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Mallard TrevorMr SPEAKER-ELECT: In response I just want to thank all members who have spoken for their very kind comments and in particular the Prime Minister and the father of the House for the comments that they have made.I will as I indicated before keep my door open. I will try and explain my rulings to people and I hope that some of the tenor of this debate can flow through. I have of course always been an optimist.The House adjourned at 12.27 p.m.
Seymour DavidDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Mr Speaker-Elect I rise on behalf of the ACT Party to congratulate you on your election to the role of Speaker. I believe there's no greater honour in this venerable institution. Indeed you've become a custodian of an institution that evolves over time with each Speaker making their own addition.I was very pleased to hear in your speech that you are here to uphold freedom of speech and as you know very well from your long experience the Standing Orders require that you uphold the freedom of speech of all parties including minorities which in this Parliament appears to be me.Mr Speaker-Elect I was very pleased to hear that you seek to uphold not only freedom of speech but also the principle that while the office of Speaker may be powerful its real effectiveness comes from the respect gained by the person in it through their actions. I certainly look forward to helping you earn that respect in a cooperative Parliament over the next three years and I thank you again and congratulate you Mr Speaker-Elect. Thank you.
Shaw JamesHon JAMES SHAW (Leader—Green): Tēnā koe. Mr Speaker-Elect I would also like to congratulate you on behalf of the Green Party on your appointment and election as the Speaker of the House. I think you are absolutely right in your choice not to be dragged. It is a great pleasure to see you take a role that clearly you are well suited to and one that you have had your eye on for quite some time. It is such a pleasure to be able to see you take that role.We were very pleased to hear that you are seriously considering reforms to the way the Parliament operates. In my own career I used to be a change management consultant and one of the things that we used to say of course is that if you wanted to look at the quality of a decision generally that is a result of the quality of the process by which you make that decision and in my view if you wanted good quality decisions about the future of the country you wouldn't necessarily design Parliament in the way it is currently designed. So I just want to encourage you in that endeavour of looking at what are the ways that we can improve our democratic processes.We have some trepidation about you taking the Chair and also some excitement because you come with a reputation for being quite a stickler shall we say for good process. Of course now that we are on this side of the House we anticipate being held to the very highest of standards and of course because we are democrats we really support that as well.You are of course a true Labour person and we know that those values flow through your veins but above that you are also—much more than that actually—a real believer in democracy and that is apparent in your every word and deed. So we are really excited about the opportunity to work with you and very excited about the opportunity that you have just presented of making this place more family-friendly as well. So congratulations Mr Speaker-Elect.
Mark RonHon RON MARK (Deputy Leader—NZ First): Thank you Mr Speaker-Elect. On behalf of New Zealand First it is my pleasure to rise and to congratulate you on your appointment and to trust ourselves to your stewardship over the next three years. We welcome your expression of confidence that this House may become more child- and family-friendly and your acknowledgment that choosing to serve our nation as a member of Parliament can bring challenges for the members themselves and of course very often very much for their families. I just want to acknowledge and compliment you sir on those words.I wish to recognise your vast experience over 30 years and acknowledge that you and I do have some things in common other than playing parliamentary rugby: being ejected from this House on the odd occasion and I do recall you giving me some advice on one of those occasions as an assistant whip and I very much appreciate that. I know from the amount of times that you have stepped forward to give junior members your advice that it has been well received and appreciated and likewise there are some of us who have more experience who have been the beneficiaries of your advice and long may that continue. Can we wish you well and I guess the last message from my team in New Zealand First I would have is that right now the term poacher turned gamekeeper" is very firmly in my mind and we should all be aware that there is no gamekeeper more effective than one who has been a poacher."
English BillRt Hon BILL ENGLISH (Leader of the Opposition): Mr Speaker-Elect I believe you are actually the Speaker—we have elected you but we've got to present you to the Governor-General. The Prime Minister has outlined your personal background: your service as an MP and in this House. For 27 of those 33 years I have been here—well 24 of them because you were out for a wee while—and it will be interesting to see how you reflect on the robustness of your own debating and procedural style in this House. I would have to say that over that time you would certainly be in the top 10 greatest hits of parliamentary performers in a whole lot of different ways.Of course in recent years you've reinvented yourself as much a parliamentarian as a partisan and that's why we supported you and did not contest with another nomination. Just in the last year or so you've made a number of remarks that have indicated your real interest in making Parliament more effective and more balanced in the way that it deals with the executive. I suspect that when you made those remarks you didn't quite anticipate the situation that has arisen from this election and that is the largest Opposition numbers ever actually in the Parliament and the opportunity for very much a balancing act in the select committees in dealing with the executive's legislation.Mr Speaker-Elect we look forward also to the wisdom that you've earned through all that time. There's no doubt that your extensive political engagement and actually your long-term habit of engaging across party lines with people in social and sporting as well as combative ways is going to serve you well in the Chair. So Mr Speaker-Elect we welcome you to the Chair. As the Prime Minister has said this is a Parliament of many firsts and that is going to put you in a unique position to fashion greater respect for Parliament and that greater respect for it will come from the level of scrutiny balance and effectiveness in holding the Government to account. We look forward to your assistance in that respect.
