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Hipkins ChrisAPPOINTMENTSAssistant SpeakerHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House): A point of order Mr Speaker. I seek leave to move a motion without notice on the appointment of an additional Assistant Speaker.SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that course of action being followed? There is none.Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I move That this House appoint Ian McKelvie as an Assistant Speaker with effect during any sitting of the House that is held with members able to participate remotely.Mr Speaker this is an historic day for Parliament with members participating remotely in the proceedings in the Chamber for the first time. You and the other presiding officers I know are going to considerable lengths to ensure that you can preserve your own health and wellbeing and that you're able to be in the Chamber when required. But after discussions at the Business Committee I think it has been agreed that it would be wise to have an additional presiding officer on the team so that we can ensure that we have a presiding officer available for the duration of any remote sitting.So I have great pleasure in nominating Ian McKelvie for the role of Assistant Speaker. He's a very experienced member of the House having been member for Rangitīkei since 2011. He's the chairperson of the Governance and Administration Committee a role that he performs I'm told with good humour and fairness. He is a respected and liked member across the House. He has a very calm and genial approach—qualities that I'm sure will serve him and us very well in the Chair. And so I thank him for agreeing to take on this role of Assistant Speaker and commend his appointment to the House.
Brownlee GerryQuestion No. 11 to MinisterHon GERRY BROWNLEE (National): Point of order Mr Speaker. In asking a question to the Hon David Parker I was unaware that he was the Acting Minister. It does make a difference as you know. I therefore used an incorrect pronoun in addressing him and I'll make sure that's correct in the Hansard record.SPEAKER: I'm certain he will be thankful for that but I think the member will probably have to consult the Clerk before he makes a change of that sort. Hansard is a record of what he says probably more than what he should have said but the member will consult with the Clerk on that. Hon GERRY BROWNLEE: Point of order Mr Speaker. I would hope that the Clerk is able to assist me because otherwise it's a terrible change for the Hon David Parker.
SpeechPETITIONS PAPERS SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS AND INTRODUCTION OF BILLSSPEAKER: No bills have been introduced. Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.CLERK: Petition of Claire Dale requesting that the House change the law to substantially increase fines for misusing any mobility parking spacespetition of Hadassah Meadows requesting that the House immediately repeal the changes made by the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act No. 2 2021petition of Danny Tahau Jobe requesting that the House pass legislation to make Aotearoa New Zealand the official name of the country andpetition of David Barker on behalf of Action for Parent Immigration to New Zealand requesting that the House urge the Government to immediately reinstate the parent category entry requirements as they were before the category was paused in October 2016.SPEAKER: Those petitions stand referred to the Petitions Committee. Ministers have delivered papers.CLERK: Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the associated National Interest Analysis; and nontreaty status side letters on Ngāti Toa Rangatira's guardianship of the Haka Ka Mate New Zealand's oenological practices and Scottish whisky localities.Annual reports for 2020-21:Canterbury DHBCapital and Coast DHBHutt Valley DHBMidCentral DHBSouthern DHBTaranaki DHBWaikato DHBWaitematā DHBTeaching Council of Aotearoa New ZealandOffice of the Children's Commissioner.Annual plans of:Waikato DHBWaitematā DHB.Statement of Performance Expectations 2020-21 for:MidCentral DHB.Statement of Performance Expectations 2021-22 for:Canterbury DHBCapital and Coast DHBHutt Valley DHB.Annual plan incorporating Statement of Performance Expectations 2020-21 for:Southern DHBTaranaki DHB.Statement of Intent 2019-20 - 2022-23MidCentral DHB.SPEAKER: Those papers are published under the authority of the House. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.CLERK: Report of the Economic Development Science and Innovation Committee on the petition of Louise Johnstonreports of the Environment Committee on the:2020/21 annual review of the Climate Change Commission2020/21 annual review of the Environmental Protection Authoritypetition of George Hobson for Forest and Bird Youth.report of the Māori Affairs Committee on the briefing on the 2019/20 financial performance of Te Tumu Paeroareports of the Petitions Committee on the petitions of Bill Wollerman Ehab Takawi Kirsten Van Newtown and Nurse Practitioners New Zealand andreport of the Regulations Review Committee on COVID-19 Public Health Response orders.SPEAKER: The briefing and the COVID-19 orders are set down for consideration.
