"\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=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00224f58369d679a46bbbeda829fb0efdea5\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 14 APRIL 2016\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002297e0f1c72895464e94f9e6371aa69606\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 14 APRIL 2016\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000002\u0022\u003EMr Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000004\u0022\u003EPrayers.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00229a3e6ce23e5b44138fcce2e000718949\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022fdc13378f41545c2be3f1498d40a655a\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022 data-id=\u00220d19d77f0ff24582a3e5034739f37d53\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220d19d77f0ff24582a3e5034739f37d53\u0022\u003EHon SIMON BRIDGES (Deputy Leader of the House)\u003C/span\u003E: When the House resumes on Tuesday, 3 May, the Government will look to complete the Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) Bill, the third reading of the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill, and make progress on a number of other bills on the Order Paper. Wednesday, 4 May will be a members\u2019 day.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002222f5911b8f6949a2ae3545eafed1ebc3\u0022\u003EOral Questions\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002206dd4d7c9ebe46b7aa31be56dd11ed40\u0022\u003EQuestions to Ministers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022c175080f87a948538615ff625e453b97\u0022\u003EHealth Services, Dunedin\u2014Hospital Food\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022 data-id=\u00220b42521e93ad4cd2900a4aecb8a3c7e7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E1. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220b42521e93ad4cd2900a4aecb8a3c7e7\u0022\u003EHon ANNETTE KING (Deputy Leader\u2014Labour)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Health: Does he agree with the comments by the Chief Executive of the Southern District Health Board on Tuesday that \u201Cthere is clearly an issue with the food otherwise patients would not be complaining\u201D; if not, why not?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022 data-id=\u002285df075545ff4017baddb25a72a342af\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000012\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002285df075545ff4017baddb25a72a342af\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Minister of Health):\u003C/span\u003E I have spoken with the chief executive and I have noted her comments, and I expect that if she feels there is a problem she will fix it. She tells me that in the recent survey of 153 patients, 75 percent said the food was OK and 25 percent wanted improvements. I had a meal there, and I am with the 75 percent. I also accepted that Southern District Health Board is delivering over 2,600 more surgical operations than 8 years ago and is steadily turning round a 12-year financial deficit situation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000013\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002287dfe0d008374ba3ac9dacd5e69d322e\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: If his food experience at Dunedin Hospital was \u201Cvery good\u201D, why have complaints over hospital meals prompted the introduction of \u201Cpatient experience coordinators\u201D who will patrol wards during and after each meal service, acting like some sort of Mr Bumble from Oliver Twist?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000014\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d08f7fdbd6854f209595e1814c9a104c\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: I am not aware of that new appointment. What I do know is that if this is question No. 1 on a Thursday, we are clearly covering off the big issues pretty well.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000015\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cedc388fb4dc4a8b80f5d6d6063df085\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: Given that 13 district health boards have not signed up to Compass Group hospital food, what are the total revised savings over the 15-year period of the contract, minus the $4 million spent on the business case?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000016\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bd5412bc32a643cd9d7f84dc5c48a4ac\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: If the member would like to put that down in a written question, I would be very happy to give her an answer. What I can say is that there are considerable savings that will help to fund those 50,000 extra operations and 110,000 appointments a year, and make up for the 400 operations that Mrs King cut from\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000017\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c866174a86ec431388fc16373d14355b\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! The last part is not going to help the order of the House. Supplementary question, the Hon Jonathan Coleman.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000018\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229c18bb2a06d24f0eb51b11c8f666909f\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: Can he\u2014yes, it is me, Mr Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000019\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022494924bf7a6f49a1b4f3e500fb685e2d\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: The Hon Annette King.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226690cb3c7b6a43aabf20ca4e9e983232\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I do not look like him do I? Can he understand the anger of patients at his penny-pinching at their expense leading to families bringing in meals to Dunedin Hospital\u2014something that happens in Third World countries?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000021\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022690fac5c79e94733b42aefd8753266b8\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: Oh, I do not think that patients are angry. As I said, 75 percent are happy with the food.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223653c2fd27f440e48e0fc3683d2b9dd3\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: Is he relieved that Compass Group has now removed the muffin and sausage lunch, but should it go further and remove the half-a-burger-bun and runny mince option, or the 1\u00BD pie option, or the macaroni and mash spread choice, for the sake\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000023\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022396ad1dbbd0f4c968d6db908e37f9afd\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Bring the question to a conclusion.