Anderton Jim: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Bill — Instruction to CommitteeCWH In Committee 
Anderton Jim: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Bill — Instruction to CommitteeCWH In Committee 
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Hon JIM ANDERTON (Minister for Economic Development) 
: 
 If the member thinks that the people of New Zealand at the local regional and business level think Industry New Zealand has done nothing for New Zealand and the business development of this country then that shows why that party is sitting there and this Government and its supporters are over here with the support we have. 
The member who has just spoken indicated that she was amazed that United Future is supporting this bill. She may be equally amazed that her own party is supporting it. The one-stop shop which is supported overwhelmingly by the business community of New Zealand was supported of course during the election campaign by the Progressive party and the Labour Party and I am glad that the National Party is also supporting it. 
Hon Tony Ryall 
: We are your party! We’re business. 
Hon JIM ANDERTON 
: Investment New Zealand was one small division I have to say to Mr Ryall of Trade New Zealand—that is what it used to be. It was incorporated into Industry New Zealand about a year ago and now the member wants to name the whole bill after that one small element of Industry New Zealand. 
Hon Tony Ryall 
: You got it. At long last! 
Hon JIM ANDERTON 
: I have to remind the member—and he may well want to discuss this with people if he ever does talk to the business and regional community of New Zealand—that New Zealand Trade and Enterprise will be a developmental agency covering business and industry development in New Zealand as well as incoming investment and development from off shore. It will not be just an investment agency and to describe it as such would be a misnomer in terms of all the activity it will have to engage in. 
I have to say to Mr Carter that the mayors and councillors— 
Hon David Carter 
: Which Mr Carter? 
Hon JIM ANDERTON 
: —of the far north and the Northland region have stated on the record on a number of occasions that they have never at any time in the history of the north had such support from or the presence of Ministers and Government as they have had from the Ministers and Government represented by the Labour-Progressive coalition. 
John Carter 
: Has the Minister asked them recently? 
Hon JIM ANDERTON 
: I invite Mr Carter to attend any meeting that I attend and to put it to those meetings that previous Governments of which he was a member did more for the north than this Government has done. He will get an awful shock when he is told what the answer to that is. 
The response of business and regions of New Zealand to this step has been incredibly positive. They have wanted this step to be taken and now it is being taken. I would hope that the Opposition members could actually stop the game playing and understand as they clearly do the need for this legislation the importance of it and the support it has across the whole community. I hope that they will let us get on with the job as we want to get on with it and stop simply playing games. 
As far as Mr Shirley and the ACT party are concerned the failed policies of the past which he talked about are the failed policies of his leader and the current policies of the ACT party that it wants us to go back to. We have no intention of doing that. This bill shows clearly where we intend to go and the speech made by Mr Shirley tells me where the ACT party is going and that is nowhere.