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Cameron MarkMARK CAMERON (ACT): Yeah I'll just add to that if I can and I'll probably truncate it a little bit more Minister. A single property with multiple farm buildings on it—and quite often we've seen rather large dairy farms especially down in the South Island with several properties on it; they're reticulated together from a single source. Would the owner of that property therefore be considered a provider and be subject to any punitive legislation therein because of it?
Mooney JosephJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you Mr Chair. Minister I'd just note that 15000 people have signed a petition by the National Party asking for an exemption for small suppliers. One of the questions that would be on the mind of some of those would be an example I've seen of a group of properties that have a bore on one of the properties and the water scheme is effectively owned by all the properties that come off it—so about 15 households in effect. So my question is around clause 13 Meaning of point of supply" and is each property who is connected to that bore responsible for the end point installation and maintenance schedule or is the property owner who has the bore on their property responsible for not only the bore or the source but also the network right up to the end point treatment device?"
Simmonds PennyPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Mr Chair. Thank you Minister and we do acknowledge that the bulk of this bill is around council and public supplies which is why we support it so fulsomely in those areas. And in many ways this is just a distraction from that because the concern is that while the assurances are given that workable and practical solutions will be found for those smaller rural schemes it's that lack of clarity and that lack of certainty and that lack of understanding of what the costs might be that is causing the anxiety around having these included in the legislation. So in many ways some sort of compromise where they could be kept out until there is surety around those issues would perhaps take away the anxiety that our small rural schemes have.
McKelvie Ian; Mahuta NanaiaIAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Thank you Mr Chair. Just with respect to the answer to the last question and some of the answers that we've had earlier with respect to the exemption process there is an exemption process proposed in the bill and I wonder if it's possible that that exemption process might in the course of further work done by Taumata Arowai eventually lead to exemption or it is possible that it might eventually lead to exemption on some of those schemes if they're not considered to be I guess—well there's a whole lot of exemption clauses in the bill that provide potential for exemption. I wonder if it's possible that that would happen to those schemes that we're talking about now and that it's a possibility that some of those schemes could in the future be exempted although included in the bill initially. Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): Can I come back to the basic premise of the bill and it is very much targeted at public supplies. Then there's a mechanism by which Taumata Arowai will work through some of the complexities around self-supplies private supplies of drinking water and while much of the debate is very much focused in that area the majority of the emphasis of the bill's workings is very much geared towards council—public—supplies of drinking water. Then what we've tried to do is ensure that there are workable practical solutions based on the nature and profile of the geography of how drinking water is supplied to rural and small suppliers and that we're giving it a longer lead-in time to be able to work through the issues. And it's not as simple as saying that there's going to be a one-size-fits-all approach. I think the way in which Taumata Arowai have been offering advice and insight into the nature of the challenge but the opportunity to work with the rural sector certainly gives me confidence as Minister that they are sensitive to the challenges and opportunities in this space. That is why on the back of the Health Committee again signalling it needed a longer lead-in time I encouraged and supported a further additional bit of time so that we enable the system to mature and enable Taumata Arowai to gather good information to be able to work with the rural sector to be able to enable better solutions for them and that's been the intention.
Kuriger Barbara; Mahuta NanaiaBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Yeah just to the Minister in the chair the Hon Nanaia Mahuta I really want to say on this side of the House the National caucus supports the intent of this bill and really does support Taumata Arowai but the questions around the simplicity of those small suppliers—in not wanting to repeat myself I would just ask one more time really our issue is around the small suppliers to see if we could have some leeway in the Minister supporting Christopher Luxon's Supplementary Order Paper to the point where her time frames kick in and we could have some certainty around what the regulation looks like. The reason I'm labouring that point is: often in the House when we do legislation and then it goes off to become regulation people get really concerned because they don't know what that looks like. Some of the things that Mr McKelvie referred to before around the Food Act and things like that—you know it's always the biggest fear of what happens next. I genuinely would like the Minister to reconsider with a time frame that meets the time frame that she has put for those small suppliers.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): I genuinely want to acknowledge the advocacy of the member in relation to the concerns she's presenting. However the longer lead-in time for Taumata Arowai to mature its regulatory system while it's working with rural suppliers of drinking water in effect provides an exemption—well I wouldn't say an exemption but a lead-in time to be able to come up with a practical solution. Now that's got to be a good thing because Taumata Arowai has expressed certainly to me—and certainly that is the intent of the changes in the bill—that they're going to need about that much time because of the differing profile of New Zealand's rural water supply arrangements. So I think that that's actually going to have the effect that the member might be seeking in a very practical way while working towards one system that will be fairly applied to all small supply users. Again we could probably contest this space for a period of time but the simple response to the member in relation to an exemption is that we certainly don't see any need for that type of an exemption based on a working approach that Taumata Arowai must observe in the way that it seeks out practical workable solutions for rural small suppliers.
