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Finlayson ChristopherParts 1 to 4 schedules 1 to 3 and clauses 1 and 2Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): Just very briefly as I mentioned in my second reading speech the Māori Affairs Committee reported the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill back to the House on 2 September and recommended it be passed with a couple of technical amendments. Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 215 is in my name and it provides two technical amendments to ensure that particular third-party interests are protected through the bill. The SOP amends the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill by inserting a new clause 53(3) recording an easement in favour of the South Taranaki District Council and making a corresponding amendment to schedule 2. That is the only real issue that arises. There has been a little bit of a debate today about Part 2 Subpart 5 dealing with regional council representation. This is not imposed on the council. It has been drawn up as a result of discussions with the council and it is very happy with what has transpired. It is exactly the same as the proposal set out—and I will come to it when we deal with it—in Part 2 Subpart 6 of the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill where there was no objection. It is also in similar form in the Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill. So we have selective concern about race-based policy. I foreshadow that there could be a bit of excitement. There has been no opposition to the Rangitāne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill; Subpart 3 of Part 2 of course provided for the establishment of the Manawatū River catchment advisory board a body set up involving Rangitāne o Manawatu and also Rangitāne in the Wairarapa to advise the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council in relation to freshwater issues. So we do have selective concern but the fact of the matter is that this body is as a result of discussions between the various iwi the Crown and the Taranaki Regional Council. There was some comment made about a referendum that was held in New Plymouth city last year. That dealt with a completely separate issue which was the establishment of a Māori ward for the New Plymouth District Council. It was a completely different issue and attempts to conflate them are with respect—well actually with no respect—totally misleading.
Ross Jami-Lee; Tisch LindsayTARANAKI IWI CLAIMS SETTLEMENT BILLIn CommitteeJAMI-LEE ROSS (Junior Whip—National): I seek leave for the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill to be debated as one question and separately afterwards for the Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill to also be debated as one question.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is no objection.
Rangitāne o Manawatu Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading
Visitors — Kuwait—Kuwait - New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group
Rurawhe AdrianRANGITĀNE O MANAWATU CLAIMS SETTLEMENT BILLSecond ReadingDebate resumed from 21 September.ADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour—Te Tai Hauāuru): Tēnā tātou e Te Whare nei. Before the lunch break I was talking about the disappointment that Rangitāne will be feeling about not having their settlement bill read for a third time tomorrow. I also spoke about the whare the house that stands on Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitaane o Manawatu marae the name of which is Tūturu Pūmau. Within Tūturu Pūmau is a carving representing gifts that were given from Tahupōtiki Wīremu Rātana to Michael Joseph Savage. Within—aroha mai koutou mā e kōrero ana i tēnei wā [excuse me and my apologies to those of you engaged in conversation right now]. That carving is incomplete because it was the view of the people of Rangitāne that the addressing of their Treaty settlement—the breaches of the Treaty—has not yet been settled. So they will be immensely—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! I apologise for interrupting the member. Can I ask for substantially fewer conversations to take place. This is important legislation certainly of interest to a large number of people in the gallery and I expect more respect to be shown by members. If they want conversations to occur they should move to the lobbies. I apologise for interrupting the member.ADRIAN RURAWHE: Thank you Mr Speaker. As I was saying within Tūturu Pūmau there is an unfinished carving. It represents unfinished business about the breaches of the Treaty that Rangitāne o Manawatu have suffered. The delaying of the third reading will delay the completion of those taonga within that whare. I want to acknowledge the presence of those from Rangitāne o Manawatu and thank them for their patience. The delay has nothing to do with any action that Rangitāne o Manawatu have taken—in fact quite the contrary. I do not want to take up any more of the House's time except to say that this is long overdue. It is another step towards the completion of those taonga in that house.Nō reira anei anō te mihi ake ki ngā uri o Rangitāne o Manawatū. Tēnei ahau tō koutou whanaunga e tuku mihi atu ana ki a koutou. Kia kaha kia māia i roto i ēnei āhuatanga te whakatau i tō koutou kerēme nō reira tēnā koutou katoa.[Therefore I acknowledge you once again the descendants of Rangitāne of Manawatū. Here I am your relation according you a tribute. Be strong and courageous in these circumstances relating to the settlement of your claim I salute you all.]
