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Fox Marama: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFox Marama: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 09 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9514. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]8.MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party) to the Minister of Health: Following the recent release of the rheumatic fever statistics what steps is he taking to address the rate of rheumatic fever amongst whanau living in overcrowded housing conditions?Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Minister of Health): This Government with support from the Māori Party has invested $65 million in the Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme over the last 6 years. A feature of the programme is Healthy Homes services working in all 11 high-incidence district health board regions and it is making good progress delivering a range of different interventions to families. We are now seeing real results with rheumatic fever rates for Māori down 54 percent since 2012. I would like to acknowledge the work and support of the Māori Party in championing this cause.Marama Fox: Given the prevalence of rheumatic fever amongst whānau living in overcrowded substandard homes what is the Minister doing with his colleague the Minister for Building and Housing to build larger warmer safer homes to further reduce the rates of rheumatic fever?Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: Ministers are working together on these important issues including the housing Ministers and they are best placed to answer questions relating directly to the building of houses. The Healthy Homes services have a number of initiatives to reduce overcrowding and make houses warmer and safer.Marama Fox: What further specific measures will the Minister take to ensure the 75 percent reduction by 2017 identified in the Māori Party initiative in 2013 is achieved?Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: We will continue with the initiatives that are delivering success: the 300 drop-in clinics the 200 school-based services and the national awareness campaigns to name but three of them.
O'Connor Simon: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeO'Connor Simon: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 09 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9512. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]6.SIMON O’CONNOR (National—Tāmaki) to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that rheumatic fever rates have dropped 45 percent since 2012?Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Minister of Health): Yes and it is encouraging to see this latest significant drop in the rates which continues progress towards the Better Public Services target of reducing rheumatic fever rates by two-thirds by the end of June 2017. This shows that the Government’s $65 million investment to prevent rheumatic fever is making a real difference to the children families and communities most at risk.Simon O’Connor: What progress has been made in reducing rheumatic fever rates in Māori and Pasifika communities?Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: Rates for Māori have more than halved since 2012 down 54 percent. There has also been a drop of 27 percent for Pacific people. More than half the national reduction was in the Northland District Health Board and the Counties Manukau District Health Board. Part of the success can be attributed to the Pacific engagement service which has engaged with more than 39000 Auckland and Wellington Pacific families through home visits and community events to raise awareness of rheumatic fever and what can be done to prevent it. However there is still much left to do.Simon O’Connor: What initiatives has the Government put in place to tackle rheumatic fever?Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: Healthy homes initiatives in all high-incidence areas are offering packages of housing-related interventions to more than 3000 families each year. There are over 300 drop-in clinics and more than 40000 high-risk young people have accessed these sore throat drop-in services. Children are also being assessed and treated for sore throats through school-based services in 200 North Island schools. There is also a national rheumatic fever awareness campaign aimed at young people as well as the parents and caregivers of children and young people most at risk.