Speaker's Statement — Photography in Chamber—Remote Sittings
SpeechSPEAKER'S STATEMENTSPhotography in the Chamber—Remote SittingsSPEAKER: Members I just want to do a reminder that despite doing remote sittings the normal rules as far as photography in the House and the requirement to get permission to do it and not doing it from the floor apply. I will take very seriously anyone who breaches that and publishes the photos.
Waititi RawiriRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori) (remote): Kia ora Mr Speaker. Can I be heard?SPEAKER: Yes you can.RAWIRI WAITITI: Thank you. Tēnā tātou e hika mā tēnā tātou kua whāiti nei i tēnei rā ki te tautoko i te kōrero kua whārikihia i roto i tō tātou Whare i tēnei rā. Nei rā anō hoki te tangi atu ki a rātou te hunga kua riro tītapu ki te pō. Rātou kua mate i ngā heipūtanga a Rūhia ki runga i a Ukaraina i tēnei rā. Kei te tangi kei te tangi kei te tangi.[Greetings to one and all who have amassed here today to support the issue laid before us in our House. We also mourn the loss of those who have passed. Those who have been killed by the Russian onslaught on Ukraine today. We grieve we grieve we grieve.]We are living through unprecedented and trying times. In the midst of a global pandemic and in the face of climate change and ecological collapse kotahitanga and unity are more imperative now than ever. When the rich and the powerful play war games it is the poor and the vulnerable who pay the ultimate price. Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine whose worlds were shattered overnight who will die defending their homeland and whose families will bear the burden of this war for generations to come. Our hearts also go out to the working people of Russia who will be sent to their deaths on the rich man's whim. Their mothers grieve as ours do.The people of Ukraine are caught in the middle of an imperialist proxy war the likes of which we have seen in the Middle East and many other countries. Tangata whenua are all too familiar with the evils of imperialism and colonisation. This mamae is still felt today and is why I am speaking in this House on this motion. Te Paati Māori wholeheartedly condemn the unprovoked and unjustified actions of Vladimir Putin his Government and the fascist ideologies that enable this type of violence and supremacy. Nō reira e hika mā tēnā tātou katoa.[Therefore greetings one and all.]Motion agreed to.SPEAKER: Слава Україні.
Motions — Ukraine—Russian Invasion
SpeechSPEAKER: Members this is a sitting of the House at which some members are participating remotely. This follows the House's adoption of rules allowing such sittings and the determination of the Business Committee that from Tuesday 1 March members may participate remotely in sittings of the House.
Luxon ChristopherCHRISTOPHER LUXON (Leader of the Opposition): I rise on behalf of the Opposition to support this motion and to strongly condemn President Putin's invasion of Ukraine. There is no possible justification for the death and suffering this unprovoked attack has caused and will continue to cause. Our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine being subjected to such needless violence in their own home and with their friends and family here in New Zealand and elsewhere who are right now fearing for the safety of their loved ones. This is an affront to human rights an affront to democracy and an affront to global peace and stability. It is heartbreaking to see Ukrainians who just days ago were like us going about their everyday lives dropping their kids to school going to work shopping at the supermarket are now having to fight for their country. President Putin has shown total disregard for international law and the sovereignty of Ukraine. This attack is a wholly unnecessary escalation that warrants a severe response from the international community. We are seeing that response from many: the US Canada the UK Japan Australia Singapore the EU and others have all imposed strong sanctions restricting Russian banks from accessing their capital markets and services. Export bans have been put in place and the assets of Russian elites affiliated with the Kremlin have been frozen. Russian banks are being cut off from the SWIFT international payment system. The assets of its central bank are being frozen. The scope and severity of these sanctions is unprecedented. New Zealand's lack of an autonomous sanctions regime means we can't join in these coordinated economic efforts. We support all actions taken to date by the Government to join in this response but we encourage the Government to take two simple steps so that New Zealand can play an even stronger role. First urgently pass autonomous sanctions legislation. National has a bill ready to go and we're willing to work with and support the Government to get legislation through this House—but let's do it quickly. Second create a humanitarian visa for the family members of Ukrainians already in New Zealand and fast track existing visa applications from the Ukraine. History is occurring as we speak and New Zealand must take strong meaningful action to help the global community stop this senseless war. The National Party condemns Russia's actions and the catastrophic damage to human life they will bring.
