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Dunne Peter: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
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Dunne Peter: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
[Sitting date: 17 November 2009. Volume:659;Page:7678. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon PETER DUNNE (Leader—United Future) 
: 
 I am happy to stand on behalf of United Future to complete this unanimity of support for the All Whites after their stunning performance on Saturday evening. It was an extraordinary occasion. It was a great privilege to be there to see this historic event. I have never been to a sports event where I have seen a crowd hang on every move as that crowd did right from that yellow card in the first few minutes through to the shot that hit the crossbar the brilliant save by the Bahraini keeper and finally the header that scored the goal then Mark Paston’s great save right the way through even to that last-gasp moment when it looked as though Bahrain might have scored only to have the referee rule it out. 
The crowd was with the New Zealand team every inch of the way. The real testament to the strength of that occasion was that unlike other sporting events of many types that have been played at that stadium when the full-time whistle went the crowd stood and applauded solidly for about 15 minutes the achievement of their heroes. I say that that was not just because of the result—and that was fantastic—but it was because of the way in which the All Whites played: the style they brought their unassuming commitment their dedication to the task their courage and their determination. When looking down on them we sometimes wondered how on earth they could get out of a situation but they always managed to do so. 
I believe that what they did on Saturday night was not only to secure their place in history not just secure their passage to the World Cup but also to put a marker in the ground for all New Zealand sports about how quality sport should be played and why quality sport attracts the level of support that it does. I believe that the entire team from Ricki Herbert through to Ryan Nelsen all of the players the management and Frank van Hattum from New Zealand Football should take a huge bow for what they were able to achieve. Now the challenge begins and it is to work with them and alongside them to make sure that they can do even better than their predecessors did in Barcelona all those years ago so that this team can win a game at the World Cup finals next year. 
Motion agreed to.
Sharples Pita: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
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Sharples Pita: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
[Sitting date: 17 November 2009. Volume:659;Page:7677. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES (Co-Leader—Maori Party) 
: 
 The Maori Party joins with all other parties in recognising the outstanding success of the All Whites on Saturday night. As the 35000 crowd poured through the main entrance of Westpac Stadium on Saturday night they may not have noticed the traditional Taranaki designs incorporated at the front of the venue but if they looked closer it might well have given them hope knowing that victory would be within our reach. Central to the design is Rua Taranaki the mountain. Representing the challenge of reaching the pinnacle of achievement it symbolises to us the hurdles to be overcome by people as they strive to achieve their goals. At no time has this been more apparent than in this clincher match which qualified the All Whites for the 2010 Football World Cup finals in South Africa. 
This will be just the second time that the All Whites will appear at a finals tournament—the first since Spain in 1982. It is a wonderful reminder of whakawhanaungatanga. It should be noted that the champion of champions Ngati Porou striker Rory Fallon was born in 1982 and 1982 was also the year that Rory’s father Kevin helped to coach the All Whites through to the finals. We celebrate the role that families play in nurturing our champions the legacy of their talents being taken on and the vital support that whanau give in assisting our young in their training: the early-morning games the sports gear and the dedication that help to make a champion. At moments of great jubilation in our nation our unity is enhanced by the various connections we can make to the moment that binds us together. Tangata whenua have an overbrimming pride that a Maori boy kicked the ball to another Maori boy who scored the winning goal. And so we are full of aroha for Rory from Rangitukia and Tikitiki our Yorkshire Maori and for Leo Bertos our Maori Greek. 
This is a time when we all bask in the glory of our team who indeed reached the pinnacle of achievement for us all. We hope that with the stunning success of the All Whites our boys can come home and add to our international reputation as a nation of sporting prowess. Thank you.
Roy Heather: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
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Roy Heather: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
[Sitting date: 17 November 2009. Volume:659;Page:7677. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon HEATHER ROY (Deputy Leader—ACT) 
: 
 It is always a pleasure to stand and celebrate success in this House. I stand today on behalf of the ACT Party to join with other members of Parliament from all parties to recognise and celebrate the performance of the All Whites this past weekend and to congratulate them on their win over Bahrain. ACT as a party loves celebrating and recognising success in all its forms and today we express our admiration of and respect for the All Whites’ coach Ricki Herbert the technical staff and all others who contributed to this story. 
