Henare Tau: Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — In Committee 
Henare Tau: Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — In Committee 
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Hon TAU HENARE (National) 
: 
 I like it when the Hon Shane Jones is in the Chamber because he brings some interesting questions to the debate. Time and time again he says that the bill in front of us—the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill—is Labour policy. He said three or four times that it is Labour policy. I do not know whether he says it just to put people off or whether he seriously believes it. But if he seriously believes it then why do we not already have this measure? When Labour was in Government not so long ago why did it not implement any of this or is it a case of saying to Parliament and to the New Zealand public: “Oh well because they’re doing it we want it too and we want to say it’s our policy.”? 
The fact of the matter is that the people made a choice 3 years ago and that choice was to get some infrastructure going to get some benefit out of our own country to look after the lives of young people and not to kick them around to make sure that we put in place some things that will help— 
Hon Shane Jones 
: Relevance! Talk about parking wardens. Tell us about parking wardens. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: I will tell Mr Jones what is relevant: we are here and he is there so that is enough. 
Hon Steve Chadwick 
: Well do what’s right then. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: Goodness gracious me! I can hear the cackle from Sherwood Forest. Sue Moroney asked who would speak on behalf of the people of Hamilton. I will give her two names and they are elected people. 
Hon Shane Jones 
: Nanaia Mahuta. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: No that is one name. The man cannot count; it is one name. In fact I could give three or four names but one of them is David Bennett and another one is Tim Macindoe. 
Sue Moroney 
: How is he voting on this? 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: If the member for wherever who lives in Matamata but decides to say that she lives in Hamilton wants to get up— 
Sue Moroney 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. The assertion that the member just made about where I reside is absolutely incorrect. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: I know where the member resides. This part of the debate has been light-hearted— 
David Bennett 
: It’s not a point of order. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: I am on my feet ruling. That is not a point of order. It is a debating point and I am sure that if the member gets another call she might like to respond to it. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: Here is another name—another member who looks after the folks of Hamilton—that I want to throw into the hat: Lindsay Tisch. He looks after— 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: One thing the member cannot do is bring the Chair into the debate. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: I am sorry Mr Chairperson but you do a good job. This is all about making sure that young people are looked after and that they are not kicked around and used as an excuse by members opposite to drop this drop that and drop something else. [ 
Interruption 
] Well if one listened to the barmy left one might as well have a policy that nobody drinks and nobody drives—a zero limit—because that is where we are going if we listen to members opposite. This measure is not about hurting young people. It is about saving their lives and making sure that we are in the position— 
Sue Moroney 
: You had better read what you are voting for here Tau because you are voting for a zero rating. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: Sorry? 
Sue Moroney 
: You’re voting for a zero blood-alcohol level in this bill. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: The member should not be silly. 
Sue Moroney 
: You are. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: The member should not be silly. Of course we are not. We are with young people but not overall. On this side of the Chamber—[ 
Interruption 
] 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: Members will quieten down please. I would like to hear what the speaker is saying. This is meant to be a debate and I would actually like to hear something about the bill. The member has less than a minute to go. Could we just concentrate on what Part 1 says. 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: I will try to fit it in Mr Chairman. Here is something: this is not about everybody. Of course it is about young people but it is not about young people alone. This bill is about safe driving. It is about making sure people do not die or injure themselves when they are drinking and driving. That is what the bill is about. It is not about some ragtag mess driving a car down to the local video saloon. It is not about that at all. 
Phil Twyford 
: Video saloon? 
Hon TAU HENARE 
: Well that member had better go and ask Mr Jones about that. What we are here to do is make sure that young people are looked after.