Bridges Simon; Hipkins ChrisBUSINESS STATEMENTHon SIMON BRIDGES (Deputy Leader of the House): When the House resumes on Tuesday 11 October the Government will look to complete the Committee stages of a number of bills on the Order Paper and the third reading of the bills that were formerly the Judicature Modernisation Bill presently on the Order Paper as items 24 to 46 starting with the Senior Courts Bill.CHRIS HIPKINS (Senior Whip—Labour): I wonder whether the Deputy Leader of the House can confirm that the Government intends to take urgency to deal with the critical issue of the electrifying carpet that seems to be bedevilling the Minister of Energy and Resources in his office.Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Deputy Leader of the House): How very droll. No no we are not doing that.
Carter DavidTHURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2016Mr Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.Prayers.VISITORSKuwait—Kuwait - New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship GroupMr SPEAKER: I am sure that members would wish to welcome members of the Kuwait - New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group led by Dr Khalil Abdullah Ali who are present in the gallery.
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VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill be now read a second time.Ayes 107New Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 12; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes 12New Zealand First 12.Bill read a second time.
Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill be now read a second time.Ayes 108New Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 13; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes 12New Zealand First 12.Bill read a second time.
Taranaki Iwi Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading
Kuriger BarbaraBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): It is a pleasure to take another short call on the settlement for Taranaki iwi. Of all the Treaty settlements that have already been done to date this one is actually the one that is probably the most meaningful for me because this is the area where I grew up. I was born in Ōpunake and I lived a fair proportion of my early life near Ōrimupiko Marae. When I got married to my husband Louis we moved to a place called Ōaonui near Te Pōtaka. I went to school with many of the people who lived in and around Parihaka at that time—at Ōpunake High School. So for me this is actually very close to my heart and very close to home. I would just like to reiterate some of the words that have been said around Parihaka from the Hon Nanaia Mahuta in her speech that she has just made about fulfilling the aspirations of the people of Parihaka. If you go into Puke Ariki museum in Ngā Motu you can actually see pictures of what Parihaka used to look like. To me the devastation and everything that went on there—there are no words and no amount of money that can make up for that now. But again I want to comment on the generosity of the Taranaki iwi in accepting this settlement and I also want to make mention of Adrian Rurawhe who talked about the economy. I have actually got a copy of an article that he wrote for the Opunake and Coastal News about the growing Māori economy and about the development phase and about the work that will happen for the young people. I really want to fully endorse that. I really want to wish Wharehoka Wano well as tumuwhakarito of Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust and the trust chairman Toka Walden who went to school with me. About the 5-year strategy I know there are plans I know there are visions and I look forward to seeing not only the economic benefits that come from this Treaty settlement but I think more importantly for me the cultural redress. I look forward to Parihaka being a wonderful place again for your people. So for me it is about any partnership between the Crown and the Taranaki iwi that can help to develop Parihaka in particular back to its status. It will never be what it was. It was taken away and it is really sad that it was taken away in shame in such a peaceful protest but we can develop Parihaka into something really fabulous again. So it is the economic redress but more importantly for me it is the cultural redress. I commend this bill to the House.
Kuriger BarbaraBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Tēnā koe Mr Deputy Speaker. I would really like to welcome our people of Te Atiawa here this morning and acknowledge you for being present in the House. It is a pleasure to take a call on this bill. I would also like to acknowledge Maharoa Okeroa our Minister Finlayson and also I would like to acknowledge our committee chair Nuk Korako who has worked tirelessly not only on this legislation but on a number of pieces of legislation. I would also like to acknowledge the Te Atiawa iwi those who have gone before us. I know the work that people such as Wikitōria Keenan put into preparing for this deed of settlement. I would also like to acknowledge the Te Atiawa generosity in accepting what has been offered in terms of this negotiation because for everything that the iwi has been through over the last 156 years or whatever it is it has just been an awful situation and it has taken a very long time to redress. By the mid-1850s Crown land purchasing had contributed to hostility and fighting within Te Atiawa resulting in the loss of life for Te Atiawa people. In March 1860 the Crown's insistence on completing a land purchase at Waitara despite the strong opposition of many Te Atiawa led to the outbreak of the first Taranaki War. Fighting continued until a peace agreement in April 1861 that provided for the Waitara purchase to be investigated. However the Crown precipitated another war by occupying various blocks before this investigation was completed. Although the Crown renounced the Waitara purchase it was too late to prevent the fighting which