SpeechTUESDAY 1 MARCH 2022The Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.KARAKIA/PRAYERSSPEAKER: Всемогутній Боже ми дякуємо за благословення які були даровані нам. Відкидаючи всі особисті інтереси ми визнаємо королеву і молимося за керівництво в наших обговореннях щоб ми могли вести справи цієї палати з мудрістю справедливістю милосердям і смиренням для благополуччя і миру Нової Зеландії.[Almighty God we give thanks for the blessings which have been bestowed on us. Laying aside all personal interests we acknowledge the Queen and pray for guidance in our deliberations that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom justice mercy and humility for the welfare and peace of New Zealand.]Слава Україні.
Thursday 17 February 2022 - Volume 757
Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill — Third Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill be now read a third time.Ayes 77New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to.Bill read a third time.
8. Question No. 8—JusticeGLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth) to the Minister of JusticeQuestion No. 8—Justice8. GLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth) to the Minister of Justice: What action has the Government taken to end harmful conversion practices in New Zealand?Hon KRIS FAAFOI (Minister of Justice): On Tuesday the Government successfully passed the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill. Parliament voted with near-unanimity to support the bill which will prevent harm towards our rainbow community and encourage open and respectful discussions about sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression. We made a promise during the 2020 election and we have delivered. We have banned conversion practices in Aotearoa and I commend all of the Kiwis past and present who have worked to make the ban on conversion practices a reality.Glen Bennett: Why is a ban on conversion practices important for our rainbow community and in particular our rainbow rangatahi?Hon KRIS FAAFOI: There is absolutely no evidence that conversion practices work. What there is evidence of is the real serious and life-altering harm that it can cause. The practices have contributed to mental health issues such as depression anxiety and suicidal thoughts and attempts. Conversion practices are based on myths that a person's sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression can and should be changed and I thank the 112 members of this House who voted in favour of it.Glen Bennett: How does the ban on conversion practices ensure open and respectful conversations about sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression?Hon KRIS FAAFOI: The aim of the new law is to encourage open and respectful discussion around sexual orientation or gender identity. I acknowledge that some submitters during the select committee process and indeed some members of the House were concerned that the bill could prevent parents health professionals and religious groups from supporting individuals in exploring their sexuality or gender expression. I would also like to reiterate to the House again that a safe and respectful conversation is not captured in this bill.Dr Elizabeth Kerekere: Does he agree with the Government's statement in the departmental report for the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill regarding a rights-based approach to the issues facing intersex people including best-practice guidelines for healthcare; if so when will this work start?Hon KRIS FAAFOI: I acknowledge that point that the member made—and also during the committee stage of the bill's progression. That work will be taken as part of a wider review of the Human Rights Act which we hope to make sure is started before the end of this term.
6. Question No. 6—Social Development and EmploymentSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote) to the Minister for Social Development and EmploymentQuestion No. 6—Social Development and Employment6. SHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote) to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What announcements has the Government made about supporting Māori into employment education and training?Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Māori Development) on behalf of the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Today alongside the Minister for Māori Development we launched Te Māhere Whai Mahi Māori the Māori Employment Action Plan. Across Government we're committing to 32 actions spanning three key pou over a period of five years to support better outcomes for Māori in the labour market. Te Whai Mahi underlines our commitment to supporting kaupapa Māori and working kanohi ki te kanohi and in partnership with whānau hapū iwi and wider hapori to improve employment outcomes for Māori—wider hapori; we're talking about the community there. The action plan is one of many tools in our Government's toolbox to secure our recovery from COVID-19 and to support Māori as the employees employers and drivers of the Māori and wider economy.Shanan Halbert: Why is this announcement important?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: On behalf of the Minister we know that some Māori face a number of barriers to gaining meaningful employment and are commonly overrepresented in roles that involve lower pay and skills fewer advancement opportunities and less job security. A high number of Māori workers are also underutilised. Māori have the potential to excel in employment and there is an opportunity to see Māori move into quality higher-paying and skilled work with greater advancement opportunities and job security. These opportunities have the potential to improve intergenerational wellbeing for Māori their whānau and wider communities. This action plan sets out the ways this Government will support Māori employment aspirations and positive labour market outcomes and also ensures the Government is meeting its Tiriti obligations.Shanan Halbert: How were the actions of the plan developed?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: On behalf of the Minister Te Ara Mahi Māori was appointed as an independent reference group to help inform the development of the Māori Employment Action Plan. Te Ara Mahi Māori was made up of leaders in their fields and provided representation right across the Māori community. Te Ara Mahi Māori held 11 hui in total travelling across the motu from Kaikohe and Tāmaki-makau-rau to Ōtautahi to Ōtepoti engaging with over 150 people: rangatahi mana whenua training and education providers community groups employment services local government employers and unions. Through the engagement undertaken by Te Ara Mahi we've been able to capture as many perspectives as possible which have gone on to inform and develop the actions in the plan announced today. Can I say in finishing some of the emphasis particularly on Māori women who are at the bottom end of those statistics makes me very happy and I know it has got a lot of support from Ministers and people right across the House.
