Macindoe TimHon TIM MACINDOE (Minister of Customs): The Lion supporters have gone home and I congratulate my excellent constituent Warren Gatland on bringing a talented squad and their entertaining enthusiastic compatriots to our shores for a fabulous series. The America's Cup is back where it belongs and I also congratulate Emirates Team New Zealand and give them thanks for all the excitement that they brought us in recent weeks. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! Ron Mark you have continued to interject right throughout question time and you are continuing now. If you interject again while I am in the Chair this afternoon I will be asking you to leave the Chamber.Ron Mark: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I wish to apologise to you Mr Speaker but I take offence to some of David Seymour's behaviour.Mr SPEAKER: Well then raise it at the time. I did not hear anything and the member did not take it. I am just fed up—the member will resume his seat. I am just fed up with the interjections that are occurring across the House. It has been continuous throughout question time and it is continuing in the general debate. I have made my point. If the member wants to continue arguing I can invite him to leave even earlier.Hon TIM MACINDOE: Well done Emirates Team New Zealand. Just make sure that you have a victory parade in Hamilton next time please. Lydia Ko is back on form. Our country is on a roll. The hoardings are going up and we are off. So in less than 2 months New Zealanders will have gone to the polls and chosen those who will be members of the 52nd Parliament. I would like to say that they will have chosen their Government but according to that master of faux outrage the member for Northland that is his prerogative and he will be informing the rest of us what his choice will be on 12 October. Well what a bizarre gesture that is to the rest of New Zealand. Most of our compatriots would prefer him to let them know which way he might go before the election because I am sure that that would have some bearing on the choices that they might make. But apparently he does not believe that they deserve that courtesy so most will see through that puffery and contempt.As the Hon Simon Bridges noted earlier in this debate the prospect of a Labour/Greens/New Zealand First Government is looking shambolic and utterly unworkable. On one level their infighting and contempt for each other is providing fodder for the cartoonists and entertainment for their growing band of opponents. But it is also disturbing to think of the damage that such an appalling combination would inflict upon our country.That is why this morning Prime Minister Bill English made clear National's gratitude to our existing confidence and supply partners in the Māori Party ACT and United Future. They have played a constructive role in bringing good Government to this country in recent years. They have provided stability and clear focus on important issues that actually matter to New Zealanders and their determination to secure economic growth better living standards more jobs and opportunities have delivered major gains for our country despite the incredible challenges that we have faced especially through the global financial crisis the domestic recession and the Canterbury earthquakes. Those gains really are considerable.Let us look at our recent report card. New Zealand's economy grew 3 percent in the year to March making us one of the top performing OECD countries and that strong growth is expected to continue for the next few years. The average annual wage is up more than $17000 since we came into office. Inflation remains low. The economy is diversifying. Interest rates in New Zealand are low. We were one of the first developed countries to get back to surplus after the global financial crisis with a $1.8 billion surplus posted last year and growing surpluses projected for the years to come. We are on track to reduce Government debt to around 20 percent of GDP by 2020-21 and we are rated first in the world for prosperity and the ease of doing business. That is a tremendous record.During the recent adjournment the Prime Minister Minister of Finance and building and construction Minister came to my electorate in Hamilton West to make announcements about the allocations to five councils of the fastest-growing towns and cities in New Zealand from the Housing Infrastructure Fund. For Hamilton it is fantastic news. A $272 million loan will enable our council in Hamilton to fast track vital infrastructure that will finally see the Peacocke subdivision come to pass.I have long argued as the MP for Hamilton West that the growth in our city which has been considerable needed to be more balanced. I am absolutely delighted to see that investment going into the south and west of my electorate where it will rejuvenate those suburbs and provide many jobs and opportunities for families for generations to come. There will be 1000 new homes rolling out pretty quickly and over the foreseeable future after that we will see more than another 7000 homes.This is a Government that is delivering the infrastructure that this country needs to ensure that we have further growth and further opportunities. As the Associate Minister of Education I have had the great privilege of going around the country in recent weeks announcing details of our roll-growth plans which will bring 305 new classrooms to schools around the country. These are the things that matter to New Zealanders. We are very proud to deliver them.