Lole-Taylor Asenati: Social Security (Long-term Residential Care—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Lole-Taylor Asenati: Social Security (Long-term Residential Care—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 24 May 2012. Volume:680;Page:2518. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Le’aufa’amulia ASENATI LOLE-TAYLOR (NZ First) 
: 
 New Zealand First is not supporting this bill the Social Security (Long-term Residential Care—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill. Yes we are not supporting this bill. What next? Paula Bennett decides to take away the SuperGold card to provide funding to pay the accounts manager for KiwiSaver? That is what is going to be next. 
How demoralising how disgusting that we show our gratitude to our elderly by forcing their hand to sell off their hard-earned assets in order to feed the welfare reform which should be called welfare destruction. These welfare reforms are doomed to disaster. How senseless is the current Government which has decided that the elderly of New Zealand must take out loans in order to pay for care. Because that is what this is all about. We might as well slam the elderly into urban ghettoes. That is definitely going to happen. This new housing scheme which is incorporated into the welfare reforms is sure to see South Auckland turn into a dumping-ground—it might as well be. The zero Budget means zero chance for both younger paper boys and girls and senior citizens. It has been made very clear that basing the threshold on a volatile CPI means that the threshold will always be vulnerable to change. The elderly lying on their deathbeds will be forced to wait on their assets either to depreciate or be sold off just so that they are cared for. Somebody needs to tell that to the National Government. Funnily enough we will now be asking our elderly to sell off their life insurance and savings and take out loans just so that they can be provided with care. 
As for Tim Macindoe Alfred Ngaro and Mike Sabin it would be interesting to see whether those members would give up their houses or their pay to pay for elderly residential care. There are a lot of elderly in Manukau. There are a lot of them from where Alfred Ngaro comes from. How hypocritical is this Government giving this Budget the theme of— 
Tim Macindoe 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. It is a longstanding convention in this House that you do not use that particular word to describe other members.  
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: I was communicating with the senior Opposition whip so I missed it but I will take the member’s word. I am not sure what it was but do not do it again. [ 
Interruption 
] Yes that word is inappropriate.  
Le’aufa’amulia ASENATI LOLE-TAYLOR 
: Assets include prepaid funeral schemes. Well say goodbye to them. The elderly will not be able to die with dignity. No it is more important to let them struggle to live. That is what this is all about. 
It is obvious that the National Government has been sitting on this announcement for quite some time. It knew about it well in advance. The welfare reforms which should be renamed “welfare destruction” will not work. Funding has to come from somewhere right? It has to come from somewhere. These welfare reforms have been rushed through simply to sugar-coat a non-existent job market. These welfare reforms this welfare destruction will have skilled Kiwis packing and off to Australia. 
New Zealand First definitely does not support this bill because it discriminates against our elderly. Alfred Ngaro and Peseta Lotu-Iiga I challenge you to come out to Manukau to come out to South Auckland and tell the people of the Cook Island and Samoan communities tell the Tongan community the Tokelauan and the Tuvaluan what the National Government’s plan is doing which is to take away what they rightly should be entitled to. Thank you.