As we have already heard New Zealand last qualified for the Federation of International Football Associations World Cup final 27 years ago in 1982. Ricki Herbert was there then too but in a different capacity. This past Saturday night the All Whites entered the Wellington stadium carrying almost three decades of New Zealand’s hopes dreams and expectations on their shoulders and with the whole country behind them and much of the world watching they delivered. 
The current All Whites team is a bit different from the 1982 All Whites team in that the current one is a predominantly home-grown team and that helps enormously in terms of our national pride. So although a number of the All Whites do play professionally overseas this team delivered when their country needed them. As a Wellingtonian I am pleased and very proud to say that six of the All Whites team that won on Saturday night play for the Phoenix and as my children will attest to the Phoenix have done a huge amount to revitalise soccer as a game that will be as other members have said promoted heavily in the future. 
The ACT Party recognises the All Whites for their dedication and wishes them well for the Federation of International Football Associations World Cup finals in South Africa next year.
Hague Kevin: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
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Hague Kevin: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
[Sitting date: 17 November 2009. Volume:659;Page:7676. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
KEVIN HAGUE (Green) 
: 
 To some the football match against Bahrain on Saturday night was a matter of life and death. Actually it was much more important than that. Saturday night’s game was a Football World Cup qualifying game and in the world of sport it does not get any bigger than that. The record-size crowd that turned out to watch the spectacle had a sniff of something special in the air—history in the remaking. I offer the Green Party’s congratulations to Ricki Herbert Ryan Nelsen and all of the team and also to Bahrain for a fantastic contest. The All Whites played stunning football on Saturday night. They played with bravery and skill against their highly favoured opponents but they also played with spirit a spirit that never once doubted that they had it in themselves to win. 
That kind of spirit is infectious. It is the kind of spirit we all need: a playful optimism about all that is possible in life no matter what the odds. It is the kind of spirit that will capture our children’s imaginations too en masse. As the All Whites journey to South Africa to take on the great nations of football—Brazil Argentina Italy Germany and the others—Kiwi mums and dads had better get ready to be buying their kids some soccer boots this winter. 
I well remember the first time the All Whites made it to the World Cup; it is Movember and I am trying to emulate a style that was popular in 1982! Now we are there for a second time and that is something we can be profoundly proud of as a nation. As tonsils recover and life returns to normal we will not be forgetting in a hurry the magic that was there on Saturday night at the Cake Tin; or catching a glimpse of Rory Fallon’s header that Leo Bertos cross or that fantastic penalty save. We will know that this is the stuff of dreams only this was a dream that came true.
Goff Phil: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
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Goff Phil: Motions — All Whites—Qualification for Football World Cup Finals 
[Sitting date: 17 November 2009. Volume:659;Page:7676. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon PHIL GOFF (Leader of the Opposition) 
: 
 On behalf of the New Zealand Labour Party I add our congratulations to the All Whites team its coach its management and New Zealand Football. Along with a number of my colleagues on this side of the House I was fortunate to be at the match at the Cake Tin on Saturday night. The record crowd of 35000 Kiwis dressed in white was a massive boost to the team that played on that night. I think the lads did us proud. I particularly acknowledge the goal scored by Rory Fallon—the winning goal—and the way that it brought the crowd to its feet but I also mention Mark Paston for the brilliant saving of the penalty goal that ensured our team will be on its way to the Football World Cup in South Africa. I acknowledge the work done by Ricki Herbert as the coach and mention in passing to the Prime Minister that Mr Herbert was an old boy of Papatoetoe High School along with David Shearer me and other notable people. 
On a serious note I think that the victory although it might have been a long time between drinks—it was 27 years in coming—will give a huge boost to the game in New Zealand. It will be a real inspiration to all of those young people who are thinking of taking up football as their sport and I note that it is the fastest-growing team sport in New Zealand. 
