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Hutchison Paul: Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHutchison Paul: Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16223. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Dr PAUL HUTCHISON (National—Hunua): It is a great pleasure to take a brief call on this Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill.Hon Members: Oh come on.Dr PAUL HUTCHISON: Well I could go on if you really like. There is no doubt that the efficient running of our borders is vital for New Zealand’s economy and also for our biosecurity. The very good people of Hunua the electorate that I am so proud to represent are hugely interested in this. The farmers the glasshouse runners and themany others involved in agriculture and horticulture are hugely interested in having a highly efficient border management system.There has been much discussion during this debate on previous border incursions. It was very salutary how well managed the fruit fly incursion was in Whangarei just a few short weeks ago. That was in sharp contrast to the bee varroa mite which happened to come in under the previous Labour Government and that Government did nothing for year after year after year.There is no doubt that in the hands of the Hon Maurice Williamson there has been great care taken in looking at the computer and IT system development around this Joint Border Management System. I must say that the Hon Maurice Williamson has instructed his department to very cautiously and carefully go through trial mechanisms to take as many of the bugs as possible out of the system before it even gets into running mode.The Trade Single Window will promote more effective protection of New Zealand’s border will facilitate a smoother flow of legitimate trade and is consistent with the Government’s priorities relating to the provision of more joined-up online services. Building a more productive and competitive economy is one of the Government’s priorities this term. Its wonderful supply chain efficiencies from the Joint Border Management System are estimated to deliver benefits to the economy of at least $450 million over 10 years. I commend this bill to the House.
Henare Tau: Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHenare Tau: Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16221. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TAU HENARE (National): Kia ora. Te mea tuatahi ka mihi au ki ngā tangata i tae mai nei i tēnei ata ahakoa kāre au i konei me mihi ki a rātau. Nō reira tēnā koutou katoa.[The first thing for me is to acknowledge the people who arrived here this morning even though I was not here. I must applaud them. So greetings to you all.]Speaking on the Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill I do not want to say anything about that last speech from Steffan Browning or even about the fungus and diseases in the speech from my schoolmate William Sio. The bill amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996 and the Biosecurity Act 1993. It supports the implementation of a single trade window. It is part of a suite of ideas that has been around for as long as the Hon Phil Goff and that is quite some time.Tim Macindoe: Oh no that’s not possible.Hon TAU HENARE: It is possible. It is designed—Grant Robertson: At least he’s been here in only one party.Hon TAU HENARE: —I am the lucky one—to give the Customs Service and the Ministry for Primary Industries better information and also risk-assessment tools. The previous speaker Steffan Browning was right in saying that we actually had a demonstration of how this works. I for one asked questions about Novopay and INCIS and whether this system is any better than those two troublemakers. I was assured and the team was assured—and we were even shown how the system works not only for our border security but also for our people in business. It makes it easier. It makes it a hell of a lot easier for them to go about their business.Let us not forget that one of the main thrusts of this country is as a trading nation. I suppose we have got to be on our game to make sure that our systems are not only robust and safe but also very very quick indeed. This bill enables businesses to complete border requirements for customs food and biosecurity purposes through transactions and it makes the compliance issues easier for the trader—for the person who needs to get sign-off from our border security.There is no doubt that a lot of work has gone into the ideas in this bill over a long period of time and I for one am over the moon that our traders our exporters will have it a wee bit easier in getting their stuff to market and vice versa in terms of getting imports into our markets. It will also be easier for our border security to make sure that New Zealand is safe. I am not sure about equine herpes or anything like that. That is the Green Party. Those members know all about that and that is cool. I think that it is great that we have that sort of expertise in Parliament which we can call on when we need to or if we need to so big ups to the Green Party for that expertise. Thank you very much.
Vote: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16212. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the questionThat the Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a third time.Ayes119New Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1; Independent: Horan.Noes1Mana 1.Bill read a third time.