Ardern JacindaRt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister): Mr Speaker-Elect can I start by acknowledging that good things take time. And I also want to start by acknowledging that all members of this House are here at the good will of the public of New Zealand. We are here to work on their behalf in the best interests of all New Zealanders and you will see this side of the House maintain that spirit in the way that we work inside this House. And I hope it is a spirit that you will see maintained by the Opposition.Congratulations Mr Speaker-Elect. This parliamentary term is full of firsts and can I say you are no exception as the first Speaker who is a MAMIL"—a middle-aged man in lycra. I know that you love cycling; I know that you love whisky. Your cycling experience will help you I'm sure as Speaker. You know how to keep the pace high how to use the brakes sparingly and how to never back-pedal. As for the whisky it doesn't require a metaphor; it just requires moderation.Mr Speaker-Elect you came into Parliament in 1984—a year for big hair present company included. You served the community of Hamilton and then you served the community of the Hutt with enormous pride. You were and always will be community minded and I know you will bring that approach to the unique community of A-type personalities that is the New Zealand Parliament. You bring with you enormous experience. You have been a whip a Minister Opposition member Leader of the House and Assistant Speaker—in fact there are only a handful of jobs in this place that you haven't done and this one here was taken. Regardless of the role across your 30 years of service you have brought thoughtfulness you have brought passion and you have brought a firm but fair hand—traits that I know you will continue in this role that you hold now.Finally I want to acknowledge that alongside your dedication to this place to the New Zealand Parliament you also bring a dedication to your family. I acknowledge Jane; your children Will Hannah and Beth; and of course your beloved grandchildren. I know you are proud of them and I know they are immensely proud of you. For the service you are about to give and in hopeful anticipation of your forgiveness of me in this place personally I thank you and wish you well Mr Speaker-Elect on behalf of the Government and its support parties."
Bridges Simon; Dyson Ruth; Brownlee Gerry; Rurawhe AdrianELECTION OF SPEAKERThe CLERK: Honourable members the House must now choose a Speaker. Are there nominations?Hon SIMON BRIDGES (National—Tauranga): I raise a point of order Mr Clerk. The question is whether if someone isn't sworn in as a member they vote or are able to be here for the purposes of the vote. My submission to you is they don't.The CLERK: If there is a member present who hasn't yet sworn the oath they can do so now. Otherwise anyone who hasn't sworn the oath will be unable to vote for the Speaker. Are there any members present who haven't been sworn in? I'll just ask again: are there any members who haven't been sworn in?Hon RUTH DYSON (Senior Whip—Labour): I nominate the Hon Trevor Mallard as Speaker of the House.Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (National—Ilam): I raise a point of order Mr Clerk. I wonder if you might forestall things for a few moments while a little bit of organisation takes place. If that is not to be the case then clearly we'd proceed with perhaps a different result than anticipated.The CLERK: Well if there's a member who's not yet been sworn in I'm happy to wait a moment while that's organised and then do it but otherwise we should proceed. [Pause in proceedings] Are members now ready to proceed with the election of Speaker?Hon Member: We were always ready.The CLERK: All right. The House—[Interruption] Order! [Interruption] Order! The House must now choose a Speaker. Are there nominations?Hon RUTH DYSON (Senior Whip—Labour): I'll again nominate the Hon Trevor Mallard as Speaker of the House.ADRIAN RURAWHE (Junior Whip—Labour): Ā māku e tautoko te mōtini kia tū Te Hōnore Trevor Mallard hei Māngai o Te Whare Pāremata nei.[And so I endorse the motion that the Hon Trevor Mallard stand as Speaker of this House.]The CLERK: Are there any other nominations? There being no other nominations I declare the Hon Trevor Mallard elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives.[Applause]
