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Lees-Galloway Iain: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLees-Galloway Iain: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11811. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Labour—Palmerston North): I move That the question be now put.
Tisch Lindsay: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11802. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is objection. [Interruption] Order! [Interruption] Order! I am dealing with the matter. [Interruption] Will the member please be quiet I am ruling on this matter.
Sepuloni Carmel: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSepuloni Carmel: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11802. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CARMEL SEPULONI (Junior Whip—Labour): I seek leave for this to be taken as one question.
Tisch Lindsay: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months’ Paid Leave) Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11802. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): This is debate on clauses 4 to 18 and schedule 1.
Mallard Trevor: Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill — Referral of Bill and SOP 181 to Government Administration CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill — Referral of Bill and SOP 181 to Government Administration Committee[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11802. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Is there any objection to that course of action? Yes there is.
Seymour David: Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill — Referral of Bill and SOP 181 to Government Administration CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSeymour David: Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill — Referral of Bill and SOP 181 to Government Administration Committee[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11802. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): I seek leave for the order of the day for the consideration by the Committee of the whole House of the Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill to be discharged for the bill to be referred back to the Government Administration Committee and for the committee to have the power to consider and if it thinks fit to adopt the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 181.
Mallard Trevor: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: General Debate[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11801. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Order! The member’s time has expired.
Mallard Trevor: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: General Debate[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11799. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Yes. Your time has gone. You had 5 minutes.
Carter David: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: General Debate[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11791. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: The member’s time has expired.
Carter David: Urgent Debates Declined — Defence Force—Defence White Paper 2016Text is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Urgent Debates Declined — Defence Force—Defence White Paper 2016[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11789. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: I have received a letter from Ron Mark seeking to debate under Standing Order 389 the release of the New Zealand defence white paper today. The release of the paper is a particular case of recent occurrence and involving ministerial responsibility. The more difficult test is whether the release of the white paper requires the urgent attention of the House and whether there are other parliamentary means of debating the subject. The white paper sets out a 15-year spending plan. Select committees are currently carrying out the examination of estimates and they will subsequently be debated in this House. This provides an opportunity to debate the Government spending in relation to defence. Given the duration of the plan set out in the white paper there will also be ample ongoing opportunities to scrutinise it. I am not convinced that the release of the white paper has such an element of urgency that it warrants the setting aside of the normal business of the House. The application is therefore declined.
Hudson Brett: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHudson Brett: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11786. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]10.BRETT HUDSON (National) to the Minister for Communications: What recent announcements has she made on the progress of the Rural Broadband Initiative?Hon AMY ADAMS (Minister for Communications): I am pleased to advise the House that phase one of the Government-funded Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) is now complete on budget and ahead of schedule. We have 154 new cell towers built a further 387 are being upgraded 108000 copper lines have been upgraded and more than 300000 rural families and businesses are now able to access faster broadband services and in some cases are able to access an internet service for the very first time. The original specification for the fixed wireless service was to provide at least 5 megabits per second at peak speeds. Recent testing shows the 4G service is in fact delivering speeds nine times faster than that—40 megabits per second and in some cases even more.Brett Hudson: In addition to broadband what other benefits has the RBI programme delivered?Hon AMY ADAMS: As well as providing faster broadband the new tower build programme has extended nationwide mobile coverage by 6200 square kilometres of rural New Zealand. At the start of the build nationwide mobile coverage of New Zealand’s land mass was at 38 percent;with the roll-out of the RBI mobile coverage is now at approximately 50 percent of our land mass and growing including 77 percent of our State highway network. This increased connectivity brings real benefits to rural New Zealand with over 2 million New Zealanders able to make cellphone calls in the last quarter on one network alone thanks to the RBI.
