Jones Shane: General Debate 
Jones Shane: General Debate 
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SHANE JONES (Labour) 
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 Kia ora Mr Assistant Speaker. It is a pleasure to rise and take a short call. 
Yesterday my colleague Lianne Dalziel spoke at length about the development promotion and introduction of a new framework that will give people greater confidence when they pursue the KiwiSaver opportunity that their resources funds and savings will not be raided or vandalised. I stand with a great deal of pride after yesterday’s speech and following Winston Peters and my senior colleague Lianne Dalziel in sending a message to New Zealanders that yes we have a new savings scheme. That savings scheme will be bound by a robust set of frameworks an enhanced set of rules and laws to deal with the security laws so that people will not have to live through the heartache shame and embarrassment of the 1990s. 
Yesterday Mr Bill English had an opportunity to stand attack and criticise the criminal wrongdoing associated with Michael Fay and David Richwhite and his silence was thunderous. The burden of his shame was palpable given the very subdued speech he made. We should never forget that during that period—shameful in our recent history—when corporate larceny was at large members of the National Party had an opportunity to correct matters. They chose not to do so. So I give Lianne Dalziel full marks for bringing forward this bill which will be referred to our select committee. 
Yesterday Mr Winston Peters was reliving a bit of history. He reminded members of the House—us younger members—and members of the public about the ravaging damage that was visited upon honest families shareholders ordinary toiling Kiwis as a consequence of the rorts that were allowed to prevail in the 1990s. He reminded us that we must never ever allow individuals such as Fay Richwhite and their ilk to believe that they are either more elite or because of their wealth in a higher class or entitled to dip into the public purse to enrich themselves. I give full marks to Mr Peters for having also given some momentum to these new rules and laws that are soon to materialise. 
When I think of Mr Fay I am reminded of the meaning of the word “fey”. “Fey” means someone who has an interest in the supernatural or someone who is fated to die is doomed. The people who were doomed were the honest New Zealanders whose shareholdings and minority interests were rorted and thrown on to the scrap heap of impoverishment as a consequence of what happened to our rail industry. We must never forget that or that members of the National Party—who had an opportunity to challenge and correct that—were absolutely silent. The deputy leader yesterday stood like a broken subdued figure and struck a pathetic stance. Boy I hope New Zealanders never ever forget that. 
There is another interesting thing about Mr Richwhite. And I must say I have never had so many emails and calls. Of course one steps with trepidation outside this House to speak in quite the candid manner I have enjoyed the opportunity to do here. Someone who can write out a cheque for $600 million and still have $50 million in the bank is someone to be regarded with a fair degree of caution. But where I come from in Tai Tokerau there are two things at a place called Ngawha. One is the thermal pool—and in that thermal pool apparently is a taniwha—and the other is a jail. There is an empty jail cell and on top of that jail cell is a sign that says “Rich white” because that jail is full of our people—young Maori males. Whatever their wrongdoing may be the costs that they represent in terms of their wrongdoing pale into insignificance in relation to what Fay and Richwhite did to the reputation of our nation to the confidence of families and ordinary honest Kiwis in the capital markets and in the savings industry. Thank goodness we will have a set of laws and a set of frameworks that give people the confidence to move away from our fascination with housing and put their resources into KiwiSaver which will be a Kiwi saver.