SpeechMEMBERS SWORNDavid Martin Wilson Clerk of the House of Representatives having laid on the Table the lists received from the Chief Electoral Officer of the names of members returned to serve in the present Parliament administered the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to the following members which being done they took their seats in the House: Amy Juliet Adams Kiri Lyndsay Allan Virginia Ruby Andersen Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Darroch Leicester Ball Margaret Mary Barry Andrew Bayly David Allister Bennet Paula Lee Bennett Christopher Bishop Simon Joseph Bridges Simeon Peter Brown Gerard Anthony Brownlee David Scott Clark Angela Maree Clark Tamati Gerald Coffey Jonathan Coleman Judith Anne Collins Elizabeth Dorothy Craig Clare Elizabeth Curran Marama Mere-Ana Davidson Kelvin Davis Jacqueline Isobel Dean Matthew Maurice Doocey Sarah Maree Dowie Ruth Suzanne Dyson Tahere Paul Eagle Simon William English Kristopher Faafoi Andrew Hamilton Falloon Christopher Francis Finlayson Julie Anne Genter Golriz Ghahraman Paul Goldsmith Allen Nathan Guy Joanne Kowhai Hayes Peeni Ereatara Gladwyn Henare Harete Makere Hipango Christopher John Hipkins Brett John Hudson Raymond Huo William Wakatere Jackson Shane Geoffrey Jones Steven Leonard Joyce Anahila Lose Kanongata'a-Suisuiki Nicola Laura Kaye Ronald Matthew King Tutehounuku Korako Barbara Joan Kuriger Melissa Ji-Yun Lee Denise Adrienne Lee Iain Francis Lees-Galloway Andrew James Little Heather Janet Logie Maria Josina Elisabeth Lubeck Jo-Anne Marie Luxton Timothy Harley Macindoe Nanaia Cybele Mahuta Trevor Colin Mallard Jennifer Lyn Marcroft Ron Stanley Mark Tracey Anne Martin Kieran Michael McAnulty Todd Michael McClay Ian Robert Flockhart McKelvie Clayton Robert Henry Mitchell Mark Patrick Mitchell Todd Michael Muller Stuart Alexander Nash Alfred Ngaro Damien Peter O'Connor Gregory Eamon O'Connor Simon David O'Connor Kushmiita Parmjeet Kaur Parmar Mark William James Patterson Christopher Aidan Penk Willow-Jean Prime Shane Raymond Reti Grant Murray Robertson Jami-Lee Matenga Ross Adrian Paki Rurawhe Deborah Faye Russell Eugenie Sage Jennifer Teresia Salesa Alastair Oliver Scott Carmel Jean Sepuloni David Breen Seymour James Peter Edward Shaw Scott Anthony Simpson Aupito Tofae Su'a William Sio Nick Smith Stuart Tayler Smith Erica Stanford Jamie Ross Strange Chlöe Charlotte Swarbrick Fletcher Hoporona Tabuteau Janette Rose Tinetti Rino Tirikatene Anne Tolley Philip Stoner Twyford Louise Claire Upston Timothy John van de Molen Nicola Joanne Wagner Hamish Richard Walker Louisa Hareruia Wall Duncan Alexander Webb Melissa Heni Mekameka Whaitiri Michael Philip Wood Michael Allan Woodhouse Megan Cherie Woods Jian Yang Jonathan Edgar Joseph Young and Lawrence Arden Yule.
SpeechRETURN OF WRITThe CLERK: Honourable members I have received from the Electoral Commission a writ endorsed with the names of those members elected to represent electoral districts and a return listing the names of members elected from party lists. I lay those documents on the Table.
SpeechAUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER OATHThe CLERK: Honourable members I will now read the Commission authorising me to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance required by law to be taken or made by members of the House. It reads: Pursuant to section 11 of the Constitution Act 1986 I The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy Governor-General of New Zealand hereby authorise youDavid Martin Wilson Clerk of the House of Representativesto administer to members of Parliament the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to Her Majesty The Queen required to be taken or made by every such member before that member shall be permitted to sit or vote in the House of Representatives.Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister.AuthorisedPatsy ReddyGovernor-General26 October 2017
Wednesday 5 April 2023 - Volume 767
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Harm Minimisation) Amendment Bill — First Reading
VoteA personal vote was called for on the question That the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Harm Minimisation) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 30Belich (P)Kerekere (P)Parker (P)Verrall (P)Bennett G (P)Leary (P)Rurawhe (P)Waititi (P)Boyack (P)Leavasa (P)Russell (P)Warren-Clark (P)Chen (P)Logie (P)Sage (P)White (P)Davidson (P)Lorck (P)SalesaWilliams AGenter (P)Menéndez March (P)Shaw (P)Ghahraman (P)Ngarewa-Packer (P)Strange (P)Teller:Henare (P)Pallett (P)Tuiono (P)HalbertNoes 89Allan (P)Grigg (P)Nash (P)Smith S (P)Andersen (P)HendersonNgobi (P)Sosene (P)Ardern (P)Hipango (P)O'Connor D (P)Stanford (P)Baillie (P)Hipkins (P)O'Connor G (P)Tinetti (P)Bayly (P)Jackson (P)O'Connor S (P)Tirikatene (P)Bennett D (P)Kanongata'a-Suisuiki (P)Omer (P)Twyford (P)Bishop (P)Kuriger (P)Peke-Mason (P)Uffindell (P)Brooking (P)Lee (P)Penk (P)UpstonBrown (P)Lewis (P)Potaka (P)van de Molen (P)Brownlee (P)Little (P)Prime (P)van VeldenCameron (P)Lubeck (P)Pugh (P)WaltersChhourLuxon (P)Radhakrishnan (P)Watts (P)Clark (P)Luxton (P)Reti (P)Webb (P)Coffey (P)Mahuta (P)Roberts (P)Whaitiri (P)Collins (P)McAnulty (P)Robertson (P)Williams P (P)CourtMcClay (P)Rosewarne (P)Willis (P)Craig (P)McDowallSepuloni (P)Wood (P)Davis (P)McKeeSeverinWoodhouse (P)Dean (P)McKelvie (P)Seymour (P)WoodsDoocey (P)McLellanSimmonds (P)Eagle (P)Mitchell (P)Simpson (P)Edmonds (P)Mooney (P)Sio (P)Teller:Goldsmith (P)Muller (P)Smith DUtikere TMotion not agreed to.The result corrected after originally being announced as Ayes 29 Noes 85.
Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill — Second Reading (continued)
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill be now read a second time.Ayes 46New Zealand National 34; ACT New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Noes 74New Zealand Labour 64; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Motion not agreed to.
VoteA personal vote was called for on the question That clauses 1 to 4 be agreed to.Ayes 72AllanHalbertO'Connor G (P)TirikateneBaillie (P)Hipango (P)O'Connor S (P)UffindellBayly (P)JacksonParkerUpston (P)Bennett DKanongata'a-Suisuiki (P)Penk (P)UtikereBishop (P)KurigerPotaka (P)van de MolenBrookingLearyReti (P)van VeldenBrown (P)Lee (P)RobertsVerrall (P)BrownleeLorckRosewarneWarren-ClarkCameron (P)Lubeck (P)Rurawhe (P)WattsChhourLuxon (P)Sepuloni (P)Whaitiri (P)Coffey (P)McClay (P)SeverinWhiteCollins (P)McDowallSeymour (P)Williams P (P)Court (P)McKeeSimmonds (P)Willis (P)Davis (P)McKelvieSimpson (P)Woodhouse (P)DeanMcLellanSioDoocey (P)Mitchell (P)Smith DEagle (P)Mooney (P)Smith S (P)Goldsmith (P)Muller (P)Stanford (P)Teller:GriggNgobi (P)Strange (P)PughNoes 44Andersen (P)Henderson (P)Ngarewa-Packer (P)Twyford (P)Ardern (P)Hipkins (P)PallettWaititi (P)BelichKerekere (P)Prime (P)Walters (P)BoyackLeavasa (P)Radhakrishnan (P)Webb (P)ChenLewis (P)Russell (P)Williams AClark (P)Little (P)Sage (P)WoodCraig (P)Logie (P)Salesa (P)Woods (P)Davidson (P)Mahuta (P)Shaw (P)Edmonds (P)McAnulty (P)SoseneGenter (P)Menéndez March (P)SwarbrickGhahraman G (P)O'Connor D (P)Tinetti (P)Teller:Henare P (P)OmerTuiono (P)Bennett GClauses 1 to 4 agreed to.The result corrected after originally being announced as Ayes 49 Noes 44.Bill to be reported without amendment.House resumed.CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): Mr Speaker the committee has considered the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Exemption for Race Meetings) Amendment Bill and reports it without amendment. I move That the report be adopted.Motion agreed to.Report adopted.
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Exemption for Race Meetings) Amendment Bill — In Committee
12. Question No. 12—EducationPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill) to the Minister of EducationQuestion No. 12—Education12. PENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill) to the Minister of Education: Does she believe the results of the Te Pūkenga network employee survey which notes one-third of Te Pūkenga staff see no future for themselves in Te Pūkenga is a positive or a negative representation of Te Pūkenga's performance over the last three years?Hon JAN TINETTI (Minister of Education): I have been made aware that staff morale in the organisation has been low and as with any organisation going through a significant change and restructure it creates uncertainty. Therefore staff dissatisfaction is not necessarily a measurement of performance but a product of the scale of change being undertaken with these reforms.Penny Simmonds: Why is it that over 80 percent of the mega-merged polytechnic and industry training organisation staff do not recommend working at Te Pūkenga?Hon JAN TINETTI: I will also note that—from the same survey—it reflects that 44 percent of the staff strongly agreed with the changes taking place that are necessary. Only 14 percent strongly disagreed and the rest were ambivalent. As I said change does create uncertainty and that is the reason why we will be seeing such low morale numbers.Penny Simmonds: Does the Minister think that Te Pūkenga carrying out a witch hunt auditing outbound emails from staff to try and find who leaked the survey results to the media will improve or make worse the staff culture at Te Pūkenga?Hon JAN TINETTI: I actually reject the premise of that question. The staff morale survey was leaked. However it does send a signal of the work that needs to be done and the chief executive is working through that right now.
