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Smith Lockwood: General Debate 
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Smith Lockwood: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3903. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Order! Maybe it might be of assistance to the member for me to read the report of the Standing Orders Committee on this matter. 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: Do it from memory. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I will not attempt to do it from memory. Reading of speeches: “We also wish to reiterate that where possible members should not read speeches. The reading of speeches was precluded until 1996 and we wish to reassert this rule as a convention rather than through an explicit amendment to the Standing Orders to this effect. The House is a forum for debate and proceedings are enlivened when members participate and engage with each other perhaps with the use of speaking notes to aid the memory. However no member other than the Speaker may interrupt the member who is speaking to suggest a breach of this convention and the Speaker may allow speeches to be read in some circumstances. Such circumstances may relate to the technical nature of the material under discussion or the relative experience of the member concerned. There will however be occasions when it is not inappropriate for speeches to be read.” 
I think that makes pretty clear what I have just put to the House that the Speaker may accept the reading of speeches where there is technical material detailed material or occasionally where a very cleverly crafted speech is being delivered. I think all members can enjoy that from time to time. But a speech presenting a party’s position on political matters does not need to be read to this House and I have said I acknowledge that the Hon Chris Finlayson read quite a carefully crafted speech and on that basis there was no way I could have intervened in the case of the co-leader of the Green Party. I have allowed that to happen and all I am saying is that for the rest of the afternoon unless I hear a particularly detailed matter being covered I expect members to contribute to the general debate.
Graham Kennedy: General Debate 
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Graham Kennedy: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3903. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green) 
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 I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I respect your individual recollection of what occurred in the Standing Orders Committee. That does not accord with my individual recollection of the discussion or the agreed consensus that emerged in the Standing Orders review. It is not the case that written speeches read out would be confined to ministerial speeches or technical speeches. There was some leeway given to individual judgment as to whether a speech would be read word for word or used by notes or given extempore. It was on that basis that the Green Party—
Smith Lockwood: General Debate 
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Smith Lockwood: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3903. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Order! I am on my feet. The Speaker does not need a lecture on the Standing Orders Committee. The Speaker chaired it and remembers it very well. The exception is for highly technical speeches where Ministers are for example introducing a bill or delivering a speech on the second reading of a bill that may be a technical bill. But where a member is talking about party politics the House does not have to suffer read speeches. Occasionally there is some merit where perhaps a very humorous speech has been written out to get the timing and it can be quite amusing sometimes where a speech is carefully crafted. But speeches that just climb into party politics are neither necessarily carefully crafted nor need to be read by any member in this House and we will not have any more this afternoon. The next speaker is the Hon Phil— 
Dr Kennedy Graham 
: Point of order Mr Speaker— 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I am still on my feet. I am warning the honourable member that this is a place for debate and we do not need to have speeches written outside of this House read in this House. Members are meant to come into this House and debate. This is the general debate. It is not a place to read positions of political parties; it is the general debate. The House deserves—unless as I say there are exceptional circumstances—for members to actually contribute to the general debate. That does not involve reading speeches. I stress that only the Speaker can raise this issue; members are not at liberty to raise points of order about their colleagues reading speeches.
Graham Kennedy: General Debate 
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Graham Kennedy: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3903. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green) 
: 
 I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. In the review of the Standing Orders Committee I distinctly recall the discussion and the agreed version of the report that was subsequently released. Although there is a preference for non-read speeches it was made clear that any member could make—
Mallard Trevor: General Debate 
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Mallard Trevor: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3903. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South) 
: 
 I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Your anticipation was brilliant.
Smith Lockwood: Urgent Debates Declined — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister—Judicial Decision Regarding Use of Powers 
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Smith Lockwood: Urgent Debates Declined — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister—Judicial Decision Regarding Use of Powers 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3899. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I do not want to risk the contribution to a debate by a point of order. But the member herself has pointed out that the court has made a certain decision to set aside something and there is no ministerial decision at the moment. If the Minister had made an immediate decision in response to that then there would have been indeed perhaps a matter for the House to debate urgently. But the court has made a decision simply to set aside a decision of the Minister. The Minister or the Minister on behalf of the Government has made no response whatsoever to that and therefore there is no matter of recent occurrence for this House to have an urgent debate on. That is why the Speaker’s decision is made the way it is. 
