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Henare PeeniPEENI HENARE (Labour—Tāmaki Makaurau): Excellent. Thank you very much for this opportunity. I rise to make a brief contribution while we are still on the preamble. I looked at and I have read through the bill. I have listened to many of the contributions and I pick up the words in the preamble that say The Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board wishes to—(a) describe better the relationship between Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board the Bishop of Te Upoko o Te Ika and tangata whenua of Wairarapa;". As I have read through this and also the commentary in regard to the preamble there does not appear to be much of a description about what that relationship amongst those groups entails.Surely I think it does a pretty decent job of describing and defining who those groups are. That is pretty straightforward and my colleagues on this side of the Chamber have asked questions about tangata whenua of Wairarapa and how you could come unstuck if you started defining what that means and also my colleague Rino Tirikatene has mentioned the definition of the Bishop. But to the preamble it does say "describe better the relationship" and as I have read through the commentary and as I have searched through the bill I do not think it does that. So I wonder why it refers to it there because I take it that if you are going to describe that relationship you would have some sort of markers in achievement as a grouping of several—as it says in the bill—different entities. You would describe how that relationship would work moving forward. You would do that by having markers or goals or outcomes I guess that you would expect to see in that relationship working better between all of those entities. I do not think that I have seen where it does that in this particular bill.Like I said I see that there are some pretty good descriptions about the entities involved but I have yet to see any language in fact—and I wonder whether the member in the chair can help me understand this a bit better—as to how this particular bill describes better the relationship between Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Board the Bishop of Te Upoko o Te Ika and tangata whenua of Wairarapa. If we are not going to describe what that relationship might look like—or certainly assist that relationship in working together in the future—more clearly and more defined then I wonder what the purpose is of having that there in the legislation. So that was my only question with regard to the preamble. We have been around the traps—in fact we have been across Polynesia. We are back here now and I just do still have that question for the member in the chair in the hope that we can get an answer."
Scott Alastair; Borrows ChesterALASTAIR SCOTT (National—Wairarapa): First of all I would like to specifically thank members for the constructive comments that have been made from both sides—mainly from the Opposition side—regarding the explanation around the Māori language. This is a bill that modernises an old Act and the modernisation ideally would have included a Te Reo translation but I am thankful that the Māori Affairs Committee has seen a pragmatic solution to the issue and made some recommendations that the wish of any submitters for dual language bills should be up front about it. I am also thankful that the pragmatic solution of getting this thing through has come through and has dominated the situation—thinking about the beneficiaries and the trustees and so on of this bill. The second point is that I would also like to thank particularly Nuk Korako for chairing the select committee in doing the work that it has done. I would also like to note Kelvin Davis' and Pita Paraone's explanations of why there is tangata whenua of Wairarapa" rather than the naming of the two iwi. I think that was very constructive and useful. And overall I would just like to talk very quickly about the bishop's definition which Mr Rino Tirikatene was talking about. That is really for the bishop to decide. That is the definition that is being used. Over the years the Church of England has modernised the language and descriptor of the bishop and that is what is being used in the bill. So once again thank you to the Committee and I appreciate your support on this bill.The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Chester Borrows): I call Peeni Henare."
SpeechThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): Before I call Kelvin Davis I am going to now say that I have considered the Standing Orders and the width of the debate on the preamble. I think that to be fair to members who have not spoken when other members have spoken I will allow the debate to run relatively wide as long as people make some reference to the preamble in their speech. But I will indicate to the Committee that it is my intention to tighten the debate on the title as a result of the fact that we have had a broad debate on the preamble.
Paraone PitaThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): Before the member speaks I think it is important that we understand the process going forward from now. My colleague Peeni Henare has drawn attention to what he considers are a number of errors in the work of the select committee and in its commentary on the bill. Unfortunately we are not at a point where we can make corrections to that select committee report. It is a commentary of the select committee it is the view of the select committee and although he has found—points of debate" might be a nice way of putting it or "mistakes" would be another way—we do not have the ability to make amendments at this stage other than to the bill itself. I am not going to rule out further discussion. Other colleagues might have a view that in fact my colleague Peeni Henare is wrong and they are allowed to point that out if they wish but we are not in a position to fix it up.PITA PARAONE (NZ First): I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. We are talking about Part 1 and the preamble and I respect the comments made by the previous speaker Peeni Henare but is the report of the Māori Affairs Committee part of this discussion?The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): The short answer is in a broad sense yes. Normally matters such as this would have been dealt with at the second reading of a bill but I think as far as the preamble—which is a relatively broad debate—the views of the select committee on the bill can certainly be referred to and that therefore the select committee report can be referred to but not amended."