2. Question No. 2—HousingIBRAHIM OMER (Labour) to the Minister of HousingQuestion No. 2—Housing2. IBRAHIM OMER (Labour) to the Minister of Housing: What is the Government doing to increase supply of public housing in Wellington?Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing): This morning I announced funding to provide warm dry public homes for an estimated 900 families and individuals in Wellington. The Arlington Development on the fringe of Wellington's CBD includes 300 new public houses plus shared amenities such as a new playground community gardens and rooms offices and an orchard to help integrate the new buildings and residents into the well-established existing community. Arlington will have on-site support services that will support Kāinga Ora's residents and the thriving community. Construction on the new homes will begin soon with staged delivery completed between 2023 and 2025. This Government continues to deliver on our plan—DEPUTY SPEAKER: I think the Minister's answered the question.Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Thank you.Ibrahim Omer: How will the Arlington project provide education and training opportunities?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Through its cadet and apprenticeship programme Kāinga Ora works with training and pastoral care providers build partners and sub-contractors to help key New Zealanders into trade apprenticeships and to support them and their employers to maximise their success. Last year the Government celebrated getting 500 apprentices into work with the assistance of Kāinga Ora build partners sub-contractors and maintenance partners. The Arlington Development provides employment and training opportunities for 40 apprentices and four new graduates with at least 50 percent of these roles being assigned to individuals who identify as Māori Pacific and women or Kāinga Ora tenants.Ibrahim Omer: How else should the Government be building public housing in Wellington?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: In addition to Arlington the Government is working with the community iwi and Porirua City Council to deliver new warm dry homes in Porirua through the Porirua redevelopment. In July last year I announced the first draw-down on the Government's $3.8 billion Housing Acceleration Fund investing $136 million to unlock capacity for an additional 2000 homes in Porirua and to create up to 250 jobs. This funding is on top of an initial investment of $1.5 billion announced in 2018 to replace older State homes that are past their best with warm dry modern homes.
SpeechASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Members this debate is interrupted and set down for resumption next sitting day. It's been a long week with an extending sitting so I want to thank all of the Chamber staff. I want to thank officials from the Office of the Clerk and also the Speaker's office. The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday 1 March.The House adjourned at 4.57 p.m.
van Velden BrookeBROOKE VAN VELDEN (Deputy Leader—ACT): It is my pleasure to give the last speech of this sitting block and I'll make sure to keep it relatively short. I am standing on behalf of the ACT Party on the Maritime Powers Bill at the second reading and I want to acknowledge the hard work of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee.This bill is set to allow New Zealand law enforcement agencies the power to enforce New Zealand's criminal law in international waters. Now New Zealand already has the right under international law to exercise maritime powers in international waters but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade when they were doing background on this bill said that we don't currently have adequate maritime powers. There are gaps in how we can enforce New Zealand's laws in international waters. That limits our ability to actually respond to threats of criminal activity that might be happening in coming to New Zealand or having left from New Zealand. And that's hugely concerning when it comes to trans-national crime. There is a huge importance when it comes to drug smuggling migrant smuggling wildlife smuggling or firearms smuggling that we actually do want to create a healthy safe community in New Zealand. People do actively bring or seek to bring illicit goods to New Zealand and we need the powers in our domestic laws to be able to stop that and make sure that we have the laws correct. So it's concerning that there have been gaps in our enforcement.We have some bespoke laws when it comes to the Fisheries Act and the maritime Act and the Customs and Excise Act but it doesn't help when you have cases that fit slightly outside the box. A good example of that is if you have a ship coming to New Zealand and it has illicit drugs and the drugs get dropped off and the ship then leaves the country and goes back into international waters currently you could stop that ship under our law. But if when boarding that ship the officials saw illegal firearms that had come into New Zealand's waters and left again they would have no power under the current laws to be able to issue a search warrant again for that specific purpose.So it helps to fill some of the gaps when you're already dealing in international waters with search warrants. And I think that's really important because we don't want people bringing goods into New Zealand and harming our communities. We do actually want to create a safe healthy environment.In conclusion I think our laws should be clear they should be simple to follow and we should fix the gaps where we see them and I note that that's what the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee have sought to do. It helps to have all of these laws in one place rather than in bespoke parts of other laws and it will help to create safer healthier communities in New Zealand. Thank you Madam Speaker.
