"That is a demographic Hawke's Bay represents and it has been like that for a while."
However, Taxpayers' Union executive director Jordan Williams said yesterday's Budget continued to grow the corporate welfare empire, so the likes of Oracle Racing and Rocket Lab USA were the winners with everyday Kiwi firms paying the price.
"According to Jim Rose's report based on the Budget 2016 numbers, if the Government's corporate welfare regimes were abolished enough money could be saved to reduce the company tax rate from 28 per cent to 22 per cent," Mr Jordon said.
Mr Stewart said Mr Jordon was probably complaining as he fell in to that sweet spot in the middle.
But Mr Stewart did say as there were more social policies the tax burden was being pushed on to fewer people and the ideal situation was to diversify tax pay.
Meanwhile, Mr Walford said people could not have it both ways.
"I think with more money going into the economic cycle there will be greater opportunities for businesses in the region to grow."
Mr Stewart said that you could also argue that the economy was driven by businesses and we could not all be consumers.
"We need people to go out and generate the wealth for the rest of us to enjoy, as we're not an island where we're solely based on consumerism."
With regards to infrastructure the government is allocating $4 billion in new capital spending for a growing economy Finance Minister Steven Joyce said.
Mr Stewart said this was a courageous but positive Budget with the spending on infrastructure increased by 40 per cent.
"We are heading back to a period of infrastructure we haven't seen in a long time and it is well overdue. It is great tabling and such an ambitious plan."
Napier port chief executive Garth Cowie said Minister Joyce allocated $9.2 billion for transport investment during four years, including $4.8 billion to the National Land Transport Fund, $1 billion to rebuild links through Kaikoura, and $1 billion to upgrade KiwiRail infrastructure and rolling stock.
"Making the national supply chain more robust and resilient is essential for the future of New Zealand Inc."
"We are facing significant growth in some regions, particularly Hawke's Bay, and having a strong transport network to get cargo to port - both by road and by rail - is vital to getting our high-quality products to global markets."
Hawke's Bay Tourism general manager Annie Dundas was also pleased with the Budget.
"Inter-connectivity between regions and towns was vital as it allowed more people to get to and from different communities faster and easier."
Ms Dundas said the $178 million infrastructure package announced earlier this year was also great going forward.
She said they were creating a proposal with what the region needed with regards to infrastructure.
"For example the Wairoa district will have a lot of growth with Rocket Lab so we will look there and I am sure other councils will have projects they want to do too. It is great to see the government investing, as visitors are definitely coming."
Mr Stewart also commended the Government's debt projection with it on track to meet its target of reducing net debt to about 20 per cent of GDP in 2020, with net debt expected to be at 19.3 per cent of GDP by 2020/21.
"This is amazing considering the ratios of our trading partners with America on 87 per cent, Britain on 83 per cent and Germany on 57 per cent.
"It is really positive that we have got people looking after the public with the conviction of our future."