"\u003C!DOCTYPE html\u003E\u003Chtml xmlns:xlink=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\u0022 xmlns:xsi=\u0022http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance\u0022 xmlns:mml=\u0022http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Chead\u003E\n    \u003CMETA http-equiv=\u0022Content-Type\u0022 content=\u0022text/html; charset=utf-16\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cmeta name=\u0022viewport\u0022 content=\u0022width=device-width, initial-scale=1\u0022\u003E\n  \u003C/head\u003E\n  \u003Cbody style=\u0022font-family:sans-serif; font-size:100%;\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00227dbef44512fc4479858aca846e385300\u0022\u003ETuesday, 8 November 2005\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002296b230a3d3ed471ab44c17ba8706fbce\u0022\u003ETuesday, 8 November 2005\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000002\u0022\u003EMadam Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000004\u0022\u003EPrayers.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002248a3413104c54868955baca2bc4dfca8\u0022\u003EElection of Speaker\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00229f5287e6fc0e495aa1e04e779b5a6f89\u0022\u003EElection of Speaker\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u0022e3ad528204454b6a82da91f84c9fea4a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e3ad528204454b6a82da91f84c9fea4a\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I have to report that, accompanied by members, I waited upon Her Excellency the Governor-General at Government House yesterday when I addressed Her Excellency as follows: \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMay it please Your Excellency: In obedience to Your Excellency\u2019s request, the Members of the House of Representatives, in the exercise of their undoubted rights and privileges, have proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and, as the subject of their choice, I now present myself to you and submit myself for Your Excellency\u2019s confirmation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ETo which Her Excellency replied as follows:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMadam Speaker, it is with much pleasure that I approve the choice by the House of Representatives of you as its Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EI congratulate you on your election to this distinguished office, marking as it does the appreciation of the House of Representatives of your impartiality and ability.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000012\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EI have further to report that I also addressed Her Excellency as follows:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000013\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EI humbly thank Your Excellency for your confirmation of the choice made by the Members of the House of Representatives of me to be their Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000014\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EI have now, on their behalf, to lay claim to all their privileges, and especially to freedom of speech in debate, to free access to Your Excellency whenever occasion may require it, and to the most favourable construction being put on all their proceedings.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000015\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ETo which Her Excellency replied as follows:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000016\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMadam Speaker, I confirm all the rights and privileges of the House of Representatives which have ever been granted. I assure you that the House of Representatives shall always have ready access to me, and that I will at all times place the most favourable construction upon its proceedings.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000017\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EI desire to repeat my respectful acknowledgement to the House of the high honour it has done me in electing me to be its Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000018\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002237c21ef87aeb4921b0f6743131c0b351\u0022\u003EAuthority to Administer Oath\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b6243bfb5dd4458284bf9e13ac1975ef\u0022\u003EAuthority to Administer Oath\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u0022a3ba6ced8de3473eb657703ac16835c6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000019\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a3ba6ced8de3473eb657703ac16835c6\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I have received the following authorisation from Her Excellency the Governor-General to administer the oath or affirmation prescribed by law to be taken or made by members of the House:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000021\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EPursuant to section 11 of the Constitution Act 1986, I, The Honourable Dame Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby authorise you,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe Honourable Margaret Anne Wilson\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000023\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ESpeaker of the House of Representatives\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000024\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003Eto administer to members of Parliament the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to Her Majesty The Queen required to be taken or made by every such member before that member shall be permitted to sit or vote in the House of Representatives.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000025\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHELEN CLARK, Prime Minister\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000026\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ESilvia Cartwright\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000027\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EGovernor-General\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan 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I seek the leave of the House that at its sitting on Wednesday, 9 November it consider two Government notices of motion\u2014one relating to the death of the Rt Hon David Lange, and the other relating to the death of Rod Donald\u2014and for the House then to adjourn until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 15 November.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u0022ba1d9477c5364a1aa6a9f5935129da72\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ba1d9477c5364a1aa6a9f5935129da72\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Is there any objection to that course being followed? There is no objection.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002269a7382e09ba42fa8e46accc35b1da4c\u0022\u003ECommittees\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022453cfec19bb1450e9c1b16c30853ae43\u0022\u003EBusiness of Select Committees\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u0022437ac7871a0d4698b12bb6dd89389de8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022437ac7871a0d4698b12bb6dd89389de8\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E I seek leave for all bills reinstated in this Parliament to be reported back to the House by 28 February 2006.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u00228fc094f2ce184c1b9ffb1ca9d6caa6ab\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228fc094f2ce184c1b9ffb1ca9d6caa6ab\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Is there any objection to that course being followed? There is no objection.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u00223d4d51f6e629472e99293b53e2b5dcb1\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223d4d51f6e629472e99293b53e2b5dcb1\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E I also seek leave that the time by which each select committee must finally report on the 2004-05 financial reviews of the performance and current operations of departments and Offices of Parliament be extended to 31 March 2006.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u002231c097f6d09b4576a96e92c8796b0a84\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002231c097f6d09b4576a96e92c8796b0a84\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Is there any objection to that course being followed? There is no objection.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022d384ab62234a4da4a912b7546221434b\u0022\u003EBusiness of the House\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b101b2a4182f4c06920c7eaa2407514a\u0022\u003EBusiness of the House\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u0022e3177a6d029e41af91aa3b91da19f635\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e3177a6d029e41af91aa3b91da19f635\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E I also seek leave that for the purposes of Standing Order 77(1) the publication and circulation of determinations of the Business Committee may be effected by electronic notification to all members of Parliament.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u00225563773ba2e646a4b47958df0207a494\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225563773ba2e646a4b47958df0207a494\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Is there any objection to that course being followed? There is no objection. The House will now await the summons to attend Her Excellency the Governor-General.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00228841702c01b648729445752f27f091ee\u0022\u003EState Opening\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00222f6ecc99ff164df8807d5f4ea20fded2\u0022\u003EState Opening\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000044\u0022\u003EA message from Her Excellency the Governor-General desiring the immediate attendance of honourable members in the Legislative Council Chamber was delivered by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000046\u0022\u003EAccordingly, Madam Speaker and honourable members, preceded by the Serjeant-at-Arms, proceeded to the Legislative Council Chamber, and, after a short absence, returned.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00223a51afaff35c401f8d5268944f2340f2\u0022\u003EGovernor-General\u2019s Speech\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00225e58583d7920406f8849edfaa538c07a\u0022\u003EGovernor-General\u2019s Speech\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u0022ddcbff6136e641aeb64800560d93d022\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ddcbff6136e641aeb64800560d93d022\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I desire to report that when the House did attend Her Excellency the Governor-General this day in the Legislative Council Chamber, Her Excellency was pleased to make a speech, the text of which was handed to me by Her Excellency, and I now lay such text on the Table of the House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members of the House of Representatives.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIt is a privilege for me to exercise the prerogative of Her Majesty the Queen and open the 48th Parliament.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOn 17 September the people of New Zealand voted for the fourth time under the MMP electoral system. Negotiations since then have resulted in the formation of a third term Labour-led government with a majority in the House on confidence and supply.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAll parties involved in this process were looking forward to making a contribution to the new Parliament. It was therefore a tragedy to learn of the untimely death of Mr Rod Donald MP, the co-leader of the Green Party. Mr Donald had been instrumental, not only in building support for the electoral system by which New Zealanders now choose governments, but also in the Green Party making such a strong contribution to Parliament in recent years. He will be sorely missed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government\u0027s overall objective for the next three years is to continue New Zealand\u0027s transformation to a dynamic, knowledge-based economy and society, underpinned by the values of fairness, opportunity and security.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIn the last six years my government has sought to lay the foundations for this transformation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EA great deal has been achieved. My government has implemented a framework for growing a higher value economy. It has invested heavily in education and skills development. It has refocused our system of social assistance. It has supported creative New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOurs is now a country more confident of its economic future and more secure in its sense of identity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIn the past six years New Zealand has enjoyed economic growth above the rate of our major trading partners. We have seen a significant decline in poverty levels and we have recorded the lowest crime rate in 22 years.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EUnemployment has been reduced to the lowest rate in the OECD. Solid progress is being made towards the goal of eliminating child poverty.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOver recent years, my government has set about developing a distinctive New Zealand way of responding to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThis is an approach founded on New Zealanders\u2019 creativity and innovation, on valuing both inspiration and aspiration, and on seeing our size and place in the world not as a limitation, but as offering opportunities to succeed. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe New Zealand way is much more than the clich\u00E9s of \u2018number eight wire\u2019 or \u2018punching above our weight\u2019. It is based on the belief that as a confident, diverse, inclusive Pacific nation, we can work together to find new opportunities and market our best ideas profitably to the world.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThis approach will continue to be applied to a range of policies and programmes aimed at lifting the quality of life and standard of living for all New Zealanders. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government believes that the talents of all must be deployed in the drive to transform our nation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIt is important to build a broad consensus about the way ahead. Divisions within the community, perceived or otherwise, must not be allowed to get in the way of the transformation of New Zealand, to a prosperous, confident 21st century nation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government intends to work - as it has over the last six years - in partnership with people from across sectors and communities to advance New Zealand\u2019s interests.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe strong economic growth of the last six years has seen the emergence of significant skill shortages in key sectors of the economy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIn more recent years, growth has been led by domestic demand. That has been further fuelled by bank lending based on offshore borrowing. This in turn has helped to keep the New Zealand dollar at high levels for much longer than in any previous cycle since the dollar was floated. That has further increased consumption and inflationary pressures, translating into the need for tighter monetary policy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EBreaking this cycle is not going to be easy. It certainly means that significant fiscal loosening \u2013 either by way of large expenditure increases above those already signalled or by way of significant tax cuts - cannot be considered. The government will continue to maintain over the short to medium term a firm fiscal stance with substantial operating surpluses.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIn these circumstances, the most effective contribution my government believes it can make to improving economic performance is to place even greater emphasis on the importance of savings, productivity, education and skills, science and innovation, and export growth.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe KiwiSaver scheme will be established in 2007 and legislation to that end will be submitted to Parliament early next year. Work will continue on relevant taxation regimes to ensure that they are conducive to the promotion of savings, while also paying appropriate attention to the maintenance of the tax base.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ENew Zealand is not aiming to compete with the low-cost manufacturing giants of China and India. The security of the New Zealand economy in the 21st century will come from the ability of our firms to be part of a high skill, high productivity, and high wage economy. New Zealand\u0027s transformation demands the move to new business models of higher value and more sophisticated products. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EParticular attention will be paid to the promotion of productivity growth. Over recent years New Zealand\u2019s GDP growth rates have been above the OECD average. But this has been achieved primarily by more people working, and by people working more hours than in most comparable countries.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe emphasis must now switch to producing more per worker, or, in other words, lifting productivity growth rates. This will require a wide range of policy initiatives. The review of the structure of corporate taxation, as referred to in the agreements with New Zealand First and United Future, and supported by the Progressives, will also be designed to take a wide-ranging look at our current system of corporate taxation with an emphasis on practical signals to lift productivity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government believes that science and innovation are critical to driving our prosperity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAs part of this, a multi-year funding path for research, science, and technology will be developed. A greater proportion of research investment will be moved into longer term funding arrangements. Compliance costs will be reduced by acknowledging the trust that research organisations with proven track records have earned.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EKey areas of national research excellence will be identified, and then, for each area, my government will set out how it intends to maintain and develop long-term capability.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EParticular attention will be paid to the commercialisation of innovation. This will involve acceleration of the commercialisation of research generated from within the public sector, more support at the seed and pre-seed stages, and better addressing capital market or funding gaps.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe agreement with New Zealand First commits my government to preparing for 2007 to be a specially designated \u201CExport Year\u201D. The work of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise will be refocused more on exporting, especially of higher value goods and services, with a client-centred approach and a stronger presence in key offshore markets.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will continue to advocate for a fair and open global trading environment. That means taking an active role in the Doha Development Round negotiations of the World Trade Organisation, especially to secure fairer rules for agricultural trade.