Ross Jami-Lee; Mallard TrevorJAMI-LEE ROSS (Junior Whip—National): I seek leave for all questions in this bill to be debated as one question.The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): Is there any objection to that process? There is objection.
Obituaries — His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej King of Thailand
Dunne PeterHon PETER DUNNE (Leader—United Future): I want to join with others in expressing condolences to the Government and people of Thailand on the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej after nearly 70 years as that country's monarch. Many New Zealanders will remember with fondness His Majesty and Queen Sirikit's visit to New Zealand all those years ago which probably ignited the modern New Zealand interest in Thailand. Although we have had diplomatic relations for a number of years that visit—and the excitement that surrounded that young couple as they were in those days—set off in New Zealand I think an interest in Thailand that has retained its glory ever since.His Majesty wins plaudits for the stability he presided over during his reign as King of Thailand but there was another side to him. He was for instance an accomplished jazz musician and showed many lighter touches during his long reign.This will be a particularly sad and difficult time for his country which as a previous speaker has acknowledged has been racked by a degree of political dissension in recent years. The monarchy has been a very symbolic stabilising factor. Our thoughts are very much with the people and the Government as they go about the task of contemplating a Thailand without King Bhumibol and the thought of what might lie ahead.New Zealand's relations with Thailand are strong and this sad event in many senses because of the memories that the King evinces with that visit all those years ago actually helps to cement the relations between our two countries.Motion agreed to.
Flavell Te UruroaHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Co-Leader—Māori Party): E tū he aha te tāmi i haere ai koutou ki te mate? He tara tārau teitei he pātehetehe huruhuru whare riha he papa pounamu ki te ringa kia māwhiti te karu e! E Te Kīngi o Thailand whakangaro atu rā! Tāpirihia atu tō haere ki tērā o te wahine toa i kōrerohia i roto i tēnei Whare Pāremata i nanahi nei. Ko Helen Kelly tērā anā kua riro. Nō reira haere koutou ki tua o te pae o maumahara ki reira whakangaro atu ai tē hoki mai ki tō iwi ki tō kāinga ki tō papakāinga. Ka tangi ake ki a koutou te hunga mate haere koutou haere koutou haere koutou tēnei te tū ake o Te Pāti Māori ki te tautoko i ngā kōrero kua kōrerohia. Whakangaro atu rā. Āpiti hōno tātai hōno te hunga mate ki te hunga mate anei tātou te hunga ora e hoa mā tēnā koutou kia ora tātou katoa. [Arise what is the oppression that causes you ones to die? To you the King of Thailand disappear from view indeed! Add your journey to that of the courageous woman who was referred to in this House of Parliament just yesterday when tributes were accorded to her. That was Helen Kelly who died. So to you collectively the dead depart beyond the horizon and from there disappear from sight never to return to your people home and communal land. I grieve for you the deceased; go forth depart farewell. I stand on behalf of the Māori Party in support of the tributes that have been made. Disappear from view the links are joined let the dead be with the dead and here we are the living colleagues; my acknowledgments and appreciation to you collectively and to us all.]
Graham KennedyDr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green): The Green Party associates itself with the sentiments expressed already in the House on the passing of the King of Thailand. Our condolences go out to the people of that land. His Majesty as noted was the world's longest-serving constitutional monarch. He played a unique role in the national life of Thailand. Once upon a time I had occasion to meet the King in the royal palace in Krung Thep. It was on the occasion of the presentation of the credentials of our ambassador. I was in humble and obedient attendance.Such is the formality of this occasion in Thailand there was a dress rehearsal the day before. We were immediately preceded by the North Koreans and I forget who followed us. What I do not forget is the semi-divine task that was handed to us. We were required to walk into the chamber three paces bow move to the right three paces bow then move forward to meet His Majesty with a bow and a handshake. The challenge to put it mildly was that we were required to walk backwards on withdrawing since it is not permitted to turn one's back on the King. This included the bowing and this required mental and physical qualities hitherto not demanded of embassy mortals. Success meant a clean exit between the huge and heavy teak doors through which we had come. Failure meant well failure. Our New Zealand contingent—a team of two the ambassador and me—performed well enough in training. On the day with credentials presented in an appropriately performed greeting with His Majesty we went to repeat our manoeuvre match day as it were. And we so nearly got it right apart from my right elbow which sent a crunching sound of bone on wood through the palace room with the King looking on. I think a B-minus performance.I recall this moment with a mixture of respect for the King's dignity and a love of the Thai culture and people where I lived for 3 years. For an appropriate mix of formality and casualness is the hallmark of any people who possess such a deep and rich civilisation. Today's Thailand has its political problems and challenges but the beauty of the land the culture and the people are known to us all. May New Zealand remain a close friend. May we assist where we can. May the Thai people receive our respect and condolences on this sad occasion of the passing of His Majesty.
Little AndrewANDREW LITTLE (Leader of the Opposition): I rise to support the Government in its motion and on behalf of the Labour and New Zealand First parties note also the loss to the people of Thailand of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Bhumibol the Great was widely popular within his home country and I know that Thai people around the world will be mourning his loss and remembering everything he did for their nation.For a nation that has never been colonised the Chakri Dynasty is a living embodiment of the history of Thailand a history that they are very proud of. The loss of such a long-serving king is keenly felt. As the world's longest-serving head of State King Adulyadej took office in 1946 just 1 year after World War II ended. He rose to the throne at just the age of 18 and spent the rest of his life in the service of his country. That is an impressive record by any measure. His reign oversaw enormous change not just in Thailand but around the world encompassing the beginning and end of the Cold War man landing on the moon the fall of the Berlin Wall the dawn of the war on terror and the great recession.I have seen comments from people in Thailand who say that they never thought this day would come that they took for granted that the king would always be around. It is a good reminder that although none of us is immortal the best way we can spend the brief lives we are given is in service to our people.
SpeechWEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2016Mr Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.Prayers.OBITUARIESHis Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej King of ThailandRt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister): I seek leave to move a motion without notice that this House express its sadness at the passing of His Majesty the King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej.Mr SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that course of action being followed? There is none.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: I move That this House express its sadness at the passing of His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej the King of Thailand at the age of 89 who this year celebrated 70 years on the throne. King Bhumibol was the world's longest-serving monarch and he made an extraordinary contribution to Thailand and the region during his reign. He presided over a period of transformative growth and development that saw Thailand emerge as a regional leader and one of South-east Asia's major economies and he will be remembered for his lifelong devotion to the welfare and well-being of the people of Thailand. The visit of His Majesty and Queen Sirikit to New Zealand in 1962 was a cornerstone of the close and friendly ties that have since developed between Thailand and New Zealand. This year New Zealand and Thailand are celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations. His Majesty's loss is deeply felt by the Thai people. On behalf of all New Zealanders I would like to express our sincere condolences to Queen Sirikit Thailand's royal family and of course the people of Thailand.
Tuesday 18 October 2016 - Volume 717
12. Waste Management—Plastic BagsDENISE ROCHE (Green) to the Minister for the EnvironmentWaste Management—Plastic Bags12. DENISE ROCHE (Green) to the Minister for the Environment: Will he support a charge paid by customers on single-use plastic bags in order to reduce waste and provide revenue for waste-minimisation programmes and education; if not why not?Hon NICKY WAGNER (Minister of Customs) on behalf of the Minister for the Environment: Plastic bags make up a very small proportion of New Zealand's waste stream about a quarter of 1 percent—a quarter of 1 percent—so the Government currently does not support a compulsory charge. That would also be double-dipping because we already charge a levy on every tonne of waste that goes to landfill and that charge raises $30 million a year for waste initiatives including $15 million for local initiatives including education and research.Denise Roche: Why will he not support a charge when overseas examples have shown how well they work—for example in the UK where there has been an 85 percent reduction in plastic bag use and £13 million generated for environmental charities in just the first 6 months?Hon NICKY WAGNER: Waste minimisation is focused on managing waste harm and waste volume. Plastic shopping bags become a significant environmental problem only if they are not disposed of correctly but New Zealanders are generally very responsible about that and we have good waste management and recycling facilities. Furthermore single-use plastic bags are only a quarter of 1 percent.David Seymour: Does the Minister believe it a good use of New Zealanders' funds to take $150 million—at 15c on a billion plastic bags—to potentially reduce plastic waste output by a quarter of 1 percent?Hon NICKY WAGNER: No.Denise Roche: Should this Government not be more ambitious than settling for a recycling scheme that does not actually reduce the 1.6 billion plastic bags that we use every year when scientists are predicting that there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050 unless drastic action is taken?Hon NICKY WAGNER: Plastic bags become a problem only if they are not disposed of correctly and there are effective waste management systems and recycling facilities. But international research tells us that 80 percent of the plastic in our marine environment comes from a total of 20 countries and New Zealand is not one of those countries. I believe there is a bigger concern of plastic microbeads because it is not possible for households to separate these and they end up in the waterways and the oceans so the Ministry for the Environment is working with its officials and with Australians to address this issue.Denise Roche: Is the Minister saying we should just give up trying to protect our oceans?Hon NICKY WAGNER: Of course not.