Mooney JosephJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you Mr Chair. Minister can you just explain—for example I've been on a farm with mountains immediately behind it and the water comes straight off the mountain and goes straight to the house and it also goes to another house but it's coming from one set of pipes. Could the Minister explain: is this caught by the meaning of a supply"? And would the operator of that therefore be liable under clause 162 potentially to a fine not exceeding $600000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years if they are found guilty of recklessness in supply of unsafe drinking water."
Simmonds Penny; Mahuta NanaiaPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): I feel we haven't had an answer around the Minister of Local Government 's assertion that there would be no additional costs. Given the acceptable solutions haven't been devised yet so we don't know how simplified and how much the reduced compliance would be even though there are going to be templates surely there would be a cost to those schemes even with a template of having to prepare a safety plan a risk management plan a complaints process annual audits reports on audits—and UV filters cost around $4000 each for each end user. Could the Minister clarify how there would be no additional costs please?Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): In relation to the UV filter costs would be significantly minimised because they would be part of an acceptable solution that Taumata Arowai will have approved. So that gives some guidance.The other area of cost benefit—and I know that the member received this information at the Health Committee—is that these small suppliers will not be audited; again another cost benefit back to that nature and profile of user.
Cameron MarkMARK CAMERON (ACT): Just clarity if I may Minister. In the section you just mentioned—Meaning of domestic self-supply and domestic dwelling"—I see in the examples offered: a multiple-dwelling building for example it says are "multiple separate apartments contained in a single building". Well does that encapsulate a farmhouse a worker's house which is off the same scheme and a woolshed and would they be liable for any penalties therein should they not be compliant?"
Mahuta NanaiaHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): A couple of things. Firstly to member McKelvie's point the changes that I foreshadowed in the Supplementary Order Paper are the changes that significantly improve the bill based on reflection from what the Health Committee had suggested and the submission process. Much of those changes cover off rural small suppliers as well as the areas of trade waste. But part of the conversation around small suppliers is not the conversation that we would have as legislators. So can I draw the member's attention in the bill to clause 10 which gives the interpretation of the Meaning of domestic self-supply and domestic dwelling". For the most part I think the nature of the changes that certainly Opposition members have raised with me are in that particular area. So I didn't want to rehash the legislation the Health Committee has made some changes to the way in which clause 10 is to be read and understood I accept that. But again that is the reference.The other point in relation to other bits of legislation that member McKelvie raised can I just say that the Water Services Bill is based on a risk management regime. It's the same approach if we consider the Health and Safety Act and the Food Act and both of those Acts as the member will know deal with small businesses and those interests much in the way that we're trying to deal with small rural suppliers and self-supply for drinking water."
Simmonds PennyPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Mr Chair. I'm intrigued by the Minister saying that there would be no cost to these smaller rural schemes. Even if there are templates I would have imagined that there would be a cost to preparing a safety plan a risk management plan a complaints process an annual audit reports on the audit and end point UV filters are around $4000 each. So could the Minister explain how there would be no cost?
Kuriger BarbaraBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): I would like to ask the Minister—there are a lot of water sources around where areas have been subdivided off farms into lifestyle blocks. You've got sections being subdivided where people are supplying water to other people. How much litigation—or has the Minister looked into the clarity of who in many many many of these situations is actually supplying the water because there's going to be a lot schemes where that's very unclear and I just wonder how much court litigation will actually go on around who actually is supplying the water.
McKelvie IanIAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Thank you Mr Chair. I've listened with interest to the Minister for the last little while and I just want to take us back in history a bit because if you think about three other pieces of legislation that have gone through this House in my time—the workplace safety Act the anti-money laundering Act and the food safety Act—they all had the same span or range of business scale I guess that this has from very big business to very small business. So the Minister has talked about small rural water supplies. I'd like her to I guess tell us what a small rural water supply is for one. But the second thing I guess that concerns me is that if you think about registering a drinking-water supply or even providing a source water risk management plan it's going to cost the same amount to supply that plan for a water supplier supplying 10000 end-users for example as it is for 10 end-users. And I'm interested to know what a small rural water supply—or a small water supply actually; it doesn't have to be rural—is effectively going to be and how are we going to guarantee that the Minister's descriptions to us are going to apply to the Act because it's not apparent in the Act. So those are basically my questions.
