Lotu-Iiga Peseta Sam: Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill — In Committee 
Lotu-Iiga Peseta Sam: Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill — In Committee 
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PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA (National—Maungakiekie) 
: 
 I thank the former MP for Otaki Darren Hughes for that drivel.  
David Garrett 
: The former electorate MP. 
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA 
: He is the former electorate MP for Otaki—that is right. I will address the points my learned colleague Ms Beaumont raised and the absolute hypocrisy that she and her party members— 
Hon Darren Hughes 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. I fully respect the fact that the Standing Orders of the Auckland City Council are different from those of Parliament and that the member has to try to follow both but a member cannot possibly accuse another member of hypocrisy. It is out of order in Parliament and it must also be so in Auckland City Council which the member is so familiar with. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: Thank you. The member who raised the point of order is correct. I ask the member to withdraw his comment. 
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA 
: Withdrawn. A number of Labour MPs have been both MPs and councillors concurrently—for example Mr Michael Bassett from 1972 to 1975 and Mr Richard Northey from 1984 to 1986. 
Hon Member 
: What party? 
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA 
: I do not know what party. The members just seemed to me to be saying one thing and doing another. We had the Hon George Hawkins sitting at the back of the Chamber as Mayor of Papakura as well as a member of Parliament. There is the hypocrisy and there is the playing of the man but not the ball. When the issues cannot be discussed Labour members resort to attacking people personalities and characters. We saw it during the election campaign last year. We saw the sort of character Labour members have. The president of the party—not some backroom analyst but the president of the party Mike Williams—went to Melbourne to dig up dirt on the current Prime Minister. What did Mike Williams find? I ask Mr Garrett what he found. I ask Miss Kaye what he found. I ask Mr Bennett what he found. I ask Mr Hide what he found. 
Hon Members 
: Nothing. 
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA 
: He found nothing—absolutely nothing. 
But let us talk about the consultation that went on in Maungakiekie where Ms Beaumont did not set up any public meetings and where I set up four public meetings. 
Phil Twyford 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. We are in the Committee stage of the debate on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill. The member has not said anything about the bill. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: I ask the member to come back to the content of the bill. The debate has been wide ranging; it is a 16-hour debate. There has been some latitude but I ask the member to confine his comments to the content of the bill. 
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA 
: As they say it is a night of clichés. If Labour members cannot handle the heat they should get out of the kitchen. 
At one of the meetings in Ellerslie Ms Beaumont did not turn up; she sent her best friend Mary-Ann and Mary-Ann’s partner. Mary-Ann is from the Service and Food Workers Union. What did they do? They turned up and swore. They cursed and swore at the public meeting. What did we do? The Hon John Carter and I just said with respect that we do not use that language where we come from. We said we did not know why they would use such language. Is the mission of Labour Party members to go to public meetings and swear curse and abuse members of Parliament? I challenge Ms Beaumont to say whether she supports that type of action. If she does not— 
Lynne Pillay 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson— 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: Look there have been some attacks here. I asked the member to come back to the substance of the debate. The member has 42 seconds remaining. He should concentrate on the substance as opposed to personal attacks. 
PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA 
: I just say that the Service and Food Workers Union has a lot of really good hard workers. They would certainly not accept that type of language and abuse. 
It is about delivering and the voters of Maungakiekie will make their decision in 2011. It is about delivering for that community and about a foreshore restoration with $28 million which as a councillor I promoted. It is about a train station in Onehunga—three train stations. It is about the Tamaki Transformation Programme. It is about housing for the poor in Maungakiekie. And it is about delivering for the people we represent. Thank you.