Parmar Parmjeet: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeParmar Parmjeet: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 09 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9508. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]3.Dr PARMJEET PARMAR (National) to the Minister of Finance: What steps is the Government taking to support resilience and growth in the New Zealand economy?Hon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance): A range of steps. We can have some confidence in the economy’s ability to manage through future uncertainty. For instance the Government is supporting directly innovation through investment in research such as the $170 million Primary Growth Partnership where primary production industry contributes and we work together to create new products and increase on-farm activity. Despite the fall in dairy prices the outlook for the economy is for continuing moderate growth of 2 percent to 2.5 percent which compares well with most other countries.Dr Parmjeet Parmar: How is the ongoing expansion in manufacturing helping to support economic growth?Hon BILL ENGLISH: Earlier this week Statistics New Zealand released its survey of manufacturing for the December 2015 quarter. It shows manufacturing volumes up by 1.3 percent in the quarter and up by 5.1 percent in the year to December. The value of manufacturing was flat over the same period reflecting in part the fall in dairy prices. This is consistent with the performance of manufacturing index which has now been expanding for 40 consecutive quarters. Recent indicators also show increasing manufacturing employment. Overall this suggests that despite difficulties in the dairy sector the economy is continuing to grow moderately and is rebalancing.Dr Parmjeet Parmar: What are some of the consequences for the wider economy from the downturn in dairy prices?Hon BILL ENGLISH: In the first place there are consequences for the farming operators and farming families themselves because some of them certainly will come under considerable pressure if they have a combination of high debt and high production costs or in some cases investors who are not as committed as they were before. There is no doubt though that the industry is capable of adjusting and that it will work constructively with the banks which continue to be supportive. The Government has long-term confidence in the outlook for the dairy industry.Dr Parmjeet Parmar: How will increased access to international markets alongside new initiatives by the Government support the dairy industry as well as build resilience and diversity in the economy?Hon BILL ENGLISH: This next period is going to be one where the dairy industry will be looking for support where the Government can provide it. We will certainly be supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) because one of the principal—in fact the biggest beneficiary of the TPP—is the dairy industry. We would expect the support of the whole Parliament because it is the single biggest thing this Parliament can do to support particularly those regions that will be hardest hit by the downturn in dairy prices.
Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to MinisterText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeAmended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 3 to Minister[Sitting date: 09 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9519. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Amended Answers to Oral QuestionsQuestion No. 3 to MinisterHon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance): I just want to correct an answer.Mr SPEAKER: You need to seek leave to do sothen.Hon BILL ENGLISH: I seek leave to correct an answer.Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is no objection.Hon BILL ENGLISH: In answer to a supplementary question on question No. 3 I said that the performance of manufacturing index had been positive for 40 consecutive quarters. It was actually 40 consecutive months.Mr SPEAKER: I thank the member.
Voting — Correction—Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) BillText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVoting — Correction—Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) Bill[Sitting date: 09 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9519. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]VotingCorrection—Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) BillMr SPEAKER: On 3 March when the House was considering the Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) Bill the result of the vote on the question that the bill be now read a first time was incorrectly recorded as Ayes 63 Noes 57. The correct result is Ayes 63 Noes 58.
Mallard Trevor: Environmental Protection Authority (Protection of Environment) Amendment Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Environmental Protection Authority (Protection of Environment) Amendment Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9365. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Before I call Denis O’Rourke—and I will—I am going to issue a warning to the House. There is one section of the departmental report that has now been read out four times. If anyone else reads that section out again their speech will be terminated for tedious repetition.
Mallard Trevor: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9351. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Tim Macindoe—in reply.
O'Rourke Denis: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeO'Rourke Denis: Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9348. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DENIS O’ROURKE (NZ First): This bill could hardly be simpler or more straightforward or in fact more sensible. The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind as we all know and as many people have said in the House this evening does wonderful work in the community and has widespread support throughout New Zealand. It has become an independent incorporated society under the Incorporated Societies Act so it no longer needs a special Act of Parliament. The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act 2002 is therefore redundant and it is sensible to repeal it.We in New Zealand First wish the foundation well in its important work. It is good to see it flourishing and succeeding in that work. For all those reasons New Zealand First will be very happy to support the bill.