Hague Kevin: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHague Kevin: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11783. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]KEVIN HAGUE (Green): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I direct your attention to Speakers’ ruling 168—in particular 168/4 but all of the rulings on that page are relevant. My question relates to the use of section 32 of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act and I seek your guidance as to whether the fact that this question has been transferred from the Minister of Health to the Associate Minister of Health means that you have accepted that the Associate Minister of Health can be delegated the power that is set out in section 32—as that has not been the historical understanding.Mr SPEAKER: I appreciate the member also raised this point through an email earlier in the day and that is exactly right. I have been assured by the Government that a Minister to whom the delegation has been referred does have the ability to direct under section 32. So I want to refer the member to two Speakers’ rulings that I think are critical to this: Speakers’ ruling 167/1 that “a question [must] be addressed to the Minister primarily responsible.”; and even of stronger value I think is 167/5 that “Ministers not only have a right to determine which of them is the appropriate Minister to answer … [but that] they … have a duty to the House to decide on the appropriate Minister to answer.” I have looked at the delegations; there is no doubt that this matter has been delegated to the Associate Minister. On the advice that I have been given and an assurance from the Government in the event that a directive was required the Associate Minister has the ability the legal authority to do so. There is no doubt that I think this question has been responsibly transferred for the member to get the best chance of an answer.
Dean Jacqui: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDean Jacqui: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11783. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]7.JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki) to the Minister of Health: What progress is being made on encouraging primary schools to adopt the Health Promoting Schools programme?Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (Associate Minister of Health) on behalf of theMinister of Health: As part of the child obesity plan launched last October we set a target of signing up 150 new decile 1 to 4 primary schools to the Health Promoting Schools programme over the next 2 years. Excellent progress is being made with 94 new schools so far having signed up meaning that 914 out of 1115 decile 1 to 4 schools are on board—that is 90 percent of those schools.Jacqui Dean: What other steps is the Government taking to combat childhood obesity?Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA: New Zealand is one of the first OECD countries to have a target and a comprehensive plan to tackle childhood obesity. Other initiatives include support for more sport and physical activity in schools and front-of-pack health star ratings for common foods. We are also implementing a new health target from 1 July 2016 for 95 percent of obese children identified in the B4 School Check programme to be offered further medical advice and guidance. It is a major issue and no one single measure is the answer.Hon Annette King: I seek leave to table an Education Review Office (ERO) report dated January 2009 called “Schools’ progress towards meeting food and nutrition guidelines” which sets out that 95 and 97 percent of schools in 2009 did already meet the guidelines.Mr SPEAKER: Leave is sought to table that particular ERO report. Is there any objection? There is none.It can be tabled.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.
Seymour David: Obituaries — Sir Graham LatimerText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSeymour David: Obituaries — Sir Graham Latimer[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11774. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Tēnā koe Mr Speaker. I would like to add the ACT Party’s condolences to Sir Graham’s whānau in admiration of his long and significant influence on our nation’s development. Hokia te rā.[Revisit the day.]Motion agreed to.
Dunne Peter: Obituaries — Sir Graham LatimerText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDunne Peter: Obituaries — Sir Graham Latimer[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11773. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon PETER DUNNE (Leader—United Future): I want to join with others in expressing sympathy and condolences to the family of the late Sir Graham Latimer and in recording my own personal sympathy at his loss. I first met Sir Graham around 1979 or 1980 when he was appointed as deputy chair of the Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council of which I was secretary at the time. We did not know very much about him other than his association with the Māori Council which conveniently had offices just over the road from ours and we felt that this might have been a convenient device to take some travel costs off the Māori Council’s budget and shift it to ours. But we quickly came to realise that he was a man who not only was wily and shrewd in the best sense of those words but also had a genuine sense of compassion and a clear vision about what he wanted for his people and what he wanted for New Zealand.He was also a remarkably pragmatic man. I recall one occasion when a colleague who happened to be Welsh and I accompanied Sir Graham to the Rātana Pā and we were given a very formal welcome as befitted his status. I was not all that familiar with Māori protocol at that stage but it became clear to me that something a little unusual was occurring because the pōwhiri had become a long series of chants—quite rhythmic chants. I leaned across to Sir Graham and said “What’s going on?” and he said: “Oh they are reciting their lineage back to the great canoe.” Each speech took several minutes to deliver and then there was a silence and he leaned across to me and said “We’re going to have to do the same.” which came as a considerable shock and a surprise. Then just before our turn he said: “It’s OK; I’ll handle it.” So he got up he spoke for no more than 30 seconds in Māori and sat down to uproarious laughter. I was somewhat concerned and I said to him: “What did you say?”. He said “I said: ‘He’s Welsh and the other two of us have come from the great canoe Endeavour.’” which in a way showed how Sir Graham bridged all worlds. I think he had a remarkable down-to-earth New Zealand sense of humour but he was through and through a Māori New Zealander as well.His achievements during the 1980s and the fact that he held the office of chair of the Māori Council for 40 years is a tribute to his durability his pragmatism and his common sense and this country is considerably the worse for his passing. So I join with others in lamenting the death of Sir Graham Latimer but I take a certain pride in feeling that I can say that I knew him and I take a terrific pride in what he was able to achieve on behalf of his people and our country generally to make it a better place for all of us.