I wish the team well in its preparations for the Football World Cup in South Africa next year and I wish it every success. Adding to that I congratulate the national hockey team on winning the finals and also getting through to its world cup competition. I think those two teams make all of us here as New Zealanders proud of their efforts their determination their commitment and their skill.
Event: Members Sworn 
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Event: Members Sworn 
[Sitting date: 17 November 2009. Volume:659;Page:7675. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Members Sworn 
Mr Speaker 
 administered the Oath of Allegiance to David Clendon who then took his seat in the House.
Smith Lockwood: List Member Vacancy 
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Smith Lockwood: List Member Vacancy 
[Sitting date: 17 November 2009. Volume:659;Page:7675. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I have been advised by the Chief Electoral Officer that pursuant to section 137 of the Electoral Act 1993 David James Clendon has been declared to be elected a member of the House of Representatives in place of Susan Bradford. I understand that David Clendon is present and wishes to affirm. Would he please come forward to the chair on my right.
Hawkins George: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
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Hawkins George: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10224. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon GEORGE HAWKINS (Labour—Manurewa) 
: 
 I want to take a brief call on the Unit Titles Bill. I acknowledge the work that Moana Mackey has done with such diligence in the Social Services Committee. The whole select committee worked well and I believe it was well chaired by Katrina Shanks. I think the House ought to acknowledge that. 
The Unit Titles Bill will not cover a lot of the problems in my electorate of South Auckland as far as housing goes. Housing New Zealand Corporation has admitted that people are doubling up in their houses—well it is worse than that. Sometimes there are three families in a State house—unit titles by the people. I think that that is shocking. I want that put in the  
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record which is why I said it. People are now on the waiting list for garages. I do not think that is very satisfactory either. But this bill is a good bill and it was originally started by Labour. I must acknowledge Maurice Williamson for being in the House this afternoon. He has got the bill through so quickly.
McClay Todd: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
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McClay Todd: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10224. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua) 
: 
 It gives me pleasure to speak to the third reading of the Unit Titles Bill and we have done some very important work here today. The Social Services Committee worked diligently on this bill and I want to thank staff members on the committee and the officials who came from the ministry to brief us. I also thank all members of the committee on both sides of the House who I think for the first time in the short time I have been in Parliament were able to reach agreement fairly quickly on some of the important areas where we needed to make changes. In other readings of this bill I have addressed those areas at some length and I propose not to do so again today but I want to congratulate the Minister for Building and Construction the Hon Maurice Williamson—because he just asked me to. 
One point that is very important to address here is that we were informed that over the next 50 years 500000 people may live in a unit title development or unit in New Zealand. Therefore should this Parliament not have moved this bill forward today with some urgency we would have been doing a great injustice to them. I say to the Minister that it is important as members opposite have recognised that we pass this bill into law today so soon before Easter. 
One of the issues raised with us in the committee was that some unit title owners were concerned that some of their rights over common property areas and some of the gardens and developments in their unit’s grounds may be taken away from them. The children who live in these developments and apartments with their parents can sleep soundly this weekend before they search the common areas and the grounds for Easter eggs. The delivery of this bill means that those common areas their trees and so on will be protected for them for many years to come. I commend this bill to the House and I am happy to support it. Thank you.
Hughes Gareth: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
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Hughes Gareth: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10222. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
GARETH HUGHES (Green) 
: 
 Kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker Barker. Nga mihi nui ki a koutou. Kia ora. In the spirit of urgency I will take a short call on the Unit Titles Bill. It is certainly high time for this legislation as the original Unit Titles Act which came into force in 1972 is 38 years old. The Greens will be supporting the bill in the third reading. 
The old and outdated legislation could not have anticipated new developments such as body corporate agreements and the new ways that people are living. Intensification of urban living is the trend of the last decade and good environmental and urban design practice. The New Zealand dream of the quarter-acre block although still appealing to many is not how the majority of Kiwis live any more. This is particularly true in Auckland. The Auckland Regional Council estimates that 700000 dwellings will be required to house a population of 2 million people so 300000 extra homes will be needed in Auckland by 2041. We have a choice to grow upwards or to grow outwards. 
