Brown Peter: Human Rights (One Law For All) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
Brown Peter: Human Rights (One Law For All) Amendment Bill — First Reading 
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PETER BROWN (Deputy Leader—NZ First) 
: 
 I am reminded of the rumour that young Krystal Stuart apparently said to Mr Hide a few days ago: “You’ve got the right idea but you simply don’t know what you’re doing.” The Human Rights (One Law For All) Amendment Bill reflects that sort of attitude. He has the right idea but he does not know what he is doing. 
Mr Hide raised the issue of what Martin Luther King fought against. When Martin Luther King was in his heyday I was a young cadet officer sailing to the port of New Orleans. While I was there I made the mistake—although I did not know I was making a mistake—of getting on a bus and walking two-thirds down the aisle before I took a seat. As the bus went through New Orleans and its suburbs I saw a number of black people queuing for the bus and the driver said: “Sorry we’re full.” A large number of seats in front of me were empty but the driver said: “Sorry the bus is full.” He left them on a cold day in New Orleans standing at the bus stop. When I got off the bus I asked the driver why he had told the people who were waiting for the bus that it was full. He said: “Because black people cannot sit in front of a white person on a bus.” 
Rodney Hide 
: Is that right or wrong? 
PETER BROWN 
: That is totally wrong and that is what Martin Luther King fought against. Then months after that a young black man went to college in the States and they had to turn out the army and the National Guard to make sure he could attend. It was positive discrimination that enabled that young guy to get a start in life on an academic career. 
I understand Mr Hide’s idea and appreciate his intent but he is clueless as to its application. Let me say to the House that this country takes in 700-plus refugees a year. Many of them cannot speak the language and many of them do not know how New Zealand society operates. What do we do? What does the Government do? Basically it gives those people money so they receive training and can become true New Zealanders. 
Hon Clayton Cosgrove 
: It wouldn’t happen under Rodney’s bill. 
PETER BROWN 
: He would not have any of that. I have another issue that Mr Hide might like to address. We hear there is more and more Asian crime in this country and a greater demand for Asian police officers. The police openly say they want more Asian police officers in New Zealand. 
Hon Clayton Cosgrove 
: They couldn’t do that under Rodney’s bill. 
PETER BROWN 
: They could not do that under Rodney’s bill. They could not discriminate positively. Only this very night on television just before we came to the House— 
Rodney Hide 
: So your election promise was rubbish. They didn’t mean one law for all. 
PETER BROWN 
: I will come to our election promise. On television tonight people were speaking of concerns about Maori smoking. A huge percentage of people across Maoridom are smoking. It is a habit an addiction that I think most New Zealanders would like to encourage Maori people to drop. But we cannot solve that problem with the same solution we might use for Pakeha New Zealanders. 
Mr Hide reminded the House of New Zealand First’s election promise. Let me say to him and to all members that we are absolutely firmly committed to everybody in this country getting an equal opportunity and having a fair go. But we recognise that we have to target individual groups differently. 
Rodney Hide 
: On race? 
PETER BROWN 
: On race on occasion and on age and sex. I have given Mr Hide some examples of how we discriminate positively on race and on occasion on sex and age. The clue for Mr Hide so he can get it right is to discriminate positively to the advantage of the group being targeted which is to the advantage of New Zealand as a whole. That is the clue. He has got it wrong. He should talk to his dancing partner again. She said to him: “You’ve got the right idea but you simply don’t know what you’re doing.” 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: Before I call the next speaker I say to Mr Hide that he has had his 10 minutes and he has another 5 minutes in reply. Please stop interrupting the other speakers continually.