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Mallard TrevorPETITIONS PAPERS SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS AND INTRODUCTION OF BILLSSPEAKER: No petitions have been presented. Ministers have delivered papers.CLERK:Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment strategic intentions 2021-25New Zealand Artificial Limb Service statement of intent 2021-24 and statement of performance expectations 2021-22.SPEAKER: Now those papers are published under the authority of the House. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.CLERK:Report of the Environment Committee on the petitions of Mark PattersonReport of the Health Committee on the Water Services Bill andReport of the Petitions Committee on petitions related to COVID-19 immigration and border policies.SPEAKER: The bill is set down for second reading. The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of a bill.CLERK: Education and Training (Teaching Council Fees and Costs) Amendment Bill introduction.SPEAKER: That bill is set down for first reading.
Urgent Debate — Procedure—Leave to Defer Consideration of Application for Urgent Debate
Mallard TrevorURGENT DEBATESProcedure—Leave to Defer Consideration of Application for Urgent DebateSPEAKER: I have received applications for an urgent debate. The Business Committee has determined that a special debate be held on the Dawn Raids after oral questions today. An urgent debate is part of the general business of the House which takes place in sequence commencing at 2 p.m. each sitting day. General business takes precedence; so any urgent debate would normally be held before the special debate. However there is significant public interest and interest in the House in the special debate. Therefore I seek the leave of the House to consider applications for the urgent debate at the conclusion of the special debate. Is there any objection to that? There appears to be none.
Waititi Rawiri; Woods Megan; Mallard TrevorRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Thank you Mr Speaker. Up to 20000 households lost power and in some cases were left without heating after high winds brought down powerlines and cold weather saw power use surge beyond generation capacity. For such widespread failures to occur proves that our system is under serious pressure. This is unacceptable at any time let alone in the evening in the middle of winter. Our communities deserve more.It is evident that these failures are a consequence of decades of under-investment in our infrastructure including our national electricity grid. Using even more fossil fuels is simply not an option nor are further blackouts. What's needed is to ramp up our investment in renewable energy so that we reach 100 percent renewable electricity production urgently. That means more solar more wind more tidal more geothermal. Te Paati Māori has pushed strongly for significantly higher levels of investment in transition to renewable energy and clean technology. The irony is not lost on us that this national widespread power shortage occurred on the same day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their latest report showing we are on a collision course with climate catastrophe.Energy resilience is going to be more and more important. The Government must prioritise this alongside strengthening our response to the climate crisis through aggressive action on reducing our emissions. My question is to the Minister: so when can we see a full commitment by this Government to move to 100 percent renewable electricity what are the time frames and will Māori and iwi be consulted and/or part of the decision making?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): I thank that member for his contribution. Of course this Government does have a commitment around 100 percent renewable electricity. In terms of how it is that we ensure that Māori and iwi are brought into that that is a piece of work that is ongoing. I am working with a number of colleagues—I talked in one of my previous answers in terms of what we're doing in terms of trials on Māori housing in terms of distributed energy and what the future might look like there. So that is a critical part of the Government's work programme.RAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): How does the Government fare in terms of that consultation when it comes to water rights with Māori?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): That is a separate piece of work that is not part of the energy portfolio.SPEAKER: We're also getting slightly wide of the—
Ministerial Statements — Energy and Resources — Power Outages 9 August 2021
Woods MeganHon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): Thank you Mr Speaker. I'll answer the couple of questions that were in there. In terms of what actions should or could have been taken to avoid the occurrence that happened yesterday I think I outlined that in my initial statement that there are a number of things that need to be looked at. We did have more generation that could have been brought on stream but it wasn't and that is the piece of work now that needs to be looked at: how do we assure that it's not market decisions that are the limiting factor in terms of whether New Zealanders have their lights on and the ability to turn their heater on? In terms of Onslow and its ability to bring on more capacity and more generation actually providing that dry-year storage is absolutely critical to unlocking the potential of north of Taupō intermittent generation—wind and solar—which would have covered some of the earlier in the day so it is part of a network that is absolutely critical.In terms of one of the assumptions that the member made I'd just like to correct him in terms of the bringing on of new generation. In the last three years we've seen 1.4 gigawatts of new generation brought on with $2 billion worth of investment. Some of that is of course non-fossil baseload generation in the form of geothermal which is a very important part of our system. Simon Court: Mr Speaker—SPEAKER: No the member's time is expired.
