Fenton Darien: Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill — In Committee 
Fenton Darien: Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill — In Committee 
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DARIEN FENTON (Labour) 
: 
 It is a great pleasure to take a call on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I acknowledge the member in the chair David Bennett. I have sat in that chair and I will treat him as well as he treated me when I had my turn in that chair! I say to him: “Watch out!”. It will be very very interesting. In addressing clause 1 “Title” I congratulate the Hamilton City Council and join with my colleagues in saying thank goodness for councils like the Hamilton City Council. It was prepared to ensure that land that has been gifted by our forebears stays in public ownership as a recreational reserve for the use of the public and their families. As we have been hearing from other members if this land belonged to the National Government it would be up for sale before one could blink an eye. 
I am interested in a couple of things in the title clause. First of all I am not very familiar with Hamilton and I apologise to my Hamilton colleagues. I spend a lot of time driving through—[ 
Interruption 
] The sky always seems too low to me in Hamilton. I am interested in a couple of things. First of all I ask why Hamilton is called Hamilton. Why is Hamilton called Hamilton? 
Sue Moroney 
: Actually it is Kirikiriroa. 
DARIEN FENTON 
: Oh is it? OK perhaps one of my colleagues or the member in the chair could enlighten me about that. “Kilikiliora”? 
Sue Moroney 
: Kirikiriroa. 
DARIEN FENTON 
: OK so where did “Hamilton” come from? Why is it in the title clause why was that not considered and why has the Hamilton City Council not changed its name? It is a very very important question. 
I am also interested in the name “Parana”. My colleague Iain Lees-Galloway talked about the contribution from Trevor Mallard and I have to correct him because he said Parana was in Argentina and it is not. 
Iain Lees-Galloway 
: Uruguay? 
DARIEN FENTON 
: No it is in Brazil. It is Brazil. It is absolutely in Brazil. I am really interested to know where the name “Parana” came from. 
Iain Lees-Galloway 
: You looked that up didn’t you! 
DARIEN FENTON 
: I did look it up actually; I had to think of something to say. But I am genuinely interested in the name “Parana” and where it came from. I suppose it could have come from the name “George Parr” but I am not sure. “Parr-ana”—I am not sure whether that is its history so perhaps the member in the chair can enlighten me about the name “Parana” and what its history is. I have had a quick look over the history—it is very interesting. Parana Park has a very interesting history but I could not find anything that explained why it is called Parana Park let alone anything on why Hamilton is called Hamilton. 
Having driven through as I said I have not been to Parana Park but I understand that it is on the other side of the river. 
Sue Moroney 
: Yes. 
DARIEN FENTON 
: Across the river? 
Sue Moroney 
: Yes. 
DARIEN FENTON 
: It is a wonderful recreation reserve that is used for a variety of purposes and when we get on to later stages of the bill I will talk about what some of the submissions said about the historic nature of Parana Park. 
There have been suggestions about other names for the title. I did wonder whether the member in the chair could explain why in a title like this brackets have been put around the words “Parana Park”. I ask whether this is a normal thing to do in legislation. Is this a design thing for legislation or could it just be there without the brackets and would it make any difference? I would be interested in hearing an answer to that question as well. 
As I said this is a very important bill and I am very pleased to be able to make a contribution on it. I am really pleased to be able to talk about something a little bit positive in the House. It has been a harrowing couple of weeks for members of this House and I acknowledge the colleagues who live in Christchurch and all the people who are suffering at the moment. Of course our thoughts are with them and we will work together to rebuild Christchurch; we are all in this together. It is quite good to be able to talk about something like Parana Park where children can go and play where there can be picnics and where there are from what I have seen in the pictures beautiful trees and—is it native trees as well and gardens? 
Hon Member 
: A bit of both. 
DARIEN FENTON 
: A bit of everything. I would also welcome an invitation from my colleagues in Hamilton to Parana Park.