Bennett David: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBennett David: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16209. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): That member who has just finished his speech Andrew Little is a very good member of our select committee but he always uses the words “crying shame” in his speeches. I feel that the crying shame is actually his leader—the leader who lives in Herne Bay who seeks to represent the poor and downtrodden of this world and who does not actually stand for what his party stands for. When we hear that member Andrew Little we hear only about increased taxes capital gains taxes and things like that. That is all the Labour Party wants to do. It wants to tax the guts out of the working part of New Zealand and spend that on its mates. That is what it is after. That is what the Labour Party has always stood for. That is what Labour Party members want to do and that is what they are talking about today.When they talk about a capital gains tax they are not talking about a real capital gains tax; they are talking about a capital gains tax that is on only the productive part of New Zealand—a capital gains tax that is on every house in New Zealand and on every business in New Zealand. Is Labour going to promote that? Is that true? Are you promoting that?Dr Megan Woods: That’s not true.DAVID BENNETT: It is not true. So your capital gains tax is on everything is it?Dr Megan Woods: It’s not on every house no.DAVID BENNETT: It is not on everything. I did not think it was.Dr Megan Woods: It’s not on family homes.DAVID BENNETT: It is not on the family home. So the capital gains tax of Labour is not a real capital gains tax. We heard it here from the Labour Party. It is not a true capital gains tax.All the people who go around the world saying “capital gains taxes are good for economies” and who are talking about real capital gains taxes—the Labour one is not.The Labour one is going to exempt the family home. All it covers is the productive part of New Zealand and that is what the Labour Party stands for—less production less growth more interest rates and bad economic management. This bill is good economic management and we commend it to the House.
Hayes John: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes John: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16207. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOHN HAYES (National—Wairarapa): I think that although I did not understand the gobbledegook of that last speech from Andrew Williams I did understand its general tenor which was that the speaker’s party New Zealand First agrees with the Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill. I am pleased that those members want to do that because this bill is about our country building a more competitive and productive economy which is one of the Government’s key priorities. It is only by lifting economic performance that we can create jobs we can boost incomes we can improve living standards and we can provide the world-class services that the people in my community in the Wairarapa want.This bill is the largest piece of tax legislation aimed at making the tax system fairer and simpler and strengthening our economy. This Government aims to raise revenue not through hiking tax rates as some people in this House would like to do but by ensuring that the existing tax rates are applied fairly to everybody. An important aspect of fairness in the tax system is that taxpayers must be able to understand and comply with rules and it is necessary for the tax rules to be cohesive to be fair and to be applied consistently. This bill does that and I commend it to the House. Thank you.
McClay Todd: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMcClay Todd: Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16197. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TODD McCLAY (Minister of Revenue): I moveThat the Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a third time. This bill aims to continue the work of further rationalising the tax system and ensuring that existing tax bases are applied fairly. I want to recap on the main points of this.The bill aims to simplify the rules relating to the tax treatment of foreign superannuation schemes. This will bring fairness and certainty to the rules and ensure that more people understand and can therefore comply with their tax obligations. It also contains proposals for bringing the tax treatment for mining of specific minerals broadly into line with that for other industries in New Zealand. This bill aims to clarify the minimum financial reporting requirements for companies and includes changes to the tax rules relating to bad debt deductions for holders of debt to make them fairer. It is important that existing tax rules are working as intended so the bill continues proposals to ensure that income tax rules cater for the rebuilding activity now taking place in Canterbury and I think this is a very fair thing.Proposals are also included to ensure that the changes to the general and life insurance business tax rules work as was intended as well as proposals to further improve the integrity of the Working for Families tax credit provision. In addition an extension of time is proposed to allow the Inland Revenue Department to fully test and implement changes to the child support scheme and to bring certainty. Donee status is proposed for three new charitable organisations namely the Kailakuri Health Care Project—New Zealand Link Marama Global Education and Marama Global Health. Donors to these charities will now be eligible for tax benefits on their donations.I would like to thank at this point the Finance and Expenditure Committee for its work on this bill and its recommendations for improvement. Its members have done a very good job here and I commend the chairman and all members for working under such difficult and arduous circumstances. I would also like to acknowledge the work of our officials including the tax law drafters and policy development staff and to recognise many from the tax industry in New Zealand who have worked closely with the Inland Revenue Department on the development of many important tax policy positions in this bill. I commend the Taxation (Annual Rates Foreign Superannuation and Remedial Matters) Bill to the House.
Carter David: Urgent Debates Declined — Meat Industry—Inspection and Certification of ExportsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Urgent Debates Declined — Meat Industry—Inspection and Certification of Exports[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16197. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Order! I have heard enough.Hon Damien O’Connor: —Carol Barnao at MPI said—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I have ruled on the matter. There will not be a debate today on this matter. I am happy to further discuss the matter with the member in my office.
