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Ryall Tony: Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRyall Tony: Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third Reading[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17527. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TONY RYALL (Minister of Health) on behalf of theAssociate Minister of Health: I moveThat the Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill be now read a second time. I would like to thank members for their contributions in the first reading debate.I think it would be worth just reminding ourselves of the key provisions of this bill. Interim approvals for products are revoked. There is a recall order for all these products with interim approval. Interim licences to sell psychoactive products by retail or wholesale are revoked. Retailers and wholesalers whose licences have been revoked must comply with the recall order as though their licences were still in effect—this is the issue of the 2 weeks that we were discussing by way of interjection across the House earlier on. Licences for the products are going to be cancelled forthwith.At 12.01 a.m. on Thursday the products are illegal. We are allowing a 2-week period for the seller’s licence to exist because that gives us the ability to have greater enforcement powers during that 2-week period. So we can access the site; we can ask for information.Another point is that the Crown has no liability for losses or damages arising from the enactment of the legislation and of course there is to be no animal testing of psychoactive substances. As members know there is this exception where information from an overseas trial can be used if it will help protect public health.The impact of the amendments will be that there will be no products permitted to be sold from the legislation’s commencement until regulations are made which is expected to be within the next few months. New products will have to be developed and trialled and go through the processes.I would like to thank those members for their contributions and I commend the further progress of the bill to the House.
Roy Eric: Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third Reading[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17526. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The member’s time has expired.Bill read a first time.
Roy Eric: Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee Third Reading[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17510. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Perhaps it would be helpful to the House’s procedure because the Minister of Health in his speech referred to the fact that at the appropriate time he would move a truncation of the process to say that the Leader of the Housemoved that urgency be accorded the introduction and passing of the Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill so the House is then tasked with every stage and any further motions to proceed with that truncation is not necessary.
Vote: UrgencyText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Urgency[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17509. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the questionThat urgency be accorded.Ayes107New Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 34; New Zealand First 7; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; Mana 1; United Future 1; Independent: Horan.Noes14Green Party 14.Motion agreed to.The result corrected after originally being announced as Ayes 106 Noes 15.
Brownlee Gerry: UrgencyText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBrownlee Gerry: Urgency[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17508. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Leader of the House): I moveThat urgency be accorded the introduction and passing of the Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill. The Government has determined after careful consideration that this bill be progressed through all stages under urgency to address an immediate public health concern. This piece of legislation will immediately remove all interim approved psychoactive products from the market.It is not so long ago that we passed the Psychoactive Substances Bill. It passed through the House with 119 votes supporting it and I think the general hope from MPs was that this scourge on our society would be better contained if we were to have the legislation that was proposed. Things move on and I think it is a tribute to the whole Parliament that in the last few days there has been a considerable amount of work and effort from all sides of the House to get a bill to the House today that can be once again broadly supported.I think the work that the Hon Tony Ryall has done on behalf of Peter Dunne in the last couple of days has got us to a point where we can be confident that once this bill ispassed we are as sure as we can be about removing all of this horrible product from the market. I am sure that there will be opportunities in the future for the House to continue considering this because there will always be people who want to put these sorts of substances in the road of those who believe they need them as part of their life. With those few comments I move the motion.
Robertson H V Ross: Urgent Debates — Hon Maurice Williamson—Ministerial ResignationText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRobertson H V Ross: Urgent Debates — Hon Maurice Williamson—Ministerial Resignation[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17497. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): I call the Rt Hon Winston Peters.
Carter David: Urgent Debates — Hon Maurice Williamson—Ministerial ResignationText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Urgent Debates — Hon Maurice Williamson—Ministerial Resignation[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17491. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: I have received letters from Dr Russel Norman the Hon David Cunliffe and the Rt Hon Winston Peters seeking to debate under Standing Order 386 the resignation of the Hon Maurice Williamson. The letters relate to a particular case of recent occurrence involving the administrative responsibility of the Government. Not every ministerial resignation will lead to an urgent debate being accepted. However the case in question is not related to a policy matter that might be debated in the House on some other occasion; it relates to the administrative responsibility of the Government. Furthermore Mr Williamson has not resigned in respect of just a portfolio responsibility; he has resigned as a Minister altogether. After weighing up the circumstances very carefully and the public interest in ministerial probity I have decided to err on the side of allowing a debate today. Dr Norman’s letter was received first and I therefore call on him to move that the House takes note of an urgent matter of public importance.