SpeechANGELA ROBERTS (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. It is a great privilege to take the final call on this very progressive piece of legislation. I stand here and I know that when I leave the House tonight I can go and look the young people of this country in the eye and say We have done something." I haven't heard a single idea from the other side of the House about how we are going to mitigate the costs mitigate the climate change damage that is happening.We've heard about you know being stuck in Marokopa last week. Many of us had experienced the energy that is becoming more common. I want to commend the leadership of our Minister the previous Minister—about actually taking some action. It's really ironic hearing people on the other side of the House talk about ideology versus actual evidence. It's a weird thing to say for me but these are capitalist concepts. These are capitalist levers. This is about influencing internalising externalities incentivising behaviour shifts. This is about influencing the supply—just of supply and demand—for cleaner vehicles.The improved standards mean that we are open for business. The rest of the world knows that they have to meet those challenges. It gives our importers the confidence to go and compete for cleaner vehicles on the global market. It gives companies like the Lines Company the confidence to invest in our charging infrastructure so you can charge in Mōkau. It also gives the confidence to continue to build a diverse green fleet. It isn't just about electric vehicles. You do need vehicles with decent torque. Some of us need four-wheel drives—absolutely. It is about making sure that we have really good green hydrogen and hybrids as well. This is bringing vehicles into the fleet that can be sold to ordinary New Zealanders as second-hand vehicles.Barbara Kuriger: We don't have green hydrogen.ANGELA ROBERTS: We are investing in green hydrogen. We are visionary and we are ambitious. The young people of New Zealand deserve this. This is a story of hope and this is a story of a Government of action and I commend this bill to the House."
White HelenHELEN WHITE (Labour): Kia ora Madam Speaker. Before the introduction of this legislation we had become the dumping ground for pollutant vehicles.Barbara Kuriger: Oh there's that rhetoric again.HELEN WHITE: What has happened—it's not rhetoric; it's actually absolutely what had happened. We had let those vehicles come in and we had seen it as an advantage for our poorer citizens that they could buy cheaper vehicles. But what we were doing was we were flooding the country with vehicles which were hurting our children because they were allowing them to live in a polluted environment and they were hurting our climate change needs. So they were not doing us any good in the long term. This is a dramatic turn-around for this country and it has two aspects: (1) it brings us up to the standards that most countries—let's face it—have already adopted; and the other is it provides a scheme where people will be able to buy an electric vehicle and it will go into the pool of vehicles in this country. I want to be very clear about this because there's been a little confusion today about what the scheme is for. It's not for the person who buys the first electric car; it's for all the people who buy the cars subsequently because most of us let's face it do not buy new vehicles. We buy second-hand vehicles and this is going to flood the market with those vehicles and they're going to be affordable for the first time for our poorest families. And let's also face it: being poor is quite an expensive process in this country because if your vehicle is a petrol-guzzling vehicle and an older vehicle it is actually much higher to maintain in terms of costs and you have to pay for petrol which is going through the roof. So it's going to be a wonderful thing when our families are released from that and this particular Act will work to do that—it achieves it—and I am absolutely proud of that. Now I just wanted to talk about some of the rhetoric we heard today from the National Party. Yes it is true that they shared that rhetoric with some of the bigger older-style car companies who told us things like Oh no we're part of a small market. We can't possibly demand these vehicles." We've heard it today with lots and lots of put-downs: "chardonnay socialists". We've heard about how our Minister Wood is full of self-importance. These kinds of put-downs are things I've heard all my life as a practising lawyer. When people don't like change they put others down rather than producing any proper ideas. And let's face it this idea is a good one. We know that because from last year when the scheme started one in four of those electric vehicles out there came in during the scheme and one thing that we don't like is a success if we are in that kind of mind-set because that's what we've got here. I am absolutely proud of this scheme. I'm proud of what it's going to achieve long term. I'm proud of the contribution it will make to the second-hand car market turning it into one that is healthier and better for the environment. I commend this bill to the House."