8. Prisons—Prison Capacity ProgrammeBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country) to the Minister of CorrectionsPrisons—Prison Capacity Programme8. BARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country) to the Minister of Corrections: What is the Government doing to ensure our prisons have the capacity they need?Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Corrections): Excellent question. Well today I announced plans to increase prison capacity on existing prison sites by around 1800 beds at a construction cost of around $1 billion. Despite significant progress in reducing crime the number of prisoners has increased faster than projected. The Government is responding with new investment. We are committed to ensuring value for money for taxpayers. All the proposed beds are on prison land where a lot of the infrastructure is already in place. Barbara Kuriger: How will the Prison Capacity Programme further ensure those in prison get the treatment and rehabilitation they need to reduce reoffending?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: The Prison Capacity Programme is not just about bricks and mortar but is also aimed at the drivers of crime: drug and alcohol abuse and domestic violence. Along with ensuring public safety reducing reoffending is Corrections' ultimate goal. Corrections actively works with offenders to provide rehabilitation education and employment training that make a positive and demonstrable difference in assisting prisoners to turn around their lives. The programme will increase delivery of the department's most successful rehabilitative and reintegrative programmes including drug treatment units to address drug- and alcohol-related issues; special treatment units to address violent and sexual offending; reintegration programmes including Out of Gate and guided release; and education training programmes such as core literacy and numeracy and industry training.
6. Child Sex Offenders—Child Sex Offender RegisterJONO NAYLOR (National) to the Minister for Social DevelopmentChild Sex Offenders—Child Sex Offender Register6. JONO NAYLOR (National) to the Minister for Social Development: What recent announcements has she made regarding efforts to prevent reoffending by known child sex offenders?Hon ANNE TOLLEY (Minister for Social Development): Last week I announced that New Zealand's first child sex offender register came into effect. Since Friday when offenders convicted of a qualifying offence come out of prison they have to provide authorities with a range of personal information and then tell police of any change in their circumstances or plans to travel. The register will allow authorities to be more proactive in identifying risk and working to prevent reoffending and harm to children.Jono Naylor: What is the reasoning behind the need for the child sex offender register?Hon ANNE TOLLEY: Before the register came into effect there was very limited information available to the authorities on where these people were living once they were released from prison and what was going on in their lives that may trigger reoffending. These offenders will no longer be able to disappear back into communities after completing their sentence and authorities will now have a much better idea about where they are living and what their personal circumstances are. This will allow them to assess what effect a change in the person's circumstances has on their risk of offending and whether any preventative action needs to take place. Jono Naylor: Who will have access to the register?Hon ANNE TOLLEY: Only authorised police and Corrections staff involved in monitoring child sex offenders have direct access to the register. Information will be able to be shared between Police Corrections the Ministry of Social Development Housing New Zealand the Department of Internal Affairs and Customs and between the Commissioner of Police and overseas law enforcement agencies plus police will be able to release some information to a third party such as a parent or caregiver if they assess there is a need to do so to protect the safety of a child or children. This register is part of this Government's commitment to prevent harm to children and is another example of our focus on this very important issue.
