8. Question No. 8—Prime MinisterJAMIE ARBUCKLE (NZ First) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 8—Prime Minister8. JAMIE ARBUCKLE (NZ First) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Deputy Prime Minister) on behalf of the Prime Minister: Yes in the context in which they were made and taken and whilst evidence supporting those actions and statements remains the same.Jamie Arbuckle: Does he stand by the coalition's actions to restore law and order and personal responsibility?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Well where do we start? We're doing so many good things that it's hard to keep track. We are committed to training an extra 500 front-line police in the next two years.Hon Willow-Jean Prime: In two years or three?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: We're going to address youth offending by increasing—beg your pardon?Hon Willow-Jean Prime: In two years or three?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh well catch up and be at Parliament—that was decided about two weeks ago. Try and catch up.Hon Member: Two weeks ago!Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Yeah two weeks ago. You know it's not too difficult. Nothing else to do sitting in the Opposition! No record of having done anything in her whole career and she wants to know—will somebody tell her?—and she's on the front bench! Now we're going to address youth offending by increasing the number of youth aid officers over the term. We'll adequately resource community policing—including Māori and Pasifika wardens community patrols and Neighbourhood Watch—and we'll protect first responders and prison officers by introducing legislation with specific offences for assaults on our police firefighters prison officers and ambulance officers and a whole lot more desperately needed out there by New Zealand society.Jamie Arbuckle: Does he stand by the coalition's actions to deliver better public services?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Most definitely. The focus has strayed too far towards wokeism and not on better education and health outcomes. We've already started doing basics better through emphasising reading writing and maths and banning cellphones in schools. If they doubt that matter about education a former Labour Minister—none other than Richard Prebble—is pointing out how hopeless their performance was in the last three years where 55 percent and more of Māori are not even at school. And how can we possibly get our nation ready let alone those young people ready for the future with such grave irresponsibility? And since compulsory education has been around since 1877 maybe again they should catch up.Jamie Arbuckle: Does he stand by the coalition's actions for an independent COVID inquiry?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Most definitely. We're in early days but we are seeking feedback from the people on explaining the terms of reference on the current royal commission of inquiry. It's preposterous that the Government that was in charge of the original inquiry went to set out their own terms of reference for an inquiry into their own decisions. In short setting up an inquiry to cover one's derrière is not in the public interest and we're going to fix it up.Jamie Arbuckle: Does he stand by the coalition's actions to keep the superannuation age of eligibility at 65?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Can I say that's a superb question and out there there's about 895000 people who need to know that—and a whole lot more coming up to 65 years of age. And given the GDP—given the ratio against the GDP—which is way better than most developed nations yes we are going to keep it at 65. On that you've had our long 40-year promise.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Point of order Mr Speaker. I just want to confirm—similar to the previous point of order I raised—that the Rt Hon Winston Peters was speaking there as Prime Minister and therefore all of the answers that he delivered were as Prime Minister.SPEAKER: Yep.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I was responding to the coalition agreement. We made sure it's in the coalition agreement. [Interruption] No that's the point.