Bennett David: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBennett David: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9340. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): Unfortunately I do not have any link to any whakapapa in the Wairarapa so I cannot take any credit for being part of the education success that this trust has been able to engage in. But we do have a Catholic heritage which is quite similar I guess to the Green Party when they mentioned that they thought that there was a Catholic not an Anglican basis to it.From an outsider’s perspective education is crucial and any opportunity to give our young people an education is something that we should celebrate and make as successful as possible. When you have got a community that is willing to be so forward thinking as to donate land to build a school and then not actually have that happen but uses that money over generations to have other people from a similar background get that opportunity for education then this House should stand by and do all it can to assist that trust in making sure that it achieves its purposes. I presume we have got some members of the trust who might be watching or are here tonight. We welcome you we acknowledge the great work that you do and we wish that it carries on.The nature of the political process is that sometimes these kinds of bills do need to come before Parliament to enable the trust to achieve its purposes and we have to make some changes in that way. This bill basically gives flexibility to the trust to be able to achieve its purposes in a more modern environment where there will be choices in education and not limited to one religious background—for example the Anglican Church where those scholarships would be delivered.I think that we need to congratulate all members of the House who have spoken here today. I think there has been a lot of support and willingness to work together. I think everybody takes on board the wishes to involve the local members and to make sure that the understanding and desires that they have are incorporated through that process as well. I look forward to our Parliament working together in this area to ensure that we can give the best solution for the trust and for the education of students going forward who will benefit from this trust.So it is my great pleasure to support my colleague Alastair Scott and to support other members of the House who have an interest in this bill and to wish the trust all the best. Hopefully we will see many more politicians come through who gain an education and an opportunity provided by a trust like this and they take on the leadership and deliver even greater and better results for their communities in the future. Thank you.
Hayes Joanne: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9336. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOANNE HAYES (National):Tēnā koe. Ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou ngā kaumātua o Wairarapa o Te Papawai me te Kaikokirikiri Trust;tēnā koutou tēnā koutou nau mai.[Thank you. A huge acknowledgment to you the Wairarapa elders of the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trust; greetings salutations and welcome.]I am pleased to stand to take a brief call on the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill. As my colleague and sponsor of the bill Alastair Scott has said this bill is a form of updating. It is updating the ability and the flexibility for the board to be able to make some decisions around managing the trust with its educational purposes and the land and what they do with it.Members of the Māori Affairs Committee are looking forward to having this bill there. We currently have been having a look at and reviewing the Māori Education Trust and so with this bill coming to us I think that we will have a good opportunity to look in be able to receive submissions and hear what everybody has to say about the changes that have been proposed in amendments in this bill.One of the things that I am quite interested in which I talked about with Marama Fox—and I am going to steal a little bit of her thunder. I read an article that she has just been writing around Wairarapa. One of things that she mentioned in there was the Papawai Marae and the pou on the marae and that all but one of them actually face in. When I said to her “What does that mean Marama?” she said that it is a symbol of looking into themselves and making sure that they themselves are well and doing well. Then they have one pou that stands out to protect the area. Papawai Marae is very historical in terms of being the first Māori Parliament for the country. I think it is one of those eras that we as Māori MPs should never forget—if we already have not remembered that. We should never ever forget that.I too want to acknowledge the number of Māori MPs—exactly what Metiria Turei talked about—who whakapapa to Papawai. She said that there is something about it it has got to be in the water—but no it is about genes. It is about whakapapa and that is what makes it such a historic occasion really to have representation in this House from across all the parties except for ACT and United Future that have MPs here.Without any further ado I note that there is a long way to go on this bill and I do want to save some of the more savoury moments. I know that the member Meka Whaitiri mentioned about having that kōrero with my colleague and that kōrero will carry on. It will happen because that is the way that it is. Without any further ado I stand to support the first reading and support this bill through to its conclusion. Kia ora.
Mallard Trevor: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9335. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): I am just checking with the member. She is seeking leave to adjourn 30 seconds early for the dinner break.Metiria Turei: 30 seconds early. It seems reasonable.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Is there any objection to that? There appears to be no objection. I will leave the Chair for kai time and someone will resume it at 7.30 p.m.Sitting suspended from 5.59 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Turei Metiria: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTurei Metiria: Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9335. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]METIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader—Green): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. It is 1 minute to 6 so I would suggest that perhaps the House could rise for the dinner break now by leave and we return to this bill afterwards.
