Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): Last week, I had the pleasure of opening a manufacturing plant upgrade at Golden Bay Cement in Whangārei, which now uses old tyres to fuel the Golden Bay Cement kiln. Can I begin by acknowledging the efforts of the Hon Nick Smith and the Hon Eugenie Sage in advancing this project in prior Governments. It's a very important project. This plant now uses waste tyres as part of its fuel, and it's going to have a big impact on one of New Zealand's biggest waste problems. The Government has funded $16 million of the $25 million project, which is a Fletcher Building initiative assisted very substantially through the Waste Minimisation Fund.