Obituaries — Sir Graham LatimerText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeObituaries — Sir Graham Latimer[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11772. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]It would be remiss of me knowing the man as well as I do not to make mention of his wife Lady Emily. For without her support over the years much of the legacy I speak of would not be possible. Nō reira e kara e Tā Kereama kua tae kē te wā kia tīmata mai tō hīkoiranga ki te wāhi e kīhia nei “te kāpunipunitanga o ngā wairua” hoki atu! Kātahi anō he kupu mōu: “Okioki okioki. Tātai ngā whetu ki Te Rangi mau tonu mau tonu tātai ngā tāngata ki te whenua ngaro noa ngaro noa.”[Therefore friend Sir Graham the time has arrived for you to begin your journey to the place referred to as “the inevitable destiny of mortals” depart! At last a saying has been crafted for you: “Rest and rest. Stars that adorn heaven are there for ever people that populate the land disappear into oblivion and are lost for ever.”]I want to conclude this short stand by quoting from the good book from II Timothy 4:7: Kua whawhaitia e ahau te whawhai pai kua omatia toku omanga kua rite i ahau te whakapono. I have fought the good fight I have run the long race and I have kept the faith.Kia ora anō tatou.
Paraone Pita: Obituaries — Sir Graham LatimerText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeParaone Pita: Obituaries — Sir Graham Latimer[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11772. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PITA PARAONE (NZ First):Tēnā koe Mr Speaker tēnā anō hoki tātou. E tū ake tēnei hei māngai mō Te Rōpū Aotearoa Tuatahi ki te tautoko i ngā mihi i mihingia e aku tuākana me te tuahine hoki ki tō tātou rangatira i roto i Te Tai Tokerau arā ko Tā Kereama Latimer tēnā.[Thank you Mr Speaker and greetings to us as well. I stand as the spokesperson for the New Zealand First Party to endorse the condolences accorded by my elder brothers and sister also to our esteemed leader in Northland namely Sir Graham Latimer.]I make no apologies for making this analogy because I recall the very comments that Sir Graham made when welcoming Her Majesty to New Zealand about her son doing his job so that she could have a grandson. So I am comparing this motion this afternoon to that of yesterday where we acknowledged on behalf of the nation Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II attaining the age of 90 years. Today we stand united on behalf of everyone here to mourn the loss of someone who reached the age of 90 years and who passed just the other day; I am referring to Sir Graham Stanley Latimer.Although I do so with a heavy heart I reflect on someone with whom I shared some wonderful and challenging times in the North. Sir Graham was born into a humble family among the gumfields of the far north and as a consequence learnt early of the challenges he and his family and indeed the wider community of his tribe Ngāti Kahu had to face in order to survive the harsh realities of the time. Not one to dwell on the cards that life had dealt him he went on to join the army to do his duty ending up by being shipped off to Japan to assist with the clean-up of that country. This obviously had an impact on him in his later life.Together with his wife Lady Emily he went farming in the Kaipara. Before long and at the will of Ngāti Whātua the local tribe he ensconced himself in serving his community leading him to carry their concerns on to the national stage where he found himself touching shoulders with some of Maōridom’s leading figures of the time.I had the pleasure of sitting on the Tai Tokerau Māori Trust Board and the Tai Tokerau District Māori Council with him and also the Waitangi Day organising committee where I was able to witness a man who could take the people with him. I have no doubt that because of his influence my own progression within the Public Service was due in no small way to that influence.If there is probably one regret he had given his role in the early history of the Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal it would be not being able to see the Ngāti Kahu claims settled. The personal sacrifices he was prepared to make all for the advancement of his fellow man will be a legacy that he leaves for us to aspire to.
