I've been asked quite a bit in the last few days: can New Zealand afford this? Of course we can, and we certainly can't afford not to do it. But here I paid tribute to Bill English and Sir Michael Cullen, in particular, as finance Ministers who ensured that we were ready for the rainy day. It's arrived, it's pouring, ladies and gentlemen, and we need to make sure we build off the benefits of that disciplined work that came before us, and indeed that of this Government during our two years. 