The member may well be right that there may well be interest in the ongoing powers that the particular Act conferred on the Minister but that is a matter for debate under normal opportunities when the House has a chance to debate matters. It is not something that requires the House to set aside its business today. And that is the test. The member is asking that the House set aside its business today so that this particular debate can be held. That is a high test that is required and it sometimes is met indeed by the urgency of a matter where there is ministerial responsibility. But in this case there is no particular urgency because the Government has not actually made any decision that complies with the requirement for it to be a case of recent occurrence.
Dalziel Lianne: Urgent Debates Declined — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister—Judicial Decision Regarding Use of Powers 
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Dalziel Lianne: Urgent Debates Declined — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister—Judicial Decision Regarding Use of Powers 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3898. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL (Labour—Christchurch East) 
: 
 I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I am actually seeking your assistance on this because I am a little unclear. There have been instances where snap debates have been given in the House as a result of a decision of a court. In this particular case it is a judicial review of a Minister’s decision. The Minister made the decision last year and would not be making another decision in response to the court’s decision because the court’s decision did not allow aspects of it to be overturned. So certain aspects of it as I set out in my letter have been allowed to continue and they are the developments that are taking place in I think three of the particular subdivisions. So there is no need for the Minister to take another step. 
The problem is that there was a lot of public controversy surrounding the very extensive powers in the legislation and I think this Parliament does have a duty to oversee how the legislation is actually operating in practice. I think the Speaker will recall that there was considerable debate certainly on this side of the House as to whether we would agree to the legislation going through which we did but we feel that the scrutiny is required. So that is why I have put forward the letter.
Dean Jacqui: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Dean Jacqui: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3880. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki) 
: 
 The introduction of criminal sanctions against cartels via the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill will bring New Zealand into line with many of its trading partners including the United States the United Kingdom Canada and Australia. This will allow New Zealand to play a more active role in the global fight against hard-core cartels. 
I commend the Minister for bringing this bill to the House and I know that the Commerce Committee will give it due consideration. Thank you.
Roy Eric: Sittings of the House 
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Roy Eric: Sittings of the House 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3881. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: Members as the next item on the Order Paper is the Committee of the whole House and we cannot convene that inside of 5 minutes before the House is scheduled to rise it now is for me to say that the House will stand adjourned until 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Kaye Nikki: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Kaye Nikki: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3878. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central) 
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 I am pleased to speak on the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. I want to make a brief call just to acknowledge that one of the objectives is to ensure that firms operating in both New Zealand and Australian markets are faced with the same consequences for the same anti-competitive conduct. We know that anti-competitive behaviour and cartels are bad because they lead to increased costs. Where do those costs often end up? They end up with the consumer. 
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that we amend the Commerce Act to introduce criminal sanctions for hard-core cartel conduct. There is a 7-year imprisonment penalty for it. 
I want to make a couple of other points in terms of how big this issue is. One of the things I was really surprised about from reading the regulatory impact statement was some of the figures. My understanding is that in Australasia at least 6000 companies from 57 countries have been alleged or have been proven to be members of international cartels. The known affected sales by international cartels is $16 trillion. That is a huge amount of money. 
I commend this bill because it brings this law into line with our major trading partners the UK Australia and Canada. Thank you.
Bakshi Kanwaljit Singh: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Bakshi Kanwaljit Singh: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3877. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI (National) 
: 
 Thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of the first reading of the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. I think this bill is critical to New Zealand’s economy. This bill seeks to amend the Commerce Act to introduce criminal sanctions for individuals and companies who get involved in such cartels. I commend this bill to the House.
Young Jonathan: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Young Jonathan: Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3872. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
JONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth) 
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 I am very pleased to stand in support of the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. This amendment bill will help achieve one of the objectives of the single economic market which is that firms operating in both Australia and New Zealand jurisdictions are faced with the same consequences for the same anti-competitive conduct. 
Only a robust economy that ensures businesses have a level playing field will see the investment effort and entrepreneurship required to build economic growth. If businesses collude to rig bids control prices restrict outputs or choke supply to lift prices then what we see is those companies trying to dishonestly protect their margin or increase their margin at the expense of the consumer and also at the expense of other businesses seeking to enter that market. This puts a tourniquet on the economy which will restrict the lifeblood of investment we so desperately need. 