Upston Louise: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeUpston Louise: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17486. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]9.LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō) to theMinister for the Environment: What recent announcements has the Government made regarding the restoration of the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes?Hon AMY ADAMS (Minister for the Environment): Last week I was pleased to announce the reallocation of $24 million to new projects which will reduce nitrogen inflows into Lake Rotorua through initiatives such as a nitrogen trading scheme and buybacks gorse removal and trials of low nitrogen land uses. The funding is part of a $72 million commitment by the Government to the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes programme to clean up lakes Rotorua RotoitiŌkareka and Rotoehu with a total project cost of $144 million. Water quality in the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes region has improved markedly since 2010 and of the priority lakes LakeRotoiti’s water quality target has been met for the first time and is now the best since monitoring began in 1991. Although this is encouraging further work is required.Louise Upston: Why was the funding change made?Hon AMY ADAMS: The Rotorua community had asked the Government to shift existing funding commitments to a land use management and change project as part of the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes water quality improvements project. The new project will ultimately reduce the amount of nitrogen leaching into the lake by half which will enable community-agreed water quality targets to be met. I am particularly pleased to see that this project has the backing of the primary sector and of iwi as part of collaborative efforts to clean up water quality in these iconic lakes. The lakes’ stakeholder advisory group with the help of local MP Todd McClay has devised the scheme to enable water quality to be improved while ensuring that the pastoral sector remains sustainable which is a win-win for both the economy and the environment.
Peters Winston: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePeters Winston: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17485. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]8.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to theMinister of Justice: Why does she stand by all her statements regarding Oravida Ltd?Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice): Because to the best of my knowledge and recollection my statements are true.Rt Hon Winston Peters: If that is the case why did she say that her trip to the Oravida office in Shanghai was just a “cup of tea on the way to the airport” when official documents revealed demonstrably that her comments are false?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: I reject the allegations made by that member.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When her office emailed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 2 October last year to ensure that a certain named person would be at the pre-arranged Beijing dinner with Stone Shi Julia Xu and her who was that person?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Actually that member is wrong. That was not a named person at a dinner; that was actually at a drinks matter. The member has completely confused himself around those two issues.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I seek leave to table the 2 October email that came from her office to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought to table that particular email. Is there any objection? There is none. It can be tabled.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When the pre-organising of her engagements with Oravida in China shows 22 emails between her office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and when internally within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade there were countless emails around her engagement with Oravida—all at the taxpayers’ expense—why did she not just tell the truth when answering the questions of the media?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: I have told the truth.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When this matter first arose and she had as a result discussions with the Cabinet Office and later the Prime Minister did she lay all of the facts before them; if not why not?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: As I have said on numerous occasions I did not have discussions with the Cabinet Office; the Prime Minister did.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Can the Minister tell us why she will not be here on Thursday this week and Tuesday and Wednesday next week to do her job—as she is paid to do by the taxpayer—and to be held accountable to Parliament? What makes her so special that she can take a walk?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: That member seems to know more about my diary than I do. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! I am now trying to get a bit of order so I can hear a point of order.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I wish to table 100 media outlets’ reports saying that that Minister is going to be away.Mr SPEAKER: No. Media documents are freely available already to all members.
