Peters Winston: Immigration Amendment Bill (No 2) — Second Reading Instruction to CommitteeCWH In Committee Third Reading 
Peters Winston: Immigration Amendment Bill (No 2) — Second Reading Instruction to CommitteeCWH In Committee Third Reading 
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Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) 
: The Minister of Immigration sought to clarify New Zealand First’s policy and she did a thoroughly bad job of it because she does not support our policy and we do not support hers. She sought to paint a picture of having done something when she has done nothing. In fact I have just looked at my colleague Dail Jones’ questioning of her at the select committee at the time the immigration issue came before the select committee. 
Darren Hughes 
: Why wasn’t the member there? 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: I had unfortunately been expelled from the House—quite wrongfully in my view. As a consequence I could not attend. Nevertheless Dail Jones did a very fine job. He established that Lianne Dalziel in all her time as the Minister had got two Cabinet papers ready. She claimed that the idea of registering consultants was a good one but all she had done was to look at the office in Sydney—the Migration Agents Registration Authority. She said she thought it might have a solution and that now it looked like a real possibility. In the meantime of course every sort of fraud lie and cheating activity has gone on in the Immigration Service in this country amongst a whole lot of consultants. There has been deception here there and everywhere. Chinese have been openly advertising— 
Clayton Cosgrove 
: What about Mr Delamere? 
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS 
: Mr Delamere was fired from New Zealand First. He was never a Minister of Immigration under us so that member should not look at me. But my point is this: how come he has been operating for 3½ years under Lianne Dalziel? 
The reality is that there are all sorts of people out there who are openly advertising fraudulent activities in Chinese. The Minister was on the  
Assignment 
 programme and was asked whether she was aware of any forgeries and frauds. Her answer was “No”. What a joke! Talk about deer in the headlights! That is this Minister. 
I have just been on a radio programme with the Minister and she embarrassed herself again. She thinks that because she can swim under water without breathing for 3 or 4 minutes that that will do in politics but it will not work. One actually has to be able to say something sensible. The reality is that this Minister is dead scared of getting things wrong. That is why she says in Part 2 that clarification is required so that the New Zealand Immigration Service can regulate and order the manner of processing these applications according to agreed Government departmental policies and priorities. Why would she say that were it not that she was too scared of making any of those attempts and finding she had again breached the law? That is why she says it. She goes on to say: “Clause 5 ensures that past prioritisation of the processing of applications for visas and permits cannot be challenged in the courts.” This is a member who is meant to be a lawyer. She wants her actions inactions and mistakes to be above any legal reproach. I know Labour MPs over there and I know politicians like that. Mind one would not call them politicians; one would call them despots or autocrats. 
The Minister wants to be above the law and I will give an example. She now wants immigration officers to be above the law. If they screw up there is to be no right of appeal. We can have the biggest bunch of crooks coming into the country as a result of their mistakes and no one can appeal it. I suppose that is the reason there are so many businesses in Auckland that are run by the triads. Members should go to the bottom of town and find out what is going on down there—the abuse of women cycled into here for 3 months then off to Australia because they now have a half-way respectable tourism visa off to UK for 3 months and then back home a total waste. All that is happening under the name of that Minister of Immigration. She laughs and smiles. I know how people like her think. As long as they have the baubles of office showing some integrity and merit to be in that job has no bearing on them. She might think it is funny but after September 11 where on earth would there be any civilized country that would leave such a decision up to an immigration officer? After September 11 and Bali which fool would leave that decision up to an immigration officer? That fool over there would! 
Other countries—including the United States for example—are reviewing all past applications for the last 6 years to ensure they do not have terrorists and here is our Minister happy for foreign immigration officials to bring in a foreigner and his mistake wanton or otherwise is beyond reproach. Which fool after September 11 and Bali would allow that to happen to his or her country? It would be one that does not care. The Government does not care. It is caught out now by a policy that 82 percent of New Zealanders are opposed to and they are opposed to the Minister and her numbers.