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EBilateral and regional trade agreements which are consistent with WTO rules and agreements will be advanced. Negotiations are under way with China, Malaysia, and ASEAN.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe backbone of the New Zealand economy will continue to be our primary industries. The Hon Jim Anderton, as leader of the Progressive Party in the coalition government will take responsibility for the agriculture, forestry and fishing portfolios with the objective of ensuring that these sectors lead the way in improving productivity and in innovation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe agreement with the Green Party includes a commitment to developing a \u2018buy kiwi made\u2019 initiative to promote local goods and services to both the public and private sectors. New Zealand First is also supporting this initiative.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ENew Zealand\u0027s growing economy relies on strong foundations. The foundations of a 21st century economy must include world class education, infrastructure, healthcare, and social services.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EEducation lies at the heart of my government\u2019s vision for economic and social development.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIt is my government\u2019s intention that by July 2007 funding will be provided for 20 hours of free early childhood education for three and four year olds attending licensed, teacher-led services. Ensuring that all young children have the best possible start in life with quality education is essential.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOver the next three years, around 1300 extra primary teachers will need to be employed in Year 1 classes to implement a 1:15 teacher-pupil ratio for new entrant classes. The highly successful numeracy and literacy initiatives in our schools will be extended to reinforce the gains that have been made in the last few years in the foundation skills of young students.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAt the secondary level, my government will work for full implementation of the School Staffing Review Group and the Ministerial Taskforce on Secondary Teacher Remuneration.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOver recent years there has been a significant increase in participation in post compulsory education and training. This has included the establishment and development of the Modern Apprenticeship scheme, and much higher numbers enrolled in industry training. My government\u0027s goal is to have all 15-19 year-olds in some form of work, training or other income generating activity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will continue to invest in these areas, in particular through funding an additional 5,000 Modern Apprentices by 2008, and continuing to work towards the target of 250,000 people in industry training overall.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EEven with the significant increase in participation, the number of skilled graduates and of those with trade and technical skills has not been able to keep pace with the growing demand in the economy. There is also a concern among some businesses that young people emerging from education and training are insufficiently prepared for the labour market.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government is determined to improve the quality and relevance of tertiary education in New Zealand. While the general standard of tertiary education here is high, some high profile examples have demonstrated that a system which puts too great a concentration on increasing participation can lead, in some instances, to poorly designed courses and misuse of public money. Changing the system to prevent such outcomes will require a significant adjustment in parts of the tertiary sector. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe introduction of interest free student loans, which will be legislated for before Christmas, will also ensure that young people find it easier financially to acquire tertiary qualifications.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOver the next three years, eligibility for student allowances will also be extended, in accordance with my government\u2019s own policy and its agreements with other parties.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAnother key foundation for our growing economy is modern infrastructure. In this regard, New Zealand not only faces major challenges with respect to energy and transport policy and delivery, but also in ensuring that our ICT infrastructure is capable of supporting a dynamic 21st century economy and society.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIt seems very likely that while the present high oil prices will fluctuate, there will not be a return to the low prices of the previous decade or more. This makes having efficient transport infrastructure more important that ever. My government will continue to invest heavily in that, including in public transport.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EDuring this term my government will explore a wide range of potential energy scenarios in order to develop a National Energy Strategy. Priority will be given to renewable energy sources. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EA more aggressive approach will be taken with respect to energy efficiency, in order to reduce the growth in demand, while also meeting the needs of households and businesses. This will be developed in co-operation with the Green Party. Measures will include increased support for solar water-heating, the introduction of a Home Energy Rating Scheme, improved building standards, use of passive solar design systems, and other mechanisms to achieve a sustainable path forward.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EProgress will continue on the completion of Auckland\u2019s roading network in the next ten years with attention being paid to ensuring a smooth flow of projects and flexibility around their management. The preferred solution to Wellington\u2019s western corridor issue will be advanced as identified in the agreement with United Future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAlong with such investment, increased funding will be provided to encourage more people to switch to public transport.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EWith respect to ICT, my government will be advancing policies to ensure that the telecommunications sector becomes more competitive and that we achieve faster broadband uptake in line with our competitors.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ENew Zealand\u0027s transformation must be based on opportunity and security for all. Unlocking the potential of all New Zealanders is an imperative, not an ideal, in a dynamic modern economy. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOver the last six years my government has transformed our system of social assistance so that it is focused on assisting people to find sustainable employment. The social welfare system will continue to provide a base of security for all New Zealanders, alongside the provision of opportunities for work. During this term further action will be taken to encourage and support those on Sickness and Invalids Benefits to participate in the workforce. Further development will also be undertaken on the evolution of the new benefit structure focused on providing work opportunities for all New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government has also prioritised lifting living standards for families. Working for Families represents the biggest boost for families on low incomes in over thirty years, and the biggest offensive on child poverty New Zealand has seen for decades. The decision to have children, and to raise a family, must not prevent New Zealanders sharing in the success of a growing economy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EStarting next year, my government will provide additional targeted tax relief to many families with children, as well as additional support for childcare. It will mean tax relief for every low and middle income family with children in New Zealand, as well as for many larger families on higher incomes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government is also committed to supporting New Zealanders find a better work-life balance. From 2007, all workers will be entitled to four weeks\u2019 annual leave. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will continue to ensure that we have a fair system of industrial relations. In line with the support agreements with other parties, the minimum wage will continue to be increased, with a view to the adult rate being set at $12 per hour by the end of 2008 if economic conditions permit. Initiatives will also be taken to remedy the difficulties which have arisen with the Employment Relations Act provisions relating to vulnerable workers.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAlong with providing opportunities for all New Zealanders, my government is committed to ensuring security for those who need it. Decent health care, superannuation, and the social security system are central to our people\u2019s sense of security.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government\u2019s priorities in health are to focus on primary health care through the continued roll out of accessible and affordable primary services; the implementation of preventative health care services; and increasing elective surgery numbers through initiatives such as the orthopaedics and cataracts projects.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ESpecial attention will be paid to children. My government will work actively with other parties towards the objective of free primary health care for all under six year olds. Access to Well Child checks for pre-school children will also be extended.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EA free \u201CSchool Ready\u201D check for all children before starting school will be implemented, including access to immunisations, and hearing and vision checks. All newborn children will be provided with a free hearing test, and there will be significant investments in improving dental services for children and young people over the next three years. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAs part of the agreement with United Future, my government will develop a long-term medicines strategy to ensure quality pharmaceutical usage in the health sector.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMeasures will be taken to strengthen the health sector workforce. Particular attention will be paid to the aged care sector.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will continue to focus on the security and well being of older New Zealanders. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIn line with the agreement with New Zealand First, next year\u2019s annual adjustment to the rate of New Zealand Superannuation will lift the married couple rate to 66 per cent of the net, average, ordinary time weekly wage. Work will also be undertaken to investigate ways to improve options for senior citizens who may be eligible for foreign pensions as well as New Zealand Superannuation. Ways to give better recognition to veterans of active overseas service will also be investigated.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe other element of the agreement with New Zealand First on senior citizens commits my government to developing a Senior\u2019s Card to identify the holders\u2019 eligibility to a range of entitlements.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMany superannuitants will be eligible for the extended rates rebate scheme to be introduced from 1 July next year. The mandatory over 80 driving licence test, a cause of so much stress to older people, will also be abolished.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EProviding security for all New Zealanders, young and old, also requires a continued focus on reducing crime. Progress has been made on reducing the rate of crime and increasing police crime resolution rates.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ENow, pursuant to the agreement with New Zealand First, my government is committed to providing funding over the next three Budgets for an additional 1000 police staff.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EEarly intervention has the potential to achieve long term reductions in crime. Subject to positive evaluation, my government will expand successful early intervention programmes. It will support and further develop Youth Offending Teams. Further resources will be put into residential rehabilitation, and new initiatives to discourage youth involvement in criminal gangs will be developed. The home detention system will be reviewed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EA range of legislation will be introduced into the House covering an independent prison complaints authority, reforming pre-trial processes, improving Family Court procedures, overhauling the coronial system, and amending the Privacy Act.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EI have outlined so far the government\u0027s priorities across the economy, education, healthcare, and social services. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EUnderpinning each of these priorities is an approach founded on a distinctly New Zealand way of working. This approach aims to be inclusive, forward looking, and focused on lifting the aspirations and developing the abilities of all New Zealanders. This is critical to our nation\u0027s success. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members, one of the most distinctive features of the emerging New Zealand way is our sense of national identity, confidence, and creativity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ENew Zealanders are holding their own alongside the best writers, musicians, and artists anywhere in the world. Our communities now fully embrace and support their creative members. We New Zealanders expect to see our stories and perspectives reflected on our airwaves, on film screens, in our literature, and throughout the creative spectrum. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will continue to support the creative sectors, knowing that they are helping to profile New Zealand very positively in the wider world, and that they play a critical role in nation building.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ENew Zealand has also gained enormous benefit from the many achievements of our sportsmen and women. My government will continue to work with the sports sector to build on its achievements and to increase participation of New Zealanders in physical activity. In this regard my government will support the Department of Conservation putting increased emphasis on opportunities for physical recreation in the outdoors.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ENew Zealand\u0027s sense of national identity is also underpinned by our position as an independent and principled player on the world stage. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will continue to ensure that New Zealand contributes positively to the resolution of the many challenges our world faces. Resourcing for our diplomatic, aid, and defence infrastructure is being significantly increased to that end.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government is also committed to maintaining the quality of our environment and the preservation of New Zealand\u2019s unique biodiversity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EClean air, open space, and good water quality are seen as part of our birthright. Yet our reality does not always conform to this ideal.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EA vision and strategy for ensuring long term water quality and management will be developed. National policy statements and national environmental standards will be used to achieve the desired goals. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will continue to implement the New Zealand Waste Strategy and provide extra funding for the Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government will also continue to work with local authorities to improve the working of the Resource Management Act. Recent amendments to the Act should lead to significant improvements, and my government will ensure that the potential gains are achieved.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EClimate change is a big threat to New Zealand\u2019s land-based industries. The evidence worldwide of the adverse impact of human activity on climate is now overwhelming. My government believes it is important for New Zealand to move with the mainstream of international opinion in finding solutions to this problem. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members, \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOne of the most distinctive features of contemporary New Zealand is our increasingly diverse population.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAs New Zealand moves forward, we must address needs across a range of communities and ethnicities.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ESocial solidarity will be critical to our country\u2019s success. My government will continue to promote tolerance and understanding between all those who make up our nation. The New Zealand way has always been to move forward together, recognising the independence of individuals, while pooling our collective talent for the good of our economy and society. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe place of Maori in contemporary New Zealand has been a matter of much controversy in recent times. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government seeks to encourage rational and informed dialogue on the role of the Treaty of Waitangi, and on the rights and responsibilities of the Crown and Maori, and, indeed, of all New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EIt is time to recognise the emergence of a new, dynamic, confident Maoridom. It is time to lift aspirations, celebrate and encourage success, and not dwell on past failure. Pride in the achievements of all New Zealand communities and peoples must be seen as a cornerstone of the New Zealand way. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003ESuccess for Maori will come from utilising the many opportunities now available. Implementation of the Maori Fisheries Act, the acceleration of the registration of Maori Land Court Orders in the land transfer system, the expansion of the Maori Business Facilitation Service, the acceleration of the Treaty settlement process, and the continued expansion of educational opportunities will all assist.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government is also working to conclude agreements on foreshore and seabed issues with both Ngati Porou and Te Whanau a Apanui over the coming period. These agreements will demonstrate that the Foreshore and Seabed Act does both protect the interests of the general population and recognise the special interests of Maori where those can be demonstrated to exist.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EAs well my government will be setting a final date for the lodging of historical Treaty claims by 1 September 2008 with the objective of having claims settled by 2020.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe election result has given my government the opportunity to build on the New Zealand way of working that has emerged over the last six years.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EWith the announcement of the final vote count on 1 October it was clear that the Labour Party held the largest number of seats. With other parties committed to discussing the formation of a government first with the party with the largest number of seats, negotiations were able to commence. This led to the Prime Minister being able to inform me some two weeks later that she was in a position to form a government with a secure majority in the House on confidence and supply.