Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): It is a fantastic time to be a New Zealander. Unemployment is at near-decade lows of only 4 percent; wage growth is at near-decade highs at 2.6 percent; stronger growth than most other OECD countries; strong investment in our core public assets like schools, like hospitals, like roads, like railways; a record investment in the public health system, most notably a huge investment in mental health; and, of course, New Zealanders have a leader who they know and trust, in Jacinda Ardern. It is a great time to be a New Zealander. 