Hayes John: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes John: General Debate[Sitting date: 12 June 2013. Volume:691;Page:11063. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOHN HAYES (National—Wairarapa):Can I first of all address some of the comments made by the last Green speaker Dr Kennedy Graham and simply say to him that the National Government is committed to meeting our climate change obligations but we are not going to lead the charge. Unlike Labour we will not meet our international obligations at the expense of the primary sector and we will move forward only at the same pace as our trading partners. But we are leaders in improving the way we tackle greenhouse gas emissions without reducing production on our farms through our $45 million Global Research Alliance and the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre.Can I say also that it was quite astonishing to sit in the House this afternoon and listen to the Labour Party speaker Phil Goff—full of integrity—overlooking the fact that his Government clung to power with people like Taito Phillip Field who spent some years afterwards residing in jail and with people like Chris Carter and Darren Hughes. And then to have the temerity to accuse us of a lack of integrity—when I could stand here and name the person who leaked a Cabinet paper from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to him. I could do that except that it is subject to a court case and I will not do it. But please do not give us stuff about integrity when you have none—not the slightest skerrick—yourself.I want to bring to this House some comments from the heartland the Wairarapa electorate that stretches from Palliser Bay up to Waipawa and almost to Ōtāne from the top of the Tararuas and the Ruahines out to the coast. The heartland is the backbone of the primary sector in New Zealand and it is the backbone of the economy. If our heartland succeeds if our farmers and vineyards succeed we all succeed. The heartland is New Zealand’s essential ingredient in the National Government’s plan to create real jobs raise incomes and build a more productive economy. We will do that by cutting red tape sorting and simplifying the Resource Management Act and supporting rural families.I watched as an Opposition member of this House as business after business fell over under the Labour administration. I think of Norsewear in Norsewood. I think of the Ōringi meat plant just south of Dannevirke.Andrew Williams: That’s closed.JOHN HAYES: Well that is closed but I took the Prime Minister into that area about 10 days ago. First of all I showed him the area of the Ruataniwha dam which is going to irrigate 20000 hectares of the Takapau Plains provide thousands of jobs and be a serious game-changer in that economy. Then I took him down to Norsewood where Norsewear had failed. Norsewear has now been replaced by local ownership again and it is called The Kiwi Sock Company employing 17 new employees. It has just been re-kitted with great new knitting machines from Italy. Then I took him down to meet 150 people in the Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce who were bubbling with enthusiasm about the changes that the Government has made to support their industries. Then we went down to the failed meat plant at Ōringi. Did you know that there are now 90 new employees there because it has been turned into an industrial park? It is another success story simply because of the policies of this Government.Unlike Labour which destroyed these companies we in the National Government are creating the conditions for these businesses to re-establish and flourish. Rural communities rely on critical infrastructure to stay connected with their markets.If anybody drives through my electorate they will see huge improvements to the road infrastructure on the Rimutaka hill. If they go to Woodville now they will see roadworks between Woodville and Dannevirke where that highway is being fixed.Work on that has been going on for at least a year and it is coming to fruition. We have committed $300 million in investment to roll out faster broadband services to hard-to-reach communities and schools and we have committed $1.2 billion to improve the State highways across the country. There are huge examples in my electorate to show how this Government is lifting the game.