Macindoe TimHon TIM MACINDOE (Minister of Customs): There is nothing tired about this Government and this is a party that will go to the election campaign in just 3 months with a very proud record to stand on and with tremendous further plans. We have outlined in the Budget this year just how extensive our further plans are and I have got a great opportunity now just to focus on a little bit of them. You would think that with just 3 months to go before that election the Opposition would be desperate to try to turn around their negative poll ratings and sell some sort of vision to the public about what they can do. But instead it is nasty; it is backward focused. It is the same negativity they have languished in now for 9 years and I think the public is becoming increasingly unimpressed by the way in which they present themselves and are thinking there is no vision over there. It is the party on this side of the House that is showing that we are still full of energy and full of determination.As the Leader of the House noted when he opened the National Party's theme in this debate today this is the Government of infrastructure and we will be remembered in history as a party that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of this country. As he did I want to congratulate everybody who has been involved in the staggering achievement that is the Waterview tunnel up in Auckland. I want to thank closer to home all the wonderful teams that have been involved in the roll-out of the Waikato Expressway. It is transforming our region. It is an outstanding achievement. We are incredibly proud of having delivered it within budget and within the time frame that we promised when we came into office. I am so proud of the transformation of Waikato Hospital. As the Minister of Health has noted we have one of the best facilities in Australasia right in my electorate in Hamilton West and we have wonderful people delivering great services there.The Leader of the House spoke of major infrastructure projects in transport health justice education telecommunications ICT and many other important areas. And of course we have made an enormous contribution and commitment to the people of your region Mr Speaker in Canterbury for the rebuild of Christchurch and to support them through the terrible suffering that they have experienced since September 2010. I am very proud of that and we as a Government repeat that commitment and we are seeing Christchurch rebuilt in a way that I think is delivering a wonderful modern city of the future.All of this is possible—and possible only—because of the Government's sound economic management since we came into office in late 2008. We have a growth rate that is the envy of most countries in the Western World. We have steady growth in jobs and will be investing a total of $32.5 billion in new infrastructure over the next 4 years. It is a phenomenal achievement and all New Zealanders will benefit from this. I am very proud of the country that we will be bequeathing to our children our grandchildren and their children to follow.I recently became the Associate Minister of Education and I have had the great privilege in recent weeks of visiting a large number of schools mostly to deal with infrastructure announcements to do with roll growth and meeting the needs that those schools have. I want to thank the principal and the staff of Prebbleton School in West Christchurch where I was able to announce new classrooms for that school Lincoln Primary School and Allenton School a little bit further down the road in the electorate I think of the member for Rangitata. I had the privilege of going to Cambridge East School and making a similar announcement including three new classrooms in the member for Taranaki - King Country's electorate Pirongia School. What a phenomenal growth that area is seeing. I also on Monday went to the lovely Houghton Valley School in the member for Rongotai's electorate and there again met with wonderful school communities working very very hard and I was delighted to be able to announce a new classroom that is going in there.We inherited from the previous Labour Government school infrastructure that on average was 40 years old. We inherited major legacy issues particularly of weathertightness and a lack of earthquake preparation and we have been dealing with that. The Budget this year provides a further $456.5 million in school property including $392.4 million of capital funding.We are committed to rolling out the education infrastructure that this country needs. There are major challenges coming with population growth particularly in Auckland but we are on top of it. We are delivering and I am so proud of that record.