Peters WinstonRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): George Orwell said: If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." What many people have not wanted to hear is that immigration in New Zealand has long got out of control. Net migrant gain is nearly three times that of the UK in real terms and we are creating a city the size of New Plymouth every year in New Zealand through immigration. Most are settling in Auckland where we have a chronic shortage of housing and hospitals struggling in places where people should have the services. Motorways are clogged and so are the educational institutions and Kiwis are finding it harder to get work because of the competition that is coming in. For far too long people did not want to hear that immigration was adding to this country's problems. Any attempt to raise this issue has been dismissed as racist and xenophobic with people hurling that abuse as though there will never be a day of reckoning where they are concerned. Well there is going to be a day of reckoning for all who shouted that allegation. The johnny-come-latelys are starting to jump on the bandwagon as well. But this is not a part of courage where they are concerned. Last week a Chinese real estate agent living in Auckland told us what he thought of immigration and what effect it is having on Auckland. He told us about the housing crisis and the impact that the Government's immigration policy is having on it. His family came to New Zealand from Mainland China in 2001 looking for a new future and for the younger generation to have the chance of a good education. He said that in recent years Auckland had become too Chinese-oriented. Walk down Queen Street—[Interruption] Stop laughing Arthur. Stop laughing Arthur. Walk down Queen Street and tell me what you are laughing at. He also said that on a visit to Tokyo the Japanese said that going to Auckland was like going to China. This is what this Chinese agent said.Alastair Scott: You wrote that one.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: This man wrote the letter. We do not come to Parliament without the facts without the documents. He has seen young couples desperate to buy their own homes and having their offers dashed by being outbid by Chinese buyers whom he said then had the house back on the market within 2 weeks for another $200000. They are investment properties and there are a huge number of them. They do not pay tax. They privately advertise through their websites or among their own social circles and for them the Government's IRD number is a joke. He said that in the event of a downward trend they will be exiting the country without a thought. What happened? Well Arthur Loo a lawyer and board member of the New Zealand China Council said he doubted whether Adam—this man's name at the time—was even Chinese. Mr Loo from his multi-mansions in Remuera said he thought it came from the "back ops" department in New Zealand First. Mr Loo supports of course a Chinese tong type of silent society where you say nothing. What sort of a lawyer beats his gums without getting a few facts first particularly in "Granny Herald"? What sort of a lawyer is this? But did he dispute what our agent said? No he did not. He did not say that one allegation was wrong. No he thought he could go there and use the coercion of the Chinese tong type of society and shut this guy down. That is what happens when you say things that people do not want to hear. Then of course another immigrant—this man from South Africa—a former judge got here a fraction before our agent in 1999 and said that if this was written by someone Chinese he would eat his hat. If this was written by someone Chinese he would eat his hat. This is from a former lawyer and judge from South Africa. Well let me tell you Dr Marnewick or whatever you call yourself down on Bucklands Beach—we are going to come down with a TV crew and you will be eating your hat because we do not come to Parliament without the facts. Is it a paradox? Who is launching into him? Why another Chinese man George Lim from Remuera—because it is always Remuera is it not? He is not from Ōtara; oh no no it is Remuera. He is saying: "Why is this guy making these statements when he is biting the hand that feeds him?". So honesty decency and having some courage in your society mean nothing—it is all about egregious self-interest for all these people. And then of course you go to Mr Ken Choe from Mount Eden—another highly established place—and he attacks the man as not being Chinese in the first place. Let me just say this: I am proud of this agent and we will do all we can to defend him."