Macindoe Tim: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMacindoe Tim: General Debate[Sitting date: 25 June 2014. Volume:699;Page:18878. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West):Anybody listening to the contribution of the previous member Clayton Cosgrove on television or the radio will have done two things. The first thing is they will have turned the volume down and the second thing is they will have quite rightly concluded that the good folk of Waimakariri made a very sound decision at the last election when they decided that they no longer wanted Mr Cosgrove as their member of Parliament.It is a great privilege for me to represent the fine folk of Hamilton West in this House and to have served them in that capacity since November 2008. I am now campaigning proudly for a further mandate. I am hoping to be only the third member for Hamilton West since the seat was created in 1969 to secure a third term. It has the reputation of course of being the great bell-wether electorate of New Zealand. Therefore I suggest to people that we look carefully at what is happening in Hamilton West when we decide whether we are on the right or the wrong track. The people of Hamilton West tell me not only that we are on the right track but that they appreciate that we are getting the job done that we are focusing on the things that matter to New Zealand and that they want to see a continuation of the John Key - led administration.New Zealanders know that John Key and his team have governed New Zealand through the most challenging conditions that any Government of this country has faced since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The impact of the global financial crisis has been immense. One needs only to look at North America and South America or the countries in Europe and in most other parts of the globe to understand just how devastating the impact of the global financial crisis has been in so many countries. New Zealanders have had it tough through the recession as well. They know in particular that the reckless previous Labour-led administration spent like drunken sailors at a time when it failed to take any significant measures to grow the economy and therefore left this country deeply vulnerable when the good times ended and the global financial crisis hit. That is why they are so grateful for the leadership of John Key Bill English and their excellent Cabinet team.New Zealanders are scared witless at the prospect of a weak Labour-led administration with a Prime Minister whom even his own colleagues do not respect and of being dependent on a volatile cocktail of extreme Greens who want to stop everything in their tracks and who oppose every possible measure for growth development and prosperity. A Labour-led administration would then be propped up by the “Billionaire Poverty Party”—goodness knows where it would take things and what the price of its support would be—and possibly two or three other combinations. What an appalling combination that would be for a Government of this country.It is very important to get the economy right because ultimately an economy is all about people. It is about the impact of economic decisions on health law and order education and all those important areas where we are working to deliver public services of a first-class standard—and we are. Look at the record over the last 6 years where with less money to spend those people out on the front line in our public services have lifted their production lifted their delivery of services reduced waiting lists in our hospitals boosted elective surgery raised educational achievement and reduced crime right across the board. Things are looking good. Why would you put that at risk?This is a Government that is getting the job done and in Hamilton West that is the message I get from my constituents. I believe quite firmly that they know they must stay the course that we are on. The evidence has been out just in the last few days when we have seen 3.8 percent growth in GDP putting us right up there in the top bracket above most of our trading partners. In the eurozone it is 0.9 percent. Here in New Zealand it is 3.8 percent. So when we hear our opponents talking about increasing inequality or all the rest of it they need to get beyond the rhetoric and look at the figures because the figures show that income inequality is not increasing; it has flat-lined. In fact those people at the top end of the tax bracket have had it a little tougher in respect of having to pay more of the tax. Most of my constituents are now paying only 17.5 cents in the dollar on income tax.This is a Government that is getting it right and delivering for New Zealanders. It deserves to be re-elected and I am proud to campaign for that end.