More than anything else this country needs the sense that the aspiration and hard work to commercialise new ideas can be rewarded. One of the fundamental values of the National Party is reward for effort. We cannot and must not allow cartel behaviour to choke off and stifle the engine room for economic growth. Cartel and anti-competitive behaviour attacks innovation and entrepreneurship by slewing disadvantage to one while creating an advantage to another. We look forward to this bill coming to the Commerce Committee where we can progress it so that we can continue to build a great foundation for business success in this country. Thank you.
Roy Eric: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Roy Eric: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3868. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: The question is that the motion be agreed to. Those who are of that opinion will say Aye to the contrary No. There are no votes recorded against so a party vote is not required. I declared on the voices that the motion was agreed to. I shall revert to that. The motion is agreed to. 
Bill read a first time.  
Bill referred to the Commerce Committee.
Upston Louise: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Upston Louise: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3868. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupo) 
: 
 I am very proud to stand in the first reading of the Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill. My colleagues have ably given good content on this bill and I support the Hon Craig Foss in this reading.
Roy Eric: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Roy Eric: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3866. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: Is this a split call Mr Huo? 
Raymond Huo 
: No I understand the Greens are not going to take a call. 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: So you have a 10-minute call. Is this by agreement? Are the Greens happy? Please proceed you have the call.
Goldsmith Paul: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Goldsmith Paul: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3866. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
PAUL GOLDSMITH (National) 
: 
 It is my pleasure to speak on the Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill. I do not want to trespass too long on the time of the House other than to say that ultimately this is a result of a good thing—that is the ease of setting up companies in New Zealand which is something that we have celebrated over an extended period. But human nature being what it is we have seen over the last few years some problems emerging through criminal activity being undertaken through New Zealand - registered shell companies. We have heard throughout the evening of the problems that this has caused. This bill sets out a very straightforward systematic and sensible way to deal with that serious problem for New Zealand and I commend it to the House. Thank you. 
Raymond Huo 
: Mr Speaker.
Simpson Scott: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Simpson Scott: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3864. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel) 
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 It is a pleasure and a privilege to rise to speak in favour and support tonight of the Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill. I am delighted to hear from across the Chamber that there is broad support for this piece of legislation and its introduction. Minister Foss the Minister of Commerce and my colleagues who have spoken earlier in the debate have gone through the detail of the legislation so it is not my intention this evening to make anything other than some overview comments about the importance for New Zealand’s economic and commercial sector that we have faith and confidence in our incorporation laws and our incorporation regime. That is not just important for us domestically; it is also important that internationally our market place has its reputation which it has guarded over so many years protected and that our well-trusted reputation is in fact enhanced by this piece of legislation. So this piece of legislation puts in place a few simple protections to enhance our incorporation laws. It preserves the transparency of and protects the confidence others have in our rules and regulatory environment. As I said it is with great pleasure that I speak tonight in support of this piece of legislation. Thank you.
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The bill will promote investors’ confidence and participation in our capital market. I personally believe that the Minister of Commerce the Hon Craig Foss has done very well in maintaining a balance between tackling action that threatens the integrity of our company registration system and maintaining ease of business for New Zealand companies. I congratulate the Minister on this and commend this bill to the House.
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The purpose of the bill is to strengthen rules applying to the governance registration and reorganisation of companies and limited partnerships in a bid to eliminate this kind of behaviour. Of course the larger aim is to protect New Zealand’s interest and to ensure it remains a trusted place to conduct business.
Bakshi Kanwaljit Singh: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Bakshi Kanwaljit Singh: Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3862. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI (National) 
: 
Sat sriakaal and tena koe Mr Speaker. Thank you for the opportunity to speak on the first reading of the Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill. The Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill falls under the National-led Government’s priority for this term to build a more competitive and productive economy. This legislation is required because at the moment some overseas interests use New Zealand - registered shell companies to undertake criminal activities. The Companies Office has been acting vigilantly and has already removed a number of companies from its register.
Vote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Vote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3852. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
A party vote was called for on the question  
That the Families Commission Amendment Bill be now read a first time. 
Ayes 97 
New Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 34; Maori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1. 
Noes 23 
Green Party 14; New Zealand First 8; Mana 1. 