SpeechTERISA NGOBI (Labour—Ōtaki): Thank you for the opportunity to speak Madam Speaker and it's always a privilege and honour to get up not only as the member for the Ōtaki electorate but certainly as a member of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee. We heard from 135 submitters on this bill the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill.We know that this bill will increase the supply in the variety of zero- to low-emission cars. We also know that it will increase the demand for these cars which for our low-income families is going to help because that will lower the cost of the cars as well as the clean-car discount that you get as well. And that is amazing for our low-income families. We are going to make sure with this bill that New Zealand our beautiful country Aotearoa is no longer a dumping ground for the rest of the world's dirty fleet—that they all have clean-car standards or legislation for but we don't. So that fixes this; that puts us in the same spending field as the rest of them in making sure that we are looking after our country and doing something about our climate change.This clean-car discount that goes with this bill—$8625. And I can tell you coming from a low-income family that that is an awesome amount to be able to get a discount on a car that when you do get it you get to save money on petrol you get to put more money in our family budgets and that is going to make a massive difference—while we also can feel we're making sure we're doing our bit to save Papatūānuku as well.This bill is another example of this Labour Government doing what it said it would: delivering while looking after our people looking after Papatūānuku and making sure we're doing our bit in terms of climate change. For that I'm really proud and I commend this bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): The Hon David Bennett—five minutes.
Menéndez March RicardoRICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH (Green): Tēnā koe. It's a pleasure to give my third—I believe—and final speech on the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill. I guess it's been quite an interesting process and a privilege also to get a chance to sit on the Transport and Infrastructure Committee alongside my parliamentary colleagues and acknowledging that this bill was enabled by my colleague Julie Anne Genter who laid the groundwork and thankful for the Minister Michael Wood for carrying it through in this term.I think it's clear to say that what this bill will do is stop making New Zealand a dumping ground for polluting vehicles. That is important. We do not want to become the place where industry knows they can throw away polluting vehicles that ultimately will be creating waste and emissions locally. It will also give options to New Zealanders to purchase cheaper vehicles and especially in the second-hand market.It's been really interesting though hearing members from the right-hand side and particularly the National Party who have waxed lyrical about how this bill is going to tax those working-class people. Because as many of us have stated it's not low-income people who are buying new vehicles. Low-income people have the most to gain from this bill.I think we'd be kidding ourselves if we said that this bill was a silver bullet to address the challenges that climate change presents especially in the transport sector where so many of our emissions are coming from. The truth is that this is one lever we must pull in order to address the climate crisis. On top of this we should be looking at things like free fares an intra-city regional rail network a shift in how we fund our transport infrastructure as well as many other solutions that are yet to come. So the National Party can talk all they want about their supposed pragmatic solutions to the climate crisis but at every stage of the way they've shown us that they are willing to spend billions on polluting infrastructure that will increase emissions and oppose the solutions that we need to support our communities to meet the challenges that the climate crisis presents as well as providing them equitable options to move around. It'd be great if members on my opposite side were again talking about cheaper fares for public transport or other forms of subsidies that do help low-income people.So it is a pleasure to finally see this bill through the House and to start now being able to discuss the many other solutions that will bring about a much more impactful reduction in emissions in our transport industry. Kia ora.
Sessional Order — New Zealand House of Representatives—Remote Participation
SpeechCHRIS BAILLIE (ACT): I rise on behalf of ACT to support the motion for remote participation in these sittings. We need the flexibility in Parliament with the uncertainty of the rules in the future. The fact that we're even contemplating it is I think indicative of a pretty poor COVID response. Remote participation should be seen as a last resort. Like other things it should have been seen as a last resort for the rest of New Zealand but those people aren't in such a privileged position that we are.ACT believe MPs should be in Wellington holding the Government to account. Our democracy depends on it. While the Government buries its head in the sand there is an increasing belief amongst New Zealanders that our democracy is under threat. We're supporting this because the Government rules will at some stage impact upon us as well and we need a contingency plan for what to do if MPs get COVID or are a close contact.There are similar concerns for all businesses that must keep operating who are gobsmacked at the stroll-out of the rapid antigen tests dividing New Zealanders again into deciding who's critical and who isn't. If staff can't pay their bills because businesses close then I believe they are critical.Like other businesses Government isolation rules make future weeks and months in Parliament uncertain but at least we can keep operating. Imagine having stock that has to be thrown out or being responsible for staff who can't pay their bills for their families. Businesses who have been forced to do exactly what we're talking about have had to get loans—often from friends and family because the banks aren't as friendly as they used to be—or they've just gone under.My challenge to all MPs is that if you do go into remote participation you stop getting paid. How do you pay your mortgage your rent or whatever? Use your savings because that's exactly what tens of thousands of New Zealanders have had to do and I just wonder how long the rules would last if that was the case. Thank you Mr Speaker.Motion agreed to.Order adopted.
