Kaye Nikki:  
Kaye Nikki:  
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NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central) 
: 
 As the member of Parliament for Auckland Central who took the seat off the Labour Party I am delighted to speak on Part 3 of the Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill. National will continue to win seats in Auckland. I tell members right now that today is the day—[ 
Interruption 
] 
Hon Pete Hodgson 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Rick Barker) 
: I trust that the member has a serious point of order. 
Hon Pete Hodgson 
: I simply ask the member to speak up a little; I am not able to hear her. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Rick Barker) 
: I say to members that I want to protect them so that when they are speaking they can use their 5 minutes. I think it is unreasonable for people to take points of order simply to break up a speech. It is unfair. I want to protect those who are speaking. On the other hand I would have called for a bit more quiet but I have to say that more noise was coming from the speaker’s supporting group than from others. I ask members to keep it down. 
NIKKI KAYE 
: Today is the day that the New Zealand Labour Party lost the support of workers because the key part of this bill Part 3 is designed to protect the 6000 Aucklanders who are currently really worried about their jobs. The key part of this bill which forms the Auckland Transitional Authority is there to protect them but Labour does not care about those 6000 people. When Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga Jackie Blue and I go around those public meetings in Auckland we will make it very clear that Labour members do not care about those 6000 people; otherwise they would be voting to put in this transitional authority in order to ensure that those workers have some certainty. 
The other key aspect of Part 3 of the bill is the setting up of transitional arrangements for local body elections. Labour members do not care about local body elections; otherwise they would support putting this bill through. If we do not pass this bill we will not have local body elections in Auckland. There is a direct contrast here: a party that is interested in action for Auckland versus a party that is interested in time-wasting. Labour members have put forward 7000 amendments. When I go around my public meetings in Auckland I will be very clear that Labour is interested in time-wasting as opposed to National which is interested in helping those 6000 people in Auckland through establishing a transition agency. 
This evening Labour members have shown that they will lose the support of Auckland in 2011. That is very clear. Sam Lotu-Iiga will win Maungakiekie and he will increase his majority. Paula Bennett will cruise to victory in Waitakere because tonight the Labour Party has shown very clearly that it has lost the support of the workers of Auckland. At a key time when there is a recession and people are coming to my office concerned about their jobs Labour is interested in wasting taxpayer money keeping members here and proposing 7000 ridiculous amendments. 
I tell the people of Auckland that National cares about their jobs about setting up a transitional agency and about ensuring that through a time of uncertainty Aucklanders have some certainty in their jobs. That is why it is crucial that this part of the bill goes through this evening. It sets up the key arrangements for local body elections and it ensures that there is some certainty in jobs. 
National is the party that cares about the workers; the party opposite does not care about the workers of Auckland. There is a clear contrast between time-wasters and members who are pushing through a bill that will give action for Auckland. After 9 years of inaction under Labour—run-down hospitals and schools—National has achieved in 6 months what the Labour Government could not do in 9 years. Today is about action for Auckland compared with time-wasting from Labour members. National cares about the people of Auckland. National cares about those 6000 workers and we will win Auckland in 2011. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Rick Barker) 
: I call the Hon David Parker. 
Hon Member 
: That’s the wrong David. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Rick Barker) 
: It was my mistake. David Parker did not seek the call but because he had been referred to extensively by Rodney Hide in the back of my mind I thought he should have the next call in order to respond. I saw David Cunliffe but I called David Parker instead of David Cunliffe. The Committee will forgive me; it was my mistake.