Hamilton RyanRYAN HAMILTON (National—Hamilton East): Thank you Mr Speaker. He Hōnore he korōria ki te Atua; he maungārongo ki te whenua. [Honour and glory to God; peace on earth.]I won't wax lyrical about the last 100-day programme or the 49 projects which we were both committed to and achieved although it was very good and the community is certainly relieved to see the meaningful progress after six years of well-meaning ideology fantasy unicorns and frankly hot air.But talking about hot air I would like to discuss the Balloons Over Waikato which is happening this week and actually kicked off yesterday and will culminate in a great finale in Claudelands this Saturday night attracting over 10000 people which is the ZURU Nightglow.Moving on though aside from the cost of living which is the biggest challenge facing our people and certainly the people in Hamilton and during the campaign period was the issue of crime—ram raids; breaking and entering sometimes for tobacco alcohol vapes but sometimes just for energy drinks and food—not just liquor stores dairies and gas stations either but salons pharmacies restaurants cafes jewellery stores in the middle of the day. Last year in New Zealand 12383 retail crimes occurred on average every month—that's one retail crime every 3½ minutes in little old New Zealand. Real people were affected too: Gaurav and Pooja in Hillcrest; Manish and Rupali in Green Hill; Ash in Flagstaff. Well let's talk about entitlement like the previous member brought up. How about people thinking they can just walk out of New World Rototuna or Woolworths with a bag or trolley full of groceries or a surf shop with clothes and walk out and intimidate bystanders? Those days are over. Help is coming. I must acknowledge the advocacy of Ash Parmar in this space back home too.We recently abolished Labour's prison reduction target of 30 percent. I just want to pause on this for a moment. I still can't figure out why on earth they would think it's a good idea to reduce the prison population by 30 percent. No commensurate social investment or rehabilitation programme or key performance indicators or rationale to figure it was good; let's just empty the prisons because it seems like a good idea. In fact since we have been in this Government I have heard the Opposition use the word outcomes" more than ever; it was a shame they didn't use it in the last six years. Ironically now they're in Opposition we hear them talk about outcomes and delivery and you know tangible things. But I think it's like an osmosis. I think we campaigned so hard on outcomes and deliverables that even the Labour Party caucus is starting to use these terms and say "Hm this is actually quite good." Oh well it's a little bit too late. As George Gregan said to Byron Kelleher in the Rugby World Cup final in 2003 "Four more years." Although in this case three more years but of course we're going to be in here for much longer than this and we won't be getting complacent like the last Government did with the people of New Zealand and we will be not taking our foot off the plug-in hybrid.We've introduced legislation to support police further. We've put limits on discounting sentences and we're getting rid of the taxpayer-funded section 27 reports and the gravy train that that created. We took steps to extend the eligibility for rehabilitation programmes for prisoners in remand. So nearly 60 percent of our prisoners were on remand but they had no access to rehabilitation and addiction services. So it's not just the carrot and the stick but we're incentivising we're giving those people who have made poor choices an opportunity to find a better way. This could have been introduced years ago but of course we did it in less than 100 days.Very importantly we're starting to crack down on youth crime. Yesterday morning I sat on the plane next to a very experienced community leader with programmes like Blue Light and he said that those leadership camps which we are proposing work. They are an incredible partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force and act as a genuine circuit-breaker in the lives of those individuals with the appropriate wraparound support and mentors that they need. Of course his acknowledgment was often that the whānau back at home also need support. But we're a pragmatic Government with holistic solutions and so we will work and find a way forward through those challenges. We care about business owners and their employees. We care about our communities. We care about our rangatahi and our future so we are taking action.Hamilton looks forward to safer communities communities with opportunity to get educated and prosper a world-class education system and hopefully a graduate-degree medical school that will empower not only our city but the rural regions of Aotearoa New Zealand. Fast efficient and productive roading networks; building consents that are timely; housing supply that meets a growing need—that is aspiration and that is what we are committed to. The day for hot air and half measures is over."