Calder Cam: Building Amendment Bill (No 2) — Third Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Calder Cam: Building Amendment Bill (No 2) — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 28 July 2009. Volume:656;Page:5200. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Dr CAM CALDER (National) 
: 
 Tena koe Mr Assistant Speaker Barker. E nga reo e nga mana e nga rangatira tena koutou tena koutou katoa. It is with unalloyed delight that I rise to speak in support of the Building Amendment Bill (No 2). 
Hon Dr Wayne Mapp 
: Unalloyed. 
Dr CAM CALDER 
: Unalloyed delight. At this juncture I acknowledge the excellent work done by members from all sides of the House to progress this bill both through the Local Government and Environment Committee and the House. This bill has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the legislative wasteland of the final days of the lost limping listless lethargic last Labour administration. Initially having been nurtured by the Hon Shane Jones—who was sorely missed in the tight five of the Parliamentary Rugby Team on Sunday—and more recently passing through the select committee helmed by Chris Auchinvole this bill is of benefit to all New Zealanders. This principled pragmatic National-led Government wants New Zealanders to have a decent wage packet so as to have real choice in their lives and a genuine sense of opportunity. We are working towards a New Zealand where all New Zealanders are inspired share a sense of purpose and a feeling of belonging and are drenched with exhilaration at the opportunities and possibilities open to all of us through hard work and commitment. 
As Prime Minister John Key observed in a speech recently “As a nation the income we generate enables us all to enjoy world-class public services—like health care and education” protect the vulnerable in our society and “strengthen our national institutions.” Simply put if we imagine the Government is New Zealand’s baker then we must grow the economic cake bigger so that there are enough slices to go around. This is even more crucial in these times of global financial turmoil. This humble bill the Building Amendment Bill (No 2)—some may say it is small but it is perfectly formed—will help us to do just that. 
In an earlier speech to the House I alluded to the fact that any growth in GDP New Zealand experienced under the leaden hand of the previous introspective torpid Labour administration was built on an increase in consumption a debt-fuelled housing boom and large often spectacularly ill-directed increases in Government spending. It was these influences along with working longer that drove GDP growth—not real improvement in productivity of high value internationally desired goods in the tradable sector. The tradable sector of course includes agriculture fisheries manufacturing tourism and forestry—the tight five for New Zealand’s future prosperity. 
The Building Amendment Bill (No 2) by reducing costs associated with constructing new plant in all these sectors will directly aid our competitiveness on the world stage and help us grow the all-important economic cake. This bill is yet another example of this principled administration keeping its promises and honouring a pledge that we made at the last election. The pledge was to cut burdensome compliance costs and red tape. This Government’s scalpel is finely honed for extirpation of further burdensome legislative verbiage where required. I urge the House to support this bill. Thank you.