Bill read a first time. 
Bill referred to the Social Services Committee.
Roy Eric: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Roy Eric: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3848. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: Another split call—4-minute bell.
Bennett David: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Bennett David: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3848. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East) 
: 
 I am just wanting to support my colleagues and their very good speeches on this bill the Families Commission Amendment Bill and to draw attention to the Labour Party’s not wishing to have a Families Commission. National is making the right adjustments to make sure the Families Commission is effective and delivers for New Zealanders going forward. Thank you.
Sabin Mike: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Sabin Mike: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3846. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
MIKE SABIN (National—Northland) 
: 
 This bill the Families Commission Amendment Bill is another good example of the Government and its priorities delivering on those better public services for New Zealanders. That is what New Zealanders expect of a responsible Government. That is why we are in Government and those members opposite are not. Long may that continue. I commend this bill to the House.
Roy Eric: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Roy Eric: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3844. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: The Speaker has been informed that New Zealand First intends to split its call. There will be a 4-minute bell.
Macindoe Tim: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Macindoe Tim: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3844. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West) 
: 
Tena koe e te Mana Whakawa. Kia ora e te Whare. 
Hon Members 
: Kia ora. 
TIM MACINDOE 
: Thank you Dr Prasad. Homai te pakipaki. This measure needs to be seen in the context of the Government’s commitment to the delivery of better public services for all New Zealanders. It provides for a leaner and more focused Families Commission which will be taking on a new role providing for independent monitoring evaluation and research to measure the effectiveness of initiatives across the social sector. We need to be confident that the Families Commission will be able to make a difference for families who are struggling and we—sorry I should have put my glasses on! We need to be able to invest in interventions that we know will work. This is a serious matter and I will be looking for evidence of that and assurances to that effect in our Social Services Committee deliberations. I support the first reading of this measure.
Lee Melissa: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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Lee Melissa: Families Commission Amendment Bill — First Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3838. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
MELISSA LEE (National) 
: 
Tena koe e te Mana Whakawa koianei Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori me whakanuia e tatau. Kia ora. 
[ 
Greetings to you Mr Speaker. This is Maori Language Week and we must celebrate it. Thank you. 
] 
I hope I did that correctly in te reo. It is after all Maori Language Week. It was interesting to listen to the member who just sat down Rajen Prasad. Obviously as he said he was a Families Commissioner and he does in fact know probably more than most of us as to what goes on in the Families Commission. But it was interesting to note how he forgot to mention that is was in fact his party’s policy to get rid of the Families Commission. I believe that it was Annette King who tried to get rid of it in the previous Government. 
Families are the very heart of our community. They make us laugh; they often make us cry. Different people different generations and different cultures have different expectations of what families should do. In New Zealand with our diverse culture there are so many different expectations of what families should be but there is one core function that our families have in common and that is the nurturing rearing socialisation and protection of our children. 
The restructuring of the Families Commission will streamline the core function which is advocating for families. It was really wonderful to see the vision from the Minister for Social Development the reason why she wants to streamline the Families Commission and how she actually sees the Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit working. It was lovely to actually get some detail on that.  
The Families Commission will remain an autonomous Crown entity and will continue to work on issues that are important to families within a leaner more focused structure—and focused and leaner is actually really good. The commission will be more streamlined as I say. The new families status report will measure just how New Zealand families are doing. I think that will be a really wonderful read. I would love to read that report at the end of it because over generations families have changed. The way we operate has changed and the definition of families has changed as well. It will be wonderful when every year the Families Commission comes up with the status report on how our New Zealand family is performing.  
The Families Commission Amendment Bill is a great bill and I look forward to the submissions to the Social Services Committee. I commend this bill to the House.
Vote: Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
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Vote: Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3834. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
A party vote was called for on the question  
That the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill be now read a third time. 
Ayes 64 
New Zealand National 59; Maori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1. 
Noes 57 
New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 8; Mana 1. 
Bill read a third time.
Robertson H V Ross: Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
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Robertson H V Ross: Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3831. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Just before I call the next member I advise the House that this is a split call and members will be given a warning bell with 1 minute remaining.