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe Labour-led government is a minority one, thus continuing what is now emerging as a normal feature of our political system. It rests on three layers of agreements.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe first is a coalition agreement with the Progressive Party. As with previous Labour-led coalition agreements, this provides for the maintenance of distinctive political identities in government and Parliament, and a commitment to focus on building a prosperous, safe, and sustainable New Zealand. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe Progressives are keen to bring to the government in this term their vision for both economic growth and greater ecological sustainability in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, as they see that as essential to preserving the natural capital upon which these industries rely. Improving the fisheries management framework through a network of marine protected areas is a key priority for them. In agriculture the twin challenges of increasing irrigation and avoiding nutrient build up in waterways are issues the Progressives intend addressing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe biosecurity portfolio held by Hon Jim Anderton will continue to make an important contribution to ensuring the protection of our natural resource base, and will support the continuing economic development of the primary sectors.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe Progressives will also be continuing to pursue their key policy priorities around the misuse of drugs, better skills training and more support for families and senior citizens.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe second layer of agreements comprises the two confidence and supply agreements with New Zealand First and United Future respectively. These provide for positive votes in support of the government on confidence and supply.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe leaders of those two parties, Rt Hon Winston Peters and Hon Peter Dunne, hold ministerial portfolios outside Cabinet. They are bound by the conventions of collective responsibility with respect to those portfolios, but not otherwise.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThere is also a list of detailed policy matters for action or development in both confidence and supply agreements. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe third layer is a co-operation agreement with the Green Party. As with the agreements with New Zealand First and United Future, provision is made for consultation on the broad outline of the legislative programme, on key legislative measures on which support is being sought, on major policy issues, and on broad budget parameters.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThe Green Party will have full involvement in the detailed development and implementation of policy proposals for an enhanced energy efficiency programme and a \u2018buy kiwi made\u2019 programme. There will also be co-operation on two other levels of issues.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EThese agreements are an expression of my government\u2019s desire to continue with the broad and inclusive approach which New Zealanders opted for when they replaced the winner-takes-all attitudes of the first past-the-post system with MMP.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EOf necessity, the longstanding constitutional conventions associated with the consequences of the old electoral system are evolving to respond to the challenges of MMP. The fact that we have enjoyed stable minority government for the last six years, and can look forward to a further three, is a tribute to the adaptability of our constitution.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EHonourable Members,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EMy government is deeply conscious of the honour bestowed on it in taking office again. Its mission is to lead the economic and social development of our proud, independent South Pacific nation. It seeks to work alongside a broad cross section of New Zealanders to achieve the best results for New Zealand. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003EI wish you well in your deliberations. You have been charged by your fellow New Zealanders with great responsibilities. I am sure you will do your best to fulfil them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00229b1cf56f7a0a415ab526bb522aa8f944\u0022\u003EAppointments\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e7e81b5d0332442cac5a086ef81790fd\u0022\u003EAppointments\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u00224b7953fcfb8742c085cb9b7133fc8f57\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224b7953fcfb8742c085cb9b7133fc8f57\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That Clem Rudolph Simich be appointed Deputy Speaker. I do so with great pleasure and with a sense of honour. When I moved the appointment some 3 years ago of Mr Simich as an Assistant Speaker, I expressed strong confidence in his judgment, in his impartiality, and in his ability in terms of his presence to carry out the job with great distinction. It is clear that he has done so, and I think it is clear, too, that there is a strong consensus in the House that he should move up a step to the position of Deputy Speaker for the coming 3-year term of this Parliament. We look forward to working with him; we have the greatest respect for his abilities.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022d48244fc-ceef-4ef5-9cee-851e4d439468\u0022 data-id=\u00220d48e3372e244741878426f7e30540c4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d48244fc-ceef-4ef5-9cee-851e4d439468\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220d48e3372e244741878426f7e30540c4\u0022\u003EDr DON BRASH (Leader of the Opposition):\u003C/span\u003E I rise to support that nomination. Clem Simich has been a member of this House for nearly 14 years and, as the Leader of the House has indicated, he held the post of Assistant Speaker with distinction in the last Parliament. I have no doubt at all that he can with distinction fill the role of Deputy Speaker also.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d48244fc-ceef-4ef5-9cee-851e4d439468\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022 data-id=\u002282c5f6e2a0c04dbbae1c3fca6fd48a2d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228ff55f5e-9237-45e2-8e15-24228a10320e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002282c5f6e2a0c04dbbae1c3fca6fd48a2d\u0022\u003ERt Hon HELEN CLARK (Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E Can I be the first to congratulate the Hon Clem Simich. He is a member who is well liked and respected across the House. He did serve well in the last term as Assistant Speaker, and I wish him all the best in his term as Deputy Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022 data-id=\u00221d087fbdc8f444cc98a363c153388bae\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221d087fbdc8f444cc98a363c153388bae\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader\u2014NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E I would like to add my comments by way of endorsement from New Zealand First of this appointment. I know full well that Clem Simich should be on the front bench of the National Party; everyone knows that. He clearly has the skill, the talent, and the ability, but that, of course, would rule him out. Therefore, we have found it necessary to promote him in another way, the best way we can, and I wish him all the best in the future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022 data-id=\u00229ad814b43163410f9aefceb3c87c9dd7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000180\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229ad814b43163410f9aefceb3c87c9dd7\u0022\u003EJEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E The Greens would like to offer their congratulations to Clem Simich. We have found him to be a gentlemanly, courteous, and fair person to deal with.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c2dfe169-d946-4f87-8d43-0bcdb7d8bebc\u0022 data-id=\u0022b4031f7140d342d1ad20f680a7ed5f72\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c2dfe169-d946-4f87-8d43-0bcdb7d8bebc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b4031f7140d342d1ad20f680a7ed5f72\u0022\u003ETARIANA TURIA (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party):\u003C/span\u003E The M\u0101ori Party also wishes to endorse Clem Simich. This party operates under the principles and values that we saw Mr Simich uphold right throughout my parliamentary term, and we want to wish him all the best.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022 data-id=\u00221f3c6d6a781b4a08ba534a8605289da5\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221f3c6d6a781b4a08ba534a8605289da5\u0022\u003EHon PETER DUNNE (Leader\u2014United Future):\u003C/span\u003E On behalf of United Future I convey our congratulations to Mr Simich on his elevation to be our Deputy Speaker. He is a man of rare courtesy and distinction, and he took a very fair-minded approach in the Chair in the last 3 years. I am sure we will see that continue in his new role as Deputy Speaker. He has our best wishes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022 data-id=\u0022697e9243a0a04ad6adc91dca07c9db48\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022697e9243a0a04ad6adc91dca07c9db48\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE (Leader\u2014ACT):\u003C/span\u003E On behalf of the ACT party I rise to support Mr Simich\u2019s appointment. It is clear that he did a fantastic job as Assistant Speaker. He was always fair and reasonable, and I hope that that may long continue. Of course, his appointment does solve two problems: one for the Labour Government in terms of filling the role, and one for the National Party in terms of where to put Mr Simich. So it is a win-win situation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00228415e962-886d-47b9-9356-3fdce746891f\u0022 data-id=\u0022e07368950cdc49c6a154dcf0929de7b5\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000184\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00228415e962-886d-47b9-9356-3fdce746891f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e07368950cdc49c6a154dcf0929de7b5\u0022\u003EHon JIM ANDERTON (Leader\u2014Progressive):\u003C/span\u003E The Progressive Party offers its warm congratulations to Clem Simich. I well recall Clem Simich winning a hard-fought by-election campaign in Tamaki to come here. He was going to deliver a message to his party; he is now in a position to deliver a message to the whole of Parliament. I offer my congratulations.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220ed9ad81-05c1-4171-80c6-24fa02cade42\u0022 data-id=\u00226e29071228674b15aac1a418dbff721b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000185\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ed9ad81-05c1-4171-80c6-24fa02cade42\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226e29071228674b15aac1a418dbff721b\u0022\u003EHon CLEM SIMICH (National):\u003C/span\u003E Firstly, Madam Speaker, I congratulate you on being elected to the position of Speaker and on having that election confirmed by the Governor-General. I have been pleased to work with you over the past year. I have found it quite rewarding to have you as my Speaker. The words you spoke in Parliament yesterday I endorse completely, and I look forward to helping you, as far as I can, achieve the things you have set out that you wish to achieve as Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000186\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ed9ad81-05c1-4171-80c6-24fa02cade42\u0022\u003EMy first and special thanks are to the Hon Dr Michael Cullen for moving the motion for my appointment. I want to thank all members for the very generous way that they have accepted and supported that motion. I also thank the other leaders, who have been so generous in their words in respect of my appointment. I am quite humbled by it. I look forward to serving members as well as I can. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000187\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002228c384dbe7dc472a8411c2e6ef62149b\u0022\u003EAssistant Speakers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u00227543231ed40843d3883e8385b0e07db6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000188\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00227543231ed40843d3883e8385b0e07db6\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That Margaret Ann Hartley be appointed Assistant Speaker. Ann Hartley was, of course, the Deputy Speaker in the previous Parliament, so she comes to this nomination with a considerable amount of experience. I think it is fair to say that she had something of a baptism of fire as Deputy Speaker in the previous Parliament. There is something about a woman in authority that seems to lead to a certain kind of chromosomal outbreak on the part of some colleagues within this House, but it is just a matter of adaptation over time, I can assure them. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000189\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003ESpeaking from long experience over time, I can say that one gets used to women in authority and actually comes to enjoy it after a period of time, and I recommend it to members opposite in that respect. It is not really enough to sit on the front row of the paepae; sometimes it is more important to fully participate in all the activities from a leadership role, as you have demonstrated so well yourself, Madam Speaker. I have much pleasure in nominating Ann Hartley.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022 data-id=\u00221979b4e23bec4805b6a269c0b3a9139a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000190\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221979b4e23bec4805b6a269c0b3a9139a\u0022\u003EGERRY BROWNLEE (Deputy Leader\u2014National):\u003C/span\u003E This motion proves just how hollow the claim in the Speech from the Throne was, that the age of winner-takes-all politics is gone. If it had gone, then the motion would have nominated someone from this side of the House for an Assistant Speaker\u2019s position. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000191\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EI respond to Dr Cullen\u2019s rather acerbic comments of a few moments ago, suggesting that Mrs Hartley was rather unfairly treated as Deputy Speaker at the time. I tell him that we reject that utterly. Yesterday this House unanimously installed Margaret Wilson as the Speaker. Every party expressed its deep respect for her abilities as shown in that position. The reality is that if no one in this House is any more elected than anyone else, then whoever sits as a presiding officer has to have the confidence of all the House in order to be able to exercise the authority that gives it any sort of direction. So we will move an amendment to the motion. We will nominate\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002288defcfbd49f4e5f87a57b36d34c6182\u0022\u003EHon Dr Michael Cullen\u003C/span\u003E: Oh, not Brian Connell.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000193\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002217d3c2c3b4e6449790409c1b2a110673\u0022\u003EGERRY BROWNLEE\u003C/span\u003E: Dr Cullen will have his fun, but let me make it very clear. Labour\u2019s intention, in putting Ann Hartley in the position of Assistant Speaker, is to simply create a transit lounge before she goes off to Niue. That is the deal. We know that it will not be long before Dianne Yates explodes in such an apoplectic way that Labour will have to do something for her. We know that Dover Samuel\u2019s days as a Minister are dependent on the term of one or two high commissioners around the place. There will be an exit from the Labour benches into all sorts of preferred positions as it tries to manage its own caucus. We believe that in nominating John McGregor Carter to be Assistant Speaker, we nominate someone who has long political experience. He has been in this House since 1987, he has served as a senior whip for a very, very long time, and he is well respected not only in this party but across Parliament. So as an amendment to the motion, I move, That the name \u201CMargaret Ann Hartley\u201D be omitted and the name \u201CJohn McGregor Carter\u201D be inserted. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022 data-id=\u00225766ae0407d54e8e8e670e0b0ce8110b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000194\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225766ae0407d54e8e8e670e0b0ce8110b\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader\u2014NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E The age of winner-takes-all is over. That was the National Party\u2019s\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000195\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220083bcaa-f44d-4b70-97de-d091a209b88c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002216d980d20b584266bb3ae4242dda3426\u0022\u003EJohn Key\u003C/span\u003E: Loser takes all!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000196\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002295d0b1e23d264bd2ac615a221024a2a2\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: They will get over it. [Interruption] As for the Tauranga result, the matter is sub judice, and I will see the member in court in Tauranga on 28 November. He will not be laughing then.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000197\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EI go back to the primary purpose of this speech. The age of winner-takes-all is over, as evidenced by the appointment of the Deputy Speaker today. Such obvious evidence was provided to the member, yet he missed it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000198\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003EBut the real problem with the nomination from the National Party is that it would mean that it would be denuded of more talent, denuded of experience, and bereft of parliamentary knowledge. It desperately needs Mr Carter on its own benches, not filling in over in the Chair. It is a party of people who have been out of power now for 6 years. It has a front bench comprised largely of people with no experience in Government. It is a party that cannot do without the experience of John Carter. Otherwise, we would support him. We know he has the ability.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000199\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003ENational has a back bench with a whole lot of ambitious people who will soon use this Parliament as a ladder to climb over their colleagues. One needs to understand the procedures of Parliament to stop such things from happening. That being the case, we have to decline the nomination from the National Party, and for the most obvious reasons, and go with some experience and some unity in respect of the new Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022 data-id=\u00221e340ac8ba32466e80d76f9ea878eaf1\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000200\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221e340ac8ba32466e80d76f9ea878eaf1\u0022\u003EMETIRIA TUREI (Green):\u003C/span\u003E The Green Party will certainly oppose National\u2019s amendment to the motion, and we would like to express our sincere confidence in Ann Hartley\u2019s ability to take up this position. We believe that she did a very good job as Deputy Speaker in the last Parliament. She proved her ability to deal with some of the most abusive behaviour in the House, which is, I think, unfortunately still a very regular occurrence when members are dealing with women who are in positions of responsibility. In my view, and certainly in the Green Party\u2019s view, Ann Hartley did a very good job of withstanding that abuse. She conducted herself with calmness and firmness, and she resolutely refused to be undermined and bullied by those around her. We certainly look forward to her taking up this role again, and we will vote against National\u2019s amendment and support the Government\u2019s motion.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u0022b2b33c36690b41f08adb51cb5eed7da7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000201\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b2b33c36690b41f08adb51cb5eed7da7\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (National\u2014Clutha-Southland):\u003C/span\u003E I rise to support the amendment. There is no reason why this House should believe what Winston Peters said, because if he was sincere in his remarks about Clem Simich, he could have made him Speaker of the House. He decided not to, so there was no sincerity in those remarks of congratulation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000202\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003EThere is one problem with the nomination that the Leader of the House has made, which is that Ann Hartley did not earn the respect of the House when she had ample opportunity to do so as a Deputy Speaker. We voted against her last time, and she won that vote. Over the last 3 years Ann Hartley has had the opportunity to show the judgment, the temperament, and the balance that are required of a senior officer of the House, and she has failed to earn the respect of the House. Few officers of this Parliament fail in that respect. Most of them are given time. They do get a baptism of fire, but they get the opportunity, and they make it. The next nomination on the list is Ross Robertson. I admit that I was a sceptic when he took up office. But he earned the respect of this Parliament, and that is why we will support that nomination. However, we cannot support this one. We are dealing with a Government that is a curious mix of the reluctant and the incompetent: those who are reluctant to go, and the rest of them, who are incompetent. Ann Hartley happens to fit into both categories.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022 data-id=\u00225ec6f3c67b0f4339b6d15c2dc09f6aa4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000203\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225ec6f3c67b0f4339b6d15c2dc09f6aa4\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE (Leader\u2014ACT):\u003C/span\u003E I just want to say a few words, first of all, in response to Winston Peters, who said that the time of winner-takes-all is over. That is a bit rich coming from Winston Peters, who has just lost the seat of Tauranga and who promised the people of New Zealand that he would not take the baubles of office. That loser has taken the biggest bauble of office his greedy chops could reach around. That is what Winston Peters has done. He demonstrates now in this Parliament that the loser can take all, because he has done that with the shonky agreement he has entered into with Helen Clark. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI heard Dr Cullen say that some people gave Ann Hartley a hard time as Deputy Speaker because she is a woman. Well, I can tell Ann Hartley that I think Dr Cullen was referring in part to me. Doing that had nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman; it was all to do with contesting vigorously in this House and with ensuring that the Standing Orders have their play. Just to demonstrate that to Dr Cullen, I say that ACT will support Ann Hartley\u2019s nomination as Assistant Speaker, because we think that she can, and did, learn. We look forward to Ann Hartley being a good Assistant Speaker. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c2dfe169-d946-4f87-8d43-0bcdb7d8bebc\u0022 data-id=\u00223fc81c34622a4f23b5b17d886894b8d2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c2dfe169-d946-4f87-8d43-0bcdb7d8bebc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223fc81c34622a4f23b5b17d886894b8d2\u0022\u003ETARIANA TURIA (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party):\u003C/span\u003E I rise on behalf of the M\u0101ori Party to wholeheartedly support the motion of the Government that Ann Hartley be the Assistant Speaker. She has our wholehearted support and the absolute respect of this caucus.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022 data-id=\u002283d54c59efc44a4eb4493a7fee3ef9fe\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000206\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002283d54c59efc44a4eb4493a7fee3ef9fe\u0022\u003EHon PETER DUNNE (Leader\u2014United Future):\u003C/span\u003E United Future will be supporting the amendment that has been moved. We do that because we have a very high regard for Mr Carter. We think he has performed well in the various roles he has held in the past. In this particular position of Assistant Speaker one is not entirely removed from partisan debate. The concerns that have been expressed about his being a loss to his party are therefore not as relevant. We think he could do a good job, and we are prepared to support his nomination.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022fe4771e7897c401080fd677db5518b3a\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the name \u201CMargaret Ann Hartley\u201D be omitted, and the name \u201CJohn McGregor Carter\u201D be inserted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 50\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 47; United Future 3.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 68\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 5; M\u0101ori Party 4; ACT New Zealand 2; Progressive 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAmendment not agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000207\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022fae7af0d-c48d-4dd4-88f3-928ccaa3a984\u0022 data-id=\u0022f8a407b95e624ff2a229a3235fc35972\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000208\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fae7af0d-c48d-4dd4-88f3-928ccaa3a984\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f8a407b95e624ff2a229a3235fc35972\u0022\u003EANN HARTLEY (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Madam Speaker, I would first like to congratulate you on your election and I look forward to working with you. I would also like to congratulate the Hon Clem Simich, whom I very much enjoyed working with in the last Parliament; I think we had an excellent team. I thank all members, and assure all members that I will certainly, as a presiding officer, be working in the House to make sure that I serve the House well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u00222f5902e171524f6fbc0be668382c30a2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000209\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222f5902e171524f6fbc0be668382c30a2\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That H V Ross Robertson be appointed Assistant Speaker. I do so with the Government\u2019s stand of a 100 percent record on votes in this House during this forty-eighth Parliament we now have. I call the member Ross Robertson. I call him many other things as well, and some of those are well known in public. I call him a friend; I call him a colleague; I call him somebody who has performed extraordinarily well in the job. Indeed, he has on occasions been known as \u201CSpot\u201D, which is a tribute to his terrier-like qualities, his extraordinary energy, and the fact that he gets around his electorate and around everything he has to do. He has been a member of this House since 1987, and he is universally liked on all sides of the House. Of course, he brings to the House a dedication to its standards. He would like to impose upon us a code of conduct, with some of us wanting to plead guilty in advance but declining to do so, and we have not accepted that particular suggestion. But I am very confident that he will continue to perform that role with distinction.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022 data-id=\u00224699e7a5dd674ef3b11b73cfb6b9b99b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000210\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224699e7a5dd674ef3b11b73cfb6b9b99b\u0022\u003ESIMON POWER (National\u2014Rangitikei):\u003C/span\u003E On behalf of the National Party, I say that we will certainly endorse H V Ross Robertson for the position of Assistant Speaker. We believe that Mr Robertson exercised independence and neutrality in a very fair and even-handed way during the last Parliament. In particular, members of the National Party are confident of his working knowledge of the Standing Orders, and look forward to welcoming him and his continuing in that role.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022 data-id=\u0022f03162b6a16f456e86e2f73f371ddf71\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000211\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f03162b6a16f456e86e2f73f371ddf71\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader\u2014NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E New Zealand First wholeheartedly supports this appointment. But I want to respond also to the comments of Rodney Hide, someone who grossly overspent at the last election.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000212\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002269154a5d4f0c4a4b80969f7c97338e0e\u0022\u003ERodney Hide\u003C/span\u003E: Ha, ha!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000213\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022876390d0989047fabb749dfbdfacb8c0\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: Oh yes, he did. He forgot his colleagues and his fellow candidates, went to Epsom, and grossly overspent. Members should not ask me; they should ask Richard Worth. They need not believe me; they should believe him. Richard Worth knows, so do the people who work for him, and Rodney Hide has the temerity to come here and fail to recant on that fact. It was he, with Don Brash, who sat in our office, in our caucus, making every offer possible: \u201CAnything you want, you can have.\u201D It was Don Brash who said in July to the media that he was very happy for the leader of New Zealand First to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs\u2014though he never discussed it with me. [Interruption] Oh yes, he did.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000214\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022d48244fc-ceef-4ef5-9cee-851e4d439468\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223801160bd4be4f329fa4e04989023e5d\u0022\u003EDr Don Brash\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. At no time did I offer to Mr Peters the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in a National-led Government\u2014or any other ministerial position.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000215\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c306067eceb5468eb5cbcb8cb6f53fe7\u0022\u003ERodney Hide\u003C/span\u003E: Point of order\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000216\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022295e86dc15894677a1e8a2009e2c0db8\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: No, I do not need any assistance. [Interruption] I do not need any assistance, Mr Hide, I am on my feet. I know this is, in effect, the first day, but I remind members that when points of order are taken they are heard in silence as a matter of respect. I also note that when a member speaks, it must be relevant to the motion. I think the member was straying off the point of the motion as he continued in his speech. So I ask the member to continue his speech but to speak to the motion before the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000217\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022318dcc4463104797abde81df50d0ae91\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: I will. My real point is that Ross Robertson would never behave like that. It is not in his nature\u2014that is why he is qualified for the job. He has enormous experience, unlike the people who are now complaining. But my real point is that what Mr Hide had to say, given what Don Brash told the media in July without any consultation, is like that word one cannot use in Parliament, but its first letter resembles a rugby goalpost. It is a word I cannot use in Parliament but it starts with \u201CH\u201D, and today we saw the first attempt by those people to gainsay every action they took before the last campaign.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000218\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022727d02540b6845ada03e3a1f1037a0e8\u0022\u003EGerry Brownlee\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave to table Mr Winston Peters\u2019 Rotorua speech, so that everybody can see who else is a person beginning with a letter not dissimilar to a rugby goalpost.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000219\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022da29ea9bf6014c18bdd93057c1066eac\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Leave is sought to table that speech. Is there any objection? Yes, there is objection.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000220\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002278092bce4f554779aa94a0121c2d5a53\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave to table the press statements of the visitation to the New Zealand First office by one Rodney Hide and another Mr Don Brash, whose purpose we all know was certain. They should not deny it now or try, in my absence from Parliament on important public business, to get away with a total, undiluted piece of hypocrisy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000221\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c15121ebb9cb4d0fb560ca33ab462473\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Leave is sought to table those press releases. Is there any objection?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000222\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229cef374c1deb4bb9b4abfd46ebab2053\u0022\u003EGerry Brownlee\u003C/span\u003E: What\u2019s he tabling?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000223\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b4d93ebb50374f22a43183800698e072\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Press releases. Is there any objection? Yes, there is objection. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022 data-id=\u002271e750dd9e4c48ac9423097f6e06ab1c\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000224\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002271e750dd9e4c48ac9423097f6e06ab1c\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE (Leader\u2014ACT):\u003C/span\u003E I rise to support Ross Robertson in this role. I should add that Ross Robertson is a very well-behaved member of Parliament and an excellent Assistant Speaker. Now, without Jonathan Hunt, he probably knows the Standing Orders better than anyone else here in Parliament. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000225\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI know that he would not behave like Winston Peters behaves. I was at the meeting with Don Brash, and I know for a fact that the allegation that Mr Peters has made is totally false. There was no suggestion at that meeting that the National Party would have Mr Peters as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In fact, Mr Peters wanted an offer to be put on the table that Mr Brash resolutely refused to put on the table. What was very clear from that meeting is that Mr Peters decided to support a Labour Government. That is the fact of the matter. He decided to go for the baubles of office and to support the Labour Government. It may well be that Mr Peters is now embarrassed about that, as he well may be. He may be unable to explain it to the people of Tauranga, he may well be unable to explain it to his own members of Parliament, and he may well be unable to explain it to the president of his own party, Doug Woolerton. But he should not bring that embarrassment to this House and try to reinvent the history of what happened at a meeting.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000226\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002272522651b7814ca49d0a6a9aa1ef5041\u0022\u003ERt Hon Winston Peters\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I was prepared to let this debate go on for a fair while, in the interests of open democracy, but a second rant that is the same as the first does not address the issue, which you so appositely put to me that I should do. I wish you would do that to this member now, before he bores us all witless.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222f0a4ea6df5b4dafa900fc67a9891f3d\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: The question of relevance is equally applicable in this instance. Has the member concluded?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000228\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022455cf902333e43e0b36fe52d2280de6a\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. Allegations were made against me by the Rt Hon Winston Peters\u2014[Interruption] There we go. Are New Zealand First members going to be allowed to interrupt on a point of order, after a warning?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000229\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002256411187122b44cc883f5b49e1b0d4ef\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Are you speaking to a point of order, Mr Hide?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000230\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002252bed6db86ce4afaba228eda845236a9\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: Yes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000231\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c4bc137eccc9472a85cf996520d4c3db\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I am sorry, I thought you were continuing your speech. Please continue.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000232\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226b3290ebe5ba4fb788333797a2a06bef\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: The point of order is that allegations were made by Winston Peters against me, in terms of spending, that were totally unfounded. Allegations were made about a meeting that I attended, and Mr Peters made that point. I am allowed, under the rules of debate, to respond to those allegations. I think it is very unparliamentary for Mr Peters, just because we are pointing out the truth, to say, in responding to what we said\u2014[Interruption] There he goes. I am raising a point of order, Madam Speaker. I have been constantly interrupted by Ron Mark, I am now being interrupted by Winston Peters, and I do not see any protection from the Chair.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000233\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022275b881979a142ec867c74d7c4f95370\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I thank the member. He has made his point of order in full. I remind members that we would not have these points of order if all members were relevant and stuck to the motion that is before the House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000234\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220f62b093e917413d84e027564844d466\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: We rise to support Ross Robertson.