continued into 1864. The Crown exacerbated the terrible impact of the wars on Taranaki by indiscriminately confiscating the entire rohe of Te Atiawa in 1865. In the 1870s and 1880s the Crown caused great distress to the iwi by the repressive measures it took to suppress the peaceful resistance campaign of Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi who established the settlement of Parihaka. In 1879 and 1880 many Te Atiawa were made political prisoners and detained without trial in the South Island. Although the lands confiscated made a significant contribution to the wealth and development of this country in recent years many Te Atiawa people have lived in very poor economic circumstances. The resilience of these people is evident and today this growing iwi has a vision of the future that moves from raupatu to restoration. I would like to acknowledge the iwi today. I would like to acknowledge the vision that you have for your people of Taranaki. I would like to help you and offer to be part of anything that you would like to do going forward. We have a lot of making up to do and this settlement is only a very small part of that. So thank you very much for the opportunity. Kia ora.Bill read a second time.Waiata
Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill — Second Reading
Points of Order — Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill—Referral to Commerce Committee
Young JonathanJONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth): E ngā mana e ngā reo e ngā hau e whā tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[I acknowledge commend and greet you all: the authorities the voices and the four winds.]I am very honoured to be able to stand in support of this Te Atiawa Claims Settlement Bill. I would like to acknowledge the iwi leaders we have here from Taranaki and it is great to have you here today. I am disappointed that it is only one day and not two and I do acknowledge the Minister's comments that he is going to work very very hard to ensure that the third readings are done as soon as possible because not only is that going to be very important to bring an end to this process but it is going to be very important to be part of the beginning of what the future is going to be. I would like to at this point also acknowledge those who cannot be here and I think especially of Wikitōria Keenan and the tremendous hard work that she has done on behalf of her people Te Atiawa in progressing this. I would also like to acknowledge the Hon Mahara Okeroa—great to see you sir. I have very much enjoyed getting to know you over the last number of years and I know that you have brought a great contribution. What I would like to say is really to support the people of Te Atiawa Taranaki and Ngāruahine because these are some of the finest people I know. It is not just because of 176 years of duress since the pressures came upon them by the Crown to essentially forgo their land and they fought and struggled to retain that which was theirs. But there has been an aspect of generosity and inclusion. I think of the words of Wīremu Kīngi who said: You have your part we have our part and love will bring us together." Even back in his time when he led and he spoke there was this willingness to live together and work together. More than anything else I hope and trust and pray that these settlements will engender that and that we will see a future for Te Atiawa that is full of promise full of hope full of the ability now—through the resources of this settlement—for you to become who you always have been but in greater measure and that is a proud and a noble and a generous people. I am very pleased to stand here. I apologise that I was not here for the first reading. I was overseas at the time and as you know matters in terms of the programme of Parliament can change very quickly and sometimes we hear a little bit too late that something is happening. I was in the UK at that particular point in time but I do know that it was a great occasion. I am not going to say much more except to say I am thrilled about today. I am thrilled about today that we are progressing this and as I said my great hope and joy will be to see the people of Te Atiawa Taranaki and Ngāruahine continue to grow to develop and to flourish because of this. This is nothing compared with what you have lost I know. In fact somebody said to me: "How much is this going to cost us?". I said it is costing nothing compared with what it has cost our iwi. We understand what it has cost you and our hope and prayer is that this will become the beginning of something new. Kia ora."
Borrows ChesterMr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Tēnā koutou te iwi Te Atiawa o Te Iwi Taranaki karanga mai mihi mai aku rangatira tēnā koutou te whānau o Te Whare Pāremata kia ora koutou katoa. Ahakoa kāore ahau e āhei ki te kauhau i ēnei momo pire i te wā e noho ana i runga i Te Tūru o Te Mana Whakawā ka mihi ahau ki Te Atiawa o Te Iwi Taranaki i tēnei rā whakahirahira. Ka hoki ngā mahara ki te hunga kua wehe atu pēnei i a Wikitōria Keenan he mea nui te mātakitaki i tēnei kaupapa. Kia pai te haere e hoa mā ka w'hakarongo pīkari ahau ahakoa kāore ahau i te kōrero kei te waiata taku ngākau ngā mihi nui ki a koutou. Nō reira tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa.[Acknowledgments to you the people of Te Atiawa of the Taranaki tribe; summon thus extend salutations my esteemed ones and greetings to you the family of Parliament House acknowledgments to you all. Although I am unable to speak on these kinds of bills while I occupy the Speaker's Chair I acknowledge you Te Atiawa of the Taranaki tribe on this important day. My thoughts go back to those who have passed away like Wikitōria Keenan. Observing this event is a wonderful thing; go well friends. I will listen intently and although I am not able to make a contribution my heart is singing. A huge appreciation to you collectively so acknowledgments greetings and salutations to you all.]