Shaw James: Obituaries — Sir Graham LatimerText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeShaw James: Obituaries — Sir Graham Latimer[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11771. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JAMES SHAW (Co-Leader—Green):Ā e Te Whare tēnā koe. Kua hinga he kauri nui o Te Wao-Nui-a-Tāne kua hinga he rangatira mīharo rawa atu o Ngāti Kahu. Nō reira haere ana ngā mihi aroha o Te Rōpū Kākāriki ki te whānau pani me ōna iwi e tangi ana i tēnei wā pōuri tēnā tātou katoa.[So acknowledgments to you the House. A great kauri of the Great Forest of Tāne and a most amazing leader of Ngāti Kahu has fallen. Therefore loving condolences from the Green Party go out to the bereaved family and its people grieving at this period of sadness greetings to us all.]I rise on behalf of the Green Party to offer its sincere condolences to the whānau of Sir Graham Latimer. It is with huge sadness that we learned yesterday of the passing of Sir Graham one of the greatest and most influential leaders of Māori in the 20th century. Sir Graham’s contribution to Māoridom and indeed to all Aotearoa will continue to reverberate across generations.As a pillar of the New Zealand Māori Council for nearly 40 years his commitment to upholding and advancing Māori rights has had a pivotal and an undeniable impact on the Māori renaissance. Sir Graham’s ability to put the interests of his people above all else was clearly evident. Although affiliated with the National Party he did work very strongly across party lines notably with the Hon Matiu Rata to push for greater legal and political recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi. His dedication was such that he famously mortgaged his Northland farm to finance the many court battles that he led.We have in large part Sir Graham to thank for the recognition of Māori rights to radio and television frequencies to promote Te Reo Māori. As a result of this historic campaign we now have iwi radio stations across the country a Māori television service and Te Reo content across mainstream media.Although I am sure that we would not have agreed on everything the Green Party shares Sir Graham’s vision of an Aotearoa where all peoples—Māori Pākehā and our diverse multicultural communities—live in peace and in harmony with one another; an Aotearoa that honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi and upholds tangata whenua rights in practice not just in words.From serving in World War II to being one of the foremost leaders of Ngāti Kahu and the North to his leading work in advancing kaupapa Māori Sir Graham’s legacy is lasting and of huge significance.I would also like to note the contribution of the late Lady Emily the first woman to serve on the Māori Council. The Green Party sends its aroha and its heartfelt condolences to Sir Graham’s whānau and to Ngāti Kahu on their loss. Our thoughts are with you in this time of great sadness. Nō reira e te rangatira takoto mai takoto mai takoto mai rā ki te whenua ō ō mātua tūpuna tēnā tātou e Te Whare.[Therefore esteemed one lie down lie down and lie there upon the land of your parents and ancestors and greetings to us the House.]