Mooney Joseph; Mahuta NanaiaJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you Mr Chair. Minister I would ask if there will be a consideration of the percentage of water used for household use and the percentage of water used for stock use which as the Minister will no doubt be aware is very common in water schemes around rural New Zealand.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): In terms of the compliance costs on—and I just want to be really clear which users I'm referring to as you're quoting the statements that I'm making in relation to these compliance issues. So I am referring solely to small suppliers often rural. So the costs that have been identified that might be a cost burden we've tried to alleviate—so for example having an approved device such as the UV filter at entry point is a way in which to give confidence to users about what Taumata Arowai will accept in terms of assurance of drinking water at the house in terms of a device.The other things that we've done is how we accredit and approve for example plumbers to be able to install the device again lessening some of the cost burden. I think that some of the administrative costs that were perceived we've simplified that by having templates. That will make it easier to engage with if they have to.So those are the various aspects of costs that we've made very simple and then obviously the registration process—we've simplified the process and it will be free. Again another area that can be seen to be a cost benefit because we've responded to the concerns that rural communities have raised.
Cameron MarkMARK CAMERON (ACT): Minister could you just clarify—you just made a statement then that you said it wouldn't add any additional fiscal burden on rural small communities. Can you clarify how that could be so and what would be the annual cost of compliance to rural small communities with under 30 or less dwellings?
Mooney Joseph; Mahuta NanaiaParts 1 to 5 Schedules 1 and 2 and clauses 1 and 2JOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you Mr Chair. I would ask the Minister just regarding the potential carve-out—I just go back to the question about the commentary which says that the bill would provide the mechanisms that would enable the regulation of drinking water to be proportionate to the scale complexity and risk profile of each drinking water supply." However it does not in my reading of this have any more clarity or clarification for Taumata Arowai or for water suppliers on what the level of scale the level of complexity and the risk profile will be beyond a reiteration of that wording in clauses 3 31 and 32.So I would ask whether the Minister would consider this carve-out of a relatively small number—we're proposing 30 end point users—to ensure that there is some clarity for both Taumata Arowai and for those end point small-scheme users given that there is a lack of definition or clarity around what the scale complexity and risk profile of each drinking-water supply is or is not.Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): I think it is very difficult to kind of give the responses in relation to the issues because we've had such a general conversation. But if I think about the range of exclusions that apply to small suppliers which effectively have responded to the majority of the issues that have been raised with us by rural advocates the only outstanding issue is whether or not there will be an exemption regime for a small number of users. And I've said time and time again in the House no because we want to make sure that all users are going to be included in that. Will that lead to a cost burden on that small number of users? No because we've tried to ensure that we've eliminated the issues that have been of most concern to them.Also what we have tried to ensure on an even-handed basis is that when we're thinking about small suppliers in rural communities which may range from farmers to marae communities we have been even-handed in the way that we've tried to respond to the concerns that don't create additional complexities that are unnecessary."
McAnulty Kieran; Rurawhe AdrianKIERAN McANULTY (Chief Whip—Labour): I seek leave for all parts to be taken as one question.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There appears to be none. I'll just get the correct wording. Thank you very much. The question now is that Parts 1 to 5 Schedules 1 and 2 and clauses 1 and 2 stand part.
Mahuta Nanaia; Rurawhe AdrianHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): Mr Speaker I seek some guidance. I'm happy to vote on Part 1 and Part 2 and jump straight to Part 3 where there are compliance issues being raised.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Someone in the committee would need to move that we take this as one debate and one vote. I'll just comment on it. I have been generous in allowing people to speak on not only Part 1 but people have drifted out on to other parts—might I say including the Minister; however that was in response to those. So I thank her. So if the committee is of a mind to do that I'll gladly have that.