Ngaro Alfred: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeNgaro Alfred: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17482. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]6.ALFRED NGARO (National) to theMinister for Social Development: What recent announcements has she made about the Government’s support for budgeting services?Hon PAULA BENNETT (Minister for Social Development): Yesterday the Prime Minister and I announced $22 million in new funding for budgeting services over the next 4 years. Budgeting services provide critical help to thousands of Kiwis who are able to make a real difference to their own lives by developing good money management skills. As a Government we are committed to helping people to helpthemselves and it is far better for people to learn and develop budgeting skills by the great work of these many non-governmental organisations. This injection of funds represents a 61 percent increase in funding for the sector by 2015-16.Alfred Ngaro: What other announcements has she made about assisting people on low incomes?Hon PAULA BENNETT: Yesterday I also announced a partnership between the Government the Bank of New Zealand Good Shepherd and the Salvation Army to provide low-income people with no or low-interest loans. Too often people who can least afford it are tempted into high-interest loans that they cannot pay back and as a result get themselves in real trouble. The BNZ is putting $10 million into the programme which provides a real alternative to those dodgy lenders. Low-income people will be able to get loans to pay for things like cars which are a particular area where they need the loans. [Interruption] The Labour Party members do not like it do they? They could not do it. They could not actually help people who do need assistance who are on low incomes. They just sit there and snipe snipe snipe.Sue Moroney: We came up with it first.Hon PAULA BENNETT: Well I will tell you what. This Government is making a difference for those very low-income people.Alfred Ngaro: Why are these two initiatives important for people on low incomes?Hon PAULA BENNETT: Both of these initiatives have the ability to make a real difference in those people’s lives. There is no denying that it can be hard to survive on a low income. But instead of the victimising and sympathy we get from the Labour Party this side of the House is making a real difference to those people and in their lives.Dr Russel Norman: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. This was a question from the Government benches to the Minister and twice the Minister used it as an occasion to attack the Labour Party. The Minister has no responsibility for that and it is particularly egregious because it—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I have some sympathy for the point the member is raising. The difficulty was that in actual fact the Minister through her answer was then responding to quite a level of interjection coming from the Labour Party. If members start interjecting they are likely to get a political response back.
Carter David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17482. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Order! I apologise to the member. We have got a bit of excitement down here on my right. I am calling Alfred Ngaro.
Ngaro Alfred: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeNgaro Alfred: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17482. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]ALFRED NGARO (National): To the Minister for Social Development: what recent announcements has she made about the Government’s—[Interruption]
Norman Russel: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeNorman Russel: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17477. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]2.Dr RUSSEL NORMAN (Co-Leader—Green) to thePrime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?Rt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister): Yes I do.Dr Russel Norman: Does he have confidence that all of his Ministers agree with his approach to Maurice Williamson—in that Maurice Williamson “crossed a line” by calling the police on behalf ofDonghua Liu—given that the Minister of Justice Judith Collins on the weekend blamed Mr Williamson’s fall not on the actions of Mr Williamson but on the media?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: In answer to the first part of the question yes I do. In answer to the second part of the question I think the member has got that incorrect.Dr Russel Norman: Why did the Minister of Justice attack the media and blame the media for Mr Williamson’s downfall when clearly Mr Williamson intervened in a live police investigation regarding domestic violence issues in order to try to assist MrDonghua Liu and help him avoid prosecution?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: I think as the Minister herself has said due to a series of allegations made that she believes are false she overreached. In that regard she has apologised because she made a mistake. But mind you that member made a mistake when he went grovelling up to the Dotcom mansion.Mr SPEAKER: Order!Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! This is a point of order. It will be heard in silence.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Are you going to allow the last part of that prime ministerial answer to stand? Can he just keep on doing it at the end of every answer today?Mr SPEAKER: It was an unhelpful remark from the Prime Minister. The problem is that it was at the end of his answer. I could have thought about asking him to withdraw it. I did not think that was necessary—this is after all a debating chamber. But such quips from any Minister giving answers do not help the order of the House.Dr Russel Norman: Do all his Ministers understand that New Zealand democracy is not for sale given the repeated pattern by his Ministers in acting—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! The member has a right to ask his question provided it is within the Standing Orders. The member can start his question again.Dr Russel Norman: Do all his Ministers understand that New Zealand democracy is not for sale in light of the repeated examples of his Ministers intervening on behalf of donors to the National Party?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: Yes we do and I would make the point that the National Party records all of its donations and it makes sure that they are in the public domain unlike say the Leader of the Opposition who has got a secret trust that we do not know about.
Collins Judith: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 AprilText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCollins Judith: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 April[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17475. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice): In making my answer to question No. 3 on 17 April I said that after the dinner in Beijing on 20 October 2013 I went to bed. When Mr Robertson then asked me whether I had had discussions with the ambassador after the dinner I said I could not recall any discussions. I now realise that although Mr Robertson’s question referenced the time after the dinner he could have meant at any time after the dinner not just on the evening of the dinner. For the avoidance of doubt I want to clarify to the House that on the day following the dinner I told the ambassador that the dinner was very nice but very short. I also told him that nothing had occurred that was untoward or that he needed to know about. I am drawing this to the notice of the House at the earliest opportunity available to me.
Carter David: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 AprilText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 April[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17475. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that personal explanation. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.