Updating the law governing multi-unit building developments such as apartment blocks townhouses and office towers is necessary. This bill clarifies the duties and powers of unit owners the body corporate body corporate managers and developers. Decision making is made easier and more transparent. That issue was picked up in the earlier stages of the debate as well as the important issue of weathertightness. 
I was not involved in the previous stages of this debate but I acknowledge Labour’s role in the original drafting and the many years of consultation by the various stakeholders that has fed into this bill today. 
This bill will assist housing intensification. Our cities need to grow upwards not outwards. Urban sprawl has contributed to high transport costs for motorists taxpayers and ratepayers. In Auckland 16 percent of the city’s wealth is spent on transport costs. In comparison in more urban-intensive Europe which has better public transport and active transport modes the amount spent on transport is only 6 percent. The Auckland Regional Council lists some of the reasons why intensification is good: cost savings in land infrastructure and energy; reduction in housing lifestyle and transport costs; and greater physical activity and consequent health benefits. To quote a famous ACT on Campus spokesperson: “I think my argument is so powerful that it’s not necessary to talk about it.” The Greens will be supporting this bill. Kia ora.
Parata Hekia: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
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Parata Hekia: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10220. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
HEKIA PARATA (National) 
: 
 Tena koe Mr Assistant Speaker Barker. I rise to take a short call on the Unit Titles Bill. National went into the election on a platform of streamlining and simplifying regulations and this bill offers another opportunity to achieve that goal. The bill addresses a range of problems that have been identified such as issues with joint decision-making building maintenance financial management governance information disclosure consumer protection and dispute resolution. 
The bill has attracted very positive feedback from the industry and I have been delighted to participate in the development of this legislation. In particular I commend Moana Mackey who has just resumed her seat. She has been a very comprehensive and hard worker on the Social Services Committee as the 10-minute speech she delivered before my speech demonstrated. I thank her and applaud her interest and the detailed consideration she gave to the bill. I also acknowledge the chair of the select committee Katrina Shanks who is in the House at the moment. She and her family should be proud of the work she has done in bringing the bill to the House. 
I commend the bill. Kia ora.
Vote: Third Readings 
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Vote: Third Readings 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10215. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
A party vote was called for on the question  
That the Reserves Amendment Bill be now read a third time. 
Ayes 113 
New Zealand National 58; New Zealand Labour 43; ACT New Zealand 5; Maori Party 5; Progressive 1; United Future 1. 
Noes 9 
Green Party 9. 
Bill read a third time. 
Weights and Measures Amendment Bill read a third time.
Huo Raymond: Third Readings 
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Huo Raymond: Third Readings 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10215. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
RAYMOND HUO (Labour) 
: 
 I am delighted to rise to take a very short 1½ minute call in support of the nine bills that arise from the Regulatory Improvement Bill. 
There are two important aspects I wish to focus on. Firstly as my learned colleague Charles Chauvel noted in the bill’s first reading the content of the bill is only half the matter; the other half is the process that led to it. Secondly in relation to the Regulatory Improvement Bill we have to engage in two-way communication; we have to ask the businesses or stakeholders what the issues are go through a meaningful consultation process and then make sure we respond in a judicious and proportional way. 
It is particularly important in light of the impression I got from the Minister for Regulatory Reform that such a bill will become part of the normal proceedings of Parliament. It is very good that we have a regular opportunity to tidy up some issues that may not be insignificant enough to make it into a Statutes Amendment Bill but are not significant enough to warrant a bill in their own right. The Hon. Lianne Dalziel made history in September 2008 and set a good precedent for us to follow. 
I commend the bills to the House. Thank you. 
Companies Amendment Bill read a third time. 
Conservation Amendment Bill read a third time. 
Designs Amendment Bill read a third time. 
Fisheries Amendment Bill read a third time. 
Gas Amendment Bill read a third time.
Katene Rahui: Third Readings 
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Katene Rahui: Third Readings 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10212. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
RAHUI KATENE (Maori Party—Te Tai Tonga) 
: 
 Whenever the House has to consider an omnibus bill such as the Regulatory Improvement Bill which these bills came out of we must be careful to ensure that vital issues are not overlooked. In relation to this legislation the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Bill is one particular bill that has been overlooked. 
