Peters Winston: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
Peters Winston: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
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1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) 
 to the  
Prime Minister 
: Why does she continue to say that she has confidence in the Minister of Immigration and the Minister of Health when there are many examples of violent crime committed by immigrants and refugees together with the emergence of Third World diseases in New Zealand and what has she done about this? 
Hon STEVE MAHAREY (Minister for Social Development and Employment) 
 on behalf of the 
 Prime Minister 
: The Prime Minister continues to say that she has confidence in those Ministers because she does. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: In view of the fact that a Zimbabwean has been here for 2 years and has committed every sort of crime imaginable including kidnapping assault attempted murder and infecting women with HIV and has cost this country a fortune already does she think that that is an adequate response to the women of New Zealand and the people of this country in particular and why should not those women when they begin to lead miserable lives as a consequence of what they have contracted think that she as Prime Minister and the Minister of Immigration are primarily responsible and guilty for that? 
Hon STEVE MAHAREY 
: It is not the Government’s policy to comment on individual cases. Anyone who applies to come to this country has to meet health and character requirements. Generally any immigration action to revoke a permit or to remove or deport a person of the kind just described is triggered by a conviction and I hope in cases where that is necessary the person goes. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: Is the Prime Minister so far removed from the ordinary circumstances of ordinary New Zealanders that she thinks that is an adequate answer when there are women who will be leading miserable lives and die early as a consequence of her Government’s neglect when there are hospitals spilling over with Third World diseases—TB in particular—on the North Shore and in Auckland and when every sort of crime is being committed by all sorts of refugees and immigrants; is that her idea of being a competent able Minister and Prime Minister? 
Hon STEVE MAHAREY 
: As the member well knows the Prime Minister is very much in touch with New Zealanders. She spends a lot of time talking with them face to face. In this particular case the behaviour of that person—if proven to be correct—is abhorrent and a conviction will ensure his departure from this country. I hope that comes quickly if that is the case. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: What on earth is that person doing in this country were it not for the fact that the Prime Minister runs a lax loose totally neglectful administration and that she does not give a damn what happens to New Zealanders as a consequence? 
Hon STEVE MAHAREY 
: It is her observation that in the 4 years of this Government the tightening up of procedures to get in and out of this country has been greatly accelerated under the excellent leadership of Lianne Dalziel. 
Rt Hon Winston Peters 
: How can she possibly make that statement when just last night on TV3 in one series of news items alone it was reported: first that a Saudi Arabian was trying to get a licence to fly a plane in this country; second that a Zimbabwean was up on all sorts of charges including rape assault knowingly infecting women with HIV kidnapping and stealing cars; and third that a Kuwaiti who having cost the country a damn fortune got on a plane and stopped it by shouting out that there is a bomb on board; and does she think that is the way a Government runs a tight administration on immigration? 
Hon STEVE MAHAREY 
: I repeat that in the 4 years of this Government those procedures have been tightened up greatly. Thank goodness we are here and not him.