Joyce StevenHon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister of Finance): Can I begin by congratulating the previous speaker Jacinda Ardern on her ascension to the leadership of her party and can I congratulate her on her speech which was positively Little-esque. It was positively Little-esque. She is going to be she says relentlessly positive about New Zealand. Well I think she is probably about 30 percent of the way there going on that speech. She obviously has a lot of work to do over the next 5 and a bit weeks until the polls open. But I note she is out there she is doing it and she is already talking about changing policies—except all she has done so far is say that she will not be interested in a fresh approach. I can see why because the two policies she has namechecked this afternoon are firstly R & D tax credits which have been Labour's policy for roughly 2 millennia and the education policy that was written in 2011 or 2014 which is apparently still the best possible education policy in 2017. So the fresh approach has quite clearly gone.I wonder this afternoon whether I could offer Jacinda Ardern a little bit of political advice in the interests of bipartisanship. I think that is important. I have helped Annette King over the years. I have made Annette everything she is today. I thought I would offer a little bit of advice.The first bit of advice is to watch Grant—watch Grant. A lot of leaders have made the mistake of not watching Grant. I suggests she watches Grant because amongst many other things he will want to spend the surplus several times between now and 23 September. I would suggest she watches Phil Twyford because he has got a bit of a tendency to scapegoat parts of our society which is not exactly relentless positivity—not exactly relentless positivity. Can I suggest she watches David Parker who wants to take a scorched earth policy to New Zealand's regions with his approach to water and climate change. Can I suggest she watches Metiria and the Greens who are interested only in removing all obligations from people receiving a benefit. I suggest she does that. Can I also suggest she watches Winston because it is always a good idea to watch Winston when you are in the Opposition because he thinks he is the Leader of the Opposition. He especially thinks he is the Leader of the Opposition as of yesterday so I suggest she watches that.But I would like to encourage her in her relentless positivity and I would like to encourage her to get out and have a look around New Zealand. She talked about the time when she was growing up when times were tough in rural New Zealand and actually she should go out now and have a look because actually rural and regional New Zealand are in really good shape. Rural and regional New Zealand are growing strongly. She should go to Hawke's Bay and see all the horticulturalists growing their businesses because of this Government's approach to trade. She should go to Ōāmaru in North Otago which is growing the fastest it has in 25 years. She should go all around the country. She should go to Dunedin and see the tech sector growing in Dunedin. She should go to Auckland which this new Opposition spokesman at the back said was struggling. She should go and drive through the Waterview tunnel to her electorate and see the progress that is being made there. Above all she should go to west Auckland and South Auckland where many New Zealand families will be getting the benefits of the family incomes tax package from this Budget on 1 April of next year.All of those things are positive things that are happening in this country because we are taking an open and connected view of the world. Kiwis are encouraged to get out and win on the world stage. New Zealanders are embracing that. The country is growing strongly. The Labour Party members are still denying it and that is their problem. They can change leader as often as they like but if they do not see New Zealand companies growing if they do not see jobs growing if they do not see incomes growing if they do not see families benefiting from this Government's approach to getting the books to balance and investing in infrastructure and services then they will continue to languish because they are completely disconnected from the reality of most New Zealanders around the country in regional New Zealand in our big cities and that is why New Zealanders are supporting this Government—because it is growing New Zealand and delivering for New Zealanders.