The Maori Party supported this bill at its first reading because it satisfied the party’s desire to see more community and less bureaucracy. As a principle we support initiatives that help reduce unnecessary cost and uncertainty caused by an overlap or inconsistency between different pieces of legislation. But after hearing from submitters on the Regulatory Improvement Bill we have changed our view—particularly in respect of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Bill. 
The Soil and Health Association was particularly concerned that applications to introduce new hazardous substances will shift from public notification to being publicly notified only at the discretion of the Environmental Risk Management Authority. The association’s concern was echoed by Organics Aotearoa which said that leaving the decision to the authority undermined the principle of transparent and open governance—the very issue that led to the Maori Party opposing the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Bill 
last night. 
Our nervousness about dropping public notification is important because in respect of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Bill dropping public notification eliminates an important check on an agency’s decision-making process increasing the risk that the Environmental Risk Management Authority will make bad decisions about whether hazardous substances should be released into the environment and increasing the risk that such substances will be introduced to Aotearoa. Wyeth New Zealand said that public notification was vital to meaningful public debate on hazardous substances. GE-Free New Zealand noted that genetic engineering still posed unknown economic and environmental dangers and that silencing the public voice simply to save money actually worked against the intentions of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act. 
The Maori Party supports the reduction of barriers to economic growth but not at the cost of the environment. Because public involvement is being set aside in respect of new applications under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act through the proposals being considered here today the Maori Party cannot support the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Act.
Lee Melissa: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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Lee Melissa: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10211. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
11. 
MELISSA LEE (National) 
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Minister for Building and Construction 
: What progress has he made in terms of introducing a building licence system that will give New Zealanders confidence in the skills of the builders they employ? 
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON (Minister for Building and Construction) 
: 
 I have good news. From today the number of licence classes for builders and designers will reduce from six to two making the licensing process much simpler. That means competent professionals will now find it easier to find the licence that is right for them. From today there will be just one licence for design and another for site practitioners. Reducing the number of licences cuts costs and makes licensing a whole lot easier. We listened to the industry and we took its feedback on board. The message was clear: the system was too complex and cumbersome. Today we have fixed it. 
Melissa Lee 
: What other streamlining changes has the Minister made recently? 
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON 
: In February I launched a product called the Better Building Blueprint which has a range of measures. We made it quicker and cheaper to get consents for designs being built across the country through what we call the National Multiple-use Approval Service. 
Hon Simon Power 
: Excellent. 
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON 
: I know my colleague wants the House to carry on so I will try to be brief. We introduced a streamlined approvals process for qualified tradespeople to become licensed builders. We launched a consultation paper on improving the Building Act by cutting red tape and bureaucracy without compromising quality. The list could go on for the rest of the afternoon. It is all good news. 
Phil Twyford 
: What reports has he seen on the last time a National Government changed the building regulations and shut down apprenticeship in the 1990s and what impact did that have on the confidence of New Zealanders in the skills of the builders they employ? 
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON 
: I am reminded by a colleague alongside me that the Hon George Hawkins has said that Labour’s work achieved all that had been done. But this Government is focused on the future and on getting some damn good product out there for the people without compromising quality. We are not looking backwards. 
Phil Twyford 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I asked the Minister what reports he had seen on the last time a National Government changed the building regulations. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: The member will resume his seat. I listened carefully to the member’s question. He made all sorts of claims of supposed fact in the question and the Minister responded in any way he chose. With that kind of question he really was at liberty to do so.
Cosgrove Clayton: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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Cosgrove Clayton: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10211. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE (Labour—Waimakariri) 
: 
 Just while we are in tabling mode and bearing in mind your rulings I seek leave to table a document from the Hon John Banks Mayor of Auckland in which he states: “The latest crime statistics shame this country and create an atmosphere of fear and intimidation”— 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Can I just seek guidance: is this is a press release or is it a— 
Hon Clayton Cosgrove 
: Yes and if I could just tell you why— 
Hon Members 
: Oh! 