Shaw James; Woods MeganHon JAMES SHAW (Minister of Climate Change): Given that her view is that it was a commercial decision to withhold generation last night that led to the Rankine unit being offline would having more oil and gas reserves or more coal reserves available have made any difference to the outage last night?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): No and the Taranaki Combined Cycle Power Station gas turbine wasn't utilised either; so there was more capacity in the system that could have been utilised there. I do note that that does take around three days in order to bring that into action but I also note that the forecast weather front that we saw pass over the country had been in place. So it wasn't a physical constraint on capacity that we had there. We did have the physical ability to cover all of the electricity generation that was required last night.Hon JAMES SHAW (Minister of Climate Change): And just out of curiosity how much demand did electric vehicles place on the grid last night and was New Zealand's electric vehicle fleet to blame for the outage?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): An excellent question given I've seen some reports of this but what I can report is that last night if every battery electric vehicle and every hybrid vehicle had been plugged in and charging at the same time that we experienced the peak between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. yesterday it would have required 42 megawatts of electricity. This is equivalent to the power used in a town the size of Mosgiel or a quarter of a standard wind farm.
Kuriger Barbara; Woods MeganBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Given the cable was at 50 percent last night what is the expectation of the Minister of the transmission—what percentage of that cable should have been running and given the dam situation—that we now have plenty of water—why was the cable not fully operational?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): There were some planned outages that were happening in Clyde last night but I do note that Meridian made a decision when they received the notice yesterday to bring off stream a planned outage they had on one of their wind farms that they cancelled that and brought that back on.BARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Have I still got time? One more question: what percentage of last night's generation was thermal?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): I think you'd probably say not enough given that the third Rankine wasn't fired up. We have a system at the moment that does require the fact that we do have both renewables and fossil thermal fuels in our system. What we saw was a commercial decision was made to not bring on the Taranaki Combined Cycle Power Station or the third Rankine at Huntly yesterday. In terms of do we want to change that in the future absolutely and that's why this Government is doing the long-term investments that will get us to that place.BARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Why did Genesis not put extra load on last night?Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Energy and Resources): I think that's a question better directed to Genesis.
Motions — New Zealand Olympic Team—Congratulations
Waititi RawiriRAWIRI WAITITI (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): I support the sentiment of the Opposition leader Judith Collins talking about the many people who have become experts in different sporting events and I'm sure if Cook Islands dancing was part of the Olympics Simon Bridges might make the podium cut!Tēnā tātou tēnā tā tēnā koe te Pīka otirā kia ora tātou i te Whare. Ka tū au i runga i te āhuatanga o te Paati Māori ki te tautoko i tēnei mōtini ā e pā ana ki Ngā Taumāhekeheke o te Ao me ngā mea kaitā kua riro i a tātou i roto i ngā rā kua hipa ake nei.[Greetings everyone greetings Mr Speaker and to everyone in the House. I stand today for the Māori Party to support this motion which pertains to the Olympics and the great feats achieved by us in the last few days.]First of all I want to begin by acknowledging all of our sportspeople who competed in this year's Olympics and particularly our 33 Māori athletes and those who have won medals during this campaign. Like everyone else I do want to single out one of our own. If I ever had the privilege of attending the Olympics I would definitely go straight to the rowing venue. It was with immense pride over the last few weeks that I watched our rowers who were out in front from the starting blocks leaving everyone else in their hūkatai and rehutai. When it came to Lisa Carrington's race no one else even stood a chance. He tipua he taniwhā he atua he wahine Māori. [She is a legend a powerful leader a supernatural being a Māori woman.]I stand here today and acknowledge that the most successful Olympian in the history of Aotearoa is not from the Bay of Plenty; she is from the Waiariki. And I know for a fact ladies and gentlemen that she is also on the Māori roll. Now I hear Willie Jackson over there saying she is of Ngāti Porou descent. If she is Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki she is definitely Ngāti Porou; if she is Ngāti Porou she is definitely Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. Born in Tauranga raised in Ōhope and schooled at Whakatane High School Lisa Carrington demonstrates what Te Waiariki has to offer this nation. Lisa's a shining example of Māori excellence: she inspires our rangatahi to be proud of their whakapapa to strive for their dreams and to never give in to adversity.Lisa has said that connecting to her heritage and identity as tangata whenua has helped keep her steady during this historic Tokyo campaign. In her own words: To know my ancestors and what they did and the challenges that they went through so I could be here now has been a really cool realisation."Nō reira e hika mā tēnei rā te mihi atu ki a tātou. Kia ora tātou. [And therefore I greet you all. Be well.]Motion agreed to."