Mallard Trevor; Borrows ChesterWEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2016(continued on Thursday 22 September 2016)CONSUMER GUARANTEES (REMOVAL OF UNRELATED PARTY LENDER RESPONSIBILITY) AMENDMENT BILLReferral to Commerce CommitteeHon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South): Last night following the first reading of members' order of the day No. 2 the House did not vote on the question that the bill be considered by the Commerce Committee the select committee indicated by Dr Reti in his speech. That was my fault. I seek the leave of the House for the Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill to be considered by the Commerce Committee. Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Leave is put for that purpose. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.
Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill — First Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 77New Zealand National 59; Green Party 14; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes 44New Zealand Labour 32; New Zealand First 12.Bill read a first time.Dr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): I move That the Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill be reported to the House by 31 January 2017.Motion agreed to.Sitting suspended from 9.57 p.m. to 9 a.m. (Thursday)
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Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill — First Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 48New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 14; Māori Party 2.Noes 73New Zealand National 59; New Zealand First 12; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Motion not agreed to.
2. Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill—SupportMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green) to the Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment BillPublic Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill—Support2. METIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green) to the Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill: He aha ngā whakamōhio tautoko kua whiwhi i a mō te Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?[What indications of support has she received for the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?]CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill): We have received huge support from Māori across the country for this bill. We took a petition around the motu and received almost 5000 petition signatures and at almost every consultation hui for the Government's Te Ture Whenua Māori Act reforms the impact of the Public Works Act on Māori land was raised. Māori are calling on Parliament to pass this bill and end compulsory confiscations once and for all.Metiria Turei: Kua whai pūrongo a ia e pā ana ki te tautoko o ērā atu pāti i te pire?[Has she received any reports from other parties about supporting the bill?]CATHERINE DELAHUNTY: I am delighted that the Māori Party and Labour have expressed strong support for my bill. The Government still has the opportunity in the House today to ensure not one more acre of Māori land is taken without consent. I challenge it to take this opportunity and vote for my bill.
1. Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill—PurposeMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green) to the Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment BillQUESTIONS TO MEMBERSPublic Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill—Purpose1. METIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green) to the Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill: He aha ia i tuhi hukihuki ai i te Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?[Why has she drafted the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?]CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill): I drafted the bill because I was inspired by Patricia Grace and her whānau's fight to protect their land from confiscation under the Public Works Act for the construction of the Kāpiti Expressway. It is one of the most recent examples of how the Public Works Act has been used time and time again to alienate Māori from their land including their historic struggles for Takaparawhau—Bastion Point—and Whāingaroa the Raglan golf course.Metiria Turei: He aha ngā hua mō tēnei pire ki Te Iwi Māori?[What are the benefits of this bill for Māoridom?]CATHERINE DELAHUNTY: The connection to whenua is fundamental to—Mr SPEAKER: Catherine Delahunty.CATHERINE DELAHUNTY: Thank you Mr Speaker. I am just too fast am I not? Connection to whenua is fundamental to Māori identity but less than 5 percent of land in Aotearoa is still held in Māori ownership. It is completely unacceptable that the Public Works Act can still be used in the 21st century to confiscate Māori land. The Crown has a responsibility to protect Māori land for the benefit of future generations.
