Martin TraceyTRACEY MARTIN (NZ First): Kia ora Mr Speaker. We have had a very interesting week with regard to announcements by the National Government around immigration and that is what I want to address most of my comments around. I want to go back to 1993 though when New Zealand First was founded with 15 fundamental principles. Principle No. 8 reads: Whilst this country with such a small population will continue to require an infusion of overseas skills and expertise immigration will cease to be used as an excuse for our failure to train skill and employ our own people."—New Zealanders. The reason why I say that is that in this amazing little piece of difficult information that Minister Woodhouse has had to swallow over the last few days with regard to the minuscule tinkering around the cuts to immigration in this country what we have heard not a single word about is students—international students. So I want to put a few facts and figures on the table. There is a really good reason why we have not heard anything about international students. First of all since 2008 this Government has up to 2015—not taking in this current year—approved 730640 student visa applications. If that was export education that would be brilliant. That would be brilliant. But what is inside that is the fact that if those 730640 international students do 1 year or more of education inside a particular course a degree they get 20 hours a week working rights. That is not uncommon. Across the Western World that is pretty much a norm actually. If this Government had more than 53 labour inspectors—when we receive emails like this one from a student which says: "I have a terrible and confused trouble about finding job because I found a job the owner told me I need to pay her to get a suitable position. She wants me to pay her $30000. I am very confused about that.". When the educational institutions actually ring up the labour inspectorate to report this sort of abuse for international students—if we had more than 53 labour inspectorates and that is after a recruiting drive by this Government in December last year we might actually be able to get on top of the exploitation of students that is taking place. So the 20 hours a week is a standard norm but possibly what most people do not know is that—take an international student who has come into this country and has signed into a 1-year course. It is a certificate course—a level 4 level 5 or level 6 course. They get at the end of that course a 1 year hunt year. That means they have 1 year inside any place of employment in this country to hunt for a job that has something to do with the qualification they studied. So they get a 1 year hunt year. If they find a job that has something to do with the qualification for which they studied they get a 2-year opportunity to work in that job. During that 2-year opportunity generally they apply for permanent residency. These are not 730640 students coming in taking away some really high-quality education from New Zealand being treated appropriately not being exploited in this country and maintaining the high standards that we expect and we need across the planet with regard to this nation and the way we treat visitors. These are 730640 individuals who get 3 years' worth of working rights—3 years' worth of working rights. This is not what this Government would have you believe. This is not the way that the system should currently be managed. It should benefit not only the international student but the nation so that it is truly export education. All I can say is bring on 2017 and New Zealand First coming into a place of influence because we know how to manage this business. We know how to manage this economy so that our education providers are well supported well worked with and consulted with appropriately so that we turn this into export education instead of it being an exploitation of the New Zealand taxpayer. Kia ora."