SpeechJAN LOGIE (Green): Thank you Mr Speaker. I will keep this call pretty short. I feel as if I've been howling into the hot wind of the Business Committee for far too many months on this topic to want to take up more time than is necessary speaking on this motion. So just let me say finally—finally—we are catching up and putting the measures in place for us to be able to model responsible workplace practices for the rest of the country; for us finally to have a measure in place to be able to stand with everybody else in the country consistently who are making and have consistently been making hard calls and adapting their work practices; and for us to be able to recognise that you know we're not special in that sense. We can actually do our job remotely like most other people have had to—and as we do I believe quite well in our select committees. Also we have the measures to be able to keep those other people in this workplace safe and recognising as has been mentioned that as members of Parliament we are potential vectors for the disease. We live in places right across the country and we are out in our communities and that makes us a potential risk to others for picking up the disease and passing it on to other people. So our presence of coming together in this place needs to be very well considered and it is a basic first step for the Greens to use the technology to reduce the risk when we can.I would just say that we've seen the UK do this and Australia in part as well. I do sense I have a different view from the speaker of the Opposition around the sense of what it takes to be a vibrant Parliament. My prediction is that if we are using these measures we may see a more on-point and a possibly more civilised question time. While I am not by any measure advocating at all for Parliament to go online permanently—kanohi ki te kanohi is important—however I don't think we should overplay the vibrancy of this place because it's often just bad behaviour and I suspect we may learn some lessons from having some people Zooming into this process that may I hope inspire us all to behave better when we all come back together. So on that note the Greens are relieved to finally see this motion passed today.
Rurawhe AdrianPETITIONS PAPERS SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS AND INTRODUCTION OF BILLSDEPUTY SPEAKER: No petitions have been presented and no bills have been introduced. Ministers have delivered papers.CLERK:Government Response to the Report of the Governance and Administration Committee on the Inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper No. 59 on the Births Deaths Marriages and Relationships Registration BillGovernment Response to the Report of the Environment Committee on the Inquiry into Natural and Built Environments Bill: Parliamentary Paper.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Those papers are published under the authority of the House. A select committee report has been delivered for presentation.CLERK: Interim Report of the Regulations Review Committee on COVID-19 Public Health Response Orders.DEPUTY SPEAKER: The report of the Regulations Review Committee is set down for consideration.
Hipkins Chris; Brownlee GerryBUSINESS STATEMENTHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House): Thank you Mr Speaker. Today the House will adjourn until Tuesday 1 March. Legislation to be considered in that week will include the first reading of the Statutes Amendment Bill; the second readings of the Ngāti Rangitihi Claims Settlement Bill and the Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Claims Settlement Bill; further stages of the Commerce Amendment Bill the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Amendment Bill and the Maritime Powers Bill; and the third reading of the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill. Wednesday will be a members' day and the first general debate for the year will be held on that day.Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (National): Can I ask the Leader of the House is it the Government's intention given the worsening situation in the Ukraine to introduce autonomous sanctions legislation that would enable New Zealand to participate in any international sanctions should there be an aggressor action against the Ukraine?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House): The issue the member raises is a policy question for the relevant Minister not for me as Leader of the House.Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (National): Point of order. I can help the member. Can I seek leave for the Autonomous Sanctions Bill in my name to be set down on the Order Paper for consideration next sitting day?DEPUTY SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is objection.
Rurawhe AdrianTHURSDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2022The Deputy Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.KARAKIA/PRAYERSDEPUTY SPEAKER: E te Atua kaha rawa ka tuku whakamoemiti atu mātou mō ngā karakia kua waihotia mai ki runga i a mātou. Ka waiho i ō mātou pānga whaiaro katoa ki te taha. Ka mihi mātou ki te Kuīni me te inoi atu mō te ārahitanga i roto i ō mātou whakaaroarohanga kia mōhio ai kia whakaiti ai tā mātou whakahaere i ngā take o te Whare nei mō te oranga te maungārongo me te aroha o Aotearoa. Āmene. [Almighty God we give thanks for the blessings which have been bestowed on us. Laying aside all personal interests we acknowledge the Queen and pray for guidance in our deliberations that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom and humility for the welfare peace and compassion of New Zealand. Amen.]