Mr SPEAKER 
: This is a point of order and it will be heard in silence. 
Hon Clayton Cosgrove 
: Bearing in mind as I said at the start your rulings about matters not being freely available to this House the reason I seek an exception in this case is that this release was released only a matter of an hour or two ago and will not be available to this House. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is objection.
Smith Nick: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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Smith Nick: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10210. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for ACC) 
: 
 I seek leave to table my letter to the Opposition on 24 March last year offering to consult with Opposition members on the clinical review of the sensitive claims mentioned. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is objection.
Blue Jackie: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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Blue Jackie: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10205. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
8. 
Dr JACKIE BLUE (National) 
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Minister of Transport 
: What steps is the Government considering to improve taxi driver safety? 
Hon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister of Transport) 
: 
 Yesterday I met with representatives from the taxi industry to discuss options for improving the safety of taxi drivers. After considering all the options the industry representatives and officials believe that mandating for cameras to be installed in taxis in the main centres would bring the greatest benefits. That is widely supported by the industry. It is unfortunate that we have to consider this step but two drivers have been murdered recently and the number of serious assaults has been increasing over the last decade. It is my intention to take recommendations to Cabinet shortly. 
Dr Jackie Blue 
: What benefits would installing cameras in taxis have? 
Hon STEVEN JOYCE 
: In Australia cameras have proven to be effective in reducing violence against drivers by around 70 percent and they have reduced fare evasion by a similar amount. In addition the cameras provide enhanced safety for passengers and can be used by the police when investigating other crimes where the offender has used a taxi. I stress that any introduction of cameras into taxis would be accompanied by rules governing the use of images to protect the privacy of passengers.
Vote: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
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Vote: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10190. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
A party vote was called for on the question  
That Parts 1 to 9 and clauses 1 and 2 as amended be agreed to. 
Ayes 108 
New Zealand National 58; New Zealand Labour 43; ACT New Zealand 5; Progressive 1; United Future 1. 
Noes 14 
Green Party 9; Maori Party 5. 
Parts 1 to 9 and clauses 1 and 2 as amended agreed to. 
The Committee divided the bill into the Companies Amendment Bill the Conservation Amendment Bill the Designs Amendment Bill the Fisheries Amendment Bill the Gas Amendment Bill the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Bill the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Amendment Bill the Reserves Amendment Bill and the Weights and Measures Amendment Bill pursuant to Supplementary Order Paper117. 
Bill reported with amendment. 
Report adopted.
Hide Rodney: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
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Hide Rodney: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10185. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon RODNEY HIDE (Minister for Regulatory Reform) 
: 
 I will take a brief call to answer the Hon Ross Robertson’s questions. Yes it certainly is the Government’s intention to carry on the work of the previous Labour Government in this area. I will be introducing a further bill in the coming months. I suggest to that member that if he has particular areas that would suit being reformed that constituents have brought to him or that have come to his attention he should write to me and we can look into it and include it in that legislation. The only thing I would note is that they will not be called regulatory improvement bills; they will be called regulatory reform bills. I do not know why but that is one of the things that happens. So we are continuing this process.
Shanks Katrina: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
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Shanks Katrina: Unit Titles Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10225. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
KATRINA SHANKS (National) 
: 
 I hate to disappoint members over there but unfortunately there is still one more speaker. I will be very brief because I am aware that Easter is literally minutes away for many of us in the House today. 
I acknowledge all the hard work that the Social Services Committee put into the Unit Titles Bill. We spent many months on it. It was a long time coming. Labour started the review in 2004. As chair of the select committee I am very proud to stand here in the third reading of the bill and see it passed into law. 
I thank the officials who did a lot of additional work. It took a while for us to get up to speed on the bill as there were some quite complex issues in it. I thank the officials for their patience. I would also like to thank the submitters who came forward with their suggestions many of which we took on board. The bill was changed because of their submissions. This is a very brief call. 
Hon Maurice Williamson 
: And acknowledge the excellent Minister! 
KATRINA SHANKS 
: I would also like to acknowledge the Ministers who were involved in this bill especially the Hon Maurice Williamson. He added significant value to this bill in its third reading stage. I thank members for letting me take this call this afternoon. 
