McClay Todd; Rurawhe AdrianHon TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua): Mr Speaker thank you very much. Today National released the document Back in Business – National's plan to save livelihoods and unleash our economy. To the last speaker Peeni Henare who was in the newspaper yesterday and today blaming Māori for not being vaccinated actually our economy has people of every walk of life in New Zealand who have done everything that his Government has asked who have huge amounts of debt who are losing their homes and their businesses—and he wants to be a bit political. I'll let you what you should have vaccinated more people Mr Peeni Henare rather than eating all of those hāngī yourself because they were there to get others vaccinated.On 21 March last year we went into our first level 2 initially. Since then New Zealand has been under level 2 3 or 4 restrictions and lockdowns for 226 days—for 226 days Kiwis have been locked away have not been able to come out of their homes have not been able to go to work have not been able to run their businesses. Auckland has been in level 3 and 4 for 64 days and when the Prime Minister finally gets around to it this Friday—if it is even her that will do it—to come out and talk about what the future holds for Auckland it will be 66 days and counting.Auckland our largest city the largest part of the economy: 220 days in restrictions since last year. It is no wonder that last week when the Government announced further restrictions for the Waikato because there were more cases the Prime Minister didn't bother to turn up and talk to Kiwis from the 1 o'clock platform; she went to Murupara to tell people to get vaccinated and to cook sausages. Well I'll tell you to the people in Auckland who are struggling because of being locked away to every small business in the country that's done what they've asked who have got debt who have had to sell their homes and borrow more just to survive to the thousands of people in the South Island who haven't had a case of COVID for more than a year and they're still under lockdown that's what they want from their Government: someone who can cook a good sausage sizzle in Murupara!You see today's plan from National is a plan. The Government said it was the year of vaccination. We didn't hear them at the beginning of the year telling Māori to get vaccinated; we heard them saying that we don't have enough vaccines because others around the world are more important and they're dying. Well here we are today businesses failing New Zealanders struggling and the Government still makes excuses. Today National announced a plan that will support businesses small businesses tourists and Kiwis who own and run those businesses and who have done what the Government asks. The first is a reduction for two years in the tax rate for small businesses to 17.5 percent—the same as the Māori incorporated tax rates—when businesses get back to being able to trade properly because the vaccination rate is up because the Government has finally got around to doing that and when the restrictions aren't there when the visitors from Auckland can travel again and when people from overseas can safely come back. Kiwis will work hard. We think they deserve to keep more of their cash to pay off those debts that are vested in their businesses. What the finance Minister said was oh no he wants that because he knows how to spend it better. We're backing businesses here.We've said we would extend the cashback system. A tourist business three years ago was making more money than most other businesses. Tourism was worth $41 billion to the economy 400000 people employed many of them locked away in their homes right now because of the Government's inaction. If a business today has a loss a small business they can carry that loss back and get cash from profits over the last four years if they desperately need in their business. We have announced the wage subsidy should continue to be available everywhere in New Zealand under level 2. In Auckland the Government has said that won't be the case just when they need it the most. We've said that we would increase the tax bracket for our lowest earners so that they have a choice to go and decide what to spend their money on and I would recommend to them to spend it on whatever they like particularly local businesses because every time they spend at a local business they save a local job. The Government is not spending in that local business; they are taking your money they are keeping it they are borrowing from the future and spending it on things like—still—a cycle bridge over the Waitematā Harbour that they've ruled out but are still paying for to plan for.We've announced a dine and discover" package: $100 per person in New Zealand over the age of 18 who has been vaccinated to spend in restaurants and in pubs and accommodation and tourism to pump money into those businesses give them a shot in the arm so that they are still there after we get back to normal. There is an insurance scheme for the events industry. The Government was asked to do one of these. They said no. The events industry is $20 million out of pocket. We have their back as we have the back of every single small business in New Zealand. Small businesses are mum and dad Kiwis—DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member's time has expired."