Simmonds PennyPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Mr Chair. Just following on again from both of those questions. The Minister has said that Taumata Arowai would work through acceptable solutions that simplify and reduce compliance and perhaps address the sort of questions that have just been asked in terms of the noncompliance penalties. But the problem is that once this bill is passed and they are in this legislation they have no power for that discussion around those simplified acceptable solutions or that reduced compliance or those reduced penalties. So is the Minister able to either do as my colleague Barbara Kuriger has said carve those small water schemes of under 30 out until those simplified reduced compliance standards have been made clear so that there is this level of uncertainty taken away from those small rural water suppliers and not only the level of uncertainty but the fear that indeed they may not be able to reach an acceptable solution that does reduce that compliance acceptably.
Mooney JosephJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): I just go further on my colleague Mark Cameron's point. I have spoken to people who do manage rural water suppliers now and they say that the penalty regime will basically mean for them that they cannot continue in their role. These are people who are very experienced in the provision of water. They've done a very good job over many many years ensuring water is supplied to their rural communities. So I would ask the Minister to explain to them whether it is worth them continuing in the role providing water to their communities with a punitive penalty regime that exposes them to a very high level of risk.
Cameron MarkMARK CAMERON (ACT): Thank you. Minister just quickly if you could clarify—and I think this is quite a salient point. Does the Minister realistically accept that small suppliers who are not corporate bodies and who are not commercial users to sign up to a penalty regime which in many instances if there's a compliance failure could cost them several hundred thousand dollars—and how could she speak to that when we're talking about often rural schemes with under 30 houses or dwellings?
Mooney Joseph; Mahuta NanaiaJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you Mr Chair. Minister earlier this year the Minister fast-tracked the passage of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill to reduce the financial burden on marae. What would the Minister say to marae about the cost and obligations that this bill will impose on marae to meet the requisite infrastructure and resources necessary to meet the duties imposed in the regime? A corollary to that the explanatory note to the bill states that the bill provides mechanisms that enable many aspects of drinking-water regulation to be proportionate to the scale complexity and risk profile of a supply. However the relevant clauses that refer to that are 3 31 and 32. I note that those are simply a restatement of the explanatory note and I'd ask how that provides certainty to anyone in respect of how that is going to be assessed and determined for both suppliers and the regulatory authority?Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): I thank the member for the question. Many of the issues facing marae communities are facing small rural suppliers. So much in the same way that I've responded in so far as Taumata Arowai working with small rural suppliers the same approach will apply to Māori suppliers in the nature of their scheme. Several marae throughout the country are not connected to the core of the public infrastructure; they do have to find on-site solutions. They do periodically hold significant hui. So Taumata Arowai just as it's been working with small rural suppliers has also been working alongside a cluster of marae that have very different ways of sourcing and providing water within their community—but that's again to find practical solutions.
Kuriger Barbara; Mahuta NanaiaBARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Thank you Mr Chair. Look to the Minister I really understand your concern for clean water as we all have but just speaking to Christopher Luxon's Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) again I understand that the Minister very kindly has agreed to extend the time frame—and I'm looking for a way forward here. I wonder if there was a possibility that the Minister could perhaps see her way clear to accept Christopher Luxon's SOP to the point where those things that were just discussed in a previous speech of hers related to Federated Farmers and Andrew Hoggard and the simplified answers that we're looking for or the simple ways of doing this. Could we actually exempt those small water providers within that time frame that the Minister has provided until we can have a look at those simplified regulations and have another chance to have a look through? So build Christopher's SOP into her time frames. Would that be a possibility?Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): The greatest possibility that those small suppliers will have under the proposed approach is to work with Taumata Arowai to understand the scale and complexity of the challenges that might be more perceptual than real. So we have made all the changes that have been offered up by rural communities to reduce the complexity and compliance challenges that they foreshadow could be impacting on them and also the cost; then in a very practical way opened up the opportunity for Taumata Arowai to work according to local variances and characteristics. I think that's a really positive way forward because it then means that the challenge of achieving safe drinking water for every community and every household no matter whether they're in a rural metro or provincial part of the country can be achieved.
Sage Eugenie; Mahuta NanaiaHon EUGENIE SAGE (Green): Tēnā koe Mr Chair thank you. It's on a different topic but in Part 1—because I'll have some questions when we get to Part 3 on waste water—clause 14 is about giving effect to Te Mana o te Wai for anyone performing a function power or duty under the Act. This is something new that is in this legislation. Taumata Arowai has recourse to a Māori advisory committee. But just to ask the Minister: what progress has Taumata Arowai made in providing or developing some guidance on how Te Mana o te Wai is given effect to and what does she see as the major benefit of having this in the legislation? Because there were a lot of submissions on it. Kia ora. Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): Thank you for the question. It would be fair to say that Taumata Arowai—the board alongside the Māori advisory council—is still working through the matter in which the Māori advisory council can offer up advice to give recognition for Te Mana o te Wai obligations. They have some time to be able to do that. I expect in my next report to be able to receive some detail of how those conversations have progressed but they're still very much at the early stages of (1) identifying their role and responsibility and then assessing the nature of the opportunity in so far as contributing to Te Mana o te Wai considerations within a dedicated water regulator.