Menéndez March RicardoRICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH (Green): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise on behalf of the Green Party to support this motion and the comments of the two speakers beforehand. I don't claim to be an expert in sports to be fair but what I do know is about the fantastic people and heart-warming stories from the New Zealand Olympics team. So I would like to take a moment to make a few acknowledgements starting with Hayden Wilde winning our first Olympic medal and dedicating it to his father who never got to see him race; the outstanding teamwork and culture of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team; Emma Twigg who finished fourth in London and Rio winning gold in her first Olympics as an out gay athlete; Lisa Carrington the GOAT in the boat" as another member to the right mentioned.I also want to pay tribute to the Black Ferns and Portia Woodman for her visible support of the tino rangatiratanga flag and the aroha which she's shown throughout the leadership as the Black Ferns have played. I think this is notable as many athletes have—despite the restrictions on political activism at the Olympics—tried their best to raise many issues whether it's the toll that high-performance sports takes on their mental health issues in their home countries—we know that the Olympics are inherently political and so commend the many athletes who have taken many powerful messages to the stage on top of their amazing performances. This includes trailblazers like Laurel Hubbard who has shown humility courage and paved the way for many people in the Olympic scene; and Valerie Adams winning another medal and proudly leading the team as the flag bearer and in the closing ceremony. I also want to pay tribute to the athletes who will be participating in the Paralympics shortly an opportunity to see so many wonderful athletes on stage. And I do want to reflect as well on the issue of whether sometime in the future we could see the Paralympics and the Olympics being held jointly getting equal coverage and support from the international stage.So I hope as well that we continue supporting community sports who continue to be the lifeline and the growing ground for talent who we end up taking to the world stage. Kia ora."
SpeechTUESDAY 10 AUGUST 2021The Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.KARAKIA/PRAYERSASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Almighty God we give thanks for the blessings which have been bestowed on us. Laying aside all personal interests we acknowledge the Queen and pray for guidance in our deliberations that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom justice mercy and humility for the welfare and peace of New Zealand. Amen.
Dean JacquiHOUSE IN COMMITTEECHAIRPERSON (Hon Jacqui Dean): The House in committee on the Medicines Amendment Bill.
Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill — In Committee—Part 1
Rurawhe AdrianREGULATORY SYSTEMS (TRANSPORT) AMENDMENT BILLIn CommitteeDebate resumed from 17 March.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): When the committee last considered this bill Part 1—clauses 3 to 10 and Schedule 1—was being debated. This is the debate on the amendments to the Land Transport Act 1988. Simon Court had the call with three minutes and 15 seconds remaining. The question is that Part 1 stand part. Part 1 Amendments to Land Transport Act 1988CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): The question is that the Minister's amendments to Part 1 set out on Supplementary Order Paper 16 be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): The question is that Part 1 as amended stand part.Part 1 as amended agreed to. CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): I'm sorry—I'm just seeking clarification members. Sorry members we're going to have to go back. We have an amendment tabled which should have been included in Part 1 so I'll just get the correct words. Sorry members we're going to have to do the vote on Part 1 again. The first question—there's now three questions. The question is that the tabled amendment in the name of the Hon Michael Wood to the amendments to Part 1 set out on Supplementary Order Paper 16 in his name be agreed to.Amendment to the amendments agreed to.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): The question is that the Minister's amendments to Part 1 set out on Supplementary Order Paper 16 as amended be agreed to.Amendments as amended agreed to.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): The question is that Part 1 as amended stand part.Part 1 as amended agreed to.
Mallard TrevorHOUSE IN COMMITTEESPEAKER: I declare the House in committee for further consideration of the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill.
Rurawhe AdrianHOUSE IN COMMITTEECHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Members the committee is resumed on the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill.
Tuesday 25 June 2024 (continued on Wednesday 26 June 2024) - Volume 776
Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill — Second Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill be now read a second time. Ayes 68New Zealand National 49; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 48New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Motion agreed to.Bill read a second time.SPEAKER: This bill is set down for committee stage immediately. I declare the House in committee for the consideration of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill.