O'Connor Damien: Urgent Debates Declined — Meat Industry—Inspection and Certification of ExportsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeO'Connor Damien: Urgent Debates Declined — Meat Industry—Inspection and Certification of Exports[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16196. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR (Labour—West Coast - Tasman): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I would just like clarification of the issue because to my knowledgethis is the first time that we have had a public admission that seven consignments of meat sent to the US were in fact rejected by US officials. To make matters slightly worse and that is why I consider we need a debate officials have been denying that reality. In fact one of the senior people—
Carter David: Points of Order — Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill—Leave to IntroduceText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Points of Order — Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill—Leave to Introduce[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16196. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that course of action. Is there any objection? There is.
Mathers Mojo: Points of Order — Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill—Leave to IntroduceText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMathers Mojo: Points of Order — Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill—Leave to Introduce[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16196. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MOJO MATHERS (Green): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I seek leave for a member’s bill the Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers Amendment) Bill to be introduced forthwith and for it to be set down for first reading as members’ order of the day No. 1 on the next members’ day.
Ardern Jacinda: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeArdern Jacinda: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16196. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]3.JACINDA ARDERN (Labour) to theMember in charge of theParental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill: What support does she have for the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill?SUE MORONEY (Member in charge of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill): There is enormous support for my bill. At the Government Administration Committee we heard from mums dads grandparents community organisations businesses health advocates and even the legal fraternity. In fact 99.6 percent of more than 3800 submitters supported the bill. I would also like to thank the Green Party New Zealand First the Māori Party Mana and United Future parties for their support for families at the first reading of my bill. Their support reflects the broad support this bill has from New Zealanders.Jacinda Ardern: Has she seen any opposition to the bill?SUE MORONEY: Indeed I have. Yes the National Party and the ACT Party both voted against my bill at the first reading but I hope they have listened to New Zealanders on the importance of this issue and I look forward to their support when the bill is reported back to the House. From the 0.04 percent of submitters who were either neutral or did not support the bill the interesting argument was put forward that women would lose their ability to do their job if they were away from the workforce for more than 6 months. That was a really disappointing point of view from an organisation like Business New Zealand.
Ardern Jacinda: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeArdern Jacinda: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16195. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]2.JACINDA ARDERN (Labour) to theMember in charge of theParental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill: Why did she agree to the extension of the report back date from the Government Administration Committee until 28 February for the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill?SUE MORONEY (Member in charge of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill): I thank the member for the question. I was approached late last year by the National Party with a request to extend the report-back date of my bill to enable it to reconsider its opposition to my bill. I said I would if any proposals it had on paid parental leave were to be done through my bill in my name. It agreed and therefore I agreed to extend the report-back date.Jacinda Ardern: Were there any other extensions?SUE MORONEY: Yes indeed. The bill was extended on two other occasions earlier on in the piece because of the large number of submissions received on the bill and the comprehensive fiscal work the select committee asked officials to provide on this bill.
Ardern Jacinda: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeArdern Jacinda: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16195. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]1.JACINDA ARDERN (Labour) to theMember in charge of theParental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill: What is the purpose of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill?SUE MORONEY (Member in charge of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill): My bill will extend paid parental leave from the current entitlement of 14 weeks to 26 weeks. This will enable parents to spend more time with their newborn babies in those precious early months without having to rush back to work due to financial pressure. The World Health Organization recommends that babies are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of their lives and enabling a parent to stay at home during this time will make it significantly easier for parents to do this.Jacinda Ardern: When is the bill proposed to come into effect?SUE MORONEY: Great news for families. I propose that the first 4 additional weeks of paid parental leave be available to families from 1 July 2014—this year. This would bring New Zealand in line with the 18 weeks’ paid parental leave available in Australia. I further propose that this would increase to 22 weeks on 1 July 2015 and finally reach 26 weeks on 1 July 2016.
Carter David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16195. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Order! If the member was offended by something that was said at the time then it is important the member raises it immediately.
O'Rourke Denis: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeO'Rourke Denis: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16195. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DENIS O’ROURKE (NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The point of order is that the words actually used were “parliamentary petticoats” which I think is disrespectful to Parliament and unparliamentary. The person concerned should be required to withdraw and apologise for that comment.