Smith Lockwood: Urgent Debates Declined — State-owned Energy Companies Shares—Loyalty Bonus Scheme for Mighty River Power 
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Smith Lockwood: Urgent Debates Declined — State-owned Energy Companies Shares—Loyalty Bonus Scheme for Mighty River Power 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3814. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I have received a letter from the Hon Clayton Cosgrove seeking to debate under Standing Order 386 the Government’s decision to offer loyalty bonus shares to New Zealanders buying shares in Mighty River Power. This is a case of recent occurrence involving ministerial responsibility. However not every Government announcement will warrant an urgent debate. There must be an element of urgency for the matter to take precedence over other business. Details of the loyalty bonus offer are to be announced closer to the time of the Mighty River Power share offer. The Government is still working through those details. In these circumstances I am not persuaded that the setting aside of the House’s business for an urgent debate today can be justified. The application is therefore declined.
Auchinvole Chris: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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Auchinvole Chris: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3812. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
11. 
CHRIS AUCHINVOLE (National) 
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Minister of Labour 
: What recent progress has been made towards improving safety in the workplace? 
Hon KATE WILKINSON (Minister of Labour) 
: 
 I am pleased to report that the newly appointed health and safety task force recently met for the first time. The independent task force is reviewing the wider health and safety system to come up with innovative ideas and fresh thinking to help achieve a 25 percent reduction in serious workplace injuries by 2020. We are also supporting this target with an extra $37 million in investment in health and safety over the next 4 years. Having attended this inaugural meeting I am happy to report an air of real excitement at this great opportunity to make a real and much-needed difference to the well-being of New Zealand workers. 
Chris Auchinvole 
: What are the next steps for the health and safety task force? 
Hon KATE WILKINSON 
: It is important that the task force is given the time it needs to do its job. My expectation is to see a discussion document released by the task force later this year to kick off a public consultation process. This will of course give due consideration to the royal commission report on Pike River which is due to be released in September. The task force is then likely to deliver a final package of recommendations to the Government early in the new year. I have often said that the safety of New Zealand workers should not be a political issue and I can confirm to the House that when this package is reported back I plan to consult with all parties and I welcome feedback before final policy decisions are made and indeed at any time before the package is reported back.
O'Connor Simon: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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O'Connor Simon: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3804. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
4. 
SIMON O’CONNOR (National—Tamaki) 
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Minister of Housing 
: What recent announcement has he made about the Tamaki Transformation Programme? 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY (Minister of Housing) 
: 
 This morning I had the pleasure of joining Mayor Len Brown to announce the creation of the Tamaki Redevelopment Company which is New Zealand’s very first urban redevelopment company. The company will be jointly owned by the Government and the Auckland Council and has been created to take the lead in transforming the area over the next 15 to 25 years. Initiatives will include strengthening the local economy optimising land use and existing housing stock and creating safe and connected neighbourhoods. I would like to acknowledge and take the opportunity to thank the mayor his council and the Tamaki community. 
Simon O’Connor 
: What role will the community have with the company and the programme moving forward? 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY 
: The people of Tamaki have told us that they are keen to see the Tamaki Transformation Programme vision progressed as quickly as possible. After examining a range of options the Government and the council agree that the new company is the best vehicle to make this happen. It will be tasked with engaging and working closely with the community as it is critical to the success of the work. A comprehensive appointment process for a full board of directors is now under way and the Government and the council will be seeking to appoint experienced directors some with links back to the Tamaki community which is very very important because we need their voice.
Dunne Peter: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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Dunne Peter: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3800. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon PETER DUNNE (Leader—United Future) 
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 I want to join with other members in paying tribute to Margaret Mahy member of the Order of New Zealand prolific children’s author and internationally recognised storyteller who sadly passed away yesterday. Although those words capture the essence of who Margaret Mahy was they do not really tell the full story. I doubt there would be many parents in New Zealand over the last 40 years who have not done their stint of reading Margaret Mahy stories to their children and trying to explain why there was not really a lion in the meadow or that there were not pirates lurking down every street or road. That in essence goes to the heart of her appeal as a writer—wonderfully colourful stories comparatively simple messages but conveyed with lively onomatopoeic language that really had the reader feeling as though they were part and parcel of the scene and just going outside to check in case there was not a lion in the long grass after all. 