Collins Judith: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 AprilText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCollins Judith: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 April[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17475. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice): I seek leave to make a personal explanation under Standing Order 354 to correct an answer to question No. 3 on 17 April this year.
Carter David: Tabling of Documents — Drugs Control—Animal Testing of Psychoactive SubstancesText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Tabling of Documents — Drugs Control—Animal Testing of Psychoactive Substances[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17475. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: It is an unusual way of doing things but leave has been sought to table that particular petition. Is there any objection? There is none. It can be so tabled.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.
Mallard Trevor: Tabling of Documents — Drugs Control—Animal Testing of Psychoactive SubstancesText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Tabling of Documents — Drugs Control—Animal Testing of Psychoactive Substances[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17475. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South): In order to record the position of New Zealanders opposed to making animals suffer to bring recreational drugs to the market I seek leave to table a petition showing the names of more than 43000 New Zealanders opposed to animal testing of so-called synthetic highs.
UrgencyText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeUrgency[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17508. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]UrgencyHon GERRY BROWNLEE (Leader of the House): I moveThat urgency be accorded the introduction and passing of the Psychoactive Substances Amendment Bill. The Government has determined after careful consideration that this bill be progressed through all stages under urgency to address an immediate public health concern. This piece of legislation will immediately remove all interim approved psychoactive products from the market.It is not so long ago that we passed the Psychoactive Substances Bill. It passed through the House with 119 votes supporting it and I think the general hope from MPs was that this scourge on our society would be better contained if we were to have the legislation that was proposed. Things move on and I think it is a tribute to the whole Parliament that in the last few days there has been a considerable amount of work and effort from all sides of the House to get a bill to the House today that can be once again broadly supported.I think the work that the Hon Tony Ryall has done on behalf of Peter Dunne in the last couple of days has got us to a point where we can be confident that once this bill ispassed we are as sure as we can be about removing all of this horrible product from the market. I am sure that there will be opportunities in the future for the House to continue considering this because there will always be people who want to put these sorts of substances in the road of those who believe they need them as part of their life. With those few comments I move the motion.A party vote was called for on the questionThat urgency be accorded.Ayes107New Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 34; New Zealand First 7; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; Mana 1; United Future 1; Independent: Horan.Noes14Green Party 14.Motion agreed to.The result corrected after originally being announced as Ayes 106 Noes 15.
Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 AprilText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeAmended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister 17 April[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17475. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Amended Answers to Oral QuestionsQuestion No. 3 to Minister 17 AprilHon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice): I seek leave to make a personal explanation under Standing Order 354 to correct an answer to question No. 3 on 17 April this year.Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that personal explanation. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice): In making my answer to question No. 3 on 17 April I said that after the dinner in Beijing on 20 October 2013 I went to bed. When Mr Robertson then asked me whether I had had discussions with the ambassador after the dinner I said I could not recall any discussions. I now realise that although Mr Robertson’s question referenced the time after the dinner he could have meant at any time after the dinner not just on the evening of the dinner. For the avoidance of doubt I want to clarify to the House that on the day following the dinner I told the ambassador that the dinner was very nice but very short. I also told him that nothing had occurred that was untoward or that he needed to know about. I am drawing this to the notice of the House at the earliest opportunity available to me.
Tabling of Documents — Drugs Control—Animal Testing of Psychoactive SubstancesText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTabling of Documents — Drugs Control—Animal Testing of Psychoactive Substances[Sitting date: 06 May 2014. Volume:698;Page:17475. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Tuesday 6 May 2014Mr Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.Prayers.Tabling of DocumentsDrugs Control—Animal Testing of Psychoactive SubstancesHon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South): In order to record the position of New Zealanders opposed to making animals suffer to bring recreational drugs to the market I seek leave to table a petition showing the names of more than 43000 New Zealanders opposed to animal testing of so-called synthetic highs.Mr SPEAKER: It is an unusual way of doing things but leave has been sought to table that particular petition. Is there any objection? There is none. It can be so tabled.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.
