealanders who are working in that field. The primary industry sector should benefit. I know that—I was actually talking to the Hon Anne Tolley with regard to the growth in the export of squash that is produced in her region.Earlier my colleague Jonathan Young mentioned the great work that the Hon Hekia Parata has done for our children as the Minister of Education. I would just like to honour her actually and say thank you to her. As Jonathan Young has mentioned year 12 National Certificate of Educational Achievement level 2 achievement by Māori students is actually up 75 percent from 52 percent back in 2008. From 52 to 75 percent—that is a humungous jump and it is all thanks to this National-led Government and the great work that the Hon Hekia Parata has done. I have always said this: I have seen the passion in her eyes the twinkle whenever she talks about the achievement of our children and I would like to say that she has done a fantastic job.Also the other thing that I am very proud of this Government delivering is the free GP visits for all children under the age of 13. I think that is a fantastic thing. As a mother as a parent when children sometimes get sick that is often the most stressful—that the Government is actually delivering free medical care for children under 13 is one of the best things that this Government has ever delivered.