Henare Peeni: Obituaries — Sir Graham LatimerText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHenare Peeni: Obituaries — Sir Graham Latimer[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11770. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau):Ka iri ake rā a Matariki ki Te Pō ki Taihoronukurangi. Ka tū au ki runga i ngā maunga whakahī ngā maunga kekete e ara mai ai te kekete i tau mai ko te kekete! Ka tangi atu ki te hau mātao ki te hau o tonga te hau i ngaukino ai e aituā i te hunga kaumātua i te hunga kuia. kāti ake! Ki a koe e Tā Kereama ka tanuku te maunga o Maunga Taniwha ki runga i Te Marae o Te Pātū ka horo tonu ko ngā wai o kamo ki runga i tō waka tūpāpaku i tēnei wā.I ngā tau kua pahure ake nei i piki ake tātou katoa o te motu whānui ki runga i ō pokowhiwhi. I kite atu mātou o Aotearoa i ngā taumata o te moana i ngā moemoeā ō rātou mā i ngā moe hewa o ngā mātua o ngā tūpuna! Ko koe tēnā e āhei mātou te kite atu i ngā taumata o te moana ngā taumata i whakataukitia ai e ō tātou mātua e ō tātou tupuna! Nō reira kua tau ngā waewae ō tō mokopuna ki runga i te nuku roa o Papatūānuku. I kite atu ahau i ōu tapuwae nui i ō tapuwae roa ki runga i te mata o te whenua e hora nei. Ko te nui hoki o ngā mahi i oti i a koe kua wahaina mai e Te Minita i mua i a au.Ka noho ngātahi Te Whare nei ki te tangi atu ki tōku apakura kua ngaro atu ki te pō. Ko tāku e kī nei ki a ia e kara haere atu rā koe ki tō tuarā ki tō hoa rangatira a Lady Emily. Okioki mai nā koe ki roto i te poho o rātou i mahi ngātahi ki a koe ki roto i ngā tau kua pahure ake nei. Ko Matiu Rata tēnā ko Tā Hēmi Hēnare tēnā ko Tā Te Kotahi Mahuta tērā. Haere atu rā koe e Tā Kereama ko te tangi atu Te Tai Tokerau ki a koe i tēnei wā e moe e moe okioki![Pleiades hangs suspended above the void and horizon. I stand astride prestigious and illustrious mountains from where the venerable arise and land. I mourn the cold southerly evil wind gnawing away; a death amongst the elderly ones has occurred. Enough! To you Sir Graham the mountain of Mount Taniwha collapses upon the Marae of Pātū and tears from the eye continue to cascade upon your hearse at this moment.In past years all of us of the country at large climbed upon your shoulders. We of New Zealand saw the tops of the seas the aspirations of others and the dreams of our parents and ancestors. You enabled us to see ocean tops and summits that our parents and ancestors uttered aphorisms about. Therefore the feet of your grandchild have alighted upon the broad expanse of Mother Earth. I saw your large long footprints upon the face of the land spread out before me. What a lot of work you have accomplished that the Minister brought and placed before me.This House sits together to grieve my dirge lost to the void! I say to him go friend go to your wife Lady Emily your support. Rest there in the bosom of those who worked together with you in years past namely Matiu Rata Sir Hēmi Hēnare and Sir Te Kotahi Mahuta. Farewell Sir Graham Northland mourns you at this time; sleep slumber and rest!]
Sittings of the HouseText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSittings of the House[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11852. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Sittings of the HouseKRIS FAAFOI (Labour—Mana): Given the efficiency of the Committee of the whole House I seek leave for the House to adjourn.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.
Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill — Referral of Bill and SOP 181 to Government Administration CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeOfficial Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill — Referral of Bill and SOP 181 to Government Administration Committee[Sitting date: 08 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11802. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment BillReferral of Bill and SOP 181 to Government Administration CommitteeDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): I seek leave for the order of the day for the consideration by the Committee of the whole House of the Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill to be discharged for the bill to be referred back to the Government Administration Committee and for the committee to have the power to consider and if it thinks fit to adopt the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 181.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Is there any objection to that course of action? Yes there is.
