Korako NukNUK KORAKO (National): Tēnā koe e Te Kaiwhakahaere. Huri noa i Te Whare nei e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa. It is my pleasure to speak on the Appropriation (2017/18 Estimates) Bill covering the environment sector. I am a proud brown blue" and I am also a very proud Bluegreen so I take great pride in being able to speak on these appropriations.Just following on from the last speaker Denis O'Rourke it is really great to be on this side of the Chamber because to us the glass is always half full—over half full actually particularly when we talk about appropriations. Look at the end of the day it is all about the economy. It is all about having a strong economy to actually be able to have the pūtea—the money—to be able to dedicate to these environmental initiatives. So if you have not got the money well then you have got very very sad-looking environmental initiatives. With that then even look at a lot of our Third World countries. They are the most polluted and they have not got the strategies because they cannot afford them. But when we look at the very very high end those with strong economies—look at Scandinavia and all that. They lead the world. That is exactly what we are actually about in New Zealand as well on this side of the Chamber—driving that through.When we come to climate change National takes this climate change very seriously. We are actually committed to New Zealand doing its fair share. We want to protect our country. We actually do because it is not just about us—it is not for us in a lot of ways—it is for our children and their children after us. That is where our strategy is completely totally different from what I hear from the other side of the Chamber. Let us look at the Paris Agreement. Under that we have signed up to a fair and ambitious target and by reducing emissions by 30 percent below the 2005 levels by 2030 that is doing our bit—that is really aspiring to do our bit.Our challenge now though—our challenge now—is reaching that target while still growing the economy. Now it is all about that as well. I talked about the economy before. Growing the economy and creating jobs—that is what this is about as well. So our emissions have been steady over the past decade—over the past 10 years—but now we need to start really reducing them. We know that. We understand that. We have got the economy to really start pushing that as well. So when we look at this—when we look at all of this—let us have a look at renewable electricity. We now have 85 percent of electricity through renewable generation. We have got that now—over 85 percent.We are also off to a good start and we are looking at how we can reduce emissions in other sectors such as agriculture and also transport. So when we look at those things that I have just highlighted that is really about a Government and that is about an economy that are actually delivering for New Zealanders and also delivering for the world as well particularly when we are looking at the environmental strategy.The other thing that we have to be careful of though is that we do not place unnecessary costs on businesses in New Zealand. We will not do that. What we can do is create these initiatives in conjunction with businesses and that will lead to better environmental outcomes. So one of the main whakaaro here—one of the main parts of the strategy—is to actually partner with businesses so that they can work together and that means that then we do not lose those businesses. They do not actually pack up and go overseas and we have to be very very mindful of that.I had only an opportunity to talk only about climate change but from this side of the House this is an excellent Budget particularly for the environment. On that note e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa."