Brown SimeonSIMEON BROWN (National—Pakuranga): Thank you Mr Speaker for the opportunity to take a call in the Urban Development Bill. I find it quite interesting the member for Mt Roskill talking about this Government's record on housing. Dare I remind the House about the Government's record in regard to Kiwi Fail"—I mean sorry KiwiBuild where they've delivered I think 380 houses—Dr Shane Reti: Is the architect here?SIMEON BROWN: Yes the architect of that project is in the House and it's great to see him here. But 380 houses when they promised 10000 per year. What a fail. And of course we've got light fail as well—I mean light rail which is another shocker.Dr Parmjeet Parmar: To Mt Roskill—light rail is going to Mt Roskill!SIMEON BROWN: That also goes through Mt Roskill doesn't it? Well it should be there by now; we're only 85 days from the election; I'm sure the local member is working very hard trying to get "light fail" through his electorate along with "Kiwi Fail" because they are certainly his priorities.The National Party will not be supporting the Urban Development Bill. Whilst we support the intent of the urban development authorities and the need for reform in this area the reality is that this Government is kicking the can down the road with what the real issue is which is fixing the Resource Management Act and making the long-term changes which not only benefit the Crown and Crown development through Kāinga Ora which is what this bill will do but also ensure that the planning rules and processes are in place so that private developers are given the same opportunities to be able to have faster consent processes and be able to realise the benefits that this bill seeks to provide. This is something which is not provided in this bill and is something that needs to be done to ensure that our legislation actually provides wholesale reform so that we can actually have better housing built faster and at a lower cost. Unfortunately this Government is not tackling those real issues which the National Party will be doing in 85 days once we're elected to Government.Hon Members: Ha!SIMEON BROWN: And I hear them laugh but seek.co.nz—take a look: you might need a job soon; that's for the members across the aisle.The other issue in regards to this bill which I know a lot of people submitted on—but also a range of people in my electorate of Pakuranga have approached me around—is the balance that this bill gets in regards to the balance between urban development goals and the recognition of property rights. This bill does grant Kāinga Ora significant land acquisition powers and whilst these powers are largely similar to the land acquisition powers set out in the Public Works Act 1981 it does differ in some significant respects. There is significant concern around this particularly regarding the reduced offer-back arrangements which will impinge on property rights. This is an issue which I know that a lot of communities up and down New Zealand will have concerns about. I know in my electorate of Pakuranga the area around Howick Stockade Hill is an area which has significant historic and heritage aspects to it. Those communities are concerned about how these powers may be used and that is another reason why the National Party won't be supporting this bill because there needs to be better balance in that regard.So we have a number of questions around the powers we believe there needs to be more scrutiny of these powers and for those reasons the National Party will not be supporting this bill."