Bidois DanDAN BIDOIS (National—Northcote): Mr Speaker Happy Matariki to you. To quote from the Broadway show Hamilton: Talk less smile more." I commend this bill to the House."
Brewer Cameron; Brownlee GerryCAMERON BREWER (National—Upper Harbour): This bill will amend the Clean Car Standard in line with our Government's environmental commitments. Thanks to a user-pays model it will save taxpayers money in what has been a prolonged cost of living crisis. I commend the bill.Hon Dr Megan Woods: Mr Speaker. Prior—SPEAKER: Wait for a moment. I think it's just a really good idea just to cut down the conversations among members at such a loud level.
Rutherford TomTOM RUTHERFORD (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. I just couldn't help myself sitting there listening to that diatribe of absolute waffle from David Parker when he said Oh Labour is the party of agriculture." and yet they turned up to Fieldays for a day and then left didn't have a stand there and rolled out their Red Bands from the packet without a spec of dirt on it and said to the community "Hey we represent you." Nah nah nah—nah nah nah—we don't buy it on this side and the New Zealand public see straight through it and I commend the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill to the House."
McCallum GrantGRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): Well I rise in support of this very good bill. The farming community of New Zealand—we've got rid of the ute tax. I just want to assure the member on the other side of the House that I do not drive a Remuera tractor" I drive a "Maungatūroto tractor". And from Maungatūroto I can see the Brynderwyns which are opening tonight—one hour from now. Great news. With that I commend the bill to the House."
Foster AndyANDY FOSTER (NZ First): Two quick things: it seems to me that the Opposition is assuming a couple of things are going to happen. The first one is that the downward trajectory that there is at the moment in terms of the clean vehicle system emissions is somehow going to stop. Well it clearly is not going to stop. The second one is the assumption that somehow the Minister will actually turn that around and I don't think that's going to happen either. So I think that this is simply allowing the Minister to give a greater degree of flexibility and that's why I commend this bill to the House.
Luxton CameronCAMERON LUXTON (ACT): I rise in support of this bill because you know New Zealand's a beautiful country. It's a great country. I love this country to bits but I have to say I don't think the international motor vehicle developers are clinging on with bated breath to see how New Zealand goes on their clean vehicle standard. They are private industries who go about investing for the future of their company and making sure that their consumers get what they want. I am very happy to have heard read out on the other side of the House a list of companies that have developed electric vehicles for utes for tradies and farmers to get a piece of because it just shows that that sort of thing is happening in the world. Tradies like myself who go out to work in a vehicle that's supplied for them to go and do their job based on their requirements—it's a great thing to have in a free country. Facts matter. So I mean we've just gone a quick Google search of this. Statistics New Zealand for the end of June 2022—it turns out that fuel imports were $7.1 billion and car imports were $6.8 billion so we're talking roughly $14 billion. It turns out our exports of dairy were $25.6 billion so I don't know where this number that was being thrown about that they are combined was coming from but perhaps we'll hear some more later.Look we want to see lower vehicle costs for the hard-working backbone tradies and farmers of New Zealand that Labour used to care about. I commend this bill to the House.
Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Bill — In Committee—Clauses 1 and 2
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That debate on this question now close.Ayes 68New Zealand National 49; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 48New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Motion agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question That clause 1 be agreed to.Ayes 102New Zealand National 49; New Zealand Labour 34; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 14Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Clause 1 agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question That clause 2 be agreed to.Ayes 102New Zealand National 49; New Zealand Labour 34; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 14Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Clause 2 agreed to.Bill to be reported without amendment.House resumed.CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): Madam Speaker the committee has considered the Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Bill and reports it without amendment. I move That the report be adopted. Report adopted.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): This bill is set down for third reading immediately.
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That debate on this question now close.Ayes 68New Zealand National 49; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 48New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Motion agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question That Part 2 be agreed to.Ayes 102New Zealand National 49; New Zealand Labour 34; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 14Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Part 2 agreed to.ScheduleCHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): Members we now come to the Schedule. There is no debate on the Schedule. The question is that the Schedule stand part.A party vote was called for on the question That the Schedule be agreed to.Ayes 102New Zealand National 49; New Zealand Labour 34; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 14Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Schedule agreed to.
Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Bill — In Committee—Part 2
Anderson MilesMILES ANDERSON (National—Waitaki): I move That debate on this question now close.