When you couple that style with the images I am sure we all have of this delightful lady in these bright-coloured wigs entertaining a gaggle of schoolchildren up and down the country every school holidays and reading these stories you get a sense of someone who was larger than life who had a huge imagination and a terrific spirit to share with other people and who contributed a huge amount to our country. Today is a day to celebrate her literary achievements and to acknowledge that although her life may have come to an end her legacy will be such that generations of New Zealanders will continue to enjoy her stories for many many years to come. 
We have lost one of our literary giants today. We have lost one of our great New Zealanders and it is appropriate that this House pay tribute to her to her family and to her friends and acknowledge the loss that they must feel at the moment. Margaret Mahy great New Zealander fantastic author and friend of children everywhere may you rest in peace. 
Motion agreed to.
Banks John: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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Banks John: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
[Sitting date: 24 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3799. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon JOHN BANKS (Leader—ACT) 
: 
Tena koutou. I stand to recognise one of our greatest New Zealanders. It seems a pity does it not that this Parliament pays such great tribute to such a wonderful New Zealander when she is no longer with us. It seems to me that it would benefit us greatly if we could say these wonderful things to great New Zealanders who have done great things while they are still with us. 
But having said that I say there are few amongst us who can as adults retain their childhood imagination and wonder when looking at the world. While most of us go about our day focused on our daily tasks with little thought to our surroundings these very privileged few see the world with different eyes and she saw the world with different eyes. Margaret Mahy whom I had the pleasure of meeting a number of times also was a very happy person with a great sense of humour—eyes that saw witches in the trees lions in the meadows crocodiles on roller skates and nothing to do with Parliament. 
Margaret Mahy was one of the privileged few. As one of New Zealand’s best authors she was twice awarded the Carnegie Medal in literature and in 2006 received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in recognition of her lasting contribution to children’s literature. Thousands of New Zealand kids were introduced to Margaret Mahy through her many contributions to the  
New Zealand School Journal 
 of course. Her novels have been translated into many languages so that kids worldwide can enjoy her works. Her delightful and vivid imagination combined with her talent for writing has taken most New Zealanders on a magical journey to places that only once have they been and mostly in their dreams. Her legacy will live on from Governors Bay in her stories that our great-grandchildren will continue to read for a long long time. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this time. Margaret Mahy now walks in eternal peace.
Walker Holly: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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Walker Holly: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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HOLLY WALKER (Green) 
: 
Tena koe Mr Speaker. Tena koutou e te Whare. Margaret Mahy once told a group of children that when she was young she loved stories so much that she felt compelled to start writing so she could squeeze herself right into the stories. She wrote her first at age 7 and that was followed by at least 300 more. In that process she squeezed generations of us into her stories too. Her characters are part of our collective memory and they help us to tell our stories. Many of us grew up with her characters like the lion in the meadow the nutty Mr McPhee and the man whose mother was a pirate and we loved her magical use of language like the “great piratical rumbustification”. 
Margaret Mahy died on Monday after a brief battle with cancer and our thoughts are with her family and friends at this hard time but she will live on her stories. We will read them to our children and they will read them to theirs and that is a pretty wonderful legacy. Her rhythm rhyme and rich use of language left generations of children spellbound especially those who were lucky enough to attend her infamous readings where she would surprise her young audience by turning up as a witch or another character or by simply wearing one of her multicoloured storytelling wigs. 
She was the founding patron and supporter of Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust which worked to foster in young people a love of story and recognition of the power of language. Through her many educational readers novels picture books poetry short stories and screenwriting she created an unequalled body of award-winning work that touched the hearts and minds of literally millions of children worldwide. We honoured her with New Zealand’s highest award the Order of New Zealand and in 2006 she was given the world’s most prestigious prize for children’s writers the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She also twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal and received several honorary doctorates. 
According to the Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust Margaret Mahy’s contribution to New Zealand and world literature has been immeasurable on a par with that of Katherine Mansfield and Janet Frame. Margaret Mahy was a true New Zealand icon an inspiration and a flag bearer for our creative community. She once said: “It is in the nature of books that they have the capacity to make you feel powerful about what you can alter and achieve in your life.” I thank her for that wisdom and with such words she will continue to make her mark on our lives long after she has gone. 
Ki a Margaret Mahy e moe koe i te poiwaengai te tini e moe e moe. Ratou ki a ratou tatou te hunga ora tena koutou katoa. 