Vote: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17434. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the questionThat the Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time.Ayes113New Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; Mana 1; United Future 1.Noes7New Zealand First 7.Bill read a third time.WaiataHakaKaranga
Hayes Joanne: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17431. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOANNE HAYES (National): Ngā whānau o ngā iwi Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu me Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. Nau mai haere mai.[To the families of the tribes Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama at Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa of Te Waka-a-Māui I have much admiration for you all. Welcome welcome.]I am very privileged to be standing here to take a final call on the third reading of the Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill. I have heard the many speeches that have been passed on today. I along with the other speakers want to congratulate you on all the hard work you have done in getting your bill here to the final phase of negotiation. It is a short call.I know that previous speakers have talked about it being a drop in the bucket when it comes to commercial redress around finances but I also stand here because I have seen many iwi that have gone before you that have received their settlements and have turned their small drop in the bucket into a great big ocean—a great big ocean. Ngāi Tahu is a very good example of that big ocean. They have produced that for the whole of Te Wai Pounamu. I take my hat off to them. I take my hat off to the iwi of Tainui who have done the same. They have taken a small amount and they have grown it. They have grown it for the benefit of our mokopuna—of our mokopuna who will receive everything that is due to them. We must celebrate that as Māori.The Crown has apologised. We have apologised. I know that when a door opens everything can happen for us. We are an innovative and beautiful people. We need to keep on celebrating that and take this process all the way through. I know that the Crown will do that. So without any further ado congratulations thrice—congratulations to you all to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and to the Māori Affairs Committee. Kia ora tēnei rā koutou katoa.
Hauiti Claudette: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHauiti Claudette: Ngāti Kōata Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu and Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17430. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CLAUDETTE HAUITI (National): Ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa e te iwi o Ngāti Kōata. “Take tuku … take raupatu … take ahi kā roa” and the “non-negotiable values” of Ngāti Kōata: whakawhanaungatanga manaakitanga and whakatūpatotanga. These underline their guiding principles: to protect rangatiratanga of Ngāti Kōata to protect and preserve taonga to identify and protect wāhi tapu to promote and enhance Ngāti Kōata and its terms under the Treaty and to support the social economic and cultural needs of its iwi.Ngāti Rārua nā tātou te wā. Ko te tirohanga rautaki o Ngāti Rārua he whakamana i te puna mauri ora o Ngāti Rārua kia kaha ai te pupuri i ngā hekenga ā muri ake tonu. Kia tū katoa rā te mauri me te ohaoha me te hononga o Ngāti Rārua a te tau 2014. Kei a Ngāti Rārua anake te tino mātauranga e pā ana ki a Ngāti Rārua mai i te ūkaipo ka heke ki hea rānei.[The time is ours Ngāti Rārua. Te Tirohanga strategy of Ngāti Rārua confirms the healthy life force pool of Ngāti Rārua will be retained for the generations to come and it ensures that the force economy and relationships of Ngāti Rārua in 2014 will be sustainable. Ngāti Rārua alone has the real knowledge about Ngāti Rārua relating to the source of sustenance from mother and down to wherever.]Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu will determine its own rangatiratanga through education skills training and te reo me ōna tikanga. They will succeed in Te Ao Pākehā me Te Ao Ngāti Tama me Te Ao Māori. They have the courage determination and perseverance to withstand all the injustices discrimination losses sadness mamae and pouritanga and Ngāti Tama endures. Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu this is a day of celebration.Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui are the people of Te Ātiawa descent whose whakapapa is Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka-a-Māui. In 1840 when Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi at Tōtaranui they were a dynamic robust society with their own lands and cultural customs that regulated their life both on land and at sea. Today Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui are dynamic robust innovative generous and enduring people.I commend this bill to the House.
