As part of this I've been hearing about all the doom and gloom from the other side of the House, so I thought I'd better give some actual facts around what's happening in Hastings. Gross domestic product: up 5.7 percent. Consumer spending: up 9 percent. Tourism expenditure: up 22.6 percent. Residential consents: 12.8 percent up on last year. Non-residential consents: 59.1 percent up. Now, let's talk car registrations. Cars: up 18.5 percent. What about commercial vehicles? Up 41 percent. Then, unemployment down to 3.7 percent and employment up 2 percent. 