Dean Jacqui: General Debate 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Dean Jacqui: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 05 December 2012. Volume:686;Page:7161. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki) 
: 
 I reckon the people of Christchurch would be much better off if they did not have naysaying politicians running the city down all the time. The fact is that this National Government not only has poured billions and billions of dollars into Christchurch and the people of Christchurch but also has poured its heart and soul into the rebuild of Christchurch. I applaud what our Ministers in this Government are doing for the people of Christchurch and we will begin to see as time goes on the economic benefits that will come with the Christchurch rebuild. 
This Parliament has one would-be finance Minister who cannot do the maths one would-be finance Minister who thinks that printing money is the way to economic progress and thankfully for the people of New Zealand one actual finance Minister with a clear programme to build sustainable growth based on savings productive investment and exports. At the same time under Bill English as finance Minister we have moved away from the debt the property speculation and the excessive Government spending that marked the 9 years of the previous Labour Government. National is focused on building a more competitive and productive economy. That is essential if businesses are to have the confidence to invest in growth and to invest in jobs. Alongside this we are responsibly managing the Government’s finances delivering better public services. Just while I am on that we had the financial reviews for the Department of Corrections and the Police today and the Labour— 
Hon Anne Tolley 
: How did that go? 
JACQUI DEAN 
: How did that go? That is a good question because for the time set down for both of those financial hearings the Labour Opposition was out to lunch New Zealand First was not there the Greens I think offered one contribution and I had to let the Commissioner of Police go after 35 minutes. The Opposition had run out of steam. It was an opportunity once again for Peter Marshall the Commissioner of Police and Ray Smith of the Department of Corrections to show what a good job those two departments are doing for the people of New Zealand. They should be congratulated on working within budget and providing better public services. That is exactly what this Government is about. 
I now want to talk about building the economy.  
The Lord of the Rings 
 and  
The Hobbit 
 movies brought extraordinary opportunities colour and life to Wellington and to New Zealand both in jobs and investment and in the creation of a wonderful film industry for New Zealand with plenty of work for actors. The “Hobbit-haters” over on the other side did go to the premiere—good on them. They have obviously no shame. But it is not just the big projects in the big centres that are building the economy in New Zealand and are so very important. [ 
Interruption 
] And the junior whip yawns. The junior whip does not get it. Once again the Labour junior whip—this is all too big for him. The junior whip does not get it. Yes I think— 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I think we are sick of the ageist contributions from the former  
Play School 
 presenter. I think she needs to get into the present when she is in the House and refer to the senior whip by that title. 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: It is barely a point of order but it just is in that appropriate nomenclatures should be used. 
JACQUI DEAN 
: Thank you very much Mr Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to address the big issues that are facing New Zealand today. If the junior whip wants to have a bedtime story he can turn to his colleague who I am sure will read him something at about the level he understands. In my own part of New Zealand there are some fantastic initiatives under way providing enormous economic benefit to both the local region and also wider New Zealand. 
I want to talk about irrigation something about which I am hugely enthusiastic and supportive. The face of South Canterbury North Otago and Central Otago has been transformed with irrigation. Jobs have been created both locally and further afield. There are skills now in those towns that emptied out in the 1980s and generally there is a sense of buoyancy in those regions that but for the support of the Government and the irrigation investment fund simply would not be there. It is a good-news story for my region. I support it and I applaud it. 
Michael Woodhouse 
: What about that cycleway? 
JACQUI DEAN 
: Our own senior whip—an excellent senior whip—says “What about the cycle trails?”. Well the Otago Central Rail Trail—[ 
Interruption 
] They laugh at that over on the other side of the House. They do not get regional development. They do not get that $7 million is introduced into the local economy every year because of the Otago Central Rail Trail. Small businesses are being established. In fact there is a brand new café in Ophir. I recommend it to anybody travelling through for its excellent coffee. 
The debate having concluded the motion lapsed.