McClay ToddHon TODD McCLAY (Minister of Forestry): To the last speaker—Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan—the public had such great hope and expectation when he came here and so we'll work on that. Look I guess the point of this is actually—and to the Hon Peeni Henare I did consider a change to the name and I thought it could have been the Hon Shane Jones (Thank You) Bill" because actually what Shane Jones did four years ago was send a very clear signal to the sector that they should take responsibility for themselves and actually there is a need for legislation or regulation where they don't. In the intervening period of time as a result of the great foresight of Shane Jones four years ago the sector has stepped up. It has taken the responsibility and has said that they want to do that for themselves—firstly.Secondly we could also call it the "Shane Jones (Getting Rid of Additional Costs) Bill". It's not necessary I suppose because the cost of this legislation or regulation on the sector is greater than the benefit that's being derived and so that's the reason that it's coming away. So a heartfelt thanks to Shane Jones because he's a man of great great vision and we should recognise that collectively in the House by unanimously supporting this bill. The final point in as far as the entry into force upon Royal assent the part that is being repealed happens straight away so we can give money back to those that have paid it and we can get absolute certainty and we don't have to send out more invoices. Around legal harvest we're pushing the date out for the new system to enter into force to 1 August 2027 to give ourselves time appropriately to engage very broadly and widely with stakeholders in New Zealand and international stakeholders. But it could well come into force before that by Order in Council should that work have been done and in the third reading speech I'll be able to talk a lot more about that."
Xu-Nan Lawrence; Kuriger BarbaraDr LAWRENCE XU-NAN (Green): Thank you Madam Chair. When we're looking at this I appreciate what the Minister has mentioned before which was that this bill itself has a very narrow scope. But as we have heard through the committee of the whole House stage this particular bill actually has much broader implications when it comes to the revocation of the log traders and forestry advisers regulations. So I think a more appropriate title in this case should be the Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal Without Considering Broader Context) Amendment Bill" because in this case we have mentioned on multiple occasions the workers in terms of the health and safety component from the imbalance and the inequity we're seeing with our forestry going from small forestry—and again going back to the supplementary analysis report which said that the people who benefit are going to be log exporters and trade entities but that the main costs would come to small-forest owners. I think this has a much broader implication than what the Minister has mentioned so I would really encourage the Minister to consider seriously when we are looking at the title broadening it out to the scope that is not just simply looking at this but it is looking at the complete ecosystem that it would affect. So with that I genuinely think that we should be looking at potentially in terms of the title something that is more along the lines of the "Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal and What is Going to Happen to our Industry?) Amendment Bill". I just feel that in this case the Minister—Hon Todd McClay: It's like country—it's quite a catchy one. Dr LAWRENCE XU-NAN: And I really appreciate the Minister's engagement and advice on a lot of these areas but really we haven't been able to get a straight answer from the Minister on the broader implications that the repeal of this will create.CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): I think we need to be careful—I'm going to call on the Hon Todd McClay but I just think we need to be careful that the suggestions for the title don't put the scope of the bill out of the scope of the title."
Kuriger Barbara; Henare PeeniClauses 1 and 2CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): Members we now come to our final debate. This is clause 1 and 2. The debate is on the title and commencement. Hon PEENI HENARE (Labour): Well Madam Chair just because of the way that we've pushed this particular legislation through and the narrow scope with which Parts 1 and 2 were debated I think I'm going to capture the energy in the room and the comments that were made throughout—CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): That would be good because I was waiting for some.Hon PEENI HENARE: —about the progress of this particular bill this evening. When I think of the title and I think of the process from whence the legislation was first put in place or the regime was first put in place and then where we are now today repealing it why don't I offer a title for the committee to consider and perhaps it could be the Forests (Matua Shane Jones Changed Tack) Bill"—I don't know. Now I'll just let that one sit there and let it ruminate amongst all the members in the Chamber as what we've discussed here is reasonably small but it has a huge impact on the forestry sector. So when we look towards and we explain why we've made these amendments to some of those—perhaps the small and medium sized forestry owners—that have been mentioned at length here this evening perhaps that particular title might be something that can give them a bit more clarity about what's happening here this evening.The other part of course is clause 2 which is talking about the commencement date. The Minister made clear the programme ahead of us—August 2027 if I recall correctly. I do put to the Minister though that just for the sake of the committee of the whole House and for those listening at home whether or not he could just one more time make it very clear about the date that he mentioned in 2027 the time in between and the process that will take place and say why it is important that everyone understands when this Act comes into force after the day of Royal assent."
