MAUREEN PUGH (National): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I'm going to use my time in the general debate today to talk about the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF). It was meant to be about jobs, jobs, jobs, and instead it's turned into announcements, announcements, announcements. This $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund was set up as a coalition deal to get New Zealand First into Cabinet with the Labour Party—$3 billion of taxes from hard-working Kiwis funnelled through one Minister, allocating it as he sees fit. It gave huge licence to the Minister for giving away money, to choose pet projects in his favourite regions—namely Northland, where he hopes to buy his way back into power. But other surge regions identified by the former National Party have seen some attention, too.