Tisch Lindsay: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: General Debate[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9312. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): It is. [Interruption] Order! To call someone a hypocrite is definitely out of order and that has been ruled on constantly. The point that the member made—and I listened very carefully to what the member was saying—was in order otherwise I would have brought it to the attention of the House at that stage or if some other member had thought that it was out of order and unparliamentary they could have raised it at the time. But I ruled that it was in order and that was the end of the matter.Carmel Sepuloni: Speaking to the point—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): No. No I have ruled. That is the end of the matter.Carmel Sepuloni: —I just want clarity.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I have given you clarity. It was in order. The word “hypocrite” is out of order and that is what has been ruled in.Carmel Sepuloni: But “hypocritical” is in order?The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): In the context in which it was said it was in order.
Sepuloni Carmel: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSepuloni Carmel: General Debate[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9312. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CARMEL SEPULONI (Junior Whip—Labour): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Just seeking your advice Mr Assistant Speaker and referring to something—[Interruption]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Order! We are dealing with a point of order.CARMEL SEPULONI: —that the previous MP just mentioned. In the past we have been told that calling someone a hypocrite is out of order.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): It is.CARMEL SEPULONI: Is it in order to say that someone’s behaviour or actions are hypocritical?
Tisch Lindsay: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: General Debate[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9311. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I am sorry to interrupt the honourable member. His time has expired.
Carter David: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: General Debate[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9300. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: The member’s time has expired.
Delahunty Catherine: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDelahunty Catherine: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9293. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Green): Does he agree with his Government that it is unrealistic for New Zealand’s rivers—Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! Can I just ask the member to start again. There are a couple of quite important words that she has missed out as she has read the question.CATHERINE DELAHUNTY: OK. I have got a blocked ear and I cannot hear very well.Mr SPEAKER: Just read the question again please.
Ngaro Alfred: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeNgaro Alfred: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9292. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]8.ALFRED NGARO (National) to the Minister for Social Housing: What announcements has she made about increasing emergency housing places in Auckland?Hon PAULA BENNETT (Minister for Social Housing): Today I announced that the Government has signed a contract with Emerge Aotearoa a community housing organisation that will provide 30 new emergency housing places in Auckland that will be able to house at least an extra 120 people each year. The service will be in place well before winter with 17 of the new places available from mid-March and the other 13 available in May. The Government has put $2 million towards the project with Auckland Council contributing a further $500000.Alfred Ngaro: What will Emerge do to ensure that people have the support to move to housing independence?Hon PAULA BENNETT: As we know homelessness is a complex issue and a vital part of the service that Emerge will provide and that we have contracted for will be linking people up to other social services like addiction counselling and education or training. It will also develop a plan to help people move into sustainable housing and it will continue to provide them with social support so that they can sustain their independence. While in emergency housing tenants will pay 25 percent of their income to Emerge to get them used to paying regular rent.Alfred Ngaro: What else is the Government doing to ensure emergency housing is available to those who need it?Hon PAULA BENNETT: The new places in Auckland come on top of our contracts with VisionWest Community Trust and Comcare Trust to provide emergency housing in Christchurch. The Christchurch service has already helped 112 households 81 of which are now in sustainable accommodation. It is great to be able to roll out a similar model in Auckland. Decisions on a more sustainable long-term emergency housing funding model will be made in the first half of 2016.Darroch Ball: Why was the land at Hobsonville Point not used for State or emergency housing when it was illegally transferred under the Public Works Act specifically for State housing purposes?Hon PAULA BENNETT: I do not know.Darroch Ball: What exactly is the Minister’s definition of “State housing purposes” and where is this definition derived from given that the National Government has made it clear in all of its official documentation that Hobsonville Point was to be used for State housing purposes?Hon PAULA BENNETT: My own opinion of what that means is irrelevant; it is the legal one that counts. There is a legal definition under the Public Works Act as to what those State housing purposes are—and actually under the Residential Tenancies Act I think that has it as well.
