SpeechANGELA ROBERTS (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. It's been wonderful hearing from my colleagues about the significant investment in our people and our economy and our future—health education the list goes on. But wait there's more. Despite all of the challenges that we have faced as a country in recent years and actually the challenges that face us today—cost of living rising interest rates—we have sustained a strong and stable economy. And what this means is that we have been able to ensure that not only are we surviving but we have the space and actually business has the confidence to invest in people and research and development and to build a future that is a wonderful one for our people. Our response: not just more jobs but more training and more apprenticeships; not just record exports but more and better free-trade agreements. As our Prime Minister and Kiwi exporters went out and reconnected across the world with markets—Japan Singapore the United States and Australia—we see the demand for what we have to offer. It's a really really great place for us to be. The test—we know in economics—is about the strength of an economy and is the confidence that businesses have to invest in their future. When we went to Fieldays last week it was great because we could see on the ground the results of that significant investment—the partnering that this Government has done to make sure that our food and fibre sector and our exports remain the best in the world. And there were so many—I just want to pick a couple. Let's just stick to Taranaki for now shall we? So I was really excited to see the announcement last week of the partnership between Fonterra and Nestlé—as they go down to Taranaki the wonderful Whanganui electorate of Steph Lewis—and the project that they've got about making a commercially viable net-zero carbon emissions dairy farm. It's great to speak to young leaders like Jason Rolfe who runs the demonstration farm down there and the excitement about making sure that we are best placed to lead the world in milk. They're going to be working really hard to make sure that this project is about being good for the farmer good for the cow and good for the milk as well. And so if you're ever in South Taranaki which I'm sure you'll all be doing your best to do you need to go down and hear more about it. It's a really exciting global leading project that we're happy to support.The other project that I think that is really great—another one that came through at Fieldays—was the continuation of partnership with Venture Taranaki and the businesses that they are supporting around Taranaki to ensure a just transition for our land use diversification sustainability and a bright future for our farmers and growers in Taranaki. So right back in 2020 we supported Venture Taranaki with an amazing project called Branching Out. You know what else can you grow in Taranaki besides grass for cows? Well apparently there's a lot and it was really great to see the announcement this week of an additional $975000 for phase two of this project. So for those of you who like a little gin we are doing our best to make sure that Taranaki becomes a great place to grow our botanicals. Hemp fibre which we know has so many uses—from building and construction to medicinal uses. Again this is something that's being invested in to ensure that we don't just talk about it but actually we have action and it means that we are ready to not just weather the storm that has been predicted globally as far as economies go but we are ready to really drive into it with confidence and make sure that we are really well prepared to continue to be world-class exporters. Sustainable land use: we know our farmers really want their children to be confident and proud farmers in the future and that's what this will deliver. I'm really pleased to be able to reflect on the action this Government takes for our economy.