Vote: Coroners Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Coroners Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11766. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the question That the question be now put.Ayes 75New Zealand National 59; New Zealand First 12; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes 46New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 14.Motion agreed to.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 174 in the name of the Hon Amy Adams and the following amendment in her name to Part 1 be agreed to:replace in new section 7(2)(e) in clause 6 “1 July 2016” with “the commencement of the Coroners Amendment Act 2014”.Amendments agreed to.Part 1 as amended agreed to.
Vote: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11754. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the question That the Appropriation (2016/17 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time.Ayes 63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes 58New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 12.Bill read a second time.
Vote: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11754. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party vote was called for on the questionThat all the words after “That” be omitted and the following substituted: “this House has no confidence in a government that has lost touch after eight years in office is too oftenfocused on the few at the very top and which is forgetting about middleNew Zealanders who are trying to get ahead.”Ayes 58New Zealand Labour 32; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 12.Noes 63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Amendment not agreed to.
Tisch Lindsay: Coroners Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Coroners Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11767. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Sorry to interrupt the honourable member but the time has come for me to report progress.House resumed.The Chairperson reported progress on the Coroners Amendment Bill and no progress on the Riccarton Racecourse Development Enabling Bill and the Riccarton Racecourse Bill.Report adopted.
Hudson Brett: Coroners Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHudson Brett: Coroners Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11766. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]BRETT HUDSON (National): I move That the question be now put.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11754. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The question is that the amendment in the name of the Leader of the Opposition be agreed to.
Ross Jami-Lee: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoss Jami-Lee: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11751. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JAMI-LEE ROSS (National—Botany): I am going to give only a very brief speech so that the Associate Minister of Finance can get a full 10-minute speech in.If there is one conclusion that we can take from the Budget delivered a couple of weeks ago it is that New Zealand is very lucky to have at the helm the Hon Bill English the Minister of Finance in this country. This is because New Zealanders have not just voted in elections on what they think about the New Zealand economy; they have actually voted with their feet and they are moving back to this country. They are moving back to this country because they know that economic prosperity lies in New Zealand and they know that their future opportunities lie in New Zealand—for them and their families. This National-led Government is delivering that. We are seeing more investment in our economy through this Budget. We are seeing wages going up under this Budget. We are seeing unemployment coming down under this Budget and more New Zealanders are living a successful life.I think one of the greatest statistics that I saw come out of the Budget was that under a National-led Government 40000 fewer children are living in benefit-dependent homes. That is a great statistic and one that we should be proud of. We are proud of the successes that we are having in this country. More people have jobs under National. More people are getting operations under National. Fewer crimes are being committed under National. There are more doctors and nurses under National. There are more police under National. We are growing faster than many of the countries we compare ourselves with. When you look at the US the UK Canada and Europe they are envious of the fast-growing New Zealand economy.Labour can do everything it wants to try to pooh-pooh what we are doing but the bottom line is it cannot even make 30 percent in the polls—it has to go and have a quickie marriage with the Green Party to find some friends. I tweeted after Andrew Little’s speech that it was an 8 percent effort but actually it was a 7 percent effort which we have found out tonight. New Zealanders are voting with their feet. They are choosing an economy where they have jobs. They are choosing an economy where their children have future opportunities where we are investing more in hospitals where we are investing more in housing where we are investing more in schools. And we are seeing the results from that.The Labour Party is no longer the party that stands by New Zealanders. I know its members are upset because it is a National Government that has increased paid parental leave. It is a National Government that has delivered free doctors visits for the under-13s. It is a National Government that has increased benefits by $25 a week—for the first time in four decades. New Zealanders know that Bill English and John Key are where their fortunes lie and this is a Budget that is for all New Zealanders and I commend it to the House.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11747. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call Matt Doocey—5 minutes.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11745. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call Ria Bond—a 5-minute call.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11739. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: A 5-minute call—Todd Barclay.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11738. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call Shane Reti—a 5 minute call.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11737. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: A 5-minute call—Jono Naylor.
Tisch Lindsay: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11734. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Jan Logie—5 minutes.