Henare Tau: Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHenare Tau: Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17421. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TAU HENARE (National): When the history books are rewritten it will not be Ngāti Apa’s fault. The foreshore and seabed issue was a direct responsibility of the Marlborough District Council and the council got it wrong—the council got it wrong. It did not trust or work with the local people. So let us get something straight right here—enough blaming Māori for this that and the other thing. Anyway now I have had my rant. Ngā mihi nunui ki a koutou katoa e aku whanaunga e aku rangatira e aku tūākana e aku tēina tēnā koutou katoa.[Huge accolades to you all my relatives leaders elder and younger siblings. Well done.]This is a very very short contribution. I wish to confine myself to the Wairau affray again and mention and put into the record the names of those who lost their lives because I think they deserve it. I have to start with Te Rongo the wife of Te Rangihaeata again because of somebody’s short wick. Yeah it was an itchy trigger finger. So I pay my respects to Rongo. To the other Māori whānau who lost their lives in the affray I am embarrassed that I do not know their names. The European settlers were Henry Augustus Thompson Captain Arthur Wakefield Captain Richard England George Rycroft Richardson W B Patchett James Howard Sylvanus John Cotterell Thomas Maling James Coster William Gardiner Edward Stokes Eli Cropper William Northam Henry Bomforth Thomas Tyrrell Isaaq Smith Thomas Pay William Clanzey James McGregor John Brooks John Burton and Thomas Radcliffe. That is that.Bill read a third time.HakaKaranga
Hauiti Claudette: Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHauiti Claudette: Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17419. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CLAUDETTE HAUITI (National): Tēnā rā koutou katoa te iwi o Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia Rangitāne o Wairau. Ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa kia tū pakiri ai te whare o Apa ki te Rā Tō.[Greetings indeed to you all the tribe of Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō of Ngāti Kuia and of Rangitāne o Wairau. You are all commended for your efforts that a sustainable house for Apa ki te Rā Tō be the vision for Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.]The vision for Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō is for a strong vibrant proud iwi that exercises and realises its rangatiratanga. Its vision is for effective responsible utilisation of its resources to meet the needs and aspirations of the iwi while providing for future generations. Treaty settlements are about rangatiratanga. Whakahīa te ora tipu [raising healthy growth] is about improving the quality of lives by enabling Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō to create and take advantage of opportunities to better themselves. Maranga mai e te iwi Pākohe maranga mai te iwi Ngāti Kuia.[Rise up the tribe of Pākohe and of Ngāti Kuia.]Ngāti Kuia and the Crown have made an agreement to settle and in acknowledgment of the settlement Ngāti Kuia have chosen to name it Te Whakatau. The iwi from tīpuna and down through to today’s generations have carried the burden of grievances caused by Crown action and inaction for over 170 years. Today Ngāti Kuia and the Crown will settle.Rangitāne’s vision for the future is to be a dynamic effective successful and profitable organisation working proactively and collegially with the Government the community and other iwi across the region andTe Wai Pounamu.Rangitāne will be committed to the development and promotion of honesty and integrity within the Māori context. Their ability to endure all manner of deprivation over the last century has been due to a strong belief in their ability as Rangitāne. The most precious asset that will require nurturing and developing in the future is that of its people.Treaty settlements settle historical grievances but today the Treaty settlements create a modern contextual framework for future development. I commend this bill to the House.
Hayes Joanne: Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17417. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOANNE HAYES (National): Ā tēnā koutou e koro mā e kui mā e rau rangatira mā. E whānau mā e ngā whānau o te iwi o Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia me Rangitāne o Wairau ngā mihi nunui.[And so greetings to you the elder menfolk the elder womenfolk and the leaders. A really big tribute to you the families and those of Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō of Ngāti Kuia and of Rangitāne o Wairau.]I am humbled to stand and support the third reading of the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō Ngāti Kuia and Rangitāne o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill. I extend my congratulations to the hard-working iwi negotiations team and the whānau tautoko for the many hours the many days and the many years that have resulted in today’s commendation of your bill.In clause 6(2)(g) the bill: “provides for—(i) the effect of the settlement on the jurisdiction of a court tribunal or other judicial body in respect of the historical claims; and (ii) a consequential amendment to the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; and (iii) the effect of the settlement on certain memorials; and (iv) the exclusion of the law againstperpetuities; and (v) access to the deeds of settlement.” The bill also provides cultural redress in Part 2 and commercial redress in Part 3.This is a very good settlement bill. I commend it to the House.
Robertson H V Ross: Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Bill Haka Ka Mate Attribution Bill — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRobertson H V Ross: Ngati Toa Rangatira Claims Settlement Bill Haka Ka Mate Attribution Bill — Third Readings[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17407. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): I understand honourable members that permission has been given to Ngati Toa for a haka. Tēnā koutou e te Whare e ngā iwi e ngā reo e ngā hau e whā. Tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa. Ngati Toa the floor is yours.Haka
Vote: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17358. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the questionThat the question be now put.Ayes64New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Motion agreed to.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 424 in the name of the Hon Judith Collins to Part 1 be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Part 1 as amended agreed to.
Robertson H V Ross: Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRobertson H V Ross: Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17382. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (H V Ross Robertson): I call the honourable member Denis O’Rourke.