Bill read a third time.
Hipkins Chris: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
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Hipkins Chris: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10179. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
CHRIS HIPKINS (Labour—Rimutaka) 
: 
 The House has agreed to take all of the parts of this bill together as one debate; therefore I seek leave for members to have an unlimited number of calls on all parts without there being any change to the agreed time limit for the debate.
Mapp Wayne: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
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Mapp Wayne: Regulatory Improvement Bill — Second Reading In Committee 
[Sitting date: 30 March 2010. Volume:661;Page:10174. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP (Minister of Defence) 
: 
 In relation to the specific questions asked by the Hon Lianne Dalziel the officials have provided me with specific answers. Three hundred permits were applied for; they were new applications. In addition there were 350 renewals as well. It should be noted that very few of the 300 new applications were notified with the reason being that they were low-impact activities. However I can inform the Committee that over a 2-year period 157 particular concessions were notified but only 22 of those actually received submissions from I guess members of the public. The concessions were in relation to licences and leases. 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: No no not leases. 
Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP 
: That is what I am advised. I am advised that the concessions that were notified related mostly to licences and leases. 
In relation to the very interesting points raised by Mr Chauvel I note that as he went through clause 28 which inserts section 42C I think he kind of answered his own question. The regime set out there which as he specifically noted relates to organisms other than genetically modified organisms is in respect of low-risk situations. That is why there is that particular procedure. As for the issues around the commencement dates they have all been set out in Supplementary Order Paper 117. I think from going through that Supplementary Order Paper that the concerns raised by Mr Chauvel have been very carefully considered.
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Hon GEORGINA TE HEUHEU (Minister for Courts) 
: 
 I seek leave for all the provisions of the Regulatory Improvement Bill to be taken as one question and for the debate to be of no more than 3 hours’ duration. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: Is there any objection to that course of action? There is no objection. The question is that Parts 1 to 9 and clauses 1 and 2 be agreed to.
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A party vote was called for on the question  
That the Regulatory Improvement Bill be now read a second time. 
Ayes 108 
New Zealand National 58; New Zealand Labour 43; ACT New Zealand 5; Progressive 1; United Future 1. 
Noes 14 
Green Party 9; Maori Party 5. 
Bill read a second time.
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JONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth) 
: 
 It is my pleasure to stand and speak on the Regulatory Improvement Bill. I must admit that the Commerce Committee is a very enjoyable select committee to work on no doubt due to the fantastic contribution of the deputy chair Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga. It is second only to the enjoyment of working on the Law and Order Committee as you Mr Assistant Speaker would agree. That committee is fantastically led as well. 
There is a very famous statement by the Rt Hon Winston Churchill who said: “If you have 10000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law.” The provisions of this bill remove the unnecessary encumberments and redundant issues of regulation that have a negative effect with no just purpose any longer. It is a good process to go through. It is a process we are committed to because it assists businesses in many different ways to not be encumbered by unnecessary regulations. It takes time and expense to fulfil requirements that do not have the purpose of making business any better; nor do they necessarily make government any better. There comes a time when we need to identify regulations through review and determine whether they have any current or future purpose in order to remain there. 
I am advised that the Quality Regulation Review took 15 months to complete. It involved a wide range of Government agencies as well as more than 130 businesses consulted which I think the member opposite referred to from North Cape to Bluff. Apparently there was a bit of a road trip by the previous Minister in order to do that. I am sure that that would have been an enjoyable trip. I am not quite sure who in Bluff she would have consulted with—perhaps those who farm and harvest oysters. I am not quite sure what businesses operate up in Cape Reinga. I have been there myself. I have enjoyed visiting the far reaches of our country where I am sure there would be at least two businesses and 128 businesses in between that that member would have consulted. I think consultation is very important. Engagement with business is the only way to understand the real impacts of the decisions we make as parliamentarians. 
