Doocey MattMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): Thank you Mr Speaker. Well I never thought I'd say it but that member Mark Patterson makes me miss Denis O'Rourke.It is fair to say at the end of the day I think the best side did win. I mean it could've gone either way but really as we say in sport the scoreboard never lies. I just want to acknowledge the two leaders who I think got it over the line: Scott Razor" Robertson and Luke Whitelock. Canterbury winning the rugby Mitre 10 Cup championship recently for the ninth year out of 10 proved once again that Canterbury is the best rugby region in the world.Can I take the time Mr Speaker—it's the first time I have spoken in the House—to acknowledge you and the other presiding officers for your election. I did read recently they were referring you to being the referee of the Chamber and growing up the son of Tom Doocey the international rugby referee that gives me some great comfort. But as we know it's expected now—referees in the field of play are also expected to do some coaching so I look forward to your support over the coming term.Mr SPEAKER: I'll start now by saying keep me out of the debate. Keep going.MATT DOOCEY: Thank you Mr Speaker. Can I also take the opportunity to acknowledge the good people of Waimakariri who have re-elected me as their member of Parliament for a second term. I am very humbled and very privileged not only to get more people to vote for myself but that more people voted for National in 2017 than they did in 2014. Could I state for the record of the House that it is my job as the member of Parliament for Waimakariri to serve all in the electorate to the best of my ability irrespective of how they voted.The first chance this new Government's had and they've failed the region of Canterbury. When you look at the Speech from the Throne how many times did they mention Canterbury recovery? How many times did they mention Christchurch recovery? Even Kaikōura—we commemorated the one year recently and I'd like to acknowledge my good friend and colleague Stuart Smith for his great advocacy in that district post the earthquakes. They didn't mention them once. The former National Government had the Canterbury recovery as one of the top four priorities. This Government has let down Canterbury right from the start. Look at how many Cabinet Ministers we had from Canterbury in the last Government: up to four. They've got one—25 percent less Canterbury MPs in Parliament and we've still got the same amount of Canterbury MPs on the National side. They're hollowing out the representation from Canterbury—25 percent less MPs from the South Island yet we have the same amount of MPs in National from the South Island. It's all because New Zealand First had a purge of their centre-right MPs: Denis O'Rourke Richard Prosser and Ria Bond. They got rid of them all because they knew they were going to have a marriage with the loopy left and they couldn't take the centre-right MPs with them. This Government is failing Canterbury the second-biggest economy in New Zealand. It's failing the South Island right from the start.Then we had the Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration come out. Her first task in her new role and she came out and said she was getting an anchor project "back on track" by cancelling its contract. How do you get something "back on track" when you stop it? Then she went on to say there was a $75 million blowout. Well let's publicly release that document. Let's know the breakdown of that $75 million. Is it increased expenditure? Or in the environment of Canterbury is it increased risk allocation that would sit on the budget and not be realised with good contracting. Let's release it. They're talking about openness and transparency; let's release the document. That Minister is also talking about merging anchor projects. She mentioned several times last week that she's interested in saving costs by merging anchor projects. What is this code for? Is this code for removing funding for the Canterbury earthquakes to pay for big funding policies announced in other parts of the country? Is the Canterbury earthquake going to pay for Auckland housing? I believe the people of Canterbury should know and they should know and have the confidence that this new Government is going to stand up for them as the great region of Canterbury rebuilds. Thank you Mr Speaker."