Bidois DanDAN BIDOIS (National—Northcote): I move That debate on this question now close.
Anderson Miles; Kuriger BarbaraMILES ANDERSON (National—Waitaki): I move That debate on this question now close.Hon Dr Deborah Russell: Oh Madam Chair we were waiting for the Minister to answer questions.Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan: We were waiting for the Minister to answer.CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): There's no obligation—Hon Todd McClay: She didn't take it. CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): No I haven't taken the closure motion yet. But the member putting the closure motion was the only person standing on their feet and I have—it's up to the Minister as he gets up to answer the questions OK? So—Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan: OK. Apologies Madam Chair.CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): That's OK. I'm going to call the Hon Dr Deborah Russell if she still wants a question.
Luxton JoHon JO LUXTON (Labour): Thank you very much Madam Chair for the opportunity to ask the Minister a question on this. I have a question to the Minister around the definition of practice standards": "with 'practice standards' in relation to legal harvest means the practice standards set under section 158". So with this new definition of practice standards is it just simply bringing into line what was in Part 1 "Amendments to Forests Act 1949" or under the amendment to the Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Act what are those new practice standards going to be? Why have we changed the definition? I'd appreciate if the Minister could give us an example of why and what the purpose of that has been."
Xu-Nan LawrenceDr LAWRENCE XU-NAN (Green): Thank you Madam Chair. When we come to Part 2 it specifically looks at the amendments to the Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Act and I think one of the things that's really important for this bill overall is the way that it crosses over with the primary legislation. In this case with the Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Act it's really important to tease out and get clarification from it because I think that even for us who are looking at this we are constantly trying to do that level of cross-reference. So my first question on this is to do with clause 10(1) which replaces section 2(1)(a) with 1 August 2027" and this is just going to be quite a straightforward question to the Minister. The primary legislation and the principal Act in this part says that section 2(1)(a) states "3 years after this Act receives the Royal assent" which would be 2026 and I guess I would like to know from the Minister the rationale why we are pushing it out for one more year as a result of the repeal of this system—I'm seeing shaking heads up there. This is why we really need that level of clarification because there are so many cross-overs here. So let's broaden it and just say: could the Minister clarify why the date was changed from "3 years after this Act receives the Royal assent" to "1 August 2027"?"
Kuriger Barbara; Henare PeeniPart 2 Amendments to other legislationCHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): Members we now come to Part 2. Part 2 is the debate on clauses 9 to 20 Amendments to other legislation". The question is that Part 2 stand part.Hon PEENI HENARE (Labour): Tēnā koe Madam Chair and thank you for the opportunity now to look towards Part 2. A lot of the contribution that's already been made in the committee—certainly from this side of the Chamber—has talked about some of the nervousness amongst some of the Māori forestry owners. My question with respect to Part 2 looks towards clause 11(3) where it says "In section 4(4) repeal the new definitions of 'misconduct' 'threshold volume' and 'unsatisfactory conduct'." I have read through that particular legislation the Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Act 2023 and I've got comfort with what it's proposing here. What is also however in that particular section though is the definition of terms like "marae" and when I think about the caution that has been expressed from this side of the House with respect to Māori land owners and Māori forestry owners and the example and the interpretation given for marae and the way that forests actually grow up against marae—and my colleague and relation Hūhana Lyndon knows this particular example very well. The Matawaia Marae for example which is built in the Ngāti Hine forest has the forest hard up against the marae. Now I suspect that some might say it was coincidence but the argument that's being put forward by land owners and forestry growers in this specific area talked about it being more by good planning than by coincidence. The first question I have for the Minister is whether he can give an assurance that the interpretation of "marae" in respect to forests and the way that we harvest against marae will continue to be protected and that the interpretation won't change.My next question for the Minister is on clause 13 and in part this is related to my question in Part 1. New section 6(3)(1A) in clause 13 inserts these new terms into the legislation and what it's done here is it has got rid of what would normally be in paragraph (e) which is about acting under a delegation. Members might recall that I spoke very briefly about whether or not the Minister would retain the ability to delegate and he addressed it in part. This one here however with respect to clause 13 continues to talk about the protection of forestry officers etc. and it does offer the words that will be now inserted into the legislation but I ask whether or not the Minister would keep what is in there which is section 6(3)(1A)(e) which is about those powers of delegation. I know one is a bit of the cart before the horse and this is why I'm asking whether or not the Minister will consider keeping paragraph (e) in that particular piece of the legislation. Those are my two questions for the Minister at this point in time."