Lee Melissa: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLee Melissa: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9290. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]6.MELISSA LEE (National) to the Minister for Tertiary Education Skills and Employment: What progress is being made to train more of the skilled graduates needed by New Zealand’s growing ICT industry?Hon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister for Tertiary Education Skills and Employment): Last week I opened the Auckland ICT graduate school at Auckland University—it is a collaboration between the University of Auckland and Waikato—which will develop postgraduate students with the skills that the fast-growing ICT industry needs. The school is part of the Government’s $28.6 million commitment over 4 years to establish three ICT graduate schools around the country which when they are fully established are expected to train more than 350 additional students annually in 1-year graduate and postgraduate courses.Melissa Lee: How will the schools meet the specific needs of the ICT industry?Hon STEVEN JOYCE: The schools are designed to deliver industry-focused education by having close links with the industry drawing on the expertise from companies in the sector and from a number of ICT specialities. This benefits the companies by training graduates with work-relevant and business-focused skills providing more direct pathways from education into jobs and helping grow New Zealand’s overall ICT talent. Students get a real world view and the opportunity to build connections with the industry while they are studying.Melissa Lee: Why is there a need for the ICT graduate school?Hon STEVEN JOYCE: The most recent ICT sector report shows that our IT services and software industry is still rapidly growing. The number of people employed in the sector was up 2800 in just one year. Exports from the sector have also grown to nearly a billion dollars in 2014 and the compound annual growth rate is around 14 percent. The sector needs skilled staff to maintain growth while the number of ICT graduates per year at Bachelor’s level or higher has been rising by over 400 since 2010. These schools will help deliver more graduates more quickly to help continued growth in the sector.
Carter David: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9287. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Order! Would the member start again without the interruptions coming from my right-hand side.
Robertson Grant: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRobertson Grant: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 02 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9287. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]GRANT ROBERTSON (Labour—Wellington Central): My question is to the Minister of Revenue. When was he first advised that employers owed $29.3 million—[Interruption]
Vote: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9187. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the question That the Housing Amendment Bill the Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) and the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time.Ayes 63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes 56New Zealand Labour 30; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 12.Bills read a third time.
Mathers Mojo: Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMathers Mojo: Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9194. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MOJO MATHERS (Green): It is my pleasure to take a call on the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill and I wish to start as others have done by acknowledging the immense destructiveness of the Canterbury earthquakes nearly 5 years ago which caused such a huge loss of life. I also note that last week’s significant aftershock was both an unwanted reminder of the trauma of the original earthquakes and a very timely prompt of the importance and urgency of getting on with strengthening our buildings across the country. We are now pleased to be voting in support of this bill. The bill is a testament to the value of good process genuine collaboration and cross-party cooperation and I am pleased to have been involved in that process. I believe that this bill is a better bill because of it. It is a more workable bill that will get better results as a consequence of the decisionstaken. Thank you.Debate interrupted.
Tisch Lindsay: Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9194. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. I am calling Mojo Mathers—5 minutes.
Foster-Bell Paul: Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFoster-Bell Paul: Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9193. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PAUL FOSTER-BELL (National): Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā Tuarua. Tēnā koutou katoa e ngā mema o Te Whare. I think in the light of the cross-party support—in fact the universal support—in this House for this piece of legislation I will not add too much to what has already been said other than to perhaps add my voice to the congratulations to the Minister for Building and Housing the Hon Nick Smith who has arrived at a very practical and sensible and pragmatic solution that successfully balances the need to maintain the safety of the citizens of this wonderful Realm of New Zealand against the costs that can come with earthquake strengthening.I particularly welcome the assignment of different time frames for strengthening to the different areas based on risk. We here in the capital—and we need to bear in mind that Wellington is the second-most seismically active capital in the world—have the shortest period of time to reinforce our buildings. That will impose some pressures particularly on inner-city apartment owners who have made representations to me. But I am certain that measures such as the prioritisation of buildings that lie on essential routes to the airport for instance or to hospitals—prioritising those buildings for strengthening is important. It may well save lives. It may save lives even during the lifespan of members of this House. It is an important measure. It is very sensible. I think also that exclusions for farm buildings wharves monuments and war memorials—those buildings that are not regularly and frequently inhabited—are very sensible. For this reason and for the others that have been mentioned by members I commend this bill to the House.