Tisch Lindsay: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11733. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. Catherine Delahunty—5 minutes.
Tisch Lindsay: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11732. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Sarah Dowie—5 minutes.
Tisch Lindsay: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11731. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. Jacqui Dean—5 minutes.
Tisch Lindsay: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11729. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. Paul Foster-Bell—5 minutes.
Mallard Trevor: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11721. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Stuart Smith—5 minutes.
Mallard Trevor: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11719. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Ian McKelvie and I understand that this is a 5-minute call.
Mallard Trevor: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11717. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Denis O’Rourke for 5 minutes I understand.
Mallard Trevor: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11711. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Order! The time for the member’s speech has expired. Can I just remind members of the requirement in the Standing Orders to address the Chair. If the member had he might have seen signals—one that he had a minute to go and two to wind up.
Mallard Trevor: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11710. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Scott Simpson—I understand it is a 5-minute call.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11704. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: A 5-minute call—Denise Roche.
Borrows Chester: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11703. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: A 5-minute call on behalf of the Green Party—Eugenie Sage.
Borrows Chester: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of RegulatorsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of Regulators[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11696. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: There may have been material that was tabled in the House. It was not sent to the Speaker when seeking the urgent debate. The letter was not accompanied by authentication. That is the finding of many previous Speakers over a long period of time as the right honourable member should be able to recall.
Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of RegulatorsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeUrgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of Regulators[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11696. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Urgent Debates DeclinedSilver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of RegulatorsMr SPEAKER: My office has received a letter from the Rt Hon Winston Peters seeking to debate under Standing Order 389 the performance of regulators in relation to the proposed joint venture between Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling. As I am a shareholder in Silver Fern Farms I have asked the Deputy Speaker to consider the application. I will now vacate the Chair and invite the Deputy Speaker to rule on the matter.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Kia ora mai tātou tēnā tātou katoa. Members I have received a letter from the Rt Hon Winston Peters seeking to debate under Standing Order 389 the performance of regulators like the Financial Markets Authority in relation to the proposed joint venture between Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling. The letter seeking an urgent debate was received on Friday 3 June. It was not accompanied by any authenticating material. Previous Speakers have ruled that every statement in a letter seeking an urgent debate must be authenticated and that applications for an urgent debate that are not accompanied by authenticating material will be declined on that ground. The application is therefore declined.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. You have my letter to the Financial Markets Authority which is all the authentication you need. If you are referring to some other reference like the 574 pages that they have got in China but not here then that is another matter. But if you want authentication as to the complaint I sent you my letter and you have it.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The letter was received over the member’s signature. There was no accompanying authentication—[Interruption] Do not call out while I am on my feet. The member has been here probably longer than most other people and he knows the rules. I will not be trifled with in that regard. The application calling for the urgent debate is declined on the basis that it did not have authentication.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member should give me some assurance that he is not seeking to argue the point.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: No I am seeking a point of clarification. Are you saying that a member of Parliament’s complaint to a statutory authority is not authentication of his complaint?Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: There may have been material that was tabled in the House. It was not sent to the Speaker when seeking the urgent debate. The letter was not accompanied by authentication. That is the finding of many previous Speakers over a long period of time as the right honourable member should be able to recall.
Peters Winston: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of RegulatorsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePeters Winston: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of Regulators[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11696. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member should give me some assurance that he is not seeking to argue the point.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: No I am seeking a point of clarification. Are you saying that a member of Parliament’s complaint to a statutory authority is not authentication of his complaint?
Peters Winston: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of RegulatorsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePeters Winston: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of Regulators[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11696. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. You have my letter to the Financial Markets Authority which is all the authentication you need. If you are referring to some other reference like the 574 pages that they have got in China but not here then that is another matter. But if you want authentication as to the complaint I sent you my letter and you have it.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The letter was received over the member’s signature. There was no accompanying authentication—[Interruption] Do not call out while I am on my feet. The member has been here probably longer than most other people and he knows the rules. I will not be trifled with in that regard. The application calling for the urgent debate is declined on the basis that it did not have authentication.