Rurawhe AdrianWATER SERVICES BILLIn CommitteePart 1 Preliminary provisionsCHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Members the House is in committee on the Water Services Bill. Part 1: this is the debate on clauses 3 to 20 and Schedule 1. The question is that Part 1 stand part.
Mallard TrevorPETITIONS PAPERS SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS AND INTRODUCTION OF BILLSSPEAKER: No papers have been presented. A petition has been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.CLERK: Petition of Suzi Taylor requesting that the House of Representatives urge the Government to make mental health support services free and ensure appointments are available when needed.SPEAKER: That petition stands referred to the Petitions Committee. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.CLERK: Report of the Education and Workforce Committee on the Petition of Camila Vicentereport of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the Interim report on the Briefing on the Government's response to recent events in Afghanistan.SPEAKER: The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of bills.CLERK: Protection of Journalists' Sources Bill introductionPlain Language Bill introductionPublic Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill introductionImproving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill introductionCriminal Proceeds (Recovery) (Definition of Significant Criminal Activity) Amendment Bill introductionTe Ture Whenua Maori Bill introductionCompanies (Directors Duties) Amendment Bill introduction.SPEAKER: Those bills are set down for first reading.
Hipkins Chris; Woodhouse MichaelBUSINESS STATEMENTHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House): Next week the House will consider the remaining stages of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill the Social Security (Subsequent Child Policy Removal) Amendment Bill and the Water Services Bill and the first readings of the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill the Civil Aviation Bill the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill (No 2) and the Electricity Industry Amendment Bill. A motion to confirm COVID-19 orders will be debated. As advised to the Business Committee there'll be an extended sitting of the House on the morning of Thursday 30 September.Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE (National): I thank the Leader of the House for that update and ask him given we're just over six months away from the stated time for the Government to pass significant amendments to the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act whether we can expect to see a bill introduced in the next week or so or does the Government intend to introduce it later and have a shorter consideration period?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House): In terms of the timing of the introduction of health-related legislation that is a matter for the Minister of Health.
Rurawhe AdrianTHURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2021The Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.KARAKIA/PRAYERSDEPUTY SPEAKER: Ā kāti rā kia tau anō te rangimārie ki a tātou kia inoi tātou. E te Atua kaha rawa ka tuku whakamoemiti atu mātou mō ngā karakia kua waihotia mai ki runga i a mātou. Ka waiho i ō mātou pānga whaiaro katoa ki te taha. Ka mihi mātou ki te Kuīni me te inoi atu mō te ārahitanga i roto i ō mātou whakaaroarohanga kia mōhio ai kia whakaiti ai tā mātou whakahaere i ngā take o te Whare nei mō te oranga te maungārongo me te aroha o Aotearoa. Amene.[Well then allow peace to prevail over us once again. Let us pray. 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 and humility for the welfare peace and compassion of New Zealand. Amen.]
Wednesday 11 August 2021 - Volume 754
Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill — Second Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.Ayes 118New Zealand Labour 65; New Zealand National 33; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10; ACT New Zealand 10.Noes 2Te Paati Māori 2.Motion agreed to.Bill read a second time.The House adjourned at 9.58 p.m.