Hayes Joanne: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9186. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOANNE HAYES (National): I stand to be the last speaker on this absolutely wonderful legislation. I just want to say—what Marama Fox talked about was opportunities for Māori. I also heard that in Christchurch East. I was asked to go and visit the rūnunga there Te Rūnanga o ngā Mātā Waka. They saw opportunities for their whanau to be able to participate in social housing in the Christchurch East electorate.This is great legislation. I have been sitting here listening to some of the twaddle from the Opposition benches and to be honest I am really quite surprised about the whole kōrero that comes across from those benches. It has nothing—absolutely nothing—to do with the great work that we have been doing in reforming social housing in this country because it needed to be done. It needed to be done. Housing New Zealand Corporation with all the work it was not doing was something that needed to be addressed and so we have come in and we are addressing that system. The people within the families who will be accessing social housing in the various cities are getting better homes—homes that are designed so that they can actually have two bedrooms three bedrooms or whatever is necessary for their families and the growth of their families.Of course we are going to need more houses. This is a country where the population is growing. Have we not stood here in this Chamber many times and heard about how many people are actually coming into New Zealand? With the new people who are coming in from Syria—the people whom we are taking in—they are going to need housing as well. Of course we are going to need housing. It is going to be one of those things that is going to be ongoing for this country and this National-led Government is addressing every area that it can in the Budget within the constraints of our economic growth.This is great legislation—this is great legislation. It is led by a great Minister Minister Paula Bennett and also Minister Nick Smith as well who is in there behind it. I am proud to stand here and commend this legislation to the House. Thank you.
Tisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9186. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I am sorry. The member’s time has expired.
Tisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9185. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Jenny Salesa—5 minutes.
Tisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9184. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. Meka Whaitiri—5 minutes.
Smith Stuart: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSmith Stuart: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9184. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]STUART SMITH (National—Kaikōura): We heard one of the previous speakers saying that this legislation defines what the National Party and the National Government stand for and I totally agree. It does. It is right in the name of the original bill—“Reform”. It is about social housing reform and the speaker whom I have just followed Marama Fox also said it is about choice. I totally agree that it is about choice. But it is making change.When you reform you make change and there are some people particularly the more conservative who do not like change. It is difficult for them to accept. I understand that and although I have empathy with that view we cannot stay where we are doing the same old things all the time or we will get the same results.We have heard lots of speakers say today that Housing New Zealand houses are not up to scratch. Well that is right—in some cases they are not. That is what this is about: dealing with it. This is about getting out there and getting other choices and what will come with other choices will be innovation. What this legislation is about is putting what is important at the centre and what is that? The people who need social housing. It is not about the people who own the houses; it is about the people who need the houses. On that note it is with great pleasure that I commend this legislation to the House. Thank you.
Tisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9183. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Marama Fox—5 minutes.
Tisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9182. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. Metiria Turei—5 minutes.
Parmar Parmjeet: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeParmar Parmjeet: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9181. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Dr PARMJEET PARMAR (National): I am taking a short call to support the legislation arising out of the Social Housing Reform (Transaction Mandate) Bill at its third reading. Just like the previous contributor what I have seen is that the members from the Opposition are accusing this Government of selling State houses. What they have done is they have just picked one component of this legislation the component that suits their politics.But New Zealanders can see through that. New Zealanders have already worked that out. They are not going to be drawn into their argument about State house ownership. This is going to backfire on them—it is definitely going to backfire on them. This legislation is about housing people in a timely manner.I have come across many cases where people are really desperate to get into social housing. Actually very quickly I would like to describe a case. This couple—a wife and husband team—are both in advancing years. The husband is suffering from Huntington’s disease. The disease has advanced to the stage where the symptoms are quite visible. He is not able to look after himself properly; his communication is already affected. There is a wide spectrum of signs and symptoms already visible. The wife works full-time. They are renting a house. The wife knows that she will not be able to continue in her job because she will be required at home to look after her husband full-time. This wife and husband team desperately need to get into a social house. They do not care whether their social house is owned by Housing New Zealand or by a community housing provider. All they need is a proper house a proper social house.There are people with ongoing needs and we should be able to support them. By providing a proper house in a timely manner we are providing them with the opportunity to live with dignity. We all agree that we need more social housing. We need quality houses. We need houses of the right configuration and we need houses in the right places. That is why this legislation is important. I support this legislation and commend it to the House. Thank you.
