Adams Amy: Estimates Debate — In Committee 
Adams Amy: Estimates Debate — In Committee 
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AMY ADAMS (National—Selwyn) 
: 
 I am very happy to take a call in respect of Vote Tourism as I come from the beautiful electorate of Selwyn where tourism is a substantial part of the economy. Everyone in this Chamber could and should properly recognise that the work this Government is doing with its economic growth agenda to lift the wealth and prosperity of all New Zealanders is fundamental to the success of this country. 
Anybody who looks at the issue objectively knows that this Government has been one of the most active productive and effective Governments this country has seen. Thank heavens we have John Key and a National-led Government because this Government is leading economic growth in tourism farming and exporting—which are the sectors that will see New Zealand come out of the global recession—and addressing the horrific economic mismanagement of the previous Labour Government over the last 9 years. 
The tourism initiatives I see happening every day in Selwyn will lead to growth. Treasury is predicting 170000 new jobs for the economy as a result of this Government’s economic management. National was elected to deliver greater prosperity to New Zealand and that is what we are delivering. Do members know what appals me? What appals me is that the Labour Party is so financially incompetent that it cannot see the effect of what we are doing. It cannot see the difference that the policies of this Government is making to jobs and growth in this country. Labour has had its head in the sand for so long that the only way it knows to create wealth is to spend taxpayers’ money—borrow and spend. This Government on the contrary understands that real growth comes from the productive sector and that is why— 
The CHAIRPERSON (Eric Roy) 
: I am sorry to interrupt the member. I say to Dr Prasad that interjections should be rare and reasonable. 
AMY ADAMS 
: That is why this Government is putting in place a number of initiatives. That is why we are putting an extra $30 million into the tourism sector for example. That is why we have streamlined and simplified the Resource Management Act—so that new tourism initiatives can get under way. 
We heard today in question time the Hon Dr Nick Smith talk about the fact that those changes to the Resource Management Act have changed a consenting process that was taking upwards of 6 years so that it now takes 4 months. So when some of the tourism ventures in Selwyn want to build new infrastructure new growth—and there are some fantastic plans for the ski fields in my electorate—they know that the Resource Management Act will not now be the absolute concrete shoe that it was under the previous Government. We will not see good growth initiatives and good tourism initiatives strangled by the red tape and inefficiencies of the previous Labour Government. 
This Government will ensure that sectors like tourism agriculture and exporting which were in recession for 5 years under the previous Labour Government—for 5 years while the world was in boom times—will now grow. They will grow they will prosper and they will create real sustainable jobs for New Zealanders. There will be an increase in average household incomes of more than $7000 a year thanks to the policies of this Government. For Labour members to now cry crocodile tears when over 9 years they did nothing except borrow and spend other people’s money—[ 
Interruption 
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The CHAIRPERSON (Eric Roy) 
: Dr Prasad if you are going to be disruptive be disruptive from your own seat. Please go to your own seat. [ 
Interruption 
] Please go to your own seat. 
AMY ADAMS 
: The economic policies of this Government are substantial and effective and they are making a difference for real New Zealanders. One of the best pieces of news that this Government delivered in recent times was when the Minister of Finance announced that for the first time we have seen growth in the productive sector outstripping growth in the non-productive sector. That is a major milestone. It is exactly the sort of economic growth economic step change that we are delivering. 
Labour members are so blind that they cannot see that—they cannot see it. For them to now cry crocodile tears is pretty appalling. They managed the economy into the ground during the best period of economic activity the world has seen and the productive sector continued to fail.