12. Question No. 12—HealthDr TRACEY McLELLAN (Labour—Banks Peninsula) to the Associate Minister of HealthQuestion No. 12—Health12. Dr TRACEY McLELLAN (Labour—Banks Peninsula) to the Associate Minister of Health: What recent announcement has she made about vaping?Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL (Associate Minister of Health): Today new regulations came into force to protect young people and non-smokers from the risks associated with vaping. The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 strikes a balance between ensuring vaping and vaping products are not marketed to or sold to young people but are available for smokers who want to switch to a less harmful alternative. New regulations to achieve this cover a range of areas including vaping packaging product safety and the responsibility of manufacturers and importers selling vaping products or smokeless tobacco products. Finalising the vaping regulations is a significant step towards our Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal.Dr Tracey McLellan: How will these new regulations protect young New Zealanders from the risks of vaping?Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL: Many of the regulatory controls are to protect tamariki and rangatahi. To help reduce the attractiveness and appeal of vaping products to young people we are banning the use of cartoons and toys on packaging. We have also made it mandatory to display R18 notices with health warnings in retail settings. Also coming into effect today are previously announced actions which include removing the temptation created by various flavours. We've banned generic retailers such as dairies service stations and supermarkets from selling vaping products in flavours other than tobacco mint and menthol. Only specialist vape retailers will be able to sell other flavours. From the end of November vaping and smoking in motor vehicles carrying children will be banned. Dr Tracey McLellan: How will these regulations help to build a healthier future for Aotearoa New Zealand?Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in this country. While not without risks vaping has a potential to help people quit smoking as a less harmful alternative. Other measures coming into effect today to protect New Zealanders from the risks of vaping include making it compulsory for a health warning to appear on the front and back of the product packaging in English and te reo Māori and safety messaging must also be displayed. Manufacturers and importers can now start to notify the Ministry of Health of their intention to sell vaping and smokeless tobacco products. From February next year they must have notified the ministry before these products can be sold in New Zealand and these products must meet safety requirements before they can be notified. The new regulations will reduce harm and are risk proportionate cost-effective and workable for the people they affect.
10. Question No. 10—Māori DevelopmentARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa) to the Minister for Māori DevelopmentQuestion No. 10—Māori Development10. ARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa) to the Minister for Māori Development: What recent reports if any has he seen on the Government's Māori Housing Network programme?Hon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister for Māori Development): I have seen a report that shows the Māori Housing Network repair programme which is administered by Te Puni Kōkiri has delivered critical repairs to 1471 Māori homes throughout Aotearoa since 2018. The repairs include reroofing properties to ensure they remain warm and dry rewiring old homes so our people are safe and protected replacing walls and ceilings that had been covered in black mould and ensuring the house is secure by repairing broken windows and cladding. Everyone deserves to live in a warm safe and healthy home regardless of where they are and I'm proud of the work that TPK—Te Puni Kōkiri—is doing out in rural New Zealand to enable this to happen.Arena Williams: How is the Māori Housing Network making a difference for Māori communities?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: I recently visited Kaingaroa Forest Murupara and Minginui where I saw firsthand the difference this programme is making for our rural Māori communities. In Kaingaroa Village for example I was invited into one of the homes by one of the ladies there one of our kuia there where I was told the difference that having a new roof and having the house rewired had made to her wellbeing and three generations of the one family who were living there. She said that the change in lifestyle was immense and that the whānau would never have been in a financial position to do the repairs themselves. We have reroofed and rewired over 90 homes in this little village and alongside other economic investments the spring is starting to return in the steps of those who have called the village home for many years.Arena Williams: How is the Government supporting the future of the Māori Housing Network?Hon WILLIE JACKSON: Alongside the work being led by Ministers Woods and Henare to build new houses this Government recognises that everyone deserves to live in warm safe and dry homes. That is why this Government as part of our overall Māori housing investment of $730 million assigned $140 million over the next four years to the Māori Housing Network where we will build new papakāinga and undertake critical repairs to more than 700 existing houses.
7. Question No. 7—HealthDr LIZ CRAIG (Labour) to the Minister of HealthQuestion No. 7—Health7. Dr LIZ CRAIG (Labour) to the Minister of Health: What recent announcements has he made about funding for health research?Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister of Health): Recently I announced the latest round of research grants into some of New Zealand's biggest health concerns. Cancer diabetes and heart disease research will now get support through health research funding. A total of $68.4 million has been awarded through the Health Research Council and covers 31 general project grants five Rangahau Hauora Māori grants five Pacific project grants and four longer-term programme grants. The Government is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders and research is a vital part of this endeavour.Dr Liz Craig: What will this funding achieve?Hon ANDREW LITTLE: The research funded will investigate issues ranging from vaccine hesitancy through to improving genetic diagnoses for tamariki across Aotearoa. For example one of the researchers who received a grant is Dr Jason Gurney who holds a Health Research Council Māori Health Research Emerging Leadership Fellowship. Dr Gurney's project focuses on exploring the growing crisis of diabetes and cancer co-occurrence and its impact on what happens to people with cancer. This research will allow us to predict how many people are likely to have both diseases in future so we can not only plan for that but actually prevent the incidence of it. The projects funded this year show New Zealand developing innovative approaches that will have immediate effect on the health system and that it has an agile and capable research sector that can respond to community needs and emerging health threats.Dr Liz Craig: How will this research benefit Māori and Pacific people?Hon ANDREW LITTLE: Māori and Pacific peoples are twice as likely to die young from conditions that could have been treated and being Māori or Pacific even determines what sort of treatment you get—at least it does at the moment. Our plan for dealing with this includes looking at why that is happening and finding effective ways to deal with it. Included among the successful applications are projects led by Māori and Pacific researchers and driven by kaupapa Māori and Pacific research methodologies that will help to reduce inequities in health for Māori and Pacific peoples.