Huo Raymond: Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHuo Raymond: Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17376. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]RAYMOND HUO (Labour): The Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill aims to stop violent and sexual offenders from living and working near their victims. The change has been prompted by a specific case where an offender who was jailed for rape in 2004 lived upon his release in 2011 next door to his victim. Police at that time had no power to force him to move away. So there is obviously a gap in the protection available to victims of serious violent and sexual crime.I would like to take this opportunity to thank the submitters and I would like to draw the attention of the Committee to the concerns raised by the National Council of Women of New Zealand. In its submission it expressed concerns that the reference to physical injury was too narrow. It was suggested that the definition should include references to suffering mental torment torture mental and psychological harm emotional injury and traumatic stress. It is also suggested that the definition should include close family members of the victim if they have suffered physiological or psychological trauma because of the violence suffered by the direct victim.A number of the submitters raised very valid points and also questioned the bill being limited to violent offences that incurred a term of imprisonment of 5 years or more. As stated by the Hon Phil Goff in his earlier contributions that has been reduced to 2 years by the Law and Order Committee. I commend the select committee for listening to the victims and listening to the submitters. Some respondents from Rural Women New Zealand were concerned that in rural semi-rural or smaller urban areas it is not always practical for the order to be made available to the police station nearest to where the victim resides.The Law Society also recommended a number of minor changes to the proposals in this bill. The first was that the term “violent offence” as defined in clause 4 and as usedthroughout the bill should be replaced with the term “serious violent offence” as that term is used in section 86A of the Sentencing Act 2002 and is identically defined. Secondly clause 17 requires information on non-contact orders including the making varying and discharging of a non-contact order to be made available to the police. Clause 17(3)(c) allows for the order to be sent by ordinary post. Given the important consequences that can flow from the breach of an order a more reliable method of informing police should be used. The Law Society believed that the mechanisms in paragraphs (a) and (b) seemed appropriate but that if the postal service was to be used then the documents should be sent by a traceable method. Thank you.
O'Rourke Denis: Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeO'Rourke Denis: Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17376. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DENIS O’ROURKE (NZ First): This Victims’ Orders Against Violent Offenders Bill is one of a number of moves needed to improve the rights of victims and to support them where they have been subjected to violence. Fear and anxiety about unwanted contact with the offender can be as bad as the offence itself and can impair the recovery and ability to enjoy a normal life. In this Part 1 debate I wish to comment only briefly on clause 5. Clause 5 defines a violent offender as a person who “has been convicted of a violent offence that affected the victim; and has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 2 years …”. In the bill as introduced this was 5 years or more and we regarded that as narrowing the field down far too much. I think that is what other parties have concluded as well. Instead of requiring sentencing to a period of 5 years or more I suggested at that stage that it would be more appropriate instead to require sentencing only of offences punishable by 5 years’ imprisonment or more. That would have broadened the scope of legislation to capture offenders whose sentences were less than 5 years but who had committed an offence serious enough to enable a court to sentence them for 5 years or more.The Law and Order Committee has now instead amended the definition to “more than 2 years”. That of course is the other way that would substantially widen the offences to which the section would be applicable. I agree with what the Hon Phil Goff said about that. The offences to which it would have applied were far too few; the scope was far too narrow. What is being done now although my own suggestion was not adopted is sensible and acceptable to New Zealand First. After all if the offence was so serious as to attract a significant imprisonment term at all then the victim should be able to use this new law. It is another step forward for victims and it deserves our full support. We support what is being done. Even though it was not New Zealand First’s own particular suggestion that was adopted it has the same effect and therefore we feel able to support that particular provision in Part 1 which we had been previously concerned about.
Borrows Chester: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Victims of Crime Reform Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17373. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon CHESTER BORROWS (Associate Minister of Justice): Yes I can assure the member that the regulatory impact statement was written well before the changes in the last Budget when the budget was increased. Restorative justice conferencing is now universally available across the country. It is expected that there will be an uptake in restorative justice conferencing as a result of the passing of the Victims of Crime Reform Bill. From a briefing I had only a matter of a couple of hours ago there has been a huge decline in restorative justice conferencing mainly because there has been a huge decline in crime and a huge decline in people appearing before the court. There are fewer people seeking restorative justice conferences and so there is a pool of money there available at the moment that is not being accessed and will be available.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 424 in the name of the Hon Judith Collins to Part 4 be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Part 4 as amended agreed to.