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000024\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022687791293bf94742beeb153ed0cbcef5\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014of sick patients\u2019 health?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000025\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a972fb3a5b1a4aea8d6f82d95203bae5\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: I am just relieved that this is the biggest health issue in New Zealand. [Interruption] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000026\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022aa9c82abedb7467fb7b35bca6ebe6236\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000027\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e956fd1893ef491d95f1e26f2263faa2\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: Is he aware that this is a big issue for patients, which he minimises and laughs at but they certainly do not, so when he said that I should man up and eat the Dunedin Hospital food, did he not realise that he was admitting that the food was so damn terrible you had to have courage to eat it?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225fdde106ba914904b164ad914b39e5db\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: No. I am aware that the big issue in Dunedin was the 400 operations that Mrs King cut down there, and the 2,600 operations extra that we are doing now, compared with when we took over from her disastrous regime.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000029\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002224148132bc374d19afaad9f71d25cce2\u0022\u003ENavy\u2014Fisheries Patrols\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022 data-id=\u0022d3d20935ff0c4b32bda33fe352a736f7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000030\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E2. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d3d20935ff0c4b32bda33fe352a736f7\u0022\u003ERON MARK (Deputy Leader\u2014NZ First)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Defence: Does he believe that our Navy is sufficiently resourced to protect our fisheries from foreign poachers; if so, why?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022 data-id=\u00222eb10a7f1bde4829b6ca9666e19cdba6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000031\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222eb10a7f1bde4829b6ca9666e19cdba6\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Minister of Health) \u003C/span\u003E on behalf of the Minister of Defence: Yes; because the navy is meeting the patrol days that are set by the agencies such as the Ministry for Primary Industries and the New Zealand Customs Service. As reported in last year\u2019s annual report, 90 percent of pre-planned patrols were achieved and 100 percent of response tasks were undertaken.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c9b66bd6ccc14fb4accdbe03e4b5467e\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: What assurances can he give New Zealanders that our navy is sufficiently crewed and resourced to patrol our fisheries properly, when in 2015 our entire navy spent only 33 days at sea on fisheries patrol, and so far in 2016 it has spent only 9 days\u2014is that what was planned?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223e79e0caec2c4b659e2c77a8a2bd58ab\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! That is enough of the question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223aba681de64a4582a0f22bf09bc865ad\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: The 33 days that Mr Mark refers to actually refers to only Ministry for Primary Industries tasking, so he is not giving a full picture of what was going on. In actual fact, the navy does much more patrolling than that in the exclusive economic zone. So far in this calendar year\u2014contrary to what he has just asserted\u2014all ships have actually completed 137 days within the exclusive economic zone, and last year actually spent 639 days there. So, actually, what he is saying is incorrect, completely. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226594effe9270482a9111428730deaa58\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave to table the answers from the Minister\u2019s office that gave us\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022799a385a0f064061ada27969d812bce4\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! The member will resume his seat. Those answers are published. They are available to all members. Point of order, Ron Mark\u2014and it had better be a fresh point of order if he wants to stay for the balance of question time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c59d54bff24e4db6a91d8bb8623e5d9d\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: Well, this is one about protecting MPs from what are\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f0979f57a26d4c9281bea42d4ea6714c\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! The member will resume his seat. He sought leave to table answers to written questions; they are published and are available. If the member feels that he is being misled in some way in the answer, then there is another appropriate course of action, and I suggest that he becomes more familiar with Speakers\u2019 rulings and the Standing Orders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225809bec4fb924a8c9de40366faa420ff\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: How can our fisheries be adequately protected from foreign poachers raping and pillaging them when the navy\u2019s entire fisheries patrol has dropped from 6 months\u2014from his own answers, his own answers\u2014in 2013 to only 1 month in 2015?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222b73f8aa7fdc45baa957fd41ea0495b9\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: That is absolutely, totally incorrect. As I have just said, all ships spent 639 days in the exclusive economic zone last year, so I am surprised\u2014with Mr Mark\u2019s defence experience as an army cook, he would have been better asking about the Southern District Health Board.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022530ce0c4-c977-40cb-90fb-754f54931ff1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ff0d6bddba6e4981a25949cc33d8ae99\u0022\u003ETracey Martin\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. That is a completely inappropriate answer with a completely inappropriate attack on a member of Parliament asking a reasonable question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002205720780fbd847df8cb86074a2611e1c\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! As soon as the Minister transgressed in the last part of his answer, I rose immediately and ceased the answer. I could not act until those comments were made, but when I consider the tone of the question and the answers that have previously been given to the member, it is clear that there is a substantial difference in the figures being supplied by the member and by the Minister. I cannot stop that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c515b535e8854b89a12ad56792948787\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: Well, how does the Minister explain providing answers to written questions\u2014these ones here, Minister\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000044\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223df58457fbb1411182a30306b8c9b32d\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Just ask the question. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222fb41d15859641a39704d6e6b6a48213\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014which say one story, and now he trots along to the House and tells everyone\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000046\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002230727d9b69fa44e8b692d078ab8e15f2\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Questions must be shorter.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e3757786188c4564b4bb4fbd3af9f314\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: I hope Mr Mark could read his recipe book better than he does the answers to written questions, but I can only go on the answers supplied by the Ministry of Defence.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e89c8a4923d045d0b7e35d7e31807acf\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: Must be an early Christmas. Is the Minister saying, in his statements to the public, that our inshore patrol vessels, which he now says he is going to sell, are not up to the job, something that is disputed by those naval staff who designed them, and if he is saying that, why is it then that\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225a3721316a164a0583ca9090697a68f7\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! The questions are too long. That is now leading to a second supplementary question. The first question can be answered by the Hon\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228ba0c64c88f44fc39772881680e5c625\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Why are you being harder on me today than you are on other people?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d33033e0fb994b9f8833bdada25e7168\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: The member will be very lucky to continue in the Chamber, the way he is behaving. The Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman can answer the first question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022296c824a359e472eb93abb0a4c5d8620\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: No, I am not saying that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222610a6dd2609454291dc9b674f4e0e3c\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: Noting his statements to the public today, will he not admit that the navy is under-resourced and that currently we have two of the inshore patrol vessels mothballed and that they will not be sailing anywhere because we do not have the naval staff to crew them?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220bd525c51fa549f9ada1aaf6c1a4d9e7\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: No.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c699e7c6-53b9-470c-a14a-378cb6fc8a04\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bcdaa2343efc41c4b318e9ce2a322b91\u0022\u003EHon Phil Goff\u003C/span\u003E: Is the Defence Force correct when it has told the select committee every year since 2012, the year in which the navy lost\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bdc80528a730488aae020c980f581b94\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Again, bring the question to a conclusion.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c699e7c6-53b9-470c-a14a-378cb6fc8a04\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b8fe7400a4504e5b8f402156e6d29df6\u0022\u003EHon Phil Goff\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014a quarter of its complement, that the reason that the inshore patrol vessels are not being put to sea is skill and staff shortages?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022587215570d784e448a958a1f2b25df6c\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: I would have to go back and check the transcript of that select committee, because I have found from experience that it is always\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022776715e349a3455b929a453e0d150258\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! We do not need that part.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c699e7c6-53b9-470c-a14a-378cb6fc8a04\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022adba78e328e242ffa6266adcf17bddf6\u0022\u003EHon Phil Goff\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave to table the transcripts of the financial reviews by the select committee in 2012, 2013, and 2014, which say just that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224bbd8aa61de2403fa684f44bbc347829\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: No. Again, the Standing Orders were modified at their last revision, and those papers are now available to all members.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002299b475d105fb4c81824455b7cf942362\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: What is the point of announcing to the United Nations and the people of New Zealand that this Government intends establishing a new marine reserve in the Kermadecs when the fact is this Government cannot even patrol our current fisheries, cannot crew our current vessels, and is totally ineffective?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002255b39b186b0846f69a7ae740c29f8e14\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: Actually, what the member is asserting is totally incorrect. As I have said, we can patrol the areas. And, frankly, he seems to be the only person who thinks the Kermadec reserve is a bad idea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c699e7c6-53b9-470c-a14a-378cb6fc8a04\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002271ab794300ae461692ec17c38fb5b10a\u0022\u003EHon Phil Goff\u003C/span\u003E: How can the Minister\u2019s primary answer be correct when he said that the Defence Force was meeting the needs of the customs agency, when both the Customs Service and Police are recorded in the annual report this year as saying that the Defence Force, the navy, was not able to meet their expectations for the provision of resources like inshore patrol vessels?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c48bbf3d3f4b4d8b8d60835a1a1697f6\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: There are two different issues there. The navy is absolutely meeting its contracted patrol days with those agencies.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002215db0506d8254fffa4f8d343ce76e38c\u0022\u003EBudget 2016\u2014Business Tax Package\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022fdb01002-a7cf-4a77-8f05-678d24a36849\u0022 data-