Doocey MattMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): There is a saying in rugby that when Canterbury rugby does well the All Blacks do well. So it is great to see the Crusaders at the top of the Super Rugby table ahead of the Lions visit over the next couple of months. It bodes well for an All Blacks success.I would just like to take a pause and thank the Hon Gerry Brownlee for all the work he has done in Canterbury. One of his last strokes of the pen was to instruct a scoping of a new rugby stadium for Canterbury. Cantabrians are stoic rugby supporters. If you were to look at the Super Rugby history you would see we are the best rugby region in the world. It is quite right we should have an international rugby stadium that will be the jewel in the crown of the Christchurch rebuild. So I am looking forward to getting an international rugby stadium. We will stop losing All Blacks games to Wellington and Dunedin so Cantabrians and South Islanders can go out celebrate an All Blacks win in the heart of Christchurch City and spend a lot of their hard-earned money in the local bars and restaurants dancing the night away for an All Blacks victory.The Hon Gerry Brownlee has provided great leadership in what has been very much a difficult time over the last few years as earthquake recovery Minister and the former regenerating Greater Christchurch Minister albeit with the support of his fellow Cabinet Ministers the former Prime Minister John Key and our Prime Minister now Bill English. I must acknowledge the parties across the House that have stood behind and stood up for Greater Christchurch as it rebuilds.In my electorate of Waimakariri we are going well. The Minister has recently signed off our future use red zone plan where the red zones and parts of Kaiapoi will go on to be regeneration zones which will be great assets for the whole of Waimakariri. I know that my colleague Richard Prosser is looking forward to those regeneration zones which are going to improve the well-being of all those residents in Waimakariri.It is not only the regeneration zones. We have got 12 schools opening new classrooms this year. We have got a new hospital. We have got Canterbury District Health Board opening up new after-hours health services because we are the third - fastest-growing electorate in the country and now the third-biggest district by population in the South Island—just recently took over from Invercargill. So Waimakariri is going gangbusters and anyone who has driven round the Waimak" recently will notice the $400 million investment into roading in the Waimakariri. Many of my residents are very frustrated with the congestion on the commute into Christchurch City. So this Government—the Government of infrastructure—is investing $400 million into Waimakariri. The Western Belfast Bypass will open at Christmas time and the Christchurch Northern Corridor will open in 2 years' time as well.I just want to also speak about the pre-Budget 2017 announcement today of $321 million into social investment initiatives. Social investment we know is not all about just spending more money. We know that—look at the State of the Nation Report from 2008 Labour's last year in Government. The Salvation Army said that for all Labour's increased expenditure it did not increase social progress by 1 percent. So we know it is not just about increasing funding; it is about a health economics term "allocative efficiency". The average person on the street knows that it is the best bang for their buck and it is about how you cut the pie up and spend it in a way that will get the most out of it. That is what social investment is about.So I welcome the announcement of $321 million. Specifically $61 million of that is going into helping young people with behavioural issues and supporting Family Start which is a great service that goes into families with mental health issues families with addiction issues and families where there is domestic violence. That targeted funding will make a great difference in many young people's lives in New Zealand. What we know is that when the economy does well the whole of New Zealand does well. The well-being improves and our environment improves and that is what this Government is delivering: a strong economy. Thank you."