Henare Tau: Military Manoeuvres Act Repeal Bill — Second Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Henare Tau: Military Manoeuvres Act Repeal Bill — Second Reading 
[Sitting date: 21 March 2012. Volume:678;Page:1211. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon TAU HENARE (National) 
: 
 You know there is something else that has not been used for the last 30 years Mr Graham. I suppose that member should be on the stage—preferably the next one out of town. The serious side of this issue is a place like Raglan and like taking private property for military purposes which is exactly what Raglan was used for. If you have it on the statutes it could happen again. If you have it on the statutes there is every likelihood it could be— 
Dr Rajen Prasad 
: Oh come on! 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: The member says: “Come on!”. Well let us go back to when that piece of legislation was promulgated—1915. At the end of 1918 people said to each other: “We’ll never do this again—never do this again.” but in a few short years there was another world war. 
Dr Rajen Prasad 
: Oh! 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: You see that is the sort of objection I would expect from an appeaser from a person who is an appeaser—that is all he is—“It won’t happen to us!”. And that is what Kennedy Graham is saying—that this Act will never be used again. The fact of the matter is that it is still on the statute book. So why would we not get rid of it? As the Hon Maryan Street said we could have done it in umpteen dozen ways but democracy says that we are allowed to do it this way. So who says that we are wrong in doing it this way? Those members are going to vote for our bill. They are going to vote for Bakshi’s bill. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Order! 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: Yes? 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: The member knows—he has been here long enough—that you refer to a person by their full name or their title. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: OK—Mr Singh. The fact of the matter is that it is still on our statute book and for every law that is still on our statute book it means that you can use those provisions in any of those laws. It is quite simple. So Mr Singh in his wisdom thought: “Why not use the member’s bill process to get rid of legislation?”—pretty Draconian legislation I might add. So if we cannot use the process that the Standing Orders give us then there is something wrong with this place. All he is doing is using the process of Parliament to get rid of a Draconian piece of legislation. I salute my friend for doing that—getting rid of a Draconian piece of legislation. [ 
Interruption 
] Oh they are queuing up now. I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Is it not correct that when you want the call you are supposed to call? 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Yes it is Mr Henare. It is New Zealand First’s opportunity and the member should actually call otherwise he does not get called—he loses it 
Richard Prosser 
: Mr Assistant Speaker I apologise. I was looking at the speaking order and— 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: No—the member must call first. 
Richard Prosser 
: Mr Speaker. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: I call the honourable member Richard Prosser.