12. Pest Control—Predator Free New Zealand 2050 CostsCLAYTON MITCHELL (NZ First) to the Minister of ConservationPest Control—Predator Free New Zealand 2050 Costs12. CLAYTON MITCHELL (NZ First) to the Minister of Conservation: What analysis has been carried out in relation to the costs involved in making New Zealand predator-free by 2050 and maintaining this status?Hon MAGGIE BARRY (Minister of Conservation): The financial analysis that has underpinned the Government's initial investment of $28 million over the next 4 years includes setting up a new Crown-owned entity Predator Free 2050 Ltd now just weeks away from being launched. We will enable businesses and philanthropists to contribute $2 for every $1 invested by the Government. We have acknowledged from the outset that we do not yet have the technology to meet our goals so we are investing heavily in scientific research and new technologies and solutions. The Government is also taking a leadership role in setting up large-scale landscape projects and expects an announcement on one next week.Clayton Mitchell: Is the Minister aware that in 2013 the then Minister of Conservation Nick Smith announced that the 329 hectare Rakatū Island would be rid of rats in 2 to 3 years but this island is still plagued by rats despite having $190000 made available to achieve it; and how does this bode for a 27 million hectare New Zealand project?Mr SPEAKER: Either of those two supplementary questions—the Hon Maggie Barry. Hon MAGGIE BARRY: The island the member is referring to was due to be dealt with last year but unfortunately because of the cyclone that pest eradication was held up. I would point out that the Department of Conservation is very successful in ridding New Zealand of mammalian and other predators—and weeds for that matter—and that we have successfully cleared 150 offshore islands which are predator-free. I would draw the member's attention to some remarkable technological advances in controlling mammalian predatorship which we are on top of.Clayton Mitchell: Supplementary question Mr Speaker.Mr SPEAKER: Order! Before I call the member I would be grateful if the member's colleagues would then listen to the next answer. Clayton Mitchell.Clayton Mitchell: If the Government is truly serious about making New Zealand predator-free by 2050 why will it not introduce new legislation under urgency to stop the breeding and selling of rats in New Zealand?Hon MAGGIE BARRY: That member and that party's capacity to dwell in the minutiae and the fringes amaze me to this day. I would draw attention to a more successful approach which has been achieved just last month in America where a company called SenesTech was registered with the US Environmental Protection Agency—Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The Minister was asked why she did not under urgency seek to pass legislation to get rid of rats. She has not answered that so she should sit down.Mr SPEAKER: Order! On this occasion I had difficulty hearing the answer because of the yelling coming from the member's own colleague. I think on this occasion the answer is sufficient and we are moving on.
10. Overseas Investment—Economic BenefitsJONO NAYLOR (National) to the Minister for Land InformationOverseas Investment—Economic Benefits10. JONO NAYLOR (National) to the Minister for Land Information: How is overseas investment benefiting New Zealand and contributing to growing the economy?Hon LOUISE UPSTON (Minister for Land Information): Overseas investment is fuelling growth in New Zealand. Regional economies are particularly benefiting from this capital as it is used for expanding operations and helping to grow New Zealand's exports. It means growth for our regions and for New Zealand generally. It means more New Zealand - made products are sold overseas. It means an increase in local jobs for New Zealanders including in the construction of new facilities. Overseas investment can also bring access to new ideas technology or production processes that help innovation and add value to goods and services that we produce.Jono Naylor: What examples has the Minister seen of delivering on these benefits?Hon LOUISE UPSTON: There are many examples of benefits being delivered from this overseas investment. One is Andros a French company which has acquired Barker's fruit processors in Geraldine. In only 11 months export volumes increased by 10 percent. Japanese company Daiken Corporation invested in a premium wood products factory in Rangiora then spent significant amounts to increase the productivity of the plant. In addition new technology has been introduced such as resin producing technology to reduce formaldehyde emissions as well as increasing the volume of timber it processed in New Zealand by 13 percent.Jono Naylor: What does this mean for New Zealanders?Hon LOUISE UPSTON: There are many cases in addition to economic benefits in the environment and in the community—for example new recreational opportunities for New Zealanders including increased access for fishing hunting mountain biking and walking. As well there are new covenants protecting natural habitats and environments. In 2014-15 land in four high country stations between Lake Wānaka and Arrowtown was placed under conservation covenants in one of New Zealand's largest private land protection agreements. The covenant protects a wide variety of ecosystems from wetlands tussock grasslands native shrub lands alpine cushion fields and mountain peaks.
8. Crime Victims—Evidence Amendment Bill and Court ProcessesKANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI (National) to the Minister of JusticeCrime Victims—Evidence Amendment Bill and Court Processes8. KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI (National) to the Minister of Justice: How will the Evidence Amendment Bill passed last night help vulnerable victims through the court process?Hon AMY ADAMS (Minister of Justice): Minimising the trauma that can result from helping to bring offenders to justice is an essential part of the Government's commitment to supporting victims of crime. Giving evidence can be especially tough for young and vulnerable witnesses. The changes we have made through this bill will help make the court process less traumatic for those it may affect the most. For example the bill creates a presumption that child witnesses will give their evidence through either the video of their police interview via closed-circuit television or from behind a screen and that all child witnesses will be automatically entitled to have a support person with them during this process.Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi: What protections does the bill have for sexual violence complainants?Hon AMY ADAMS: Giving evidence in a sexual violence trial can be particularly traumatic for complainants. The new bill will mean that the judge's permission will need to be sought before the trial begins if the defence wants to question the complainant about their sexual history with a person other than the defendant and it ensures that strict controls are in place to protect the video records of victim statements. The changes in the bill are an important step in delivering on the Government's commitment to improve the experience of victims.