Carter David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16194. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Order! I will rule on the matter—[Interruption] No I do not need assistance. The words cannot be struck from the records. They were said in this Parliament and they will remain. I accept that the member took it as a threat. I listened to it. I certainly did not think it was said in a threatening way. Members as we have demonstrated over the last week certainly have an opportunity to utilise parliamentary privilege. That has been done and nothing that has happened should ever change that. Members have a responsibility to use parliamentary privilege responsibly and in this case I think they have. The Minister did challenge the member to step outside. That is alegitimate debating point; it is for the member to decide. I do not think it was issued as a threat but I acknowledge that the point raised by Su’a William Sio has been raised genuinely.
Sio William: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSio William: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16194. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Su’a WILLIAM SIO (Labour—Māngere): I raise a point of order Speaker. I am sorry I should have raised this earlier but I did not want to disrupt the flow of questions. I note that when my colleague the Hon Shane Jones asked the Minister of Commerce a supplementary question to question No. 6 earlier one of the comments made by the Minister was—and I think I am correct in the quote—“Don’t hide behind parliamentary privileges.” or something to that effect. I thought it was inappropriate and now I have been trying to find something here in the Standing Orders. I feel that it was seriously wrong for the Minister to use that in a threatening way not only to my colleague—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! This is a point of order.Su’a WILLIAM SIO: As a member of Parliament I feel that that is a threat to all of us because if we are meant to be able to speak frankly and freely in this House as representatives of our communities I find it inappropriate for one of our own to then use that as a threat. I am not asking you to rule on this now. I think that those words ought to be struck from the records and I think also that you should be instructing all members of Parliament that they need to uphold parliamentary privileges.
Fenton Darien: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFenton Darien: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16191. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]10.DARIEN FENTON (Labour) to theMinister of Labour: Does he stand by his statement “addressing migrant exploitation is a priority area for the Labour Inspectorate and Immigration New Zealand”?Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Acting Minister of Labour): Yes.Darien Fenton: What priority has his labour inspectorate given to the case of Carlos Claveron and Emmanuel Francisco who were recruited from the Philippines to work in the Christchurch rebuild for $18 an hour but after they started working in New Zealand their employer demanded that they repay $3 an hour in cash?Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON: I would not have a clue because it is a particular matter but I will certainly find out for the member.Darien Fenton: I hope he has got a clue about this question. What advice has he had from the Minister of Immigration about workers like Carlos and Emmanuel who came to New Zealand after paying $15000 to an immigration adviser who was publicly reported as scamming other Filipino workers last March then censured and fined but who is still operating as a licensed immigration adviser?Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON: I would not have a clue because it is a particular matter but I am very happy to make inquiries and check up for her.Darien Fenton: Is he aware of Filipino workers Enrico and Alfie recruited by the same person who also signed contracts to work for $18 an hour in building work but were paid just $300 in cash for 40 hours work when they got to Christchurch?Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON: No I am not.Darien Fenton: One more try. How can he say he is addressing migrant exploitation when these and other workers were not paid holiday pay not given smoko breaks despite working 10-hour days not paid for all the hours they actually worked and asked to work on a site that was labelled with asbestos warnings?Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON: Quite easily but the member has raised particular matters with me. I have said that I would make inquiries about them if she gives me chapter and verse. I can answer matters of policy but particular matters are ones that require careful investigation in order to get it right.
Mathers Mojo: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMathers Mojo: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16191. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]9.MOJO MATHERS (Green) to theMinister of Commerce: Will he support the introduction of a supermarket code of conduct in New Zealand that governs relations between supermarkets and their suppliers and an adjudicator with the power to investigate breaches of the code; if not why not?Hon CRAIG FOSS (Minister of Commerce): I thank the member for her question. I would be supportive of any voluntary code of conduct between supermarkets and suppliers that would benefit New Zealand families.Mojo Mathers: Will he consider widening the inquiry currently set up to ensure that suppliers are able to give their evidence anonymously so that systematic problems across the entire supermarket sector are able to be investigated; if not why not?Hon CRAIG FOSS: The inquiry which I can confirm today that the Commerce Commission is undertaking into the supermarket sector of New Zealand will have the checks and balances for confidentiality sensitivity and security of information that are embedded in the Commerce Act and the Commerce Commission will of course treat any process procedure or complaint as it is required to under the Commerce Act.Mojo Mathers: Why will he not proactively introduce a supermarket code of conduct in New Zealand and a supermarket adjudicator given that the United Kingdom has done this and its market is significantly more diverse than our current anti-competitive model?Hon CRAIG FOSS: I thank the member for the question. I note that the Greens have had a bill in this space for quite some time but I do note that it is still to be introduced as a member’s bill. The Australian code of conduct which is yet to be fully implemented has undertaken a long process of consultation and development until such time as it is absolutely implemented. I imagine that the Commerce Commission once it has finished its current inquiry—this may well be a result of its inquiry. We will just have to wait and see what the Commerce Commission comes up with.
