Heatley Phil: General Debate 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Heatley Phil: General Debate 
[Sitting date: 25 July 2012. Volume:682;Page:3905. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY (Minister of Energy and Resources) 
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 It is very interesting what is coming from the Green Party in that view because what it does is highlight the points I made this afternoon. I want to tell members what my mother told me. She said: “Phil young Phil when you tell the truth you never have to remember what you said.” I say to the Green Party that when you tell the truth you do not have to read your speeches. You do not have to gather your lines— 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Order! In saying “you do not have to do this” and “you do not have to do that” the member is referring to the Speaker. The member must use the appropriate part of speech if he is going to attack another party. 
Hon PHIL HEATLEY 
: I was quoting what my mother was saying to me and she said: “Phil when you”—Phil—“tell the truth you don’t have to remember your lines. You don’t have to read your speeches. We don’t all have to stick to the same line.” The reality is that over at the Green Party they are way off beam when it comes to getting the facts out there. 
There is something we love about Green Party members and it is that they are untainted. They are holy they are pure and they are untainted. They are untainted by reality they are untainted by experience and they are untainted by the facts. I do not know why the Labour Party is so intent on climbing into bed with them. I find it interesting that the Labour Party and the Greens are so very much closer together. 
The Labour Party said we could not clarify labour laws in order for  
The Hobbit 
 films to be made in New Zealand. The Labour Party hates the hobbits. The Labour Party said we cannot upgrade roads of national significance. In fact it said “We’re not going to upgrade the road north of Auckland to Whangarei.” It hates Whangarei people. The Labour Party said that foreigners cannot invest in New Zealand. The irony of that of course is that the Labour Party says it believes in ethnic diversity. It says “Will people of different ethnic backgrounds please vote for us—but do not spend your cash in New Zealand.” The Labour Party said we cannot deliver better public services with fewer bureaucrats. It said it is against irrigation in the South Island—and the Labour Party is against oil and gas exploration as well. 
I would like to present to the House this map here because the Labour Party apparently is against the almost $1 billion in royalties and company taxes that we collect each year. This map here shows the areas in blue that we have recently released for block offers across New Zealand—the areas in blue. We are very proud of this. We hope exploration companies will come here they will find another Maui gasfield and New Zealand will be able to get a little bit of a boost to its local economy. What this map also tells you as the Labour Party rails against oil and gas exploration is that the areas in yellow are what the Labour Party released for exploration over the last decade. [ 
Interruption 
] Over the last decade the Labour Party released those areas in yellow for exploration. 
The reason why that is fascinating is that that great statesman of this House whom we all love and know said this at the time about the release of the Great South Basin area under Labour Party rule: “Assuming exploration success the country stands to earn significant revenue from royalties and taxes flowing from this investment and it will assist in ensuring security of energy supply.” That great statesman David Parker the then Minister of Energy was very enthusiastic about exploring in the Great South Basin. Do you know what? He did it naked. David Parker was naked because there was no exclusive economic zone legislation in the Great South Basin when he promoted that—no regulation out there at all. The Labour Party believed you could have oil and gas exploration in the Great South Basin without regulation. It turns its back on that now because it wants to be greener than green. 
Of course the Labour Party also has forgotten about the Maui gasfield and all it has done for 220000 consumers in the North Island with New Zealand - made gas. I do not know why the Labour Party is against such successes. I do not know why it does not support anything for this country.