3. Roading Auckland—ProjectsDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National) to the Minister of TransportRoading Auckland—Projects3. Dr PARMJEET PARMAR (National) to the Minister of Transport: What recent progress has been made on construction of the Government's western ring route motorway in Auckland? [Interruption] Mr SPEAKER: Order! Iain Lees-Galloway could I have substantially less interjection from you sir.Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Minister of Transport): Last week the Prime Minister and I officially opened the new St Lukes to Great North Road interchange on Auckland's State Highway 16. The Government has invested $85 million to widen the highway from three lanes to four lanes in each direction with upgrades to on and off ramps in the St Lukes Road overbridge. The improved section of highway and interchange will improve congestion on Auckland's Northern Motorway and is one of seven projects that make up the Government's $2.4 billion western ring route project.Dr Parmjeet Parmar: What progress has the Government made on its commitment to deliver the East-West Link roading project?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: Very pleasing progress in fact. Recently the Prime Minister and I marked the start of work on the East-West Link roading project which is one of the Government's top transport priorities in Auckland and a project of national significance. The first stage of the project in Onehunga is now under way and involves widening the Southwestern Motorway to four lanes in each direction between Neilson Street and Queenstown Road in Onehunga. Dedicated bus lanes will also be added to State Highway 20 at Walmsley Road to improve travel times for those heading to and from the airport. Work is also progressing on the broader East-West project with the consent applications for the $1.85 billion project due to be lodged before the end of the year.Dr Parmjeet Parmar: What other priority roading projects is the Government delivering in Auckland to support the city's growth?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: The Government is committed to Auckland and to keeping it moving. In the 3 years to 2018 over $4.2 billion will be invested in transport in and around Auckland. This will see the western ring route completed including the opening of the $1.4 billion Waterview Connection next year. There is the ongoing construction of the $1.3 billion Auckland-Manakau Eastern Transport Initiative project $268 million worth of upgrades to parts of the Southern Motorway and upgrades to the Northern Motorway including an extension of the Northern Busway. All of these projects underscore the Government's very strong commitment to our biggest city.
Pugh MaureenMAUREEN PUGH (National): It is a pleasure to stand in support of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill in its second reading today. This is quite a simple piece of legislation. This bill addresses some of the unforeseen issues that have arisen since the changes to the alcohol laws came into effect. The main change deals with how non-alcoholic and low-alcoholic beer wine and mead are displayed in supermarkets and grocery stores. Currently no- or low-alcohol beer wine and mead cannot be displayed in the designated alcohol area of a supermarket or grocery store and this means that they are now displayed with the soft drinks and juices which of course makes them very accessible to children. I would just like to point out for the benefit of a previous speaker Peeni Henare who had not heard of mead until dealing with this bill—he thought it was before his time and it certainly was—that mead was actually first made about 8000 years ago. This bill was widely supported by the submitters to the Justice and Electoral Committee. The message was clear—to keep all products marketed as low-alcohol or beer displayed together. This bill addresses that and I have pleasure in commending it to the House.Bill read a second time.
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill — Second Reading
Browning SteffanSTEFFAN BROWNING (Green): I am speaking to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill. This is an interesting bill in that we have the industry that promotes alcohol and the Women's Christian Temperance Union the Seventh-Day Adventists and others that certainly are opposed to the consumption of alcohol appearing to be in concert with each other. They all wanted something sensible to come out of this and for these products to be in a single area of supermarkets. I am aware of businesses in Marlborough that have had exceptionally low-alcohol products but because they are related to alcohol they were actually constrained from being in areas where they were best marketed. So this appears to be a good outcome. I note that a previous speaker was talking about the build in low-alcohol beers but I noticed at an event I was at on Sunday a lower-alcohol wine. It was not super-low. It was still about 9.8 percent or something—about 25 percent less—and it was being marketed out of my region of Marlborough as well. I note that my local in Grovetown in Marlborough—for people who maybe drink on a pretty regular basis and are looking at the safety of driving away from a little country pub—is going to a low-alcohol local beer. I think it is called Empathy which is a pretty interesting name for a beer. It signified maybe some of the emotive aspects of sympathy almost for drinking a low-alcohol beer. But that has been taken up very very willingly and very broadly across the board. People recognised they needed to be more conscious and careful about their alcohol consumption. To have these beers placed in the same area as wine—and mead of course—in that single area in a supermarket makes significant sense. The Green Party is very happy to be supporting this bill and very happy even with the low-alcohol drinks to see them in the same area. We remain concerned about the overt advertising of alcoholic drinks throughout the community which really ramps it up to young people that somehow a lot of these more seriously alcoholic drinks are a good thing. It is somewhat of a shame that we have not nipped that one in the bud at the same time as dealing with the placement of low-alcohol drinks in the supermarket. The Green Party supports this bill and it is great to see the cross-party support for it. Thank you.