Calder Cam: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCalder Cam: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16189. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]7.Dr CAM CALDER (National) to theMinister of Education: What recent announcement has she made on initiatives to help Pasifika parents engage in their children’s learning?Hon HEKIA PARATA (Minister of Education): Today I announced the launch of this year’s Pasifika Power UP for NCEA with new components to help Pasifika students with their National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) studies. This is a 3-week programme to guide NCEA students in years 9 to 13 and their parents to make good subject choices in a programme of study to ensure a good-quality NCEA qualification. As I announced earlier in the week provisional data for 2013 shows that achievement of NCEA level 2 amongst Pasifika students has risen to nearly 72 percent up an outstanding 7 percentage points since 2012 and up 16.5 percentage points since 2008. These students their parents their communities their teachers and their school leaders deserve to be congratulated on achieving these truly great results.Dr Cam Calder: What effect does parental engagement have on student achievement?Hon HEKIA PARATA: Research tells us that the two most important out-of-school factors that help young people to be successful at school are strong parental involvement in their child’s learning and high expectations held by their community. Pasifika Power UP is a great example of parents teachers and communities raising the expectation of success for their students and working together to enable them to succeed. Last year I met the Asi family in Porirua. Three generations attended the Pasifika Power UP station there and made a family education plan to prepare their year10 son for his first year of NCEA and to begin preparing their year 7 daughter. The really great thing was that as a family they were able to map out the steps they could take to support their son—Rt Hon Winston Peters: Without a charter school!Hon HEKIA PARATA: —yes I am talking about out-of-school factors not in-school ones—in his specific programme of study towards his career aspirations. The 3-week programme being launched this week is focused on getting more Pasifika families involved in making good choices to support their children’s education. One size—Mr SPEAKER: Order! It is now getting to a very lengthy answer. [Interruption] Order! That answer is quite sufficient.
Foster-Bell Paul: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFoster-Bell Paul: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16187. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]5.PAUL FOSTER-BELL (National) to theMinister of Justice: What recent results has she received regarding Better Public Service targets for crime and reoffending?Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice): Results published today show that crime and reoffending continue to fall in New Zealand. The most recent Better Public Services results in September 2013 show that since June 2011 the total crime rate has fallen 13 percent the violent crime rate has fallen 9 percent youth crime has fallen 22 percent and the reoffending rate is down 11.4 percent. The Better Public Services targets set by this Government are to reduce recorded crime by 15 percent violent crime by 20 percent and both youth crime and reoffending by 25 percent by 2017. These are excellent results and we are well on target to deliver against those targets. Thank you.Paul Foster-Bell: What do these results mean for our communities?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: What a great question. Today’s results show that in the year to September 2013 51553 fewer recorded crimes were experienced by New Zealanders than in the year to June 2011. That is 51553 fewer incidents impacting negatively on our families and on our communities. This includes nearly 4000 fewer violent offences and more than 1500 fewer Youth Court appearances by 14 to 16-year-olds. This means that fewer lives are being disrupted by negative events; a significant reduction in financial emotional and physical costs; and significant savings to communities and Government agencies such as prisons hospitals and social agencies. Each year the story gets better. Crime is at a 33-year low.Paul Foster-Bell: What additional steps are being taken to keep reducing crime rates in New Zealand?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Despite these fantastic results from our hard-working agencies this Government knows that it cannot rest on its laurels. There is much work yet to be done. Examples of projects focusing on further reducing crime include the Hutt Valley Innovation Project where community agencies and justice and social sector agencies work together to reduce crime and improve efficiencies; flagship initiatives expanding the Hutt Valley methodology to Hamilton the East Coast and Papakura; front-line workshops across the country engaging operational managers of related agencies working together; and a collective impact tool box that has been developed to further spread this methodology in a practical way to front-line staff.
