Jones Dail: Appropriation (2005/06 Estimates) Bill — Third Reading Imprest Supply Debate 
Jones Dail: Appropriation (2005/06 Estimates) Bill — Third Reading Imprest Supply Debate 
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DAIL JONES (NZ First) 
: 
 The previous Labour speaker Ruth Dyson ended her speech on a very good point and that is the question of leadership. We have no leadership from Labour. We certainly have no leadership of the Opposition by National. The leadership shown in this House comes from New Zealand First and the Rt Hon Winston Peters. 
I am sure that if the Rt Hon Winston Peters was travelling in a car at 180 kilometres an hour and the windscreen broke and the car was damaged he would be fully aware of what was going on. The leader of Labour—the Prime Minister—tells us that she can travel in a car in those circumstances and not know what is happening. What a disgrace! She is letting down our fine New Zealand police force by indicating she had no idea what was going on. Of course as usual with Labour she lets the police force carry the can. Someone else as far as Helen Clark is concerned can always carry the can. How many Labour Ministers have been sacked? It is always someone else’s fault; she will never accept responsibility herself. 
Instead in New Zealand First we have a leader who takes full control of what is happening and knows what is going on. At the last election we promised three things. We would have a close look at law and order for starters. We have had any number of questions asked of Labour Ministers on this matter—in particular of course the so-called Labour Minister of Police. If there has ever been a disgrace to the name of our fine police force it is George Hawkins as Minister of Police. There has never been such an atrocious Minister of Police as George Hawkins but he has had the full support of this so-called Prime Minister. He has had the full support of Helen Clark—the lady who does not even know that her windscreen is broken or her car is damaged or that she is doing 180 kilometres an hour. No wonder she supports him when she is party to the breaking of the law and the endangering of people and supports dangerous driving. She should be on that stand because she must surely have accepted responsibility and given the order. But no in New Zealand Labour Party leaders do not accept responsibility. 
New Zealand First is very clear about what a New Zealand First Government will do as far as law and order is concerned. We will separate the traffic police from the police. We do not want our main police handing out traffic tickets. We do not want our main police chasing after people who are doing 63 kilometres an hour in a built-up residential area where they should be doing 50 kilometres an hour. The main police should be out there catching burglars murderers and rapists. They should have been making sure that Iraena Asher the young woman who disappeared in the Piha area was attended to—they should have called on her and made sure she was safe. That is what the police should be doing. Instead we have a disappearance that will remain one of those mysteries and that we might still read about in 25 years’ time. 
New Zealand First wants to make sure that the police do policing and we will increase the size of the New Zealand police force to achieve that. Any responsible Government would do no less and that is what New Zealand First will do. 
The other area we said we would be involved in was Treaty of Waitangi matters. It is interesting that Labour and National now support New Zealand First policy. We have a 100 percent record on that. We have now drawn the two tired old parties kicking and screaming into the 21st century to ensure they support the policies of New Zealand First. After the next election New Zealand First will make sure those policies are carried out. 
The third area we mentioned was immigration. It is very pleasing to note that even in Opposition New Zealand First has been able to ensure Labour has changed its policy. We insisted that there be English language tests for migrants and Labour has done that. We wanted changes to the skilled migrant category and Labour has done that. New Zealand First wanted stricter health requirements for migrants and Labour has done that. We wanted to establish an undesirables category and Labour has done that. We wanted to put a stop to foreign nationals processing visa applications and Labour has done that. We wanted the regulation of immigration advisers and Labour has done that. We wanted changes to the investor category and that has been done too. New Zealand First has run the administration of the New Zealand Immigration Service from Opposition. Time and time again throughout the past 3 years of this administration from 2002 to 2005 the Rt Hon Winston Peters has hammered the successive Ministers of Immigration to ensure that there are good policies as far as administration is concerned. 
Unfortunately we have no control over the number of people who come into New Zealand. On looking at the figures I see that the smartest people in New Zealand are clearly Wellingtonians because in the 18 years from 1986 to 2004 Wellington’s population increased by only 15 percent. That is nice steady growth of population in 18 years. By contrast those of us who live in Auckland saw a population increase in that region of almost 60 percent. That is an appalling situation for Auckland. That is why I say Wellingtonians are smart. Their increase has been gentle and can be managed. In fact the increase in the population of the Auckland region in the last 18 years equals Wellington’s entire population since day one. It is no wonder that things are so chaotic in Auckland and that so many born and bred Aucklanders regard Auckland as a foreign city and do not go anywhere near its main streets; they are frightened and nervous to do so. 
Hon Dover Samuels 
: Ha ha! 
DAIL JONES 
: Mr Samuels might laugh but it is a fact that many born and bred Aucklanders do not go down the main street any more. New Zealand First says we must have control of immigration and we must ensure that we grant entry to immigrants with skills and knowledge of the English language. That is a priority. There should be a 5-year probation period for new immigrants. 
New Zealand First will have a population policy to make sure that all New Zealanders can be involved in what happens to the future of New Zealand. I am very appreciative of the Taiwanese Association to which I and other members of Parliament spoke a little while ago. As one of its questions it came up with the idea of a population policy. I was able to say to its members that the Rt Hon Winston Peters had already announced in his Orewa speech that that was what New Zealand First would be doing. We are working closely with migrant groups to ensure that everybody knows we have some sort of plan in respect of what happens to New Zealand. 
As things stand at the moment we can build as many roads as we like in Auckland but they will never cope even with our present population let alone with an increase of 1 million people which is the number that some political parties want our population to increase by. I ask members if they can imagine another 450000 people in Auckland or another 500000 people in 10 years’ time. Labour does not say no to that and it is quite happy to support it because it sees it as somehow helping it to win the election. It would be an absolute disaster for Auckland. After all I can remember when I went to Belgrade and saw all the tall apartment buildings that had been built. To a large extent Auckland now reminds me of Belgrade in post-Tito’s Yugoslavia of 1982. There are Aucklanders who are dreadfully concerned about the type of building that is being built. 
In this election New Zealand First is the only party that is concerned about the young children of New Zealand and their health. Plunket has supported New Zealand First’s policy to ensure that all children up to primary school age get free health-care. Labour does not care about free health-care for young children; neither does any other party in this House. But that is New Zealand First’s policy which continues the existing policy that we had when we were in Government. 
As far as students are concerned New Zealand First will have a universal student allowance. That means people do not have to borrow anything. They get an allowance and do not have to pay it back. There is no interest to pay and there is no principal to pay. People should have a closer look as I know the students associations are doing at New Zealand First’s policy. 
As far as the elderly is concerned New Zealand First says it is very simple. The current law allows retirement income to be calculated at between 65 and 72.5 percent of the average wage. The present Government and the National Party—the tired old parties—are cheating our elderly. One can increase retirement income to 68 percent by an administrative action and New Zealand First will do that. It does not require any change in the law. All it requires is a change in the Government. All it requires is for both tired old parties to be gone and for New Zealand First to have a say in ensuring that by an administrative act it can be increased— 
Dr Wayne Mapp 
: Dream on! 
DAIL JONES 
: Dr Mapp does not support the elderly people on the North Shore. That is fine; he tells me to dream on. [ 
Interruption 
] Now he interjects and now he wants to withdraw his interjection. I will be telling the people of the North Shore that all Dr Mapp wants is for them to dream on about an increase in retirement income which I have been talking about. We will increase it for the elderly people of the North Shore to 68 percent and then to 72.5 percent.