Naylor JonoJONO NAYLOR (National): It is a pleasure to rise in support of this bill. There are occasions of course when the public looks at Parliament and looks despairingly at some of the conflict that goes on around here and wonders whether we can ever get anything sensible done. This is one of those moments when we can get something sensible done. It is great to hear the cooperation—certainly the cooperation that we had within the Justice and Electoral Committee when going through this bill I thought was outstanding. There were great submissions and a great process. Essentially I think the benefit of this is that it is something that is helping to support what I see as a really positive trend that is happening in New Zealand. We have had a long time when we have talked about It's not the drinking it's how we're drinking." and we are seeing a growing trend now of New Zealanders drinking lower-alcohol products or no-alcohol products. They are saying: "Look we'd love to sit down and have a beer but it doesn't have to have alcohol in it." I think it is a growing trend and one that needs to be encouraged. One of the difficulties we had of course with the old legislation was that somebody might roll into the supermarket looking for a low- or no-alcohol beer look in the beer section in the supermarket and not be able to find it and potentially walk out with a full-strength beer under their arm because that was the only beer they could find. Under this legislation logic has prevailed common sense has prevailed and what we are going to see is the ability to have all those products that are marketed as beer as wine and as mead all in the same aisle. What we do not want to see is those zero-percent products that are marketed as beer sitting alongside soft drinks. I think it has been a really productive process and as I say we have had sensible submissions. There has been a really great collegial process at the select committee. I look forward to this bill becoming law so we can start seeing some sensibleness around this issue. I commend it to the House."
Dean JacquiJACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): I wish to make a contribution to the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Display of Low-alcohol Beverages and Other Remedial Matters) Amendment Bill in this the second reading and just going through my notes I came across again some of the submissions from submitters on behalf of the breweries. Some of the comments they made were quite useful. The one that really stuck out for me was that a number of brewers said supermarkets were nervous to sell low-alcohol beer under the current legislation and said that it was irritating for supermarkets and confusing for customers. OK we might not care that it is irritating for supermarkets but we might care that it is confusing for customers because these days a number of customers are now looking for lower-alcohol options and the prohibition of products with less than 1.15 percent alcohol by volume not being able to be displayed in the same area as the full-strength alcohol is indeed a disincentive for people who are looking for those lower-alcohol products. All you have to do is go along to the supermarkets these days and see that that demand is indeed increasing for those low-alcohol products—beer and wine—which was exactly the intention of the 2013 amendments in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act. A brewery—DB in this case—said that the brewer wanted its low- and non-alcoholic beers stocked in the beer aisle saying that it is common sense that that is where you go to look for beer whether it is alcoholic or non-alcoholic and I think that is a pretty strong argument as well. The Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act has been in force for 3 years now and although some communities are struggling in bedding in some of the aspects of the legislation I think these minor and technical measures that are in this bill are pretty clear and well supported by this House. The legislation required correction which is what this bill does. Thank you.
Wall LouisaLOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa): Tēnā koe e Te Māngai o Te Whare. It is my pleasure as one of two Labour representatives on the Justice and Electoral Committee with my colleague Jacinda Ardern to support this piece of legislation and to note what fun we had in the select committee. I think that the proposal that we have come up with is one that the House should fully endorse. It was really interesting in terms of the passage of the legislation through the select committee because actually we got stuck with definitions and this bill is very much one about definitions. In the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 to qualify as an alcohol product a product has to have over 1.15 percent ethanol by volume. That is the technical definition of what an alcohol product is. Where this bill actually collided I think with consumer demand and a response by the alcohol industry to a demand for lower-alcohol products was actually with—and this is from a Ministry of Justice piece of advice—the Food Standards Code. The Food Standards Code actually allows products that are less than 1.15 percent ethanol by volume to be labelled as beer mead or wine based on the ingredients and also based on the process of creating these products. So that is where prior to this legislation going through the House there has been confusion. In 2012 when the principal legislation went through the House there were not actually any alcohol products that were less than 1.15 percent ethanol by volume but in 2014 there was a creation of these zero-alcohol beers or light beers and that was very much in response to consumer demand. In New Zealand that market ended up providing to 5 percent of the people who consumed low- or no-alcohol products but in Australia it actually accounted for 25 percent of total beer sales. So this is a pragmatic piece of legislation and what I was interested in noting was that really all the submitters were very clear that whether a product is considered alcohol by content or alcohol by marketing all of those products should be in a single area of a supermarket. I really want to commend the industry—so the supermarket industry the alcohol manufacturing industry and actually not only community organisations but Alcohol Healthwatch the Health Promotion Agency the National Public Health Alcohol Working Group the New Zealand Drug Foundation the New Zealand Nurses Organisation the Seventh-Day Adventist Church the Women's Christian Temperance Union Waikato District Health Board and Northland District Health Board. Everybody who came to the select committee was really clear that whether the product was alcohol by definition of the Act or alcohol by definition of the Food Standards Code they should be all placed in one area of the supermarket. It was a lot of fun engaging with the officials and on the select committee but overall I really just want to commend how simple the process has been and was. I have not really got much more to add because I think it is really important that we pass this legislation and maybe there is an opportunity to pass it tonight so without further ado I commend the bill to the House. Thank you.