Wednesday 16 February 2022 - Volume 757
Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill — In Committee—Clauses 1 and 2
VoteClause 1 agreed to.Clause 2 agreed to.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jenny Salesa): The question is that the Hon Julie Anne Genter's amendment to insert new clause 2A set out on Supplementary Order Paper 84 be agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question That the amendment be agreed to.Ayes 10Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 108New Zealand Labour 65; New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Amendment not agreed to.Bill to be reported with amendment.
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That clause 1 be agreed to.Ayes 75New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Clause 1 agreed to.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jenny Salesa): The question is that Simeon Brown's tabled amendment to clause 2 be agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question That the amendment be agreed to.Ayes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Noes 75New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Amendment not agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question That clause 2 be agreed to.Ayes 75New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Clause 2 agreed to.Bill to be reported with amendment.
Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill — In Committee—Clauses 1 and 2
VoteGLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth): I move That the question be now put.A party vote was called for on the question That the question be now put.Ayes 75New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jenny Salesa): The question is that the Minister's tabled amendment to clause 26 be agreed to. A party vote was called for on the question That the amendment be agreed to.Ayes 75New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Amendment agreed to.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Jenny Salesa): The question is that Part 2 as amended be agreed to. A party vote was called for on the question That Part 2 as amended be agreed to.Ayes 77New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Part 2 as amended agreed to.ScheduleCHAIRPERSON (Hon Jenny Salesa): The question is that the Schedule be agreed to. A party vote was called for on the question That the Schedule be agreed to.Ayes 77New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Schedule agreed to.
Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill — In Committee—Part 2
Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill — In Committee—Part 1
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That this House approve the following orders made under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020: COVID-19 Public Health Response (COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate) Order 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Air Border) Order (No 2) Amendment Order (No 14) 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 5) 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 6) 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Infringement Offences) Amendment Order 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Amendment Order 2021 COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 5) 2021 and COVID-19 Public Health Response (COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate) Amendment Order 2021.Ayes 108New Zealand Labour 65; New Zealand National 33; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 10ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to.Orders approved.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): I declare the House in committee for consideration of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill and the Commerce Amendment Bill.
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That all the words after That" be deleted and replaced with "this House has no confidence in this Government that returns to Wellington at the start of each year with yet more promises it has no intention of keeping and fails to deliver."Ayes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Noes 75New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Amendment not agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question That this House express its confidence in the Government and commend its programme for 2022 as set out in the Prime Minister's statement (Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern) and the amendment proposed to it.Ayes 75New Zealand Labour 65; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to."
11. Question No. 11—Internal AffairsSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote) to the Minister of Internal AffairsQuestion No. 11—Internal Affairs11. SHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote) to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What progress has she seen on the Government's investment in protecting New Zealand's heritage and archival documents?Hon JAN TINETTI (Minister of Internal Affairs): Recently I was incredibly privileged to take part in the turning-of-the-sod ceremony at the Aitken Street site to mark the commencement of the building of our new archives building. This is a significant milestone in the Government's Tāhuhu programme a once-in-a-lifetime project to create a national documentary heritage campus for Archives New Zealand the National Library and Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision. When we came to office it became clear that our archives building where some of our most prized taonga treasures and our national story are kept—it had been frankly neglected and was in a dire state needing repairs. Our archives building is at capacity and at the end of its economic life. Thanks to the funding allocated in Budget 2020 we are able to progress initial development of the project.Shanan Halbert: How will the new specialist buildings benefit New Zealanders?Hon JAN TINETTI: Archives New Zealand has never had a national purpose-built facility before. We can say with confidence that best-practice standards have been applied to this specialist building. This new building will provide a state-of-the-art archives repository and specialist facilities. It's our aspiration that staff and visitors will feel a sense of pride and a place when they walk through the doors knowing that our nation's taonga are being well cared for. The new building will be physically linked to the National Library creating a new public record and documentary heritage campus for all New Zealanders to access our stories taonga and heritage held on behalf of the nation by the three institutions. This is a substantial construction project that is expected to create around 500 construction jobs over the next three to four years and scheduled to be open to the New Zealand public in 2026.Shanan Halbert: How has the design of the buildings incorporated tangata whenua and Te Ao Māori world view?Hon JAN TINETTI: The design process for these buildings is an example of Te Tiriti and the strong Māori Crown relationships in practice. Taranaki Whānui Te Ati Awa representatives have worked in partnership to co-design this building with a Te Ao Māori world view connecting the building with the celebrated kāinga of Pipitea the ancestral home of hapū Taranaki Whānui Te Ati Awa. It is vital that these buildings are a true reflection of our history our tīpuna and our tangata whenua.