2. Economic Growth—Economic Growth Per CapitaSCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel) to the Minister of FinanceEconomic Growth—Economic Growth Per Capita2. SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel) to the Minister of Finance: What impact is New Zealand's growing economy having on trends in GDP per capita?Hon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance): Statistics New Zealand figures show that the per capita measure that has been discussed much in the House here real gross domestic product per capita has increased by 4.2 percent in the past 3 years which is pretty good given that it has been a time of rapid population growth. Since 2011 real GDP per capita has increased by 8.2 percent so it is simply wrong for any number of commentators or members of the House to say that per capita incomes are not rising. Scott Simpson: What other measures of per capita income growth confirm that the benefits of a growing economy are being passed through to hard-working New Zealanders like those living in the Coromandel electorate? Hon BILL ENGLISH: In the Coromandel they are probably tracking the real gross national disposable income per capita and if they are following that closely they will see that it increased by 6.3 percent in the last 3 years and that since 2011 it has increased by 10.2 percent. So it does not really matter which way you calculate per capita growth it is consistently positive.Scott Simpson: Apart from the rising GDP per capita what other benefits is the growing economy delivering for all New Zealanders? Hon BILL ENGLISH: The growing economy is particularly delivering benefits that are directly relevant to New Zealand households: wages are increasing significantly ahead of inflation employment prospects are strong and people are optimistic about their future. New Zealand's economy is characterised by moderate but consistent growth.Grant Robertson: Can the Minister confirm that real gross national disposable income on an annual average was 0.5 percent—half of 1 percent—and can he understand why New Zealanders who are living in the here and now rather than on his trend might feel that they are just running hard to stand still?Hon BILL ENGLISH: As I have pointed out any number of times you will find periods of a quarter—that is 3 months of the year—or the odd time an annual average where the number is maybe negative or maybe a small degree positive. But any reasonable measure over any length of time is showing New Zealand incomes both gross incomes and per capita incomes are rising moderately and generally consistently.Scott Simpson: Could the Minister tell us please how New Zealand's economy is performing relative to other developed countries?Hon BILL ENGLISH: There are any number of measures but by and large New Zealand is doing better than many other developed countries. New Zealand's growth rate is about the third fastest in the OECD. Our employment rate is the equal-second-highest in the OECD—that is the proportion of the working-age population with jobs is about the second highest in the developed world.
Reti ShaneDr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): I would like to thank everyone from around the House for their contributions tonight. Undoubtedly bills like this are improved when they go to a select committee and I have no doubt that this will be too. The only comment I would make is that when we look at international legislation and see how much stronger and firmer it is in this space—it is important internationally; it must be important for us also. I think we need to tidy up and strengthen what we are doing here. So with that I thank everyone for their contributions tonight and with the will of the House the bill will advance to the Commerce Committee. Thank you.
O'Connor SimonSIMON O'CONNOR (National—Tāmaki): I am very pleased to take what will now be a short call on this Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill which is quite symbolic really. This is a fairly short simple and technical bill but I am looking forward to it and I hope that through the votes it is coming to the Commerce Committee where we will be able to tease a few things out.As the member Shane Reti has rightly pointed out this is around I think the definition of a particular word but as we all know particular words can have significant meanings. Really this bill is doing just two things within that. It is saying that if the lender and the trader are effectively the same people then they should be treated as one entity—in my own terminology. If they are not related then in fact there should not be a relationship. I think it was Brett Hudson and Melissa Lee in particular who raised that actually just because you go to your bank and get a loan for buying a television—some other examples were used but I am going to stick to televisions—the bank should not be responsible for that.All I want to put on the record is that I think it is going to be quite interesting—putting my chair of the Health Committee hat on—to look at how doctors work. Often they lend money in different ways to help their patients. I will be interested to see how this bill deals with that. So I am very pleased at this point to recommend the bill to the House.
Ross Jami-Lee; Mallard TrevorJAMI-LEE ROSS (Junior Whip—National): I seek leave for the House to rise at the conclusion of the Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill or at 10 p.m. whichever is earlier.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Is there any objection to that? There is none.
