Hughes Darren: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
Hughes Darren: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Volume:607;Page:4334] 
9.  
DARREN HUGHES (NZ Labour—Otaki) 
 to the  
Minister of Youth Affairs 
: What reports has he received on initiatives that support the Government’s Youth Development Strategy and Youth Health Action Plan? 
Hon JOHN TAMIHERE (Minister of Youth Affairs) 
: 
 Recently I had the honour of announcing on behalf of the Prime Minister the decision by Glaxo Smith Kline to provide $660000. This funding will allow Youthline to provide the much-needed 24-hour 7-days-a-week telephone counselling service. It will also allow it to embark on a range of new initiatives to improve its support for young Kiwis. Youthline’s operations link very well with the Government’s youth development strategy and youth health action plan. 
Darren Hughes 
: Does Youthline receive any funding from the Government? 
Hon JOHN TAMIHERE 
: Youthline manages a range of Government contracts—a large number. I will just name a few here: Department of Child Youth and Family Services contracts district health board contracts education contracts and Alcohol Advisory Council contracts. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The Minister was asked whether the Government provides any money to Youthline. 
Hon Annette King 
: And he answered it. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: No he did not. And the member should keep quiet while I am raising a point of order. That is the Speaker’s job not hers. She cannot even do her job properly. The member raised a question as to what money— 
Jill Pettis 
: What a chauvinist! 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: Did you hear that Mr Speaker? The fishwife said I was a chauvinist. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I will have points of order in silence and that is the last warning. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: The Minister was asked by the member at the back as to what money was provided by the Government in respect of Youthline. At the end of that answer we still do not know even though there were probably inappropriately interjections like “Yes or no?” and “What money is supplied?”. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I heard the Minister’s answer and I would refer the member to Speaker’s ruling 128/5. Information was given and I took it that he was answering the question pretty well directly. 
Simon Power 
: Can the Minister confirm the statement in the Labour 2002— [ 
Interruption 
] 
Mr SPEAKER 
: That is the last warning to the member too. 
Simon Power 
: Can the Minister confirm the statement in the Labour 2002 election manifesto that Labour will “retain a separate Minister of Youth Affairs responsible for the implementation of this strategy.”; if so how is this consistent with the proposed merger of the Ministry of Youth Affairs into the Ministry of Social Development? 
Hon JOHN TAMIHERE 
: The answer to the first part of the question is yes; for the second part of the question I refer the member to my oral answer to question No.10 last Tuesday. 
Craig McNair 
: Why has this ministry lasted 14 years under seven Ministers yet under the reign of this Minister the Ministry of Youth Affairs is to be abolished after 9 months; and what does this say about his incompetence? 
Hon JOHN TAMIHERE 
: It says nothing about incompetence. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: This question was addressed by way of answer and I am not having a point of order on that issue. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: I want to raise a point of order whether you like it or not. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Oh no you are not. Please be seated. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: That is my right. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Please be seated or the member will leave. I know what the member’s point of order was going to be about: the adequacy or otherwise— 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: Oh so you are a clairvoyant now or are you a soothsayer or what? 
Mr SPEAKER 
: The member will now leave the Chamber. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: I am happy to do that. It is a waste of time being here with you. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: I will name the member if he does that again. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters withdrew from the Chamber. 
Nandor Tanczos 
: Can the Minister tell the House about the progress of one of the first initiatives supporting the Youth Development Strategy the evaluation of drug education initiated by the Greens and agreed by the previous Minister of Youth Affairs Laila Harré which was the first significant new initiative in drug education for a number of years? 
Hon JOHN TAMIHERE 
: Yes I am pleased to advise the member that it is going wonderfully well. 
Paul Adams 
: As it is now widely accepted that the breakdown of the family is a major contributor to negative outcomes for youth will he be working with other Government departments to implement policies that help parents to create a positive and stable environment in which to raise their children? 
Hon JOHN TAMIHERE 
: Yes.