Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: I'm sure the member opposite is aware of the parlous state of water infrastructure right around New Zealand. That decision was made as part of an important part of ensuring confidence and certainty for our construction sector to know that there would be projects there for them. He needs to bear in mind that throughout 2020 there were significant concerns that both the horizontal and vertical construction sectors would struggle to operate in a post-COVID environment. That was an area where the Government was able to kill two birds with one stone: address a longstanding issue and also give certainty to the construction companies that would be involved in the work.