Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote): E te Māngai o te Whare tēnā rawa atu ki a koe i tēnei ahiahi.[To the Speaker warm greetings this afternoon.]Thank you very much for the opportunity to rise on behalf of Labour to speak to the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income (Fair Residency) Amendment Bill. I acknowledge the speaker Nicola Willis for her discussion just before. This is of course the third reading of this particular bill and it has quite a history going back to and acknowledging Mark Patterson from the New Zealand First Party in its time and also to our colleague now from the National Party Andrew Bayly.I was having a bit of a giggle to myself as I reflected on our current superannuation scheme and I was being cheeky to the Hon Willie Jackson on my right. As I heard the previous speaker talking about their intentions to reform our super scheme I laughed at the option that they would shift that up to 67 versus the current 65 and sadly what that would mean for young men like the Hon Willie Jackson who's worked very very hard all of his life and has a lower life expectancy than the average male in New Zealand—but these are the realities of our super scheme and what those changes might mean. I think we're very lucky and I agree with the member Glenn Bennett that the super scheme that we have in this country and also acknowledging our veterans is incredible. And part of this discussion is about the level of fairness I guess in terms of how we proceed forward.What we want to achieve in this is a future to secure our superannuation scheme. What's important in this discussion is that we do address the concept of fairness and in my research I was looking back to the live examples of those that I know personally within my family that are on super schemes. I hope that she isn't watching this afternoon but this year my mum clicked over to what the member Ngobi—Todd Muller: Oh that's dangerous!SHANAN HALBERT: I know I'll be in trouble Todd but hopefully she's not watching. But the member Terisa Ngobi did a wonderful speech this afternoon and she talked about the big one". I think of my mum who's just clicked over into the "big one". She's worked all of her life since she was 15. She's worked in boarding schools supporting young people in their living environment. She's picked apples and asparagus in the Hawke's Bay. For the past 20 years she worked at Napier Pak 'N Save. And these are all people that have worked incredibly hard to serve this country and now is their time to inherit part of the "big one".I think of my dad too on this day and as a veteran how he served our country in Malaya and before his passing that he was a recipient of our veterans scheme and was lucky enough in his later life after working so hard too to be able to live a good few years before he passed because of the security that our super and veterans scheme offered him in his later life. Those are two live examples and again I hope that my mum isn't watching; I'll be in very very big trouble but I can look too to my grandparents who migrated here served our country for decades and really needed that particular support when it came through.Again just going back I do want to acknowledge my colleague Andrew Bayly for the work that he has done on this. It does take a lot in Opposition to proceed forward with a particular piece of work. I also want to acknowledge my good friend the Hon Carmel Sepuloni who as an aside rated a 9 in Audrey Young's New Zealand Herald report in the weekend which is incredible. She's done some great work. The Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) that she put forward on this delays the phased increase to the residence requirement in the same way that the member's SOP did but changes the years at which the phased increases counted from and that's so important to ensure that while we have taken forward a member's bill from New Zealand First to National as Government we are able to proceed forward with something that we are able to support for the betterment of all New Zealanders and a particular piece that is fair.But we support this bill of course because it increases the residence requirements for Aotearoa New Zealand super and it's about improving fairness between longer- and shorter-term New Zealand residents ensuring that they are safeguarded in the future of what they're entitled to through superannuation. The current residence requirement ensures that almost all New Zealanders are protected in their old age. And while I acknowledge the contribution that migrants make to our country I think it is fair to strike the right balance in ensuring that what they do receive when they click over into the "big one" is consistent that it is a meaningful recognition of all of those that contribute to our country.I want to just acknowledge the Finance and Expenditure Committee and all members including the chair Duncan Webb who's on my left and the opportunity that I got to spend with them recently actually. And what a very fast-paced select committee the chair operates. But I go back to one of the submissions that came out actually that really identified some of the key information in there and a time line in particular that goes back to in particular 2010—which again they recognise that. Partly funded by the Human Rights Commission the Retirement Policy and Research Centre published Reform Option 1: Reforming New Zealand Superannuation for a mobile trans-Tasman population. It goes on to talk about the progress that we've made through 2016 through 2017 and then right through to 2018 to the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment Cabinet paper that came forward as a last—Andrew Bayly: Talk about the bill!SHANAN HALBERT: This is a submission Mr Bayly—and I think a submission that hopefully you've read—and it was contributed by Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau the University of Auckland Business School. So that time line is an important one. It also acknowledges the arrivals and departures and the net gain of immigrants over that particular period and that's a great piece of work and I'm very very happy that the Finance and Expenditure Committee was able to consider the number of submissions that came through at that particular time.But I go back to the main point that we take away from the submissions—362 I believe submissions came through who discussed the work and the importance of our super and retirement scheme—that we wanted to ensure that we marked the contribution that people made to society in Aotearoa New Zealand but that we strike the right balance that is fair in ensuring that our future of superannuation is protected.So I thank everyone for their contributions in the House this afternoon even the positivity from Mr Bayly. Congratulations to you. Good work my friend and long may it continue in the spirit of kotahitanga. So I'd like to commend this bill to the House."