Thursday 1 August 2024 - Volume 777
Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill — Instruction to Transport and Infrastructure Committee
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill be reported to the House by 5 December 2024.Ayes 68New Zealand National 49; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 55New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14; Te Pāti Māori 6; Tana.Motion agreed to.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): I declare the House in committee for consideration of the Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill.
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 102New Zealand National 49; New Zealand Labour 34; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 21Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14; Te Pāti Māori 6; Tana.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Teanau Tuiono): The question is That the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill be considered by the Transport and Infrastructure Committee.Motion agreed to.Bill referred to the Transport and Infrastructure Committee.
Doocey MattInstruction to Transport and Infrastructure CommitteeHon MATT DOOCEY (Associate Minister of Transport): I move That the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill be reported to the House by 5 December 2024.
Brownlee GerryINTRODUCTION OF BILLSSPEAKER: No bills have been introduced. The House comes to oral questions.
Personal Explanations — Privileges Committee Report—Member Conduct
Genter Julie Anne; Brownlee GerryPERSONAL EXPLANATIONSPrivileges Committee Report—Member ConductHon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Green—Rongotai): Point of order Mr Speaker. I seek leave of the House to make a personal explanation.SPEAKER: Leave is sought. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER: With respect to the report that has been delivered today Question of privilege concerning the conduct of a member during the committee of the whole House I apologise unreservedly for my conduct in the House on the evening of 1 May 2024.
Papers and Select Committee Reports
Brownlee GerryPAPERS AND SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTSSPEAKER: A paper has been delivered for presentation.CLERK: Government Response to the Report of the Petitions Committee on Petition of Kiwilaw Probate and Estates Ltd.SPEAKER: That paper is published under the authority of the House. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.CLERK: Report of the Privileges Committee on the question of privilege concerning the conduct of a member during the committee of the whole HouseReport of the Regulations Review Committee on the Complaint about the Building Regulations 1992reports of the Social Services and Community Committee on the2024/25 Estimates for Vote Housing and Urban Development and appropriations within Vote Building and Construction that are the responsibility of the Minister of Housing2024/25 Estimates for Vote Women.SPEAKER: The reports of the Privileges and the Regulations Review Committees are set down for consideration.
Motions — Typhoon Gaemi—Condolences
Hernandez FranciscoMOTIONSTyphoon Gaemi—CondolencesFRANCISCO HERNANDEZ (Green): Point of order. Thank you Mr Speaker. I seek leave to move a motion without notice and without debate to express condolences to those affected by Typhoon Gaemi also known as Typhoon Carina.SPEAKER: Leave is sought. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ: I move That the House sends its condolences to all those who have lost loved ones and livelihoods in Typhoon Gaemi also known as Typhoon Carina in the Philippines that struck a range of countries in South East Asia and North Asia from 19 July to 27 July and notes that the New Zealand Government stands ready to consider and respond to any requests for assistance from affected countries to aid recovery efforts.Motion agreed to.
Brownlee GerryPETITIONSSPEAKER: No petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation. A paper has been delivered for presentation.
Bishop ChrisBUSINESS STATEMENTHon CHRIS BISHOP (Leader of the House): Next week the House will consider the second reading of the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill. It will also consider the committee stage of the Resource Management (Extended Duration of Coastal Permits for Marine Farms) Amendment Bill the Corrections Amendment Bill and the Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Bill. The House will also complete the third reading of the Regulatory Systems (Education) Amendment Bill.
Kuriger BarbaraTHURSDAY 1 AUGUST 2024The Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.KARAKIA/PRAYERSBARBARA KURIGER (Deputy Speaker): Almighty God we give thanks for the blessings which have been bestowed on us. Laying aside all personal interests we acknowledge the King and pray for guidance in our deliberations that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom justice mercy and humility for the welfare and peace of New Zealand. Amen.
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 68New Zealand National 49; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 48New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time.SPEAKER: This bill is set down for second reading immediately.
Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill — First Reading
Rutherford TomTOM RUTHERFORD (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to speak in support of the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill and I commend it to the House.