This bill contains 22 amendments to legislation. The broad objectives include improving the regulatory framework and reducing compliance burden on business. In times like these we need to be enabling businesses to lift their heads up rather than having them all the way down doing the paperwork. They need to see what opportunities are coming before them. We know that regulation is important. Regulation gives confidence to people it enables businesses to effectively work within confines and constraints that are reasonable and it gives everybody the opportunity to live under one law. Thank you very much.
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CHRIS TREMAIN (Senior Whip—National) 
: 
 I ask that the member repeat that. I was on the telephone and I did not hear the start of the request. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: I ask Chris Hipkins to seek leave.
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MELISSA LEE (National) 
: 
 It is a pleasure to speak in the second reading of the Regulatory Improvement Bill. I want to make a couple of points. I agree with what the previous speaker John Boscawen said in terms of Mr Nash’s speech. It was almost as if it were Groundhog Day. The speech was repeated over and over and I think it was the same one that Lianne Dalziel delivered only a couple of minutes ago or was it an hour ago? It has been a long sitting session. It is like déjà vu. 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: All over again. 
MELISSA LEE 
: It has been a bit like déjà vu; it is all over again. It was very interesting to listen to Mr Nash mention Lianne Dalziel. As much as I adore Lianne Dalziel—she is a lovely woman and she is the chairperson of the Commerce Committee—to suggest that she has done all this work and this bill would not be here without her is ridiculous. She drives really well in Christchurch; she drove me back to my hotel. 
Personal things aside if it was up to the Labour Party then this bill would be languishing on the Order Paper. It is the National-led Government that is committed to growing this economy. We are bringing this bill forward and making sure that it is getting a hearing. It is about cutting red tape and I think it is a great bill. I am glad we have a lot of support for it. Thank you.
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Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP (Minister of Defence) 
: 
 I will take only a very brief call. I was listening to the previous speaker Mr Hague and I would like to correct one statement that he made. New section 17T(4) which is to be substituted in the Conservation Act by clause 7 clearly states: “Before granting a lease or a licence with a term (including all renewals) exceeding 10 years … the Minister must give public notice of the intention to do so.” As I heard Mr Hague it was suggested that that would not be required. It is actually a legal requirement that public notice would have to be given for all leases and licences exceeding 10 years. 
Kevin Hague 
: Exceeding 10? 
Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP 
: Yes. For those that are less than 10 years in new section 17T(5) “the Minister may give public notice … having regard to the effects of the licence permit or easement”. I took this call just to rectify what I think was perhaps an unintentional mistake.
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STUART NASH (Labour) 
: 
 I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The member who has just resumed his seat criticised me for not mentioning much of what is in this bill but I do not even think I heard the name of the bill in that speech. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Rick Barker) 
: The point of order is redundant; the member has finished his speech.
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JOHN BOSCAWEN 
: I thank Mr Hone Harawira for that. Those comments cannot go unchallenged because Mr Rodney Hide the other three ACT MPs and I are the only MPs who are listening to the people of New Zealand on the emissions trading scheme. We are the only people listening. 
I find it interesting that Mr Nash talks about the Labour Party being the party of business. If Labour had had its way and won the last election we would have already had a 10 percent increase in the price of electricity. From 1 January this year we would have had a 10 percent increase in the price of electricity. We would have had massive windfall profits going to those power generators that produce electricity from hydro sources—renewable sources—and then do not have to pay the emissions trading scheme tax because they are not burning up coal or gas. 
Mr Hide is a listener. He fought virtually single-handedly against the emissions trading scheme in the last Parliament. He absolutely totally opposed it. I attended a breakfast this morning with European parliamentarians where the comment was made that there is a general consensus between Labour and National on the emissions trading scheme and that it would have been a very tough job for Mr Hide to represent the views of the people and to stand up and speak out against it. 
Mr Hide listens; I cannot speak for Mr Power. I hope that Mr Power— 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: Nine times. 
JOHN BOSCAWEN 
: Oh nine comments was it for Lianne Dalziel? I have mentioned her name a couple of times myself. I hope that Mr Power is listening to the voices of business. I hope that he is listening to consumers I hope that he is listening to families and I hope that he is listening to farmers. We are introducing a tax on our farmers that will result in windfall profits and I cannot let those comments go unchallenged. Thank you.