SpeechJENNY MARCROFT (NZ First): Tēnā koe Madam Chair. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to the Appropriation (2019/20 Estimates) Bill talking to the environment. You can literally hear the environment breathing a sigh of relief that this Government is focused on the environment because there is no Planet B.We are committed to transitioning to a clean green and carbon-neutral New Zealand. We are overhauling the resource management system because it's underperforming. We are ensuring the wellbeing of society is about improving our waterways and we are starting with a body of water close to my heart as an Albertlander. Now Albertlanders arrived in New Zealand in 1863 my family on board the Matilda Wattenbach. The Mayor of Kaipara also his whānau arrived 1860-odds on the Hanover and Mayor Smith was also very impressed with the recent announcement as the Government went up to the Kaipara and met with farmers who have started some incredible work. Like many other farmers around the country they are planting up their waterways. They are ensuring that their swales are planted and protected because the water that flows mostly through the northern region down into the Kaipara which is one of our biggest bodies of water is actually our snapper hatchery. So predominantly the snapper on the west coast begin their days in the Kaipara. So it is really important that the $12 million from Budget 2019 is the beginning of this work working with council and working with families to ensure these bodies of water these estuaries are getting rid of that sedimentation which has been clogging them up. The scallops you can no longer gather. We need to ensure that this waterway particular area will have clean clear water which will actually be reflecting the wellbeing of society as a result.Also something else that has been really important to us and in particular to New Zealand First: we need to stop banging up brick and tiles on our elite soils. We cannot keep putting housing on our food basket. It just does not make sense. So it's great to see that we will be protecting our most fertile soils in the Pukekohe area—this versatile land. We must continue to grow food for New Zealanders and for our export markets as well. So taking care that on this most highly productive land we ensure that we can keep growing.Plastics—fantastics. Ensuring that we get rid of plastic bags was a signal to society that we are taking care of what we're doing with plastics. That's a wee small step. It's a big indication. Society was moving there anyway so we said Yes we will embrace this as well as an indication." China banning low-quality recycled plastics also has given us a fantastic opportunity to take a better look at what we're doing in respect of our waste systems. So it is great to see that waste is on the agenda—particularly tyres.New Zealand First in our coalition agreement with Labour—we have a tyre stewardship programme and so we're very pleased that that has recently been announced. These 4 million - odd tyres a year which are recycled off vehicles—tractors quite a few of them; cars as well. These stockpiles all around the country are leeching into the soils. They are fire hazards as well. But we will take care of our waste. We are ensuring that we are doing that.Also too just very quickly very very pleased about the $20.75 million in Budget 2019 going to kauri dieback research. Provincial Growth Fund for the Predator Free 2050—$19.5 million there. I recently had a catch up with Predator Free New Zealand. There're some great initiatives about to be rolled out from that Provincial Growth Fund allotment so I'm looking forward to that being laid out before us to see what great work so we don't have to use so much 1080. Thank you very much Madam Chair."