5. Question No. 5—COVID-19 ResponseDr ANAE NERU LEAVASA (Labour—Takanini) to the Minister for COVID-19 ResponseQuestion No. 5—COVID-19 Response5. Dr ANAE NERU LEAVASA (Labour—Takanini) to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: What recent announcements has he made on the roll-out of New Zealand's vaccination programme?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): I'm happy to announce that 10497 vaccinators have now worked through the Pfizer vaccinator training course. With 5114 of those people having been active in the vaccinator workforce since February the increasing size and scope of the roll-out is clearly benefiting from their expertise. A huge amount of work has gone into having the vaccinator workforce ready to peak at the right time. The Ministry of Health predicts that we'll need at least 1600 fulltime-equivalent vaccinators during the periods of highest demand in September and October. Because many of the roles are part-time roles during this key period we'll actually need more like 6500 people active on the vaccination roster at any one time and hitting over 10000 ready means that we're ready to hit that goal.Dr Anae Neru Leavasa: How has the introduction of kaiāwhina vaccinators strengthened the wider vaccine workforce?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: We've seen a very strong response to our programme targeting kaiāwhina vaccinators—people already working in our health system in roles such as healthcare assistants. More than 250 people have signed up to be part of that and 70 kaiāwhina trained vaccinators have already moved through that programme. Kaiāwhina have embraced the opportunity to learn how to vaccinate so that they can help to protect their communities. The programme is also helping us to boost the number of Māori and Pacific vaccinators which will help to make sure everyone can feel comfortable when they access their shots.Dr Anae Neru Leavasa: What recent announcements have been made on extending accessibility of the vaccine to more New Zealanders?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Following a strong uptake from the 60-plus and the 55-plus age groups COVID-19 vaccination bookings are now open to all New Zealanders aged 50-plus or will be open from Friday 13 August which is earlier than planned. This brings an additional 319000 people into the programme and they can start to take up their vaccines from Friday. Being able to open another age band so quickly is a good confidence booster in the programme and shows that New Zealanders are embracing the opportunity to be vaccinated.Dr Anae Neru Leavasa: How is uptake of Book My Vaccine progressing alongside the wider vaccination roll-out?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Contrary to some earlier predictions the Book My Vaccine system has been very very successful. The booking system continues to perform well with a record 296650 vaccinations booked in the last week alone. We now have over a million vaccinations booked in the system. In terms of delivery of the vaccines as of midnight last night 2293000-plus doses of the vaccine have been delivered.
3. Question No. 3—FinanceDr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central) to the Minister of FinanceQuestion No. 3—Finance3. Dr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central) to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): The Government's efforts to secure the recovery are being reflected in the jobs market. For the fifth month in a row the SEEK New Zealand Employment Report shows a record-breaking number of jobs advertised with job ads increasing by 2 percent in July from the previous month. For the year job ads rose 88 percent while job ad numbers are now 27 percent above pre-COVID highs. Unemployment has fallen to 4 percent reflecting the stronger than expected economic activity and an economy operating above pre-COVID levels.Dr Duncan Webb: What reports has he seen on the global context of the New Zealand economy?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: The OECD's latest composite leading indicators show signs of a moderating pace of growth at above-trend levels in the OECD area. The latest indicators point to signs of a moderating pace of growth in the US Japan and Canada. Similar indications have emerged in the UK and in the euro area as a whole including in Germany and Italy. In France there are also signs of a moderating pace of growth with its indicators still below trend. All of this indicates that the New Zealand economy operates in a very uncertain and volatile global context and in one in which it's important that we remain nimble and agile.Dr Duncan Webb: What reports has he seen on the impact of the Government's housing package on the economy?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: Today the QV House Price Index was released and it shows that house prices are now becoming more sustainable with quarterly price growth slowing for the third successive month. The average value increased 4.3 percent in the three months to the end of July down from 6.6 percent growth in the previous month. Three-monthly value growth has more than halved since April. All of the 16 major urban centres that Quotable Value (QV) monitors have shown a reduction in quarterly growth compared to the previous period. As QV said today the market is clearly cooling now as a result of Government and Reserve Bank policy initiatives aimed at dampening the enthusiasm of investors.""