McCallum GrantGRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): Well this Government we sure know how to get things done. We got rid of the ute tax. All that did was drive up the price of vehicles for some people. Now we're going to bring in a piece of legislation that's going to help reduce the price of vehicles for your average Kiwi and I commend this bill to the House.
Brewer CameronCAMERON BREWER (National—Upper Harbour): This is another example of this Government getting things done. During the election National committed to reviewing the Clean Car Standard. Then in January the Minister of Transport the very good Minister Simeon Brown directed officials to begin a comprehensive review of the clean car vehicle standard. Now here we are in June a few months later and this Government is passing the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill in all stages. We are getting things done. We've got a mandate from the people of New Zealand. I commend this bill.
Foster AndyANDY FOSTER (NZ First): Look I'm intrigued by all the noise from the Opposition because this really is a very very small bill. All it is doing is two things. The first thing it is doing is it is bringing forward by three to four years what is already set in the legislation now which is to give the Minister of Transport the power to set the Clean Car Standard by Order in Council anyway from 2028 and the second bit is that—and I'm surprised particularly by the Green Party saying that they would like the motor vehicle import industry to be subsidised by the taxpayer—it allows cost recovery which seems eminently sensible. I commend this bill to the House.
Luxton CameronCAMERON LUXTON (ACT): Thank you Madam Speaker. I rise on behalf of ACT to speak in support of this bill which removes red tape which has been concreted in in primary legislation. It's not as far as ACT would go but it is a lot further than this Government would perhaps go without ACT. Having secondary legislation to set the standard means that unworkable targets can be modified. So when we've got unworkable targets which are increasing the costs that can be dealt with.What costs there are—I'm glad to hear the Minister of Transport speaking on moving towards a user-pays model for funding this scheme and ACT and myself commend this bill to the House. Thank you.
Thursday 21 March 2024 - Volume 774
European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill — Third Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill be now read a third time.Ayes 117New Zealand National 49; New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 15; ACT New Zealand 11; New Zealand First 8.Noes 6Te Pāti Māori 6.Motion agreed to.Bill read a third time.SPEAKER: I declare the House in committee for consideration of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023-24 Multinational Tax and Remedial Matters) Bill.
12. Question No. 12—AucklandSHANAN HALBERT (Labour) to the Minister for AucklandQuestion No. 12—Auckland12. SHANAN HALBERT (Labour) to the Minister for Auckland: Does he agree with Christopher Luxon's commitment to Aucklanders" in the New Zealand Herald today that the Government is "ruthlessly focused on rebuilding the economy and reducing the cost of living so more Kiwis can get ahead"; if so what actions will he take to deliver cost of living relief for Aucklanders?Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH (Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage) on behalf of the Minister for Auckland: Yes the Government is ruthlessly focused on rebuilding the economy and reducing the cost of living. That is why we are axing the Auckland regional fuel tax (RFT) on 30 June this year and why the transport Minister is in Auckland today outlining the coalition Government's plan to get Auckland moving again.Shanan Halbert: Is the Government's own analysis of the Auckland regional fuel tax repeal correct that "Removing the RFT is unlikely to have a substantive impact on households"; if not why not?Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH: Well I think the member will be pretty aware that when he goes to the petrol station and people pay less money for the petrol because they're not paying a regional fuel tax they will have more money in their pockets. And that's what we're setting out to achieve.Shanan Halbert: What action is he taking on behalf of Aucklanders who are facing additional public transport costs registration fees and tolls and/or pricing schemes following the repeal of the regional fuel tax?Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH: Well I'll be saying to them that they'll be very pleased—well they'll be very concerned that they're driving around in Auckland whether they're in cars or on buses crawling around at 30 kilometres an hour and going over speed bumps everywhere because of the strange priorities of the previous Government and my message to them is: help is on its way. You've got a Government that's going to actually help them move around more quickly. [Interruption]SPEAKER: Just wait—just wait.Shanan Halbert: What action is he taking—SPEAKER: Just—hang on. Now you can start.Shanan Halbert: What action is he taking on of Aucklanders who are facing a proposed 23 percent increase in their water rates?Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH: Well he'd be better to ask the Minister for Infrastructure such a question. But we're very focused on ensuring that all Aucklanders get access to things. That's why we're trying to reduce the inflationary pressures in this city by bringing some discipline back to Government spending and by reducing the regulatory burden that many businesses including the providers of water services in this country have to deal with. So long term we're going to take the pressure off Aucklanders in that regard."