Andersen GinnyGINNY ANDERSEN (Labour—Hutt South): Mālō e lelei Mr Speaker. Thank you very much Mr Speaker. Well what a confused argument we've heard from the benches opposite. As I've been listening to the course of this debate over the last two days I've heard that the Government is spending money in the wrong places. We've heard that the Government is spending money in the right places but we're getting the wrong outcomes. We're not spending enough on infrastructure but then we see the members opposite coming into the House voting against a bill which enables that very spending to take place.What is even more fascinating is infrastructure. I love talking about infrastructure because this Government has in fact invested $57 billion in infrastructure over the next five years and this really confuses those members opposite. Usually you'd see them doing a backflip or a couple of claps in the air when you get a bridge a road or even a tunnel but this time they're very confused because New Zealand is seeing under this Labour Government one of the most significant spends in infrastructure we have ever seen. Not only will that make our hospitals our schools our roads our people better but it also means we get jobs at a time we need it more than we ever have. We only need to take a look back in my patch in the Hutt Valley where we have got the most significant infrastructure project the Hutt Valley has ever seen—over $700 million in total with a $420 million contribution by the Government Waka Kotahi to make sure we have flood protection we have our roads going we have our cycleways connected and we have good walkways to connect into that area. That is something that will not only make our city better safer and more resilient but it will also make sure that we continue to employ people locally to get jobs and give our local contractors that mahi when they need it the most. So what else have we got? Because one of the interesting things I heard in the course of this debate also was that all this money has been provided out for infrastructure but we haven't seen any results. I like to take a look at some of the schools that we see around my area that have directly received some of that funding. In fact 27 schools in the Hutt Valley have had extra funding to be able to complete things like leaky roofs extra classrooms bike stands car parks landscaping extra toilets when capacity has been reached in that particular school. Fifteen out of those 27 have already been completed. Eastern Hutt School Hutt Central School Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Whanui Waterloo School—all of these schools have had projects completed as a result of that extra infrastructure funding. Let me just reiterate that those jobs have been completed by local contractors local businessmen local people who have come in and done that work and got the rewards of the fact that we are doing more in infrastructure for New Zealand and that is a beneficial thing. I'd like to talk also a little bit about how infrastructure is more than just roads and bridges and buildings. It's also about our hospitals and that has been an incredibly important investment that we have needed to do. Nine years—nine years of neglect as we say time and time again have let public facilities be run into the ground. It's not just the facilities; it's also those front-line workers who have been burnt out by continually working in difficult conditions. This is going to take a significant amount of time to build back our health system. But out of the funding we have seen come into the Hutt Valley we will have a brand new upgraded maternity facility—$9.2 million for a special care baby unit a new mental health unit and also upgraded maternity facilities which have been far far far overdue. In addition to that we're also seeing extra work going in towards making sure all of our infrastructure in the Hutt joins up. So some of those really important cycleways that have been undertaken over the years will enable that we have a complete cycle network. We see that with Te Ara Tupua the new connection that will go between Wellington and the Hutt Valley to make sure that we have a place for resilience that we can get in times of need but also for cycles and others wanting to use a non-road method non-car method—making sure we're reducing congestion and giving people more transport choices. I'd also like to point out that there's been other work in that space as well with the Eastern Bays shared pathway also receiving funding and going ahead. Well received in the community that has been. Probably one that's also very well received is the rebuild of the Naenae pool. So that's been a long one and demolition under way very shortly. I'd like to point out that in terms of the point around projects not being completed the part of Te Ara Tupua the cycleway between the Hutt and Wellington has had the completion nearly from where I live around Belmont Melling interchange all the way through out to Pētone and is getting close to completion so well under way on that one. This is a recovery Budget. This is a Budget about putting people first. While we always talk about the importance of raising those benefits and making sure people have kai in the cupboards making sure that we have our basics covered it's also important about looking forward to where we'll be in 5 10 15 years. So instead of squabbling about whether money should be spent in a good way or a bad way it would be great to have a bit of recognition that these are unprecedented times for New Zealand. Indeed we are a Government investing in our people investing in our future and making sure that we build back better that we take what COVID has given us and we work with it in the best way possible to give people and New Zealanders the best possible pathway forwards. I commend this bill to the House.