Hon POTO WILLIAMS: On behalf of the Minister, when building consents had fallen off the cliff, National did nothing to bring confidence to the market: no underwriting of developments; nothing to encourage new builds and affordable housing; nothing to keep the skilled workforce from leaving New Zealand; nothing to grow the workforce, the builders and tradies; and hardly anything spent on infrastructure. We, on the other hand, we've cracked down on investors, we're encouraging new affordable housing, the house building sector is booming, we've had months of record-breaking new dwelling consents, we have thousands of new apprentices in the building sector, we're rebuilding public housing, and we, the State, have stepped in where the market has failed to develop land and invest in infrastructure for housing.