Mathers MojoMOJO MATHERS (Green): OK well I take my hat off to the previous speakers for managing to generate heaps of enthusiasm for what I consider to be a particularly uninspiring pedantic bill. We will be supporting it. We do think that the basic point is correct. It was an unintended consequence of the amendment that we passed in 2003 to make the unrelated lender liable for consumer goods that were purchased by that loan. However it is with quite a degree of frustration that we are debating this in the House at all. I cannot generate the enthusiasm for fixing up what I think is a fairly unintended mistake because I do not see the bill as being either brave or inspiring or bold or any of those other things that I think members' bills should be. Yesterday my colleague Kevin Hague gave his valedictory speech in the House and he challenged us all to be brave to stand for something. Members' bills are our opportunity to be brave and stand for something. We have just had my colleague Catherine Delahunty's bill in the House a public works amendment bill and a number of speakers commended her for being brave whether they supported it or they did not. We had a debate about some very real and very important issues about the grave injustice that had been done to the people in the land. I doubt that in this case there is really any grave injustice that is happening. If there is any injustice it is happening to some firms that can probably carry the few rare occasions when that might be happening. I would be very interested to know if it does actually happen. So yes it is frustrating to be standing here—a frustrating bill an uninspiring bill. We will vote for it. That is really all I have got to say because I do not want to be wasting the House's time any further on this.
Delahunty CatherinePUBLIC WORKS (PROHIBITION OF COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF MĀORI LAND) AMENDMENT BILLFirst ReadingDebate resumed from 24 August.CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Green): Tēnā koutou e Te Whare nui. Not one more acre. Tangata whenua means people of the land not a landless people. Tangata whenua means people who have land. That remaining land needs to stay in their hands. Not one more acre. No more public works confiscations. The Government has a responsibility under Te Tiriti o Waitangi to protect Māori land from alienation for the benefit of future generations. This can happen if everyone in this House—every party—will vote for my bill tonight. We can act on our responsibilities. We can demonstrate what was just demonstrated in the previous bill which was cooperation to achieve something positive. Less than 5 percent of land in Aotearoa is still held in Māori customary and freehold ownership so it is unacceptable that the Public Works Act can still be used in the 21st century to confiscate remnant remains of Māori whenua. Whether this Parliament votes for this bill or not we are going to keep fighting for this. We have received huge support from Māori across the country with almost 5000 petition signatures. At every consultation hui on Te Ture Whenua Maori Bill the Public Works Act was raised as an issue. We do not have answers from the Government yet as to how that would be addressed. If I knew how that was going to be addressed I could let this bill go but there is no clarity in what we have seen of Te Ture Whenua Maori Bill that that is the case. Until I know that there is a way to protect remnant whenua Māori—customary and freehold Māori land—from public works we will not let this go. We have heard so many stories of the suffering and confiscation that has been endured as a result of the Public Works Act. What public?" we might ask. Not the public who are customary or freehold Māori title owners who have been forced or manipulated away from their land. So I say to this House: no more pressure to sell. No more divide and rule. It is time for a united approach to the remnants of whānau land. Not one more acre. Once it is gone it is gone. The land is a taonga to these people. Not one more acre. Kia ora."
Turei MetiriaMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): I nominate the Māori Affairs Committee to consider the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill.The question was put that the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill be referred to the Māori Affairs Committee.Question agreed to.
New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill — First Reading
Young JonathanJONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth): I would like to thank all the contributing speakers. Thank you very much for the genuine contributions and in particular for your depth of understanding of the issues. I believe that means that we as a Parliament can make some positive progress as best as possible on understanding the incredible complexity of this bill.As I stated in my first speech the confiscation of land occurred in 1865 but it started prior to that. It goes right back into the nub of the relationship between Europeans and Māori and has been in a sense very much a part of the DNA and development of this nation. Coming to this place to this House to look at this issue is it a settlement bill? I think it is bigger than that. It is a nation bill. It is a bill that is about New Zealand. Yes it is addressing the confiscations. It is addressing all of those issues. It is addressing how the New Plymouth District Council has sought to work with all the competing parties around this to come to a conclusion.Thank you to Adrian Rurawhe who identified the various competing elements of the community. It is sad that we have a reasonably small community of 7000 people who have such competing interests. Would it not be great if through this process we can work in a very integral way so that we could see a community come together and collaborate and not be competitive but be supportive? Thank you Carmel Sepuloni for your very good comments and your deep understanding not only because you have lived there but because you have also kept in contact with many of the people. I think that is a good good thing. Thank you very much Catherine Delahunty for your comments and the willingness that you have to support this bill to select committee. We have a bill on the table and I think that what is incredibly important is that we all commit to sit around that table and discuss these issues.I have heard the requests that this bill go to a select committee other than the one I nominated. You would have heard and seen us having quite a discussion here amongst ourselves and I have been in discreet contact with the originators of the bill. There is an openness for it to go to the Māori Affairs Committee. In this regard I think I could say that this is a measure of our willingness to cooperate around this and to try to find a common way through. I think that what we want to see is this community and the past resolved. We want to have a vision for the future. We want to see a people who have been injured healed. We want to see people today who have a sense that Waitara is their home—both Māori and non-Māori. We want them to be able to feel settled and to feel together that it is their community. Would it not be great if this Parliament could help in that process? I commend this bill to the House and we make the recommendation that it go to the Māori Affairs Committee. Kia ora.Bill read a first time.The question was put that the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill be referred to the Local Government and Environment Committee.Question not agreed to.