Naylor Jono: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeNaylor Jono: Housing Amendment Bill Housing Corporation (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (No 2) Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Social Housing Reform) Amendment Bill (NO 2) — Third Readings[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9177. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JONO NAYLOR (National): I think over the last 3 days as we have been through the second reading and the Committee stage and are now into the final reading that this subject has been well debated. As I have been listening through the debates that we have had I am little bit disappointed that the Opposition parties just want to talk about the way things have always been. They are not interested in being innovative. They are not interested in actually providing a better service for people. They just want to do what we have always done and hope that it somehow does the right thing.Government MPs have had a number of accusations levelled at them over the last few days. The first one—and we have just heard it again from Ms Sepuloni—is that we are being ideological. Well actually the ideology has come from the other side of the room. There has been an accusation that we say the Government has no role to play in social housing. No one has said that the Government should not have a role in social housing. In fact with what we hear from the other side you would think that the Government members would be the only people who should be involved in social housing.There is some simple maths that could be done and if the Opposition members are prepared to engage in that I will just simplify it for them a little bit. At the moment there is a certain number of social houses in New Zealand. If the Government was to sell some of those houses to other people who use them for social housing the amount of housing stock that we would have for the use of people who need it would remain exactly the same. If however the Government then uses the capital that it has received from the sale of some of those houses to buy some more and improve its housing stock guess what—guess what? New Zealand ends up with more social housing.The policy of this Government is to increase the number from 62000 to 65000. We think that we can have better wraparound services. This Government is committed to good practice. Good practice does not put ideology or sticking to old ways at the forefront.This puts the people who need social housing the most at the centre of what we are proposing. This is good legislation. It will make social housing in New Zealand more flexible and more responsible so that it will better serve the needs of those people in New Zealand who need it.
Reti Shane: Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeReti Shane: Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9171. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Dr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): It is a pleasure to take the final call on this bill. This bill implements the settlement agreement between the Crown district health boards service providers and support workers. This is a very important bill. The home and community support workforce is a workforce of 20000 people servicing and serving roughly 40000 clients.In the next few weeks as part of the agreement the second stage of the reimbursement formula will kick in—as of March. It is a formula that looks at time and the cost of travel. Time will be assessed as the minimum hourly wage times the qualifying time with the qualifying time being 8 minutes and 30 seconds times the number of visits. The cost of travel will start at 50c times the qualifying distance. The qualifying distance is 3.7 kilometres times the number of visits. This bill goes some way to valuing the efforts of our home and community support sector. It does so by pay recognition a formula that fundamentally measures time and distance.I want to recognise what the sector does that is also valuable but cannot be measured by time and distance and it will probably actually never be well measured in a formula of this kind: a smile a warm touch and human contact. These are all very important. They are not in the formula but it is our belief they are just as important and it is our hope that pay recognition goes some way to acknowledging this important sector and the invaluable work that it does. With that I commend this bill to the House.Bill read a third time.
Simpson Scott: Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSimpson Scott: Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 18 February 2016. Volume:711;Page:9169. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): As a member of the Health Committee it gives me enormous pleasure to rise in support in this third reading debate on the Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Bill. As others have already indicated during this debate and in previous debates this is a bill that was given priority through the Health Committee. I am delighted to report that the select committee members worked collegially to bring an outcome back to the House in a timely fashion so that the bill could be given its third reading early in this parliamentary year.It is a very good bill. I know that the home-care and health workers in my electorate of Coromandel will be looking forward to its implementation. I commend it to the House.