Tolley Anne: Business StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTolley Anne: Business Statement[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16181. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon ANNE TOLLEY (Deputy Leader of the House): Next week the House is in a 1-week adjournment. When the House resumes on Tuesday 4 March the Government will look to progress the Appropriation (2012/13 Financial Review) Bill the Electoral Amendment Bill and a number of other bills on the Order Paper.
Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to MinisterText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeAmended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16226. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Amended Answers to Oral QuestionsQuestion No. 3 to MinisterHon TONY RYALL (Minister of Health): I seek leave to correct the answer to a supplementary question I gave this afternoon.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there anyone opposed to that? There is none.Hon TONY RYALL: In my answer to the last supplementary question from Mr Hague this afternoon I should have said with regard to the auditing compliance people based in Christchurch: “ and you will be aware that in the weeks after the matter was referred”—I had said “letter”. And secondly it obviously follows that with regard to the Christchurch earthquake it would have been towards the end of 2011 that work was undertaken by these people rather than 2010.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The record will show the correction.
Urgent Debates Declined — Meat Industry—Inspection and Certification of ExportsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeUrgent Debates Declined — Meat Industry—Inspection and Certification of Exports[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16196. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Urgent Debates DeclinedMeat Industry—Inspection and Certification of ExportsMr SPEAKER: Honourable members I have received a letter from the Hon Damien O’Connor seeking to debate under Standing Order 386 a report of a media investigation into the certification and inspection of New Zealand meat exports. For there to be an urgent debate there must be a particular case of recent occurrence that involves the administrative or ministerial responsibility of Government that requires the urgent attention of the House. An urgent debate is a way of holding the Government to account for an action for which it is responsible. There must be distinct ministerial responsibility for the particular case for which the debate is sought. There is no ministerial responsibility for a media investigation or report. Issues of importance may have been raised but a debate cannot be granted on the basis of media allegations or speculation or the absence of actions on the part of the Government. The application is therefore declined.Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR (Labour—West Coast - Tasman): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I would just like clarification of the issue because to my knowledgethis is the first time that we have had a public admission that seven consignments of meat sent to the US were in fact rejected by US officials. To make matters slightly worse and that is why I consider we need a debate officials have been denying that reality. In fact one of the senior people—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I have heard enough.Hon Damien O’Connor: —Carol Barnao at MPI said—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I have ruled on the matter. There will not be a debate today on this matter. I am happy to further discuss the matter with the member in my office.
Points of Order — Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill—Leave to IntroduceText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePoints of Order — Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill—Leave to Introduce[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16196. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Points of OrderCommerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill—Leave to IntroduceMOJO MATHERS (Green): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I seek leave for a member’s bill the Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers Amendment) Bill to be introduced forthwith and for it to be set down for first reading as members’ order of the day No. 1 on the next members’ day.Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that course of action. Is there any objection? There is.
Business StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBusiness Statement[Sitting date: 20 February 2014. Volume:696;Page:16181. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Thursday 20 February 2014Mr Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.Prayers.Business StatementHon ANNE TOLLEY (Deputy Leader of the House): Next week the House is in a 1-week adjournment. When the House resumes on Tuesday 4 March the Government will look to progress the Appropriation (2012/13 Financial Review) Bill the Electoral Amendment Bill and a number of other bills on the Order Paper.
Robertson H V Ross: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRobertson H V Ross: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16406. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): I am sorry to interrupt the honourable member. The time has come for me to leave the Chair.Debate interrupted.
Logie Jan: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLogie Jan: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16405. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JAN LOGIE (Green): I hope I get through a few words before the end of the evening. The Green Party will be supporting the Victims of Crime Reform Bill primarily because it gives victims more opportunity to be able to participate in the justice system and gives them a stronger voice in the process and that is something that we very much support. There are some specific ways that it does that.I do really want to join my voice though to the voice that has been coming from Labour tonight in saying that we do not believe that this bill is enough. It is a piecemeal and very small measure in fact. With it being 4 years in the process I do also question why this is only now coming back to the House. I notice that the Minister of Justice has said that domestic violence is now her No. 1 priority. It is a shame that she did not come to that earlier and that our legal aid system is no longer supporting women to be able to access protection orders without going into extreme levels of debt. It is a shame that the Family Court process and the justice process overall—
Hayes Joanne: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16404. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOANNE HAYES (National): Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. I rise to support this bill the Victims of Crime Reform Bill because it places victims of crime at the centre of the justice system and provides proposals to further enhance the rights and services provided to the victims of crime. This is an excellent bill presented by and led by a hard-working—and might I add an excellent—Minister of Justice.