Borrows Chester: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of RegulatorsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBorrows Chester: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of Regulators[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11696. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Kia ora mai tātou tēnā tātou katoa. Members I have received a letter from the Rt Hon Winston Peters seeking to debate under Standing Order 389 the performance of regulators like the Financial Markets Authority in relation to the proposed joint venture between Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling. The letter seeking an urgent debate was received on Friday 3 June. It was not accompanied by any authenticating material. Previous Speakers have ruled that every statement in a letter seeking an urgent debate must be authenticated and that applications for an urgent debate that are not accompanied by authenticating material will be declined on that ground. The application is therefore declined.
Carter David: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of RegulatorsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Urgent Debates Declined — Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling—Performance of Regulators[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11696. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: My office has received a letter from the Rt Hon Winston Peters seeking to debate under Standing Order 389 the performance of regulators in relation to the proposed joint venture between Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling. As I am a shareholder in Silver Fern Farms I have asked the Deputy Speaker to consider the application. I will now vacate the Chair and invite the Deputy Speaker to rule on the matter.
Martin Tracey: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMartin Tracey: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11695. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]12.TRACEY MARTIN (NZ First) to the Minister for Tertiary Education Skills and Employment: What reports has he seen on the pass rates for international students at Whitireia Community Polytechnic?Hon AMY ADAMS (Minister of Justice)on behalf of theMinister for Tertiary Education Skills and Employment: I have received no reports specifically on the pass rates for international students at Whitireia Community Polytechnic. I am aware of allegations made by a former staff member of Whitireia Community Polytechnic to a large number of agencies and members of Parliament relating to a particular paper at the institution. Whitireia Community Polytechnic had the concerns independently investigated and although the review found some concerns with the paper education agencies consider there was no evidence of serious concerns that required further investigation.Tracey Martin: Is the Minister comfortable with his department responding to these allegations in writing by saying: “Whitireia informed us of malpractice and we accept that this will not be repeated.” thereby ceasing any investigation?Hon AMY ADAMS: What I am aware of is that the independent investigation by Mr Peter Sherwin found that although there were procedural shortcomings it had not led to an unfair or noticeably perverse outcome. Based on those findings and the findings that the organisation handled the matter appropriately in reviewing it it is appropriate that it is left there.Tracey Martin: Is the Minister saying that it is standard practice by his officials to make no requests for further information or proof regarding these sorts of allegations from the official complainant?Hon AMY ADAMS: What I understand the Minister to be saying is that when an independent review finds that the matter has been thoroughly investigated that where lessons have needed to be learnt they have been learnt and that it has been handled appropriately he is happy to take it at that.Tracey Martin: Does the Minister acknowledge that it is best practice when scaling exam or assignment marks to scale the complete cohort involved not hand pick certain students and will he instruct a full independent inquiry from his office on these allegations?Hon AMY ADAMS: My understanding is that the Minister is satisfied that it has been properly investigated.
Pugh Maureen: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePugh Maureen: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 07 June 2016. Volume:714;Page:11695. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]11.MAUREEN PUGH (National) to the Minister for the Environment: What progress is the Government making on cleaning up contaminated sites and what new projects have been announced since Budget 2016?Hon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment): The Government is systematically cleaning up New Zealand’s most contaminated sites. We currently have eight projects under way. These projects are difficult as we note from the experience at Māpua and require careful project management and the flexibility to adapt as new contamination is found. Last Friday I announced the latest project involving a Government contribution of $4.2 million for addressing tributyltin and copper contamination in Nelson Haven. This is a project with the Nelson City Council and Port Nelson. This project will not only prevent this contamination from gradually spreading throughout the haven but also help secure the future of the boat maintenance facility and jobs. A condition of the funding is that there is the proper environmental regulation to ensure no future pollution. Another is that the local community shares in the cost of the clean-up.