White HelenHELEN WHITE (Labour): I can only join my colleagues and actually first of all congratulate the House for actually at this point all being in consensus on this. I actually just perhaps want to take the time to have just one particular thing that I'd like to talk about and that is the saliva testing itself. Now Mr Woodhouse talked earlier about how this had been earlier floated in a time when the science around saliva testing was not very sound. I was thrilled to see that it had improved because I actually worked on a lot of drug-testing cases in the employment arena and at that point there was a real difference between the testing that was available with regard to urine testing and the saliva-testing process and one is much less invasive than the other. The saliva testing has improved markedly but it also does something quite special in this area. It will focus on the recent use of the drug. There is a little bit of confusion around this. This piece of legislation is about recent use and by talking about recent use what we're actually doing is focusing on changing our culture out there so that our drug users in the community get the message: do not drive when you have been taking drugs of any kind. That is true too of alcohol. It is something that I would like to draw a line across because these are all drugs and they have all been harming our society and they are not appropriate when driving. So the saliva testing is a real step forward and for that reason I think we have a sound piece of legislation here. I commend this bill to the House.
Luxon ChristopherCHRISTOPHER LUXON (National—Botany): The National Party is really pleased to continue our support of this bill as well and we think it's an incredibly important piece of legislation and we commend this bill to the House too.
Eagle PaulPAUL EAGLE (Labour—Rongotai): Thank you Madam Speaker and it's certainly—to see the eagerness to have this passed tonight; I commend this bill to the House.
Coffey TamatiTĀMATI COFFEY (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. I join the rest of the House in supporting the sentiment and the intention behind this bill. I commend it to the House.
Ngobi Terisa; Salesa JennyTERISA NGOBI (Labour—Ōtaki): Mālō 'aupito Madam Speaker and I rise to take a very very quick call on the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill tonight. I also want to thank the Transport and Infrastructure Committee the chair Greg O'Connor our officials the expert panel and the submitters for some great improvements to the bill but also some really robust discussions while we were at it.This Government is committed to ensuring we improve the road safety outcomes on the road and that's what this bill does. Someone who consumes drugs and decides to drive not only risks their own life but risks the lives of other people on the road as well. This will introduce a compulsory random roadside oral fluid testing regime or scheme for the police to stop motorists and carry out that oral fluid testing similar to the approach of the drink-driving enforcement. This bill adds safeguards to protect against those false positives. As a member earlier said it avoids the passive exposure or low-level residue amounts being picked up and acknowledges people taking medicines in line with their prescriptions. Ultimately this bill is about improving our road safety and for that reason I commend this bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): The next call is a split call.
Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote): Tēnā koe Madam Speaker and good evening to everyone. I will take a short call this evening to talk on the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill. I'm a part of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee led by Greg O'Connor and I acknowledge also my colleague Mark Mitchell—and the generosity of the North Shore—for the work that we do do in that particular select committee because it does require a level of attention from all sides of the House to ensure that we get these particular bills right and right moving forward. There have been some challenges in leading up to where we are this evening in this second reading.I go back to the survey of the Drug Foundation back in 2009 and at that time that survey told us that almost a quarter 25 percent of people that were surveyed had got behind the wheel and driven under the influence of at that particular time cannabis the drug of choice. Then we fast-forward sort of 12-odd years to 2021 and now we've got a mix of drugs across Aotearoa New Zealand that a number of people communities and in particular young people are accessing. I guess in this particular bill what I am happy with is that we've started to broaden the drugs that we are testing for the drugs including of course cannabis and THC methamphetamine—rife across our communities—MDMA ecstasy opiates and cocaine. You know that's a real reality check to all of us in what is available and out there.This bill in particular makes steps towards keeping both drivers but also family members and people in our communities safe. We've got to take action. It has taken a while as the Opposition has said but under this Government I'm happy that we've proceeded forward we've got the bill right and that we're testing where we need to. So without further ado I'd like to commend this bill to the House. Tēnā koe.