Ngaro Alfred: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeNgaro Alfred: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16403. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]ALFRED NGARO (National): Kia orana Mr Assistant Speaker. I thank you and I rise to take a call on the Victims of Crime Reform Bill in its second reading. I want to acknowledge our colleague over there Mr Denis O’Rourke and his comments. As he said he unreservedly supports this bill. This is a good bill. A Minister and a chair and a committee worked hard to ensure that we heard the submissions that had been made.One of the points that Mr O’Rourke raised which I think is quite important is that Labour members on the other side did talk about the fact that in 2007—Lynne Pillay was the chair of the Justice and Electoral Committee at that time—when they made the Parole Amendment Act 2007 there were inadvertent unintended consequences so we are amending those. Although we have talked about the things that they have done this is the thing that we are changing. I think that is important because what it does is ensure that victims are informed about their considerations and about prisoners’ release on parole so that they can participate effectively in the parole hearing process.Just one other thing that I think is important about this bill is the code for victims. I want to acknowledge David White who was in Parliament today and who spoke at our select committee. He is one of the many victims of crime and as they share their stories we see that it is important to get this right. This Government has worked hard to do that. The select committee has worked hard to ensure that victims are at the heart of the justice system so that they can be participants rather than bystanders. I support this bill in its second reading in the House.
Foster-Bell Paul: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFoster-Bell Paul: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16401. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PAUL FOSTER-BELL (National): Pō mārie. I will take a very brief call on this bill the Victims of Crime Reform Bill because I think it has been very well explained and well canvassed by the member introducing the bill the Minister of Justice the Hon Judith Collins and also by our excellent and diligent chair of the Justice and Electoral Committee Scott Simpson who went into some detail about the provisions within the bill.I do feel that I should also rebut some of the suggestions from the Opposition that we do not take victims’ rights seriously because that could not be further from the truth. If you look at the work that this Government has done including introducing the offender levy of $50 which contributes towards programmes that support victims and other measures including the introduction of public protection orders and other changes that we have made to legislation there has been consistent and continual improvement over the last few years of this Government in terms of the treatment of victims in the justice system.I want to focus on a particular part of this bill that I think is most important and very welcome which is the way that victims are defined. Mr Clendon referred to the definition of victims but I think it is very important that the change involving domestic violence be introduced. That is children who are not necessarily the personal victim of an attack but who witness their mum being beaten by their dad or a child who is in a household where domestic violence is happening will be allowed to receive the support that the victim of another sort of a crime might receive.Another part that will be particularly useful for those younger and more vulnerable victims is the ability to submit photographs drawings or visual representations as part of a victim impact statement. There are few things more heart-rending or moving than seeing a crayon or pencil or felt-tip drawing made by a child to explain the impacts of the offending against them by an offender particularly in cases of domestic violence. This is a very good bill and I commend it unreservedly to the House.
Vote: Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16392. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the questionThat the Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes77New Zealand National 59; Green Party 13; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes41New Zealand Labour 34; New Zealand First 7.Bill read a first time.Billreferred to the Commerce Committee.
Macindoe Tim: Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMacindoe Tim: Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16392. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): The member for Dunedin North who has just resumed his seat is sadly deluded. He is a nice enough fellow but he seems to think that if he keeps blustering for long enough he will talk himself into believing that what he is saying actually has a grain of truth. Sadly however he is also determined to try to delude people who might vote Labour later in the year. So let me just put on the record that Labour’s policies will do enormous damage to energy supplies in this country and Labour’s and the Greens’ policies will drive up prices for consumers without doubt. There is no question of that and those who vote for Labour or the Greens this year need to realise that they will pay considerably more through their power bills for their mistake should either of those parties be in a position to drive their policies through Government.Fortunately this Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill is not about the dopey initiatives of the Labour and Green parties; it is a very good bill about good initiatives that will work for our country and I have great pleasure in supporting the bill.
Roy Eric: Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Energy (Fuels Levies and References) Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 05 March 2014. Volume:696;Page:16389. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Five minutes Dr David Clark.