Paraone PitaPITA PARAONE (NZ First): Tēnā koe tēnā hoki tātou e noho nei i roto i Te Whare nei. Kei te tautoko i ngā mihi i mihingia ki wā tātou manuhiri e noho nā kei runga nā reira e Te Koromatua me ngā mema o Te Kaunihera nau mai haere mai.[Thank you and acknowledgments as well to us seated here in this House. I endorse the tributes accorded to our visitors seated above and so welcome to you Mr Mayor and members of the council come hither.]I take this opportunity of supporting the sentiments of welcome to the mayor and members of his council. Can I say from the outset that recent events that have seen the mayor make the decision to not stand again I think reflect on the situation surrounding the history of this land and the divisive thinking amongst members of that particular community. I think there are enough compelling reasons to have this bill referred to the Māori Affairs Committee but at the end of the day it will be the decision of this House as to whether or not that should be the case.I want to say from the outset that this is like a settlement bill. It is not a settlement bill in the sense that we have come to know them—and which we will know more of tomorrow and hopefully on Friday—but this certainly has the elements of a settlement. As has been articulated by previous speakers there are three parties involved: leaseholders the original owners of course and the local body. Quite clearly because of the position taken by the descendants of the original owners we have got to the situation where this bill has come before the House.I want to commend the people of Te Atiawa. Like all settlement bills the iwi involved do make some very very great sacrifices. Although they may have been offered the total land block for a sum that may seem a bit high—but in context I think was pretty low—they chose not to accept that offer and now we have got to the stage where this bill will see at least 40 hectares returned to them. I want to remind this House that in the late 1980s or early 1990s there were—and the farmers in the area will appreciate this—perpetual leases on farmland known as the west coast land leases where farmers had similar arrangements albeit in relation to farmland to the leaseholders whom we are talking about in this bill. That problem was resolved. It was resolved by the Crown making some recompense to the farmers to allow them to forgo their perpetual right to lease that land. In fact originally the Māori landowners were not offered anything. I can say with pride that there was one party which is in this House that was then responsible for ensuring that the iwi of Taranaki received compensation as well.With the time that I have got left to me I want to say that New Zealand First will certainly be supporting this bill to the select committee because I think it is going to be a very interesting time for this bill during that process. Kia ora.
Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — Second Reading
Pugh MaureenMAUREEN PUGH (National): It is my pleasure today to stand in support of the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill. It is probably not a surprise that I have no whakapapa back to Papawai but I do have it on good authority that a friend of mine Mr Nuk Korako—his uncle the Hon Ben Couch whakapapas back to Papawai.I acknowledge the work of the hard-working MP for the Wairarapa Alastair Scott who has brought this private bill to the House. I also acknowledge the Māori Affairs Committee which has obviously worked together to manage the process of progressing this bill to its second reading today.The Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board has been managing its activities since the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Act was enacted in 1943. It distributes scholarships for post-primary education of children who have whakapapa in relation to the tangata whenua of the Wairarapa. It uses it for a wide range of uses in education and educational support—that is for things such as books clothing grants or even for maintenance of school buildings. That is a very honourable purpose but one of the things that did impress me about the focus of the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board is that one of its four goals is to make a positive contribution to the education of tamariki which empowers whānau. That certainly is the understanding of this Government and we certainly too understand that there is no greater investment that anyone can make than the investment in our children.After 73 years the time is now right to modernise this Act so that the board has the flexibility it requires to best meet the needs of the trust in this 21st century and to make sure as we have heard today that it is fit for purpose. This is a very non-contentious bill. I have pleasure in commending it to the House and I extend my very best wishes to the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board for its future investment in the education of its tamariki. Thank you.