Collins JudithHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura): Well look the member who's resumed her seat Deborah Russell says that she wants to hear from the Opposition. That's wonderful. Well she's going to get it! Well let's look at Part 2—and it's always good to be given a lesson from a new member isn't it?Hon Amy Adams: Patronising isn't it?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Oh it's wonderful! I love it!Hon David Bennett: She won't be here next time.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Well look she might as well make the most of her opportunities. I want to deal particularly with this provision of new section 16G in clause 11 which is Conditions for consents relating to sensitive land that will be used for forestry activities". It's actually quite difficult to read in the bill and I say that because most of the bill has been crossed out by the Finance and Expenditure Committee. You always know when you've got a dud bill: most of it's crossed out and has had to be replaced at some stage and it's having to rely on the Finance and Expenditure Committee to correct it for the Minister. So I want to know what's so special about forestry as opposed to every other activity on land.Hon Amy Adams: Well that's the question isn't it?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Well that is the question. So what is so special? I want to know about blueberries. Blueberries are something which is incredibly good for us all. It's a super-food. There are basically no calories in them. Everything about them's good and you can freeze them and do everything else to them so what about blueberries?Hon Member: You can't import them.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: And you can't import them I'm told. So what's so special about pine trees that are probably going to end up being used for pulp paper stuff? What about that? What's going to happen there?Hon David Bennett: It's going to be exported.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: And they're going to be exported. So what's so special about this land that grows forests? What is it? What is the one thing? And I'd like to hear from the Minister about what in particular—what about viticulture? Why isn't that exempt? What about kiwifruit? Why isn't that exempt? Why is every other industry around land including housing suddenly sensitive? What is it? And you have to wonder: has it got something to do with a little deal between New Zealand First and Labour?Hon Amy Adams: Price of power.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Is that the price of power? And what is it that the Greens are agreeing to this for? Would that be what the price of a bauble or three? No four because there's four of them aren't there—four Ministers. So it's the price of a BMW basically you could say and a VIP car. That would have to be it. So let's find out from Mr Parker in the chair what is so special because what about the rest of New Zealand? When we talk about the "benefit to New Zealand" test—I recall just this evening listening to my colleague Lawrence Yule speaking about Elephant Hill that excellent vineyard in Hawke's Bay with an excellent syrah I have to say. If only it was larger there could be more. And yet you know New Zealanders who didn't start their life as New Zealanders—German—came to New Zealand got themselves involved bought this property and made it from nothing basically and these are the people that David Parker and his ilk want to punish. So why is that? Why would they want to do that? Because New Zealand is actually built on immigrants. Whether people came in a waka whether they came on an aeroplane or whether they came on a ship it's built on immigrants and so what's so wrong with them? And he might say "Well it's not that it's just that they're using New Zealand and they're going off overseas." but hang on: the very exemption in this around being able to buy apartments off the plans in New Zealand and keep them as long as you don't actually live in them encourages speculation and encourages overseas landlords. It encourages foreigners to own the properties and New Zealanders to get to rent them. So what is the purpose of it? And again I say what is the principle behind this? The principle behind this is power—if that could ever be a principle. The principle behind this is that if you get your seat in Cabinet then you can do this and you can stay there and New Zealand First gave it to them because of it. And the Greens who have long lectured us about their principles with such sanctimony—oh I can only just think of Metiria Turei when I say that; such sanctimony—have shown that the price for them is the BMW and the BMW for which they are happy to say "Exempt forests but nothing else—just exempt forests. Allow people to be foreign landlords in New Zealand for apartments so New Zealanders can pay for them but not actually own them in that case but just don't let those foreigners want to stay here any time.""