Our economy is growing faster than most of the other countries that we would compare ourselves to. Over the next two years we are projected to grow faster than Australia, Canada, the US, the UK, the EU, Norway, Japan, and Singapore. But all we hear from the Leader of the Opposition and his merry band is what dire straits New Zealand is in. I think those on the other side of the House should stop being so negative about New Zealand, they should stop talking it down, and they should realise what great shape our country is in. 