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000235\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223dd9afb6243b459ca11a829bf36231f1\u0022\u003EHon Dr Michael Cullen\u003C/span\u003E: Nearly a royal \u201Cwe\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000236\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022abe4778f13554f46b03e26492e810f58\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: It is a very, very royal \u201Cwe\u201D. I say to Mr Peters that this is just the start of what is to come. He will be held to account for the decisions that he has made in becoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022 data-id=\u0022133ff92b8f6c4bfe8b09168c57edd356\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000237\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022133ff92b8f6c4bfe8b09168c57edd356\u0022\u003EJEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E The Greens are happy to support the nomination of Ross Robertson for Assistant Speaker. We find it unfortunate, given that on Tuesday we will begin a 19-hour debate on the formation of the Government and its programme, that the election of the presiding officers of the House has to be disrupted by the kind of debate we have just had. It is not that that debate should not occur; we do not think that this is the appropriate place for it to occur when we are electing our presiding officers. We enjoyed Ross Robertson\u2019s running of the House in a friendly way, his attention to the Standing Orders, and his fairness. And I really enjoyed the way he started each session with \u201CKia ora.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c2dfe169-d946-4f87-8d43-0bcdb7d8bebc\u0022 data-id=\u0022dcc3e2d76ce64ad48f6a272f6b3a7b54\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000238\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c2dfe169-d946-4f87-8d43-0bcdb7d8bebc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022dcc3e2d76ce64ad48f6a272f6b3a7b54\u0022\u003ETARIANA TURIA (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party):\u003C/span\u003E The M\u0101ori Party rises to support the nomination of Ross Robertson to be Assistant Speaker. We know that he manages the House really well. The one thing I am really proud of is that he always attempts to pronounce M\u0101ori correctly. Kia ora, Ross.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022 data-id=\u002212b433413ea14d2ab7513470d9965391\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000239\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002212b433413ea14d2ab7513470d9965391\u0022\u003EHon PETER DUNNE (Leader\u2014United Future):\u003C/span\u003E It may come as a considerable surprise to the House when I say that I agree entirely with everything that the co-leader of the Green Party said. Ross Robertson was a superb Assistant Speaker in the last Parliament, for all the reasons that members have outlined. He will be equally so in this Parliament, and we have every delight in supporting his nomination.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000240\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f555a23a-d230-4f03-80ba-a44e6ec8bd29\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002270fa4cbd-9380-4916-9f2a-78da059d220e\u0022 data-id=\u0022d329da607f2040f29cc1728a6cf2068a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000241\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002270fa4cbd-9380-4916-9f2a-78da059d220e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d329da607f2040f29cc1728a6cf2068a\u0022\u003EH V ROSS ROBERTSON (Labour\u2014Manukau East):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker. Kia ora t\u0101tou, e ng\u0101 iwi, e ng\u0101 hoa, e ng\u0101 hau e wh\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000242\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002270fa4cbd-9380-4916-9f2a-78da059d220e\u0022\u003E[Greetings to all, to the tribes, to friends, to the four winds, greetings, greetings, greetings to you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002270fa4cbd-9380-4916-9f2a-78da059d220e\u0022\u003EIt is with humility that I gratefully accept the profound honour that you, my parliamentary colleagues, have offered me to serve in this House as one of your presiding officers. This forty-eighth New Zealand Parliament is blessed with many new sets of lungs, alongside seasoned politicians who are well accustomed to the delicate difference of opinion of this place. I will ensure that every member has the fullest opportunity to define, defend, and deliver his or her visions according to the letter of the Standing Orders and Speakers\u2019 Rulings, and in the spirit of engagement that our public expect. On this 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes\u2019 plot, it behoves us all to be inclusive of all opinion, for this is a chamber of ideas. This is a place where continuous streams of ideas are tested, according to our Standing Orders and the Speakers\u2019 Rulings. It is like a river that flows from bank to bank, so that its true potential is realised for all. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000244\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002270fa4cbd-9380-4916-9f2a-78da059d220e\u0022\u003ELastly, I just say this: last year members unanimously celebrated 150 years of our parliamentary democracy. We enter a Parliament that is finely balanced, like our German MMP counterparts. I trust that we will all work together, t\u0101tou t\u0101tou, to ensure that this House grows in public esteem. Tihei mauri ora!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000245\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a88336f8f9fb46f7a4aac9df53c05a36\u0022\u003EReinstatement of Business\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000247\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022025a2c8392cb4ee29c5834dc40e68326\u0022\u003EReinstatement of Business\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022 data-id=\u002224fce47c415149868b8338ba2aa08832\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000246\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan 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id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EReport of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Inquiry into New Zealand\u2019s relationship with the Kingdom of Tonga\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000396\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EReport of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Inquiry into the role of international human rights in foreign policy\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000397\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EInterim report of the Regulations Review Committee on a Complaint about Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare 2005\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000398\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EReport of the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Inquiry into 2004 local authority elections\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000399\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EReport of the Education and Science Committee on the Inquiry into setting of National Certificate of Educational Achievement examination questions\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000400\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EReport of the Constitutional Arrangements Committee on the Inquiry to review New Zealand\u2019s existing constitutional arrangements.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000401\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EThis is the first time this motion has been moved in the House, under the changes to the Standing Orders and the Constitution Act. Previously what happened was that at the end of a Parliament a motion was moved to carry matters over to the next Parliament. Famously, of course, in 1984, with the so-called \u201Cschnapps election\u201D, that did not happen and there was no business for the incoming Parliament to pick up. Since then, of course, we have had that carry-forward motion successfully moved. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000402\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003EOn constitutional grounds, I think it is far preferable for an incoming Parliament to determine the business that it will have under review. I think also, however, that there is very good reason for that motion to cover the business as it was at the time the House rose for the election, and for the Government not to attempt to use a temporary or, perhaps, passing majority in the House on particular matters to remove issues from the Order Paper, whether they be members\u2019 bills, Government business, or other business. Indeed, I understand that the National Party is thinking of moving an amendment to remove bills from this particular motion. I have to say that that, I think, will probably be the summit of National\u2019s achievement for this Parliament, and I trust that those amendments\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000403\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022db5d5d13b576482b8c590046c1b8555c\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Just watch this space.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000404\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bb5fc13134254891b9c4c03946cdbfa3\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN\u003C/span\u003E: I think the member had better get a decent barber before he starts interjecting any further. But certainly, if that is all the National Opposition can manage to do on the first day of Parliament, it is showing its lack of imagination, its lack of wit, and its lack of talent. After all, it is appropriate for this House to consider properly any bills that are in front of it\u2014to debate those bills if the Minister or member in charge chooses to have that matter proceed to consideration by the House. It is, of course, open\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000405\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b884aa343d514fe8b05100421b6dbddb\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: What about the gender bill?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000406\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227fd45bdff87546c9887b886067326c32\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN\u003C/span\u003E: Goodness me, the member is back in action already\u2014a sort of chirping little sparrow on the things opposite. I remind the member that once he starts chirping all the time he will invite the appropriate retaliation from this side of the House, so I invite him to shut up before he carries on. I know that more senior members know what I am referring to, and I am being very kind to that member by not commenting on why he behaves like that so often in this House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003ESo I have deliberately moved a motion that picks up all the business in front of the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000408\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226ac98465788942b59f8d28574132bd45\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Losing his rag on the first day.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000409\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c0a00edeb74444db810690fba60b4c9c\u0022\u003EHon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN\u003C/span\u003E: That is actually a female activity, not a male one, if the member had any idea at all. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000410\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227f8c14fb-b919-46ef-866b-8db68cfa4cf0\u0022\u003ESo I have moved this motion, and I am sure we will face some rather silly amendments. We will face some rather silly speeches as the various contenders for the leadership of the National Party try to show what they can do as opposed to the efforts of the current leader of the National Party. I trust that the common sense of the House will reject those motions and allow members and Ministers to determine the future of those bills.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022 data-id=\u00225a68f133dce644118efa79a8d450252e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000411\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225a68f133dce644118efa79a8d450252e\u0022\u003EGERRY BROWNLEE (Deputy Leader\u2014National):\u003C/span\u003E Notwithstanding the interpretation that the Deputy Prime Minister puts on this motion, the reality is that this is the Government\u2019s work programme for the next 3 years. These are the Government\u2019s bills, so anyone who votes for these today\u2014[Interruption] Well, OK, there are a few exceptions, such as members\u2019 bills, but the vast majority of these 2\u00BD pages is the Government\u2019s programme, carried over from last time. It is the stuff that Labour wanted to do and could not do, or did not get done. It wants this House to say: \u201CRight\u2014we want to pick it up now and run with it again.\u201D So the United Future party and New Zealand First, and anybody else who chooses to support the motion, choose to buy into the Government\u2019s programme. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000412\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EWe know that the New Zealand First Party spends endless hours telling everybody that it is not part of the Government, that it is only there on the odd day, that one day it will be part of the Government and the next day it will be part of the Opposition, and that it will probably vote against the Government frequently. Of course, New Zealand First does not want to be considered as part of the executive. Mr Peters wants to be able to say that he is not part of the executive, but the Prime Minister is saying that he is. We will see how that issue plays out in the future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000413\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E The real point, though, is that included in this motion are a number of bills that I would have thought New Zealand First members did not want to see advanced. We know they are desperate to differentiate themselves in this House, and we want to help them. We are going to move an amendment to exclude the following bills from the motion: the Arms Amendment Bill (No 3), the Climate Change Response Amendment Bill, the Courts and Criminal Matters Bill, the Legal Services Amendment Bill (No 2), the Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill, the Rail Network Bill, and the Police Amendment Bill (No 2)\u2014all bills that Winston Peters stood up in this House and fought against. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000414\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EWinston Peters told this House that all those bills were of no value to the New Zealand population and of no value to the country as a whole. I suspect that Winston Peters will now say that all those bills are fantastic because they got him a very nice motor car. That is the situation we are facing here. So we are moving an amendment, which has been placed with the Clerk, so that New Zealand First can show that it is not a party attracted by the so-called baubles of office, and that it does have an opportunity to stand by the votes it cast just a few short months ago. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000415\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EThe same would apply to the United Future party. Today we heard that United Future is likely to vote against the Government more often than it will vote for it. So one would have to ask why United Future members are going to vote for this motion to go ahead today. Why does United Future not have an amendment that pulls out some of the things it is so particularly opposed to? It is important that we understand that this is effectively the first confidence vote\u2014[Interruption] There is a lot of disruption in the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000416\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022434181d997794323b916d47471a9015d\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: There normally is. People do tend to chat.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000417\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002277b84229f145426bb44fb9b9c35291a5\u0022\u003EGERRY BROWNLEE\u003C/span\u003E: Well, they are not supposed to stand in the aisle and have a discussion.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000418\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EWe know that Clayton Cosgrove has been dispatched down to New Zealand First\u2019s most difficult member, Mr Woolerton, to have a chat to him, to make sure that his vote stays in place. [Interruption] Madam Speaker, this is quite outside the Standing Orders, and I would like you to do something about it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000419\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002232128a9bf96b4bad9aa097ac7e882c9b\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Would the member please resume his seat. He is not a whip.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000420\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223e91d04ab0d34f0b9c5961c24211c39e\u0022\u003EGERRY BROWNLEE\u003C/span\u003E: It is extremely important that we understand today that this is the first confidence vote that the Government faces. It is effectively where the Government says to the Parliament: \u201CThese are the bills we put into the process last time and want to carry over.\u201D The Government is going to require its coalition and supporting partners to vote for it. They will sit there and smile, but they need to know, and the public needs to know, that they will be voting for bills they voted against just a short time ago. [Interruption] We just heard another member from down the back, Mrs Pettis from Whanganui. We told her she was going to lose her seat. She lost it splendidly. I congratulate Chester Borrows. We welcome him here. I forgot to add Jill Pettis to the long list of Labour Party members lining up to take a diplomatic posting and likely to exit this Parliament very shortly. Mrs Pettis had a short career but never mind, she did well anyway! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000421\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003EI return to the motion and say that National has this amendment and wishes to find out whether New Zealand First is serious when it says it will vote with the Opposition sometimes and with the Government at other times. Is this a time when it will vote against itself, when it is in Opposition, or in favour of itself, because it is in Government?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022 data-id=\u0022a6bc8349c9f8415fb0e442fead2306f7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000422\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a6bc8349c9f8415fb0e442fead2306f7\u0022\u003EPETER BROWN (Deputy Leader\u2014NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E I take a brief opportunity to note Gerry Brownlee\u2019s kind comments about New Zealand First. He clearly recognises that we have a role to play in this House, and we have. Let me say to the honourable member and to the House\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000423\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022736f96ab687341f9a936517acecc9173\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Tell us about the baubles of office.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000424\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228e742ce502d245519ee87020fdbf51e2\u0022\u003EPETER BROWN\u003C/span\u003E: I will talk about the baubles of office, if the member likes: I have not got any. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000425\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003ELet me assure the House that the bills the honourable member listed in his amendment and said that New Zealand First had voted against\u2014and he is probably correct in that; I am not in a position to dispute it\u2014are bills we will continue to vote against. Let me just say that first and foremost\u2014and I ask the honourable member to take note of this\u2014New Zealand First stands for democracy. We do not want to impose our views in a dictatorial fashion upon all New Zealanders. People have a right to be heard, and we support that right. I believe that a more distinguished politician than myself\u2014somebody like Winston Churchill\u2014once said something like: \u201CI may not agree with you but I will go to my death fighting for your voice to be heard.\u201D So New Zealand First will not be supporting the National Party amendment. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000426\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003ELet me put this question to the honourable member who moved the amendment. How many of the new National Party members have actually read the bills that National wants to throw out? I ask all those new members who have read them to raise their hands. Not one! I guarantee that not one of those new members has read those bills. I say to members opposite: \u201CIf that is defending democracy, then you have a lot to learn.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000427\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003ENew Zealand First does not support all these bills but it does support the democratic process. We believe that many of them will be defeated on the floor of the Chamber. That is where we stand on the matter.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022 data-id=\u002242171492354e43b2a2fdfc4c25463033\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000428\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002242171492354e43b2a2fdfc4c25463033\u0022\u003EJEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Co-Leader\u2014Green):\u003C/span\u003E I think the National Party should reflect very carefully on the precedent it is setting with this amendment, because what goes around comes around. The fact is that when a bill has passed its first reading in this House with a majority, has been referred to a select committee, and has had submissions on it called for from the public, then Parliament ought to do the public the courtesy of listening to those submissions and of considering them properly in a select committee. If this amendment is to proceed, then we should watch out for what will happen to all sorts of bills that the National Party puts up. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000429\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209278070-a54a-41e9-8a27-45166301277e\u0022\u003EA member\u2019s bill is included in this amendment motion. All members know how difficult it is to get a member\u2019s bill called in the ballot, into the House, and through its first reading. Everybody has had that experience, and to knock it out at this stage without even the courtesy of a select committee hearing is extremely bad parliamentary process. I think it is a very bad way to start a new term. I know that this Parliament is a different Parliament. Parliament is the author of its own destiny, but it also has a responsibility to consider things that are part-way through their process properly. If I were totally opposed to every bill in this motion, I would not support the National Party\u2019s amendment; I would wait and defeat the bills in the House, if that were the way the Greens wanted to vote. I think it is really poor process, and I urge the National Party to withdraw its amendment. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022 data-id=\u00229507b2abe5fb4741a8069a75036e7bb3\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000430\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229507b2abe5fb4741a8069a75036e7bb3\u0022\u003EGEORGINA BEYER (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E I do not support the National Party\u2019s amendment to this motion. The co-leader of the Green Party is correct; there is a member\u2019s bill here. It is my bill\u2014the Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000431\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002237cae251db864560b4e0f5df0a9774c2\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: The Prime Minister says it\u2019s gone.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000432\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002299901f01809e429b8905b00ea82a755e\u0022\u003EGEORGINA BEYER\u003C/span\u003E: It has not been voted on by this Parliament yet. It was put forward for first reading in the last Parliament. At the end of the day it will be my decision what happens to the bill. Whether it stays in or out is my decision. I do not believe that the process that Gerry Brownlee and the National Party are trying to institute is right. It is undemocratic, and I would expect that it betrays their real ideals.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022 data-id=\u00222c64176219874bf7818555fbdaaeafde\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000433\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222c64176219874bf7818555fbdaaeafde\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH (National\u2014Nelson):\u003C/span\u003E I seek the leave of the House to table the Sunday Star-Times article in which the Prime Minister stated that the very bill that the member has spoken about was dead.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000434\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225d4ce5d99f3143179a74355fce2fae47\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Leave is sought to table that newspaper article. Is there any objection? There is. It will not be tabled.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u0022146ebb1e8ecd403db64797eb39b92f62\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000435\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022146ebb1e8ecd403db64797eb39b92f62\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (National\u2014Clutha-Southland):\u003C/span\u003E The co-leader of the Greens does raise an issue that is right in some respects. There are members\u2019 bills listed in the motion that National supports. So we will be moving a further amendment to the motion to the effect that we will exclude all bills except a number of members\u2019 bills that we do support, because we believe that Parliament and the public should have the opportunity to make submissions and discuss those bills. I would have to say that list does not include Georgina Beyer\u2019s bill. I am very surprised that the discipline of the Labour Government has broken down to the extent that a back-bench member has risen in this Parliament on its first day to defy the Prime Minister.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000436\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f03108dfe6f444ffac0979882ea9b06e\u0022\u003EHon Member\u003C/span\u003E: An exit with dignity\u2019s coming.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000437\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e9310f699fda4f65a48bc8ba0834c898\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: It will be another exit with dignity in a transit lounge to Niue\u2014it will end up doubling the population. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000438\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226f6e1ae1-8aa5-4f71-8e73-30bb378026c4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224e3985fe3d2f4616a6e9525f04417c57\u0022\u003EGeorgina Beyer\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I would like to correct the member. He should not rely on the newspapers of this country to print the story correctly.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000439\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d0bdfc0123984ac4a3647d8fb32f3aa0\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: That is not a point of order.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000440\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228722211d23bd4fb28f9f10153e2767e1\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: The member may not be aware that, over the last couple of weeks, the Prime Minister has cultivated among the media the idea that Labour is now a centrist Government that has given up its dreams of more social revolution, and that the way it is demonstrating that is to drop that member\u2019s bill. [Interruption] Actually, the Prime Minister tried to drop the member, but decided to wait a bit longer because the queue was becoming rather long. The Prime Minister then made a show of publicly disciplining that member, but now she sees fit to get up today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000441\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003EWe thought that Winston Peters would be the problem. Well, he is\u2014and I will come back to that\u2014but it is clear now that the Prime Minister\u2019s political strategy is creating real tension in the back bench of the Labour Government. [Interruption] Marian Hobbs says that she is innocent. She has moved a long way down to the back bench and, apparently, not because she wanted to\u2014that is for sure. She is another one of the reluctant, or maybe the incompetent; I am not quite sure. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003EMy colleague Gerry Brownlee put his finger on a key issue today: this Parliament needs to have explained to it just what Winston Peters\u2019 position is. We have talked over the last couple of days about Mr Peters\u2019 having gone for the baubles of office. We found out today that there is only one bauble; he got it and his colleagues did not. I feel particularly sorry for some of those members. I think Brian Donnelly is respected in the education sector as one of the senior influential figures in New Zealand education. He has been reasonable, non-partisan, knowledgable, and respected. He had an opportunity to play a ministerial role in the new Government that even I, as the Opposition spokesperson on education, would have been happy to see him play, but he does not have that ministerial role. The question is why he does not have one. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000443\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ac169d29-4849-42c2-a4a7-f344fd416503\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e56b6f5ea118487db1054c9bc1373bb5\u0022\u003EDr the Hon Lockwood Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Because they\u2019ve run out of baubles.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000444\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225201f34543304ac78c26fe93c558dca8\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Because they have run out of baubles already\u2014exactly! I think Winston Peters is confused. He was going for a bauble, but he has ended up being the ballboy\u2014carting the ball around in foreign affairs for Phil Goff and Helen Clark. Members will miss him, will they not? The attack dog of Parliament has become the lapdog\u2014that is what it is. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000445\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003EBut, seriously, he owes it to this House to be here today to explain to this Parliament just what this Government arrangement actually is, because I do not think that he knows. Just a small sign that the public might not have noticed, but Parliament should have noticed, was that he has tried to reverse the normal seniority of seating on the cross bench. What normally happens is the leader sits closest to the Prime Minister and his or her deputy would sit in the middle seat. But no, Winston Peters was trying to do what he did in the photo taken at Government House, which was to take the limo, take the cash, and take the trips, but not show up to the meetings\u2014so as to try to look like he is not part of the Government. He has said that he is in Opposition and in Government. Well, there is no seat in the middle of the aisle, I say to Mr Peters. So what is his position? This is the day for him to come here\u2014where there are more MPs than there will ever be during the next 3 years\u2014and tell the House just what his relationship with the Government is. When we look at what he has said about it, we wonder why he is voting for every piece of legislation listed in the motion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000446\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E We can look at what Winston Peters says and we can look at what he does. What he does is give total support to the Government. On every matter on which he could have dissented from the Government in its formation, he has gone with the Government. He has agreed to the Labour Party Speaker. He has agreed to the distribution of select committees. He has agreed not to let any of his colleagues into Cabinet. Everything Helen Clark wanted, he gave her. Not once did he stand firm for anything\u2014except on a couple of policy decisions; we have to give him that. He has gained some policy concessions but that is all. In respect of Parliament, he has done nothing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000447\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003EThis is the person who ranted for years about how Parliament had to change. He ranted for years about how it should not be winner-takes-all. Then, when he had the one chance in his career to really change the way Parliament works, he gave it up. That is why the people of Tauranga gave up on him. They stopped believing him. They stopped believing what he said. We saw again today his deep respect for my colleague and friend Clem Simich. It is just that the respect was not so deep that he could be bothered making him Speaker of the House when he had the opportunity. He was the one person who could have done so. There was no one else. He was the one person who could have made his friend and esteemed colleague Speaker of the House, and he refused to do it. What does Winston Peters do? He insults this Parliament by saying that it is only media misrepresentation that would leave anyone confused or would lead his supporters to think that he had broken an election promise. Well, I think it is parliamentary misrepresentation, and that is a much more serious issue. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000448\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003ESo I say to Mr Peters that before he votes holus-bolus for the Government\u2019s programme\u2014I was going to say that it is a do-nothing Parliament, but when one looks at the programme one sees that it is a done-nothing Parliament\u2014he should explain to the House whether he is with it or against it. It is really that simple. He should explain why he picks up a whole Cabinet salary when he says that he will deal with only one-twentieth of its issues, and why he picks up all the baubles of office when he takes almost none of the responsibility. That is what this Parliament respects. We know that under MMP a small party does the deals to make power and to be in Government, but we respect the parties that take the responsibility that goes with those deals. Small parties have made and broken their careers on those deals. They have lost colleagues. Some of them have disappeared completely, like the Alliance. But they all took responsibility, except for Winston Peters. So I ask him today to come to the House and show us that he will take the responsibilities of Government, if he is so keen to take its rewards and privileges.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000449\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022222d11f5d5874eeaa74aa59627640f88\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I thank the member. I would just like to remind members at the outset of the debate, although I did not interrupt the honourable member when he was speaking, that the reference is to Madam Speaker, not Mr Speaker. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225cee6a89-68e3-40fd-b2d8-d8adb0ba5da0\u0022 data-id=\u002293fac16e8c374446884b91a6ea81b549\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000450\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225cee6a89-68e3-40fd-b2d8-d8adb0ba5da0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002293fac16e8c374446884b91a6ea81b549\u0022\u003EGORDON COPELAND (United Future):\u003C/span\u003E I would like to go back to the point we were debating, which is the amendment proposed by Gerry Brownlee to the reinstatement motion. I remind the House that, as the Leader of the House said when introducing the motion, this is the first time under the new Standing Orders that we have adopted the procedure of reinstating business. I, for one, do not want to see the House start off on the wrong foot when it comes to including members\u2019 bills in amendments to that motion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000451\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225cee6a89-68e3-40fd-b2d8-d8adb0ba5da0\u0022\u003EThe House tends to develop and operate on the basis of conventions. Today we are at the birth of a new convention in relation to the reinstatement of business. I believe we should start on the right foot by deciding that our convention should be that members\u2019 bills will always be reinstated. The exception would be, of course, when the party to which the member who introduced the bill belonged no longer remains in Parliament following an election. In other words, if there is no practical way of carrying that bill forward, it would be a different situation. But with that single exception, I believe we should decide here today as a Parliament on a convention of reinstating members\u2019 bills. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000452\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225cee6a89-68e3-40fd-b2d8-d8adb0ba5da0\u0022\u003EAfter all, members\u2019 bills are the bills of members. They are not part of the Government\u2019s programme. They are quite separate and distinct from that under a different category. So I think it would be wise for Parliament and, in particular, the National Party to reflect on that and to ask whether we want to begin this Parliament by deciding, in this first reinstatement motion, to exclude a member\u2019s bill when the member who introduced that bill is still here to continue to promote it during its passage through the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022 data-id=\u00222e2cb43245534746b30498b176f8a43e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000453\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222e2cb43245534746b30498b176f8a43e\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE (Leader\u2014ACT):\u003C/span\u003E I rise to support Jeanette Fitzsimons. The principle not to pick and choose but to carry the business forward that was decided by the previous Parliament is not a bad principle. In fact, ACT has a bill in the motion that was brought forward by a colleague, and I certainly appreciate the fact that the Government of the day has accepted that bill and put it forward. But with that comes the responsibility that we should carry all the bills forward. If we start picking and choosing, members who have put forward a bill because they have had the luck of the draw, as it were, and the members of the public who have got excited about a particular bill and who have made submissions, would get chopped by the Government of the day. That certainly does not seem right. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000454\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EIt is also not the case that the motion calls for a vote of confidence in the Government. If it were, I would not be voting for it. It is clearly not a confidence vote. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000455\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI was very interested in my colleague Georgina Beyer\u2019s comments. I think it will be interesting to debate some of the bills in the motion.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000456\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220083bcaa-f44d-4b70-97de-d091a209b88c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022373c1d8a2acd491c8e99c87e9b6bfcdc\u0022\u003EJohn Key\u003C/span\u003E: You voted for Ann Hartley.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000457\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002290ad9215eadc4881886201f8ca9c6d54\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: Absolutely! If National Party members wanted us to vote for one of their colleagues, they should tell us that they will put someone up. It is a courtesy of Parliament, I say to Mr Key, that if one puts up a colleague and wants that person to win, one goes around and asks people to vote for that person. I also point out to the National Party that it is all very well to blame Mr Peters for not voting for, or supporting, Mr Simich for the Speakership, but Mr Peters never had the opportunity to have a vote. If the National Party wanted to put up Mr Simich as a Speaker, they should have done so. If its members had asked us to vote for him, we would have done so. It is a basic parliamentary procedure that if one wants someone to vote for something, one must go around and ask for the vote. I say to Mr Key that one should not take it for granted. I thought that would have been obvious. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000458\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003ETo return to my previous point, I think it is a good principle to carry business forward. It will not always be the case and I would hate to see it become an automatic convention, because if there is a major shift in Government, there could be a lot of bills that would unnecessarily occupy a Government\u2019s time. But I will be interested in the debate on the bills in the motion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000459\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EWe heard a most passionate speech from Georgina Beyer in favour of the Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill, in which she said that it was for her to decide whether this bill would be debated. I agree with her, and I thought it was very presumptuous\u2014maybe the reporting was wrong, and I look forward to the Prime Minister explaining that\u2014for Helen Clark to have gone around saying that the bill was dead before Parliament had even met to have this debate. Only Parliament can kill that bill, not the Prime Minister. So I support Georgina Beyer\u2019s promoting her bill. I do not think I will vote for it, but I want to hear the debate and the arguments. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000460\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI listened to Mr Peter Brown, and I think it will be an interesting Parliament. We heard Peter Brown say that he did not get any bauble of office.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000461\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a81e912f1d8841c9bb9c6436a943e015\u0022\u003ESimon Power\u003C/span\u003E: He got nothing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000462\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225ef28b9ec57f4a03837402d8aff54778\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: He got nothing. Then he looked to the back bench of the National Party and asked how many of those members had read those bills. I hope that none of them have, because I do not know what they have been doing if they are sitting down reading those bills. But if it is all right for Peter Brown to ask questions of the back bench of the National Party, maybe we could ask Mr Brown when he first learnt that Winston Peters would be the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Labour Government and whether he agreed with that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000463\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224c5a4cfcd7374fbb9f729705fcfdb88a\u0022\u003EPeter Brown\u003C/span\u003E: I can answer.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000464\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222f22d014499a4c348955ea24e39ec5c6\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: When did he first learn?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000465\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b2e2043e3c9d42d195e5117cc292b671\u0022\u003EPeter Brown\u003C/span\u003E: Do you want a date?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000466\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225ca77408f9b8427caf5e47813ae20fdb\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: Yes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000467\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227180a1f0ed144d0894607864c27d594d\u0022\u003EPeter Brown\u003C/span\u003E: I can\u2019t remember the date, but it was in the discussions that took place.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000468\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229747571fc99940fcb5ba345b4d5e1bfe\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: Maybe Mr Brown will come down, in the opportunity that he will have in this Parliament, and explain to members the precise process by which Mr Peters explained to him that he would take the bauble of office. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000469\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EGiven that Mr Brown is in an expansive mood, maybe he will answer another question: did he believe the speech Mr Winston Peters gave in Rotorua? He cannot answer. There is a stunning silence. Mr Peters campaigned on his honesty and integrity, but even his deputy leader did not believe the speech that the Rt Hon Winston Peters gave in Rotorua as part of the election campaign. He sat there like a stunned mullet when I asked him whether he believed the speech.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000470\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227a6aae0ff8d944c68cc58588f0bd1cd0\u0022\u003EPeter Brown\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. The member is firing questions at me that I am only too willing to answer. But I am bound, as he is, by caucus conventions\u2014although I accept that he has a caucus of two and I have a caucus of seven. But I can infer from the honourable member\u2019s comments that he thinks Peter Brown was not terribly happy about the speech that was delivered in Rotorua. In fact, Peter Brown did try to influence the decision that was made. He failed, and he is an honourable member. He sticks exactly to the caucus agreement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000471\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229fe0525589504b32826e58ca492e6c45\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: That is not a point of order, it is a debating point. [Interruption] It might be very interesting, but it is not a point of order.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000472\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e4ce6d6ed6d747ee92dae6742be8874b\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: No, I thought that was the best point of order of the session. As I understand it, Peter Brown did not agree with what Mr Peters did. He knew that he could not believe the speech that was given in Rotorua, even while it was being given.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000473\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022082d1882487b48a9ac7443eeefe4aacc\u0022\u003EPeter Brown\u003C/span\u003E: I never said that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000474\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e3cdf73a187c454dae873fd1d8563757\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: Well, he never said that he believed it, did he? I ask the member whether he believed the speech in Rotorua when Mr Peters gave it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000475\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225ed64ffb1c0b4d699db1056155d8ae93\u0022\u003EPeter Brown\u003C/span\u003E: Am I allowed to answer?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000476\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225be3a0bb48924919bb7ae9fd2a8f2916\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Would the member please sit down. The series of questions produces the irresistible temptation in members to respond to them, but this is not the appropriate forum in which to do that. The member can ask the question and continue with his speech.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000477\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220f50f4c867a24b4fb4a5f7261622461f\u0022\u003EGerry Brownlee\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000478\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220ef4f9eed162409cba88b24352b57e54\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I said the member can continue, but I am merely saying that Mr Brown was seeking my guidance. For the assistance of the House, I would point out that we are not having a question and answer series across the Chamber. There can be interventions, and there are from time to time. I am not denying that Mr Hide can ask those questions. I invite him to continue his speech after the member\u2019s point of order.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000479\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e6b4dc55-3561-49a8-a871-ae005354ef90\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e3e924a18d554a648f45d78454f7aa7f\u0022\u003EGerry Brownlee\u003C/span\u003E: You may have considered advising Mr Brown that he could seek the leave of the House to engage in that sort of banter, as Mr Hide rather forensically questioned him\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000480\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229cfa12bfd3674a4fb8ce4cb4fce4fff7\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: This is also not a point of order. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000481\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a17c49e14fc042dc9455e242cc5414ac\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I refer to Speaker\u2019s ruling 54/4, which states quite simply that, based on a House of Commons practice, it is possible for a member to yield to another member and to answer any question that he or she asks in the course of debate. That is exactly what has occurred, it is completely within the Standing Orders, and we should allow it to continue\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000482\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002218091d24244d4a02927eadbe78e478f7\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: It is an academic point. There has not been any request to yield. I ask the member to continue his speech, please.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000483\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e4d151224fe24fb8b0dbab8f169e708e\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: I am not yielding anything. If Mr Brown wants to take a call, he is most welcome to do so. If Nick Smith wants to yield his time, he is most welcome to do so, too. It is not as if much time is needed; it is just a yes or no answer. Did Mr Brown believe Mr Peters\u2019 campaign speech in Rotorua at the time when he gave it?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000484\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fa4f11a4986a45bc98faaa0c246c44cd\u0022\u003EHon Brian Donnelly\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I think the issue of relevance has already been referred to today. I fail to understand how these rhetorical questions from Mr Hide are relevant to a debate around a motion for an amendment put forward by Mr Brownlee. I do think you need to rule on relevance, in this regard.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000485\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002297df7a83bf464e55aee017aa3f18ec12\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I thank the member. I ask Mr Hide to continue please, and I remind members of the motion before them. If members could address that as specifically as they can, that would be helpful.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000486\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022163f7990ec934f5b8bfe1f8059834fc6\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: The issue\u2014and I thank Mr Donnelly\u2014is the reinstatement motion. The issue of whether New Zealand First is part of the Government and whether it has accepted the baubles of office came up. Mr Brown himself referred to the baubles of office, and to how he did not get any. Mr Donnelly did not object to Mr Brown\u2019s claim that he did not get any baubles of office. I think the country knows that Mr Brown completely missed out on getting any baubles of office. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000487\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EThe country also knows that Mr Brown did not believe the speech that Mr Peters gave. He did not believe it for a second. I asked him a straight question. We also know that Mr Brown absolutely opposed Mr Peters\u2019 taking of the baubles of office. Mr Peters\u2019 own deputy opposed it, and his president opposed it. It is no wonder Mr Peters is telling the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade that he cannot do any work right now, because he is busy quelling a rebellion in his own caucus and party. In fact, that is what he is doing now. He is on the phone to Grey Power, trying to hold his party together. I have this statement from Mr Brown. ACT supports this motion going through. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000488\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EMr Brown is the person who, first of all, as Mr Peters\u2019 deputy, tried to persuade Mr Peters not to go back on his solemn promise to the people of New Zealand and accept the baubles of power. Then, the very next thing, after Winston Peters took the baubles of office, Peter Brown said that he was an Opposition member and wanted to sit on the Opposition benches. That is where Peter Brown and Mr Peters wanted to be seated, because they said they were not Government MPs but Opposition MPs. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000489\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e3dc3d88-a571-4ed7-a4b4-b66dedd6134b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220ee72dd1cf62435390f1b2b9892fc713\u0022\u003EPeter Brown\u003C/span\u003E: That\u2019s right.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000490\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e3bddc600016483c99001ad900753954\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: Mr Brown is saying that he is an Opposition MP. I ask Mr Donnelly whether he is an Opposition MP. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000491\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221a59d3ae-788b-4b19-b7dd-7d0e29a626fc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dedf3c8fc34942e89b47936ddc761d10\u0022\u003EHon Brian Donnelly\u003C/span\u003E: Just like last time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000492\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f78a7c3b1ded46eda4072fe25bb8a79b\u0022\u003ERODNEY HIDE\u003C/span\u003E: Those members are saying that they are Opposition MPs. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000493\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bc1e9f65-e08b-4939-867c-22ef093e2a4e\u0022\u003EI thank Dr Cullen for reinstating all these bills. It will be fascinating to debate each and every one of them, and to see just how this Parliament goes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022 data-id=\u00224c7af3bad03344a193cfbae54f3b5127\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000494\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224c7af3bad03344a193cfbae54f3b5127\u0022\u003EHon TONY RYALL (National\u2014Bay of Plenty):\u003C/span\u003E This is a carry-over motion from a leftover Government. The morsels are just being warmed up in this motion\u2014they are quite ridiculous. The National Opposition has made it very clear today that this Government is propped up by Winston Peters, a man who told the people of New Zealand that he would be their insurance policy and would make sure his party did not sell out. This is what he said about his commitment to stay on the cross benches and not move from Opposition: \u201CIt involves for my colleagues a real sacrifice, but we willingly make it.\u201D He said: \u201C\u2026 post election will be about securing the policies we campaigned on, not about pursuing power and the baubles of office at any price.\u201D Well, Mr Peters was right. It did involve, for his colleagues, a real sacrifice. But one member did not sacrifice anything, and that is Mr Winston Peters, the attack dog who has become a lapdog. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000495\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003EWhat about those extraordinary admissions from Peter Brown? The discipline in New Zealand First has completely broken down since Bill Gudgeon went. I bet members never thought they would hear that name again, or that of Craig McNair. What a sell-out there has been from New Zealand First. We need only to ask the party president, Doug Woolerton, about that. Within minutes of Labour and New Zealand First cuddling up together, who was the first rat off the ship? It was Doug Woolerton. He did not want a bar of it. The second person out the door was the treasurer of New Zealand First. Why do the New Zealand First members not admit that since then there have been mass resignations from New Zealand First up and down the country, because people know that the only honest politician has let them down, again? Goodness, there is a swirling cauldron in New Zealand First. Mr Peters\u2019 colleagues were prepared to make a real sacrifice, and they made it for Mr Peters and his baubles of office. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000496\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003EI say to the New Zealand First members\u2014to Ron Mark, who can just see the title \u201CHonourable\u201D floating off somewhere over the horizon, to Doug Woolerton, and to Brian Donnelly\u2014that they should stick to their word and vote against those bills that New Zealand First railed against before the election, by supporting the Brownlee amendment, which will expunge from this motion those bills that New Zealand First members, when they stood on platforms, said they would oppose. Why do the New Zealand First members not back what they said at the time and expunge those bills from this motion? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000497\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003EI also want to move an amendment to this motion to exclude all the bills except those that are well founded, sensible, and promoted by National Party MPs. They are the Law Practitioners (Corporatisation) Amendment Bill, the Gisborne District Council (Alfred Cox Park) Validation Bill, the Kerikeri National Trust Bill, and the Manfeild Park Bill. They should be put in there, as well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000498\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003EThis is the opportunity for New Zealand First to say whether it is in the Government or the Opposition. If it is in the Government, it will vote to support the progress of bills it originally opposed. If it is in the Opposition today, it will support the Brownlee amendment. But maybe we will have to wait until later next week to see whether New Zealand First is going to be in the Government today, or in the Opposition on Wednesday and back to being in the Government on Thursday. I cannot wait until question time to see whether New Zealand First will actually ask any hard questions of the Government. [Interruption] Oh, its members do not get any questions\u2014that is right, they do not get any questions, because they are such a mere shadow of what they were in the last Parliament. In fact, they are a wafer of what they were in the last Parliament. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000499\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003EThis motion goes to the heart of what New Zealand First will stand for. Its members talked about a real sacrifice they would make to avoid the baubles of office, but the minute they got the opportunity their leader jumped in\u2014and left them behind with nothing. Did he say to those members that he thought he might be able to get them some portfolios? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000500\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b63935ee-d78b-43a8-a3bc-996e7951fb9b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227a10eee15e18490ea845e45fa6967f64\u0022\u003ER Doug Woolerton\u003C/span\u003E: What are you ranting on about?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000501\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225a0a10ea4c224a278e13f541305ee0db\u0022\u003EHon TONY RYALL\u003C/span\u003E: Mr Woolerton asks what I am rambling on about. I ask him what he was rambling on about when he quit his presidency of New Zealand First. Why was he trying to take his principled position when the party went and jumped in with the Labour Party, after saying it would not go into coalition with anybody? New Zealand First said it would stay in Opposition, so what is Mr Woolerton going on about? If he was happy about that, why did he not stay there? Is he happy to support a Government with a Minister, Lianne Dalziel, who does not tell the full story? How are we ever going to believe the answers that Lianne Dalziel will give in this House in question time? How can we ever believe what she says? Are New Zealand First members happy to support Mr Benson Pope as a Minister in this Government\u2014a Minister charged with social policy in this country and with maintaining a peaceful and non-violent community? Do they want to stay supporting that sort of man as a Minister in this Government? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000502\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a83ea07a-806c-45ad-95bb-eb2c481cd0e2\u0022\u003EThe New Zealand First members need to know that they have betrayed everything they stood for. But they have an opportunity today to honour the people who were out campaigning for them. The Koos Freswyks of this world, who give up every hour of every living moment to campaign for New Zealand First, feel completely let down by what it has done. So here is the opportunity New Zealand First has, by voting for the Brownlee amendment, to throw out the bills it does not support. I have spoken to those New Zealand First people, and I can see their body language in the House today. They are always conferring with each other and chuckling away in a nice little group there, but it is a group that people are going to see as part of a failed Government. The Clark-Peters Government has no plan\u2014no vision\u2014other than maintaining the baubles of office amongst each other. It is time that New Zealand First showed where it is\u2014in Opposition or in Government\u2014and let us get on with it. New Zealand First has simply been whitewashed by this Government, so it is time it showed which side it is on.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022 data-id=\u00222c10736dfdf547c2a5e16532943ddac3\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000503\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222c10736dfdf547c2a5e16532943ddac3\u0022\u003ESIMON POWER (National\u2014Rangitikei):\u003C/span\u003E I listened with interest to Dr Cullen\u0027s explanation at the start of this debate about the point of a reinstatement motion, and how it was more relevant than a carry-over motion as previously done by Parliament. He actually made the right point, which was that a Parliament is to start afresh, and that the whole point of having a reinstatement motion is to avoid a situation where the next Parliament is bound by the work programme of the last Parliament. So to those members, including Jeanette Fitzsimons, who say that, no, the public should be given an opportunity to make submissions on bills, I say that the real point is that that would have been the case had a carry-over motion continued. We now have a reinstatement motion, which enables this Parliament to start afresh. That is precisely why the Standing Orders Committee unanimously amended the process. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000504\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003EI do not think that I was alone when I sat on this side of the House and heard Mr Brown admit that he disagreed with his leader. It was an extraordinary admission, done under a neat and tight cross-examination by Mr Hide, in an environment that I am sad to tell Mr Brown will come back to haunt him. The Clark-Peters Government\u2014or the \u201CPeters party\u201D\u2014has an opportunity now to do away with that Government programme, excepting for a few decent members\u2019 bills. New Zealand First is now supporting a work programme it spent a large part of the last Parliament opposing. It stood on this Opposition side of the House and debated against bills that its members are now about to vote to have included and continuing in the Government\u2019s work programme. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000505\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003EFor 3 years I sat and listened to New Zealand First members calling United Future members \u201Clapdogs\u201D and \u201Cdoormats\u201D. Well, I tell New Zealand First members that I have only two words for them\u2014that is, \u201CWoof, woof!\u201D Now is their chance to show United Future the very thing they accused its members of for 3 years. New Zealand First should stand up and vote against the Government\u0027s work programme when the motion is put. I tell Mr Brown that this is the opportunity to show that his party belongs over here and not with the Government, because already New Zealand First members are being tarred as being part of that Government. Mr Dunne also has the opportunity now to show he has what it takes to vote against the Government work programme. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000506\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003ENow there is a complete charade where Mr Peters is a Minister outside Cabinet, bound by collective ministerial responsibility\u2014apparently\u2014on his portfolios, but on nothing else, which is an extraordinary departure from the doctrine and convention of collective ministerial responsibility. But the Prime Minister just waves that away by saying: \u201CWe will just adjust those conventions. We will just amend the Cabinet Manual.\u201D Actually it is not as straightforward as that, and members opposite should reflect on the Westminster model and on the fact that the doctrine of collective responsibility means that their leader and their party will be bound by all ministerial portfolio decisions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000507\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b63935ee-d78b-43a8-a3bc-996e7951fb9b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226310d08d150e478bbd752fb8ba8f3086\u0022\u003ER Doug Woolerton\u003C/span\u003E: Go and get a life.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000508\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002216057d5e326943b99afa69aa095b1197\u0022\u003ESIMON POWER\u003C/span\u003E: Doug Woolerton tells me to get a life! I hope that Mr Woolerton\u2019s 12-year friendship was worth it when he just threw away the presidency of New Zealand First. Actually I admire him for it. At least he stood up for what he believed in, unlike poor old Peter Brown, who said: \u201CI don\u2019t believe the speech in Rotorua. I want to sit on the other side of the House. It\u2019s got nothing to do with me, I got nothing.\u201D What a sad indictment! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000509\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003EBut it is not true that those New Zealand First members got nothing. I am told that Ron Mark will be the deputy chair of the Law and Order Committee, and will work under Martin Gallagher, keeping Martin Gallagher honest as the chair of the Law and Order Committee. What a disgrace! Mr Donnelly will at least retain some semblance of respect by continuing to chair the Education and Science Committee, which is a job he did extremely well. I can tell by the look on his face that he is disgusted with the deal that has been done. He is appalled with the outcome of negotiations he had nothing to do with. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000510\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003EBut, of course, those New Zealand First MPs are not alone in missing out. Poor old Steve Chadwick\u2014it looks like the smoking got her in the end. Jill Pettis, who stands today as a list MP in this Parliament, is destined for a job offshore. There is also Dianne Yates and Georgina Beyer. The debate on Georgina Beyer\u2019s bill will be very interesting. Russell Fairbrother should have paid a ransom for his own career. And then there is poor old Jim Sutton. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000511\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003EWe should give the Greens some credit. During the election campaign, at least the Greens were honest enough to say to the public: \u201CWe are the only party that will tell you now that we will go into coalition with Labour.\u201D But, they are not. They have been left on the shelf again, for the third time. I encourage the Greens to contain that vengeance for every vote in this Parliament to make sure that they exact the revenge that they deserve for being duped for the third time in a row. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000512\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022803002d1-e810-4bd8-b8e7-2e97d0d6f626\u0022\u003EIt is worth finishing with a quote from the speech in Rotorua. In a speech made in Rotorua on 7 September, Mr Peters said: \u201CWe are not prepared to compromise our principles, simply to pursue the perks of office. We are not the desperate lonely hearts of New Zealand politics looking hopefully and forlornly for a suitor.\u201D It appears that he was wrong again.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022eaaad191-62cf-43e8-a772-63a71dbf4d4a\u0022 data-id=\u00225f9c4163f7474e4bbc3a09c4c3d037c6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000513\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaaad191-62cf-43e8-a772-63a71dbf4d4a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225f9c4163f7474e4bbc3a09c4c3d037c6\u0022\u003ESUE KEDGLEY (Green):\u003C/span\u003E It is a cause of concern\u2014in fact, I think it should ring alarm bells\u2014that the National Party has so little respect for, and understanding of, the democratic process that it would seek to use what is essentially a procedural motion to knock out members\u2019 bills that have had their first reading and, in some cases, on which submissions have been received from all around the country. It is seeking to deny those persons who have made those submissions the right to be heard.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000514\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaaad191-62cf-43e8-a772-63a71dbf4d4a\u0022\u003EWe know that this is show-pony stuff. We know that this is the National Party flexing its muscles and showing us that it will rule the roost and rule this House. It is real show-pony stuff. Nevertheless, it is an important democratic principle. I point out that through this procedural motion National is seeking to eliminate my Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill. That bill has received 100 submissions. One hundred New Zealanders have made submissions on this bill, and National is seeking to deny them the right to be heard. It is seeking to deny employers federations, the Plunket Society, and Parents Centres\u2014all of those middle - New Zealand organisations\u2014the right to be heard after they have gone to considerable trouble to make submissions. National members are seeking to undermine democracy in an attempt to be show ponies. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000515\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaaad191-62cf-43e8-a772-63a71dbf4d4a\u0022\u003EFrankly, I find it astonishing that a party that seeks to portray itself as family-friendly, and that all throughout the election campaign talked about being family-friendly, would oppose a bill that would give working parents a very simple, minor right to request to work flexible hours. That is all my bill would do. Why would a party that promotes itself as family-friendly deny that right? I ask all the new National women members, who I am delighted to see in the House today, whether they really want to deny parents of children under the age of 6 their meagre right to be able to request to work flexible hours. Do those women want to say that every parent must work 40 or 50 hours without even the right to ask their employer for the ability to work flexible hours? I ask that of those members, and also of the new male members of National, such as Mark Blumsky, the former Mayor of Wellington, with whom I had the privilege of working. He has a young daughter. I am sure that he would support a parent having the right to request of his or her employer the ability to work flexible hours. The employer would be able turn down the request. That is all that my bill seeks to do. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000516\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaaad191-62cf-43e8-a772-63a71dbf4d4a\u0022\u003EIt is even more astounding that the United Future party, which calls itself the family-friendly party\u2014whose whole raison d\u2019\u00EAtre is to be the family-friendly party\u2014is opposing the right of parents to seek from their employers the ability to work flexible hours. Have no members noticed the recent survey by the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust, which found overwhelmingly that the parents of New Zealand want the right to work flexible hours? They consider that the right to work flexible hours is one of the key issues for parents\u2014[Interruption] I say to Mr Copeland that I know that, and I respect that he and New Zealand First members understand democracy. They understand that submitters have the right to be heard, and I do respect that. But I just say that it is astounding that a party that purports to be family-friendly should somehow vote against a bill that would seek to allow parents to work flexible hours. It is, frankly, astonishing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000517\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaaad191-62cf-43e8-a772-63a71dbf4d4a\u0022\u003EThis is show-pony stuff; fortunately it will be defeated. National has made its point; it has flexed its muscles. But, surely, all members should please think about the democratic principle here that members are undermining a precedent, a convention, a democratic process\u2014that is, the right of New Zealanders, particularly those who have already made submissions, to be heard and to be considered in this House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f9a94bf3-a948-4410-8413-403a7454114b\u0022 data-id=\u0022f2bf9d738a344ffa90dfc12d747baacf\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f9a94bf3-a948-4410-8413-403a7454114b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f2bf9d738a344ffa90dfc12d747baacf\u0022\u003ETIM BARNETT (Senior Whip\u2014Labour):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That the question be now put.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u002255a2b8cd9f7642a5b4321617415f7179\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the question be now put.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 69\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 5; M\u0101ori Party 4; United Future 3; Progressive 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 49\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 47; ACT New Zealand 2.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u002277d338bcb69c465c998986938fb3c195\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000519\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002277d338bcb69c465c998986938fb3c195\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I shall now put the amendment to the amendment. The question is that the motion be amended by excluding all bills, except for the following: the Law Practitioners (Corporatisation) Amendment Bill, the Gisborne District Council (Alfred Cox Park) Validation Bill, the Kerikeri National Trust Bill, and the Manfield Park Bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u00223711b8da0c404b0fa22262571d888906\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the amendment be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 47\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 47.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 71\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 5; M\u0101ori Party 4; United Future 3; ACT New Zealand 2; Progressive 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAmendment not agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022 data-id=\u002265e46e45891a4798ae13be08430f885d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000520\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022022cfe6b-bae4-4028-b68a-ccffb4269442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002265e46e45891a4798ae13be08430f885d\u0022\u003EMadam SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I now put the amendment to the motion; that the motion be amended by excluding the following bills: the Arms Amendment Bill (No 3), the Climate Change Response Amendment Bill, the Courts and Criminal Matters Bill, the Legal Services Amendment Bill (No 2), the Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill, the Rail Network Bill, and the Police Amendment Bill (No 2).\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022ee0a5e9afe1c476eb85099cf54b74eb0\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the amendment be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 47\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 47.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 71\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 5; M\u0101ori Party 4; United Future 3; ACT New Zealand 2; Progressive 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAmendment not agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u00221f3af5bd51234115813d284d6ac96aaa\u0022 name=\u0022division\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EA party vote was called for on the question, That the motion be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 71\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 5; M\u0101ori Party 4; United Future 3; ACT New Zealand 2; Progressive 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 47\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 47.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EMotion agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2005110846e3beb5cc624e73a1fae747dd09cb6f000521\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 4.51 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"