Kuriger BarbaraBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): It is a pleasure to take a very short call on this New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Amendment Bill. As we have talked about it tonight it is about updating the export framework which is going to enable these New Zealand industries to become more effective global leaders in the market and we do talk about collaboration and coordination. It is really interesting because when we talk about a number of industries whether it is milk which is in a fairly coordinated process or other industries without a coordinated process we talk about the same type of product.I know that although this is horticulture there is quite a diverse group of organisations working together. From the avocados which we all know about and the kiwifruit we move on to things like chestnuts and truffles. Often we hear in this part of the world that we are exporting milk and we are exporting milk powder and logs but actually we have got some quite premium products going out. The other ones things like tamarillos—it is my favourite breakfast at this time of the year. So for me it is really important to pass this legislation because it is updating the framework.It is enabling these New Zealand industries to be global leaders and to actually have a structure that allows them to work together so that they can tell the story of New Zealand tell where it comes from and they can really target what is going on in the markets and put this to the world in a positive way in a place where this is the beginning of telling the New Zealand food basket story. It is not just about their product; it is about a whole range of things that we can put in a food basket. I think it is wonderful that this piece of legislation is going forward and it is a real pleasure to commend it to the House. Thank you.Bill read a second time.
New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Amendment Bill — Second Reading
Barclay ToddTODD BARCLAY (National—Clutha-Southland): I think you will agree Mr Deputy Speaker having sat on the Primary Production Committee yourself as well that this piece of legislation has come at a good time. It has come with almost unanimous industry support. For an industry such as the horticultural industry which is such a huge part of our primary sector having grown about 17 percent over the last 3 years to an export value of about $4 billion—for an industry that it is looking as a whole to tap into that premium level internationally and to really solidify New Zealand's brand as being a premium producer and is working together on those market strategies it is incredibly well received that it is right behind and actually has driven this piece of legislation. I think it falls in line as well with the Government's overall strategy of doubling the export value of our primary sector by 2025 and of updating the export framework to enable our industries to be global competitors in the global marketplace is incredibly important. Brett Hudson the rural-urban mixed electorate list MP from Ōhāriu and I yesterday spent some time visiting Silver Fern Farms' Finegand plant. They spent a lot of time and put a lot of emphasis on demonstrating to us that premium brand food safety the story of New Zealand and us as a producer is incredibly important to them and they talked about the differentiation that they have got between their Silver Fern Farms' reserve brand tiered meat which is marketed exclusively at high-end restaurants as compared with the next level of meat that they produce and they send to various supermarkets and then down the chain further across export markets. That just solidifies I think what the horticultural industry wants to do as well which is why we are supporting the bill. Thank you very much.
