Henare Tau: Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee Third Reading 
Henare Tau: Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee Third Reading 
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Hon TAU HENARE (National) 
: 
 I say to Darren Hughes that that was the greatest mimicking of Steve Maharey I have ever seen right down to the hand gestures and even the colour of his face. As they talk for 5 minutes their faces becomes redder and redder. Do members know why? It is because they are not telling the real story. 
Part 1 is about telling the real story. It states: “appropriation means any of the appropriations under Vote Parliamentary Service”. Why is it not just the money that those people across the Chamber stole out of the cookie jar misappropriated out of the cookie jar corruptly took out of the cookie jar and used to steal the election? People around the world will be thinking when they look at that group over there that this is a banana republic like no other. The Prime Minister prattles on about Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo but she should look in the mirror and see how she stole the election and how Heather Simpson stole the election. It is absolutely appalling. 
When we saw the accounts from the Labour Party it said they included union donations. What about the money it stole off the Service and Food Workers Union? What about the money it stole off the members of a union without the union members actually saying: “Here’s a donation for your election campaign.”? How much was it? It was $400000. That is what it is all about. This is a banana republic. Labour stole the election that is it eat that end of story. That is it it is all over. 
But it is not really all over because poor old Dover has to fork out $10000. Helen Clark has to fork out $18000. But who is the real culprit here? 
Paula Bennett 
: “H2”! 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: It is “H2”—Heather Simpson. What will Heather Simpson pay? If I had done this when I was working at the Kohanga Reo National Trust or for Newstalk ZB—that fine radio station—I would have been slung out on my ears. This is nothing but a rort that no business person in his or her right mind would stand for. 
Dr Jackie Blue 
: It’s a con. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: It is a con that is what it is. This bill should be called “The Sting Bill” “The Con Bill” or the “Cover Your Tracks Bill” because that is what it is all about. There is nothing in here that needs to be done today—nothing at all. We should be able to sit here for 6 months talking about how we are going to improve the system because systems always need to be improved and that is what they say this will do but it will not. 
There is something sinister in this bill. It is a sinister attempt by some people so that at the close of play today when this bill goes through—well hopefully it will not go through. The Greens are going to abstain. They are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to come here and vote but what do they do? They turn up eat their lunch and do not even vote for goodness’ sake! What a have they are. [ 
Interruption 
] Marian Hobbs should be quiet. She is one of those who rorted the system before. For goodness’ sake the Government benches are full of them! The front bench is full of people who know how to rort the system and rort the system they do. 
Phil Heatley 
: What did Marian do? 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: I do not know she bought some curtains or stayed outside her area somewhere and then claimed expenses—I do not know it was something like that. But it does not really matter we are not really talking about Marian we are talking about a thieving Government. It is a Government that stole the election from the rightful winners.