[ 
To you Margaret Mahy rest there in the realm of darkness among the very many rest rest. Allow them to rest there among their own. As for us the living I acknowledge you all. 
]
Stewart Barbara: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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Stewart Barbara: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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BARBARA STEWART (NZ First) 
: 
 On behalf of New Zealand First I echo the sentiments of this House. Margaret Mahy was a national literary treasure. Within her lifetime she wrote hundreds of works including over 100 picture books 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories. Her contributions to the  
New Zealand School Journal 
 enriched the lives of countless Kiwi kids by capturing their imaginations. In turn this inspired generations of school-age children to take an active interest in reading. I know I spent many hours using those particular stories. Throughout her life and career Margaret Mahy was the recipient of many awards. In 1993 she was made a member of the Order of New Zealand in recognition of her literary contributions. Her addition to that order limited to 20 people showed to all how widely regarded she was both here in New Zealand and abroad. Margaret Mahy was an inspirational figure a great New Zealander who contributed to our cultural fabric and I know that many families will remember well her story  
The Lion in the Meadow 
. She will be dearly missed though through her contributions she will live on in the minds and the hearts of many generations of New Zealanders. Thank you.
Turia Tariana: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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Turia Tariana: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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Hon TARIANA TURIA (Co-Leader—Maori Party) 
: 
 E te whaea e te kuia rangatira moe mai ra moe mai rai te moengaroa. 
[ 
To the mother figure and revered elder woman rest composed there in the long sleep. 
] 
The Maori Party joins with others in this House to express our great sadness at the passing of a dynamic and distinguished leader of literature a magician of words and a painter of the imagination—the uniquely colourful character whom we knew and loved as Margaret Mahy. Last week I purchased a selection of Margaret Mahy stories to give to Benneydale School. Her books reach into the hearts and imaginations of New Zealanders. They give us permission to stretch the boundaries to enter into a world of magic where the printed word opens our eyes to infinite possibilities. 
When asked where she lived Margaret once replied in her classic style: “I live in a place called Governors Bay … It seems to me a mysterious place—a still cloudy sea surrounded by sharp hills rocky and bare but with dark bush in wrinkles and gullies.” For lovers of Maori Television this landscape came to life in a recent rendition of Margaret Mahy’s story  
Kaitangata Twitch 
. That story had all the ingredients to draw children and adults alike to its tale: mystery supernatural occurrences fascinating characters breathtaking scenery and a strong cultural context in the relationships between Maori and Pakeha and the association of tangata w’enua with a sense of place. This is what she left for us: a sense of place. She has helped to shape our sense of who we are to define our own picture of the world. This is something that all of us want to relate to and I would like to say that I am particularly partial to her 1993 classic  
A Busy Day for a Good Grandmother 
. 
Our heartfelt sympathies are with her children her family and her enormous international reading audience who have treasured the talent and the creative genius of such a distinguished and distinctive New Zealander. Tena koutou.
Shearer David: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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Shearer David: Obituaries — Margaret Mahy ONZ 
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DAVID SHEARER (Leader of the Opposition) 
: 
 I stand on behalf of the Labour Party to also offer our condolences in respect of Margaret Mahy ONZ. Margaret was the eldest of five children born in Whakatane. She wrote her first story at the age of 7 a story called “Harry is Bad”. It probably signalled a rather different approach to writing than perhaps we had seen before. She wrote more than 100 picture books 40 novels and 20 collections of short stories—a prolific writer in her time. Her books have been translated into 15 different languages and have sold millions of copies across the world. In 2006 as the Prime Minister said Margaret Mahy became the 28th recipient of the so-called Nobel Prize for children’s literature the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She won many other awards as well including the Carnegie Medal for  
The Haunting 
 in 1982 and for  
The Changeover 
 in 1984. In 2009 Margaret was commemorated as one of 12 local heroes and a bronze bust of her was unveiled outside the Christchurch Arts Centre. 
She passed away after a short illness. Our thoughts and our prayers are with her friends and her family at this time. Personally I remember reading to my children the story  
The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate 
 and thinking at the time what an extraordinary mind had brought about that story. My kids absolutely loved it. I think the legacy she leaves both to New Zealand and to the rest of the world is a collection of stories that excite people young people and provide that sort of creativity in their minds. She will be sadly missed.