Kaye NikkiHon NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central): I really want to address obviously a few comments that have been made by members across the Chamber but also I do want to really crystallise in people's minds the impact of this bill on some isolated islands in the Hauraki Gulf for the reason that we know that in 2021 this bill could be bringing in a whole lot of other areas in New Zealand. Listen up rural New Zealand: it is important that the rural communities in this country understand that this little old set of islands in the middle of the Hauraki Gulf is about to be paying for light rail down Dominion Road. So if you're someone who lives on Waiheke Island you already pay ferry fares currently that are not subsidised by the Government and you're about to be paying for light rail down Dominion Road.I want to address some of the issues that have already come before the committee. The first point I want to make which is in response to the Minister's comments: 4 percent at the Auckland Council in savings—because we're talking about $150 million here—is reasonable. We know that they spend a huge amount on consultants. We know that there is fat in terms of staffing. So it is reasonable to ask them to look at those savings before you start racking up fuel taxes in Auckland. The second point I want to make is that it is good that the Minister has said to the people of Great Barrier that it looks like the Government is going to exempt Great Barrier but the reality is that it is not as of right. So if Phil Twyford loses his job who knows what could happen in terms of a future Minister. That's why my amendment is superior for the people of Great Barrier because they get that certainty.But in terms of Waiheke this is what Planet Labour" looks like. Under "Planet Labour"—and this is a real scenario—you'll now be having tourists that will land at Auckland Airport. Before they get there they'll be paying a tourist tax. They're going to now get in a car and fuel is going to be higher. So those tourists are going to pay the tourism tax they're going to get in the car with the extra costs of fuel they're going to arrive at the Downtown ferry terminal which the Minister talks about being delivered as a result of this fuel tax. Well I have a question for the Minister. Did he read the ferry development plan of 2014? They've been talking about this Downtown ferry terminal upgrade for a very long time and it's very convenient that it's ended up on the list of regional fuel tax projects. But under this situation that same tourist who's had to pay a tax before they've even landed at Auckland Airport has paid additional money in fuel taxes to get across to Waiheke then gets on a ferry has to pay the ferry costs then has to get on the island has to pay additional costs for paying for the Dominion Road light rail and then they go and sit in a restaurant on Waiheke Island and they're already paying additional cost in terms of food and now they're paying more costs as a result of these fuel taxes.I'm just saying to the Minister when you've got a situation on Great Barrier before these fuel taxes even come in where they're at $3.30 a litre and now they're going to go up to over $3.50 unless he exempts them and then on Waiheke you're already paying 25c a litre and you are then also paying ferry costs—and this is not about upgrading the Downtown ferry terminal because that has been in the works for a very long time. The same argument in terms of "Some of those people will commute and be in Auckland." applies to Great Barrier so it's not a principled argument to say that somehow they should now be paying because they also use transport in Auckland. The reality is that this tax is going to affect disadvantaged people but it's also going to choke the very small communities like the islands of Great Barrier and Waiheke.The reality is that people in other parts of regional New Zealand should be scared because we have a date in this bill: 2021. We're going to have regional taxes around the rest of New Zealand and what this Government is demonstrating in this amendment—by voting down my amendment which helps the small communities who are isolated islands who already have higher costs—is that they're not prepared to accept that they already have a significant reason to not be benefiting from these fuel taxes. So it's not just about these communities; it's about the wider principle. And the reality is that people can't afford a Labour Government."