11. Question No. 11—Commerce and Consumer AffairsGLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth) to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer AffairsQuestion No. 11—Commerce and Consumer Affairs11. GLEN BENNETT (Labour—New Plymouth) to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What reports has he seen about how competing businesses can cooperate to respond to natural disasters?Hon Dr DUNCAN WEBB (Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs): The Commerce Commission last week issued their report Business collaboration in response to an emergency to help businesses understand how and when they can collaborate after an emergency. Cyclone Gabrielle provided a clear example of where businesses that are normally expected to compete had important reasons to collaborate in the immediate aftermath of an emergency so that access to critical supplies such as groceries and banking services could be quickly reinstated. The commission wants to ensure businesses have simple and clear information about how they can work together to maintain the supply of goods and services during an emergency situation.Glen Bennett: Why is this guidance necessary?Hon Dr DUNCAN WEBB: The Commerce Commission is aware that concerns and uncertainty over competition law enforcement has the potential to impede necessary cooperation in an emergency situation. The guidance is needed because it gives clarity to the situations in which the Commerce Commission is likely to take enforcement action and where it is not providing businesses with the certainty to do what's needed when it's needed most.Glen Bennett: How will the Commerce Commission consider matters of competition in a crisis setting?Hon Dr DUNCAN WEBB: The first question will be whether an emergency exists. That will be the case where a state of emergency is declared or other circumstances such as a major health crisis or an international incident occurs. The guidance makes clear that the collaboration should be directed at achieving an outcome that benefits consumers or is otherwise in the public interest—for example by ensuring consumers have continued access to goods or services by avoiding a shortage ensuring security of supply or promoting a fair distribution to consumers.Glen Bennett: What safeguards are in place for consumers that such collaborations do not harm competition unnecessarily?Hon Dr DUNCAN WEBB: The commission has made it clear that it will not tolerate collaborations that have the purpose of profiteering or otherwise taking advantage of an emergency for commercial gain. After Cyclone Gabrielle many businesses worked well together to ensure essential goods and services reached consumers at a fair price. This guidance builds on that to ensure that the same can happen should another emergency occur.
9. Question No. 9—TourismTĀMATI COFFEY (Labour) to the Minister of TourismQuestion No. 9—Tourism9. TĀMATI COFFEY (Labour) to the Minister of Tourism: What recent announcement has he made on the Tourism Infrastructure Fund?Hon PEENI HENARE (Minister of Tourism): I am proud to announce today that round seven of the Tourism Infrastructure Fund will open next week on 11 April. The process this year will prioritise applications where tourism infrastructure has sustained damage during the extreme weather over the last year and where upgrades will improve resilience particularly in regions with a low ratepayer base and high visitor numbers. There is just over $14 million available in this round and I'm proud to announce that. Tāmati Coffey: What projects are eligible for the Tourism Infrastructure Fund?Hon PEENI HENARE: The Tourism Infrastructure Fund is open to all local councils and not-for-profit community organisations that can demonstrate support from their local council. Otherwise known as the TIF the Tourism Infrastructure Fund supports the development of public infrastructure used by visitors such as car parks; safety upgrades in public spaces such as footpaths; freedom camping facilities; and in some cases water treatment and wastewater.Tāmati Coffey: What's unique about this current round of the Tourism Infrastructure Fund?Hon PEENI HENARE: For this round it was important to focus priority on those regions where there has been significant damage from the extreme weather events. The return of visitors to those regions will aid the recovery of the local economies and the repair and replacement of damaged visitor facilities is vital to be in place as soon as possible. Prior to the round opening a number of councils were canvassed to get a sense of their needs which informed the priority statement for this round. It is always a challenge for small communities to afford the infrastructure required for large numbers of visitors and the extreme weather has further exacerbated this.Tāmati Coffey: How has the Tourism Infrastructure Fund supported our regions previously?Hon PEENI HENARE: Since 2017 this Government has funded more than 200 TIF projects as part of our plan to promote tourism as we progressively open our borders support domestic tourism opportunities and maintain New Zealand's presence internationally. Kaitiakitanga is a responsibility that we all have whether you are manuhiri or a local. This fund has seen much-needed upgrades to infrastructure across the country and I'm proud that we are also seeing more innovation and sustainable applications coming through. Just recently the Far North District Council has installed some solar-powered trash-compactor bins around Paihia Russell Kawakawa Ōpōnoni and Pukenui Wharf. These bins use sensors to detect rubbish levels and alert contractors when they need to be emptied. It is also solar powered to take up to five times more rubbish to help eliminate overflow problems. These infrastructure are needed in areas like this and this fund is available to them.