Pugh MaureenMAUREEN PUGH (National): I stand in support also of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Bill in its second reading here tonight. This is the result of a lot of work by the Government Administration Committee and also by our colleague the Hon Nikki Kaye whom we acknowledge tonight. For me being a resident in a highly active district that is frequently subjected to severe weather events like cyclones earthquakes and floods and having the ability for the Ministry of Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) to prepare for and manage the recovery following small- to moderate-scale events makes perfectly good sense to me.The provisions in this bill can of course be applied to a large event also. On the West Coast we have had first-hand experience of the huge amount of work involved in the clean-up and recovery phases following extreme natural events. This new law will give clarity to those leading this work and will ensure that the work can be carried out as swiftly and effectively as possible. This bill will streamline the process from the initial response phase through to a transition phase and it makes emergency powers available for post-event specific periods of time.I understand how important it is for communities to get back on their feet as soon as possible following an event. This bill certainly provides a practical way to enable work such as clearing roads and the removal and disposing of dangerous structures and materials to be undertaken. It also gives CDEM officials the ability to lawfully enter premises to save lives or to rescue and remove injured people and to plan for those events. Worthy of note is that the provisions of this bill do not rely on a state of emergency to be declared for a transition notice to be issued. Instead the Minister of Civil Defence is required to give approval for this transition notice to be put in place. This is a sensible development of the CDEM legislation and I have pleasure in commending it to the House.Bill read a second time.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Bill — Second Reading
Smith StuartSTUART SMITH (National—Kaikōura): I would like to start by also passing on my best wishes to the Hon Nikki Kaye. It is universal across the House—we all wish her well in her recovery. This Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Bill—really from my own experience I know of a good example in Marlborough where the Boxing Day fires in 2000 highlighted the need for good management and good plans to be in place and the need to be nimble on the ground which requires people from the very top right through to the people on the ground having good pathways of communication and a good ability to get the right decisions made in a speedy manner and to deploy the resources where they are needed. In that Boxing Day fire there were a lot of lessons learnt. I remember standing on the side of a hill witnessing an argument which I thought might come down to a physical disagreement with the person who was controlling the gang that I was in trying to fight the fire. There was a severe disagreement about how the fire should be handled. I wondered where that was going to go and in the meantime the fire continued to burn. However we did get it sorted in the end and it did not really cause too much of a problem but it did highlight the issue. Roll forward to the February fire in 2015 when the rural fire chief Richard McNamara commonly or affectionately known as Mac had completely transformed that rural firefighting team and the way that that team now worked together seamlessly with all the other authorities. Unfortunately in that fire a helicopter actually crashed. There were 11 helicopters ferrying water up in monsoon buckets to put the fire out. Due to very strong winds one of the cables on a monsoon bucket hooked around the skid on a helicopter and with the swift water and the wind he was not able to keep up with it and the helicopter crashed into the riverbed. That aside the way that that fire was controlled was phenomenal. I know I went to see the fire chief Richard McNamara and the police all being involved in briefing the community well ahead of time compared with the Boxing Day fires 15 years prior to that where it was absolute chaos. This particular time the police the fire department and the council were all there briefing people on what they had to do if the fire turned to cause a problem where they were the ways out and how it was all going to be handled. It really demonstrates what can happen when you get good management in place. However that has been born out of the mistakes that happened there. This bill will ensure that those practices are able to be implemented all around the country. It is with great pleasure that I commend this bill to the House.
Korako Nuk; Borrows ChesterNUK KORAKO (National): Ā tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā mauri ora ā huri noa i Te Whare e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa. [Greetings to you Mr Deputy Speaker and may the force of life be with you and you all throughout the House. I acknowledge you collectively.]It is indeed my pleasure to stand in support of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Bill and I would also like to join other members of the House in wishing the instigator of this bill the Hon Nikki Kaye a really speedy recovery. Kia kaha kia māia Nikki! [Be strong and be confident Nikki!]As someone from Christchurch which has been through a lot of issues—a lot of important changes have taken place there—to me this bill is about two things: the first is about learning from past events and the second is finding that balance between central and local government when talking about civil defence. What it does is that there is in this bill improvement and recovery. There is the covering of the transitional sorts of periods and there is the historical thing that has been looked at. There is some clarity—legislation mandates and all of that—but I suppose the first one is that the law changes will improve communities' recovery from small and moderate scale emergencies. These are pretty much very frequently the types of emergencies that we experience here in New Zealand. The other one is around the transition because even when we saw it in Christchurch going from an emergency to a situation of a recovery and then a rebuild—what is really important here though is that there is an emergency and the focus actually switches from response to recovery. This bill will better enable management of that transitional period. The other part historically also is that most of the attention has always sort of been given to preparation and actually responding to a particular event. However as we have seen in the Manawatū and the Whanganui region following the severe storm in June 2015 the clean-up and the recovery phase can really involve a huge amount of work. It is those sorts of historical factors that a lot of this was based on. When developing this type of implementation what is important too is clarity around the law. The new law will give this particularly to those who are leading this work and help ensure that it can be carried out as swiftly and as effectively as possible. It will also provide the appropriate authority for those directing coordinating and managing the recovery itself. The other part is that it gives a legislative mandate which is really important. In providing that it is important that there is clarity particularly with the recovery managers. This bill will require that recovery planning is definitely carried out and it will also provide powers to support the transition to recovery through the creation of those transition notices. This bill is about getting communities back on their feet more quickly after an emergency. I commend this bill to the House. Kia ora.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Eugenie Sage—a 5-minute call.