But I would like to start with talking about the floods that occurred in Canterbury during the week. Firstly, before I get into what I was about to say, I want to acknowledge and send out a huge big thankyou to the emergency responders who I have met over the past week or so. Last Sunday, the district mayors announced a state of emergency. Very quickly, we got up our emergency operation centres because everybody could see what a significant event was about to come at us. And again, I want to acknowledge those people who worked around the clock tirelessly for the safety of our people. A number of residents around my electorate in Selwyn were evacuated out in the Selwyn Huts at the bottom of the Selwyn River and further upstream into the hinterland and Springfield. Houses have been badly affected and red-stickered. Roads across the region were shut in their hundreds due to wash-outs, surface flooding, broken bridges, and general danger. 