6. Question No. 6—EducationCHRIS BAILLIE (ACT) to the Minister of EducationQuestion No. 6—Education6. CHRIS BAILLIE (ACT) to the Minister of Education: Does she agree with the Ministry of Education's Literacy and Communication and Maths Strategy that A critical maths pedagogical approach uses maths to develop critical awareness about wider social environmental political ideological and economic issues. Critical maths recognises the importance of understanding interpreting and addressing issues of power social justice and equity in the community and the wider world. Ākonga are encouraged to interrogate dominant discourses and assumptions including that maths is benign neutral and culture-free"?Hon JAN TINETTI (Minister of Education): Yes in the context of the document from which the quote was taken.Chris Baillie: Can she explain to parents who might be watching this what "teaching maths for social justice" is and why teaching maths for social justice is important for New Zealand children?Hon JAN TINETTI: The quote the member referred to in his primary question is taken from a draft of the Common Practice Model that is currently out with the sector for early socialisation and was informed by an expert contributors group. It is a draft and out for feedback from the sector. I haven't signed it off for the final Common Practice Model. I do think that this particular paragraph is worded in an overly complicated way to explain that maths teaching should be used in teaching of critical thinking.Chris Baillie: How many parents have asked her to make social justice a goal of teaching maths in New Zealand schools?Hon JAN TINETTI: It's important that we do teach maths in authentic contexts. Research does show that teaching maths is effective when it is put into the context of the learner.Hon Kelvin Davis: Does the Minister agree that the development of the annual Budget is an example a real-world example of critical maths and it provides many opportunities for authentic teaching and learning in maths?Hon JAN TINETTI: Absolutely that is an absolute authentic context and I would think that many parents would actually support the teaching of maths in that particular way.Chris Baillie: So when did teaching maths become more about "addressing issues of power and social justice" than teaching kids to add and subtract?Hon JAN TINETTI: It hasn't.Chris Baillie: At a time when 100000 students aren't showing up to school regularly let alone achieving in maths why is the Ministry of Education smuggling left-wing nonsense into schools and trying to politicise the curriculum?Hon JAN TINETTI: I reject the premise of that question."
Housing Infrastructure (GST-sharing) Bill — First Reading
Salesa JennyASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): The subject of this vote is being treated as a conscience issue. In this case I know there are members who want a personal vote and I'm prepared to accept one. This is the process we're going to follow: I'm going to put the question I'm going to announce the result and at that stage any member can ask for a personal vote. The question is that the motion be agreed to.
Valedictory Statement — Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill — Second Reading
Grigg Nicola; Rurawhe AdrianNICOLA GRIGG (National—Selwyn): I believe I'm the next on the call sheet as well and I wasn't quite expecting the full House that Jacqui Dean wasn't expecting either. Look this is a brilliant bill written and brought to the House by the Hon Jacqui Dean a former conservation Minister and for a long time the conservation spokesperson for the National Party. Jacqui has shepherded through this Parliament during her time as a Minister a number of very very worthy pieces of legislation and this would have sought to continue in that vein. The National Party would absolutely have supported this bill. I sat on the Primary Production Committee and we did from our side of the round table agree that it had large merit primarily because of its intent to strengthen the prohibition and the trying to—I've completely lost my words because a far more important person has just entered the Chamber and I think she's got more important things to say. So with that I conclude my submission to the House. SPEAKER: Members this debate is suspended and will resume after the dinner break.Debate interrupted.SPEAKER: In accordance with the determination of the Business Committee the House now comes to the valedictory speech by the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern.
Parker DavidHon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): I'll take a very brief call to explain why the Labour Party is not supporting this bill. The bill proposed to give biosecurity officers the right to refuse entry to people into the country. The Primary Production Committee considered that and found that the power of entry lies with immigration officers not biosecurity officers and therefore the legislation was while well-meaning not able to be supported by the Government.
Rurawhe AdrianINCREASED PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF BIOSECURITY BILLSecond ReadingHon JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): I move That the Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill be now read a second time. Well the gallery is full. The Prime Minister is here. A lot of our former esteemed MPs and Ministers are here. I see party leaders are here. The place is buzzing with excitement and none of it is for me. And even worse I fear that in the second reading of my member's bill the Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill the news for me is going to be all bad. However Mr Speaker thank you for the opportunity. And members thank you for the consideration that you gave to my bill in select committee. And while I am given to understand—and I too can read the select committee report which doesn't give me much hope of support across the House I just want to say to this House thank you for supporting the bill through its first reading to select committee. That doesn't always happen in this place. And thank you also to all of you for your considered support of the bill at select committee.I want to say that I stayed true to what I was trying to—I'm pre-empting the outcome of course—achieve in this bill and that was to address the issue of biosecurity threats to New Zealand. Of course biosecurity—and our native species—is very dear to my heart having until recently been the conservation spokesperson; the best portfolio can I say in New Zealand. But also and I think equally making sure that we give our attention to biosecurity is incredibly important to the future of New Zealand agriculture viticulture and indeed everything we hold dear in New Zealand. But alas it would seem that it is not to be. What I find a little disappointing is that coming out of the select committee there seemed to be no drive by some members to try and find a solution to take us and take this bill forward. Never mind. We don't have our day every day. But I do stand by my intent that increasing penalties and penalties upon conviction for biosecurity breaches whether they be an omission or by intent is a worthy thing to do. And on that basis I still commend the bill to the House.SPEAKER: The question is that the motion be agreed to. We've probably got time for one more speech.
Swarbrick ChlöeCHLÖE SWARBRICK (Green—Auckland Central): Thank you very much for the opportunity to take a call. Just in reading through the bill and acknowledging the member Ian McKelvie but also—Hon Gerry Brownlee: That's a bit unfair.CHLÖE SWARBRICK: —the points that he's been putting forward—sorry Mr Brownlee?Hon Gerry Brownlee: Reading the bill; that's a bit unfair.CHLÖE SWARBRICK: Ha ha! The very short bill being what it is. I just had a few questions for the member. He was just alluding to the fact that there would be controls around the management of alcohol in this BYO environment. However from my reading of the legislation and the primary legislation which this seeks to amend actually in providing this exemption there would be next to no controls so I would like him to elaborate on that point that he made with regard to controls.IAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Well there certainly won't be no controls. I think most of these clubs that will be using this part of the licence will also have an alcohol licence on the course which will effectively mean they've got to have control of this whole situation. So part of their course will run under the normal conditions of the Act and part of it will be exempted under these conditions. I suppose the most obvious one is Canterbury Jockey Club where they run a separate licensing system for this. But they run a large—effectively I suppose you could call it a car boot picnic area and it works very successfully.
SpeechDAMIEN SMITH (ACT): Thank you Mr Chair. I think this is an eminently sensible bill Mr McKelvie. I think the small racing clubs will really appreciate the flexibility that's inside the legislation. Obviously I've been to various events of this size and scale and I think small race meetings—people are eminently sensible. The one question I have is with access to the venue: how will that be managed in terms of bringing the alcohol into the venue and will it be checked or will it just be turned up in the boot of your car and no one will know? So will there be a monitor or will there be someone on the racecourse that actually checks that in when—normally people go there and it's free to go. Secondly most of these events happen at holiday time but if you have a big race meeting obviously the venues default to a licence scenario but if you have a smaller venue or a smaller race meeting then—the one thing we'd like to know is just how that gets managed on the racecourse itself. The ACT Party is very supportive of this bill.IAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Very briefly to answer your question the racing clubs concerned will have to undertake that monitoring and control of that in a manner that's prescribed under the Act. So there will still be controls under the Act—that's how that has to be managed. I think the real challenge in this instance was allowing those small entities to take advantage of an opportunity easily and create I suppose what I would have termed as a picnic-cum-family atmosphere which is certainly lacking when you end up with what you might term those barn-type situations. I think it's to take the onerous task off those clubs but at the same time they're still responsible in the same way they would be under any other terms in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act.
SpeechIAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Perhaps given my age I'll answer the last question first and the first question last. I think with respect to the Manawatu Harness Racing Club they of course wouldn't qualify as they hold more than three licences per annum. And the reason for this bill really was I think it came out of the smaller racing clubs in the South Island primarily. And of course harness clubs are a large part of that and there are also a large number of harness clubs—or not a large number. Six or seven harness clubs in the South Island run three or less meetings a year and they're defined as small racing clubs under the Racing Act. So that's a brief response to that question. The question that the deputy chair of the Governance and Administration Committee Rachel Boyack raised is a more complex issue and it was raised by one or two of the submitters particularly related to harm from alcohol. It was also raised as a matter of I suppose interest because some of those events as you say are very large events but none the less they're run by amateur racing clubs usually in holiday resorts and those clubs very seldom have the facilities to cater for a full licensing system. So this type of an event would make it much easier for them to operate. And I think from a harm perspective some of us in the House will be old enough to remember the days when there was no alternative but to take your alcohol in the boot of the car or your picnic in the boot of the car. There was no such thing as a licensed bar when I was that age. I think from a point of view of answering your question those racing clubs and small harness clubs and those communities are extraordinarily responsible and they do have to—even under this Act even under the changes that this would bring to the Act—manage those challenges in a manner that I think is totally responsible to the events talked about.The issue of the large events and some of them are large events—they can get up to 10000 or 15000 people turn up but they're none the less very well organised and we heard no evidence in the course of that discussion from either submitters or the police actually with respect to any I guess damage from alcohol or even a significant amount of trouble from those being caused as a result of alcohol being available at those events. And of course alcohol is currently available at the events. The reason for this bill being introduced is that it's extraordinarily difficult for small amateur-based racing clubs or in fact every other small rural club has the same impact the same challenge—it's extremely difficult for them to comply where a bigger organisation can very easily comply with these things because they have not only the facilities but they also have the people with the resource and the skills and get to navigate their way through the licensing thing. So I hope that's a satisfactory answer to your question.
Utikere TangiTANGI UTIKERE (Labour—Palmerston North): Thank you Mr Chair. Just a quick question to the member. I note that the Manawatu Harness Racing Club was one of the submitters and it was good to see the member in charge of this bill at that particular venue last week to celebrate the city of Palmerston North gold cup. But I'm just interested: in terms of the way in which the number of meetings would fall will this primarily allow harness racing meetings to take advantage of this as opposed to thoroughbred racing meetings? I'd be interested in a brief response from the member.
Boyack RachelRACHEL BOYACK (Labour—Nelson): Thank you Mr Chair. Thank you to the member for that short introductory explanation. I do just want to commend him on taking this bill so far successfully through the House and it was a pleasure to sit on the Governance and Administration Committee with the member when we considered the bill. I note that the member is also the chair of that good committee.I wanted to ask a further question about the matter the member raised just now regarding small racing clubs. One of the matters that we grappled with at select committee was the potential for alcohol harm if we allowed people to bring their own alcohol into the boot of a car as we've discussed. With the definition in the Racing Industry Act around small racing clubs" it's specific to the number of events that are held each year. But we know that there are some racing clubs in New Zealand that may only have one or two meets a year but they are of a very large nature with thousands of people there. So this particular part of the bill would allow people to bring their own alcohol to a racing event where there were thousands of people. I guess that's one of the concerns that the committee has grappled with.So I'm just interested from the member if he did consider a Supplementary Order Paper to introduce a new definition or another form of definition that could be used to perhaps limit the implementation of this bill to those meets that were below a certain number so that we could consider limiting the alcohol harm from this bill. So I'm just interested from the member if there was any consideration given to that."
SpeechIAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Mr Chair thank you. I learnt very early in my political career that the simpler one makes something the more likely you are to get it successfully agreed to and I'm hoping that will be the case on this occasion. I certainly didn't expect to have the auspicious audience in the House at the time of one of the smallest bills to go through the House—Hon Gerry Brownlee: A lot of people like that car park stuff! IAN McKELVIE: Quite right Mr Brownlee. So very briefly the bill was sent to the select committee came back for a second reading and we're now in the committee stage of the House and the select committee recommends a couple of changes—very simple changes to the bill but very sensible ones. Of course this bill had its genesis in the Rt Hon Winston Peters' mind at some stage in the night and was picked up the next day by Chris Bishop and turned into a logical bill which was then picked up by me and brought to the House. The two changes that are specific to what we're talking about: updating references to the Racing Industry Act 2020 which of course was passed as a result of the Rt Hon Winston Peters' introduction to the House; that wasn't in the original bill and amending section 235(A)(1)(a) to insert the word small" into the proposed section so that the exemption would only apply to small racing clubs. "Small racing clubs" are defined in the racing Act as racing clubs that hold three or fewer betting licences during a year."
Utikere Tangi; O'Connor GregTANGI UTIKERE (Chief Whip—Labour): Point of order. I seek leave for all provisions to be taken as one question.CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): Leave is sought. Is there any objection? There is no objection. The question is that clauses 1 to 4 stand part.
O'Connor GregSALE AND SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL (EXEMPTION FOR RACE MEETINGS) AMENDMENT BILLIn CommitteeClauses 1 to 4CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): Members the House is in committee on the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Exemption for Race Meetings) Amendment Bill. Before we begin the debate I'll advise members that this bill is being treated as a conscious issue and I'll accept a personal vote on each provision if one is called for. At the end of each debate I'll put the question then announce the result. At that point any member can request that a personal vote be held. Members we come now to clause 1. This is the debate on the title.
Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Bill — In Committee
Simmonds PennyPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Mr Chair. National will be supporting Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 331 albeit because a shoddy oversight could have left employers in the situation where around 1.5 million employment contracts would be wrong and employers would have had to have been fined for that or 1.5 million employment contracts would have had to be renewed and changed. So the disruption to employers and the possibility of fines makes it a purely pragmatic matter for us to support SOP 331.
O'Connor GregIn CommitteeSupplementary Order Paper 331CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): Members the House has resolved to recommit the Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Bill to consider Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 331 in the name of Marja Lubeck. Members this is a limited debate and all contributions must be relevant to the content of that amendment. The question is that Marja Lubeck's amendment to the Schedule set out on SOP 331 be agreed to.
SpeechEMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (EXTENDED TIME FOR PERSONAL GRIEVANCE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT) AMENDMENT BILLRecommittalMARJA LUBECK (Labour): I move That the Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Bill be recommitted to consider Supplementary Order Paper 331 in my name.Motion agreed to.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): I declare the House in committee for further consideration of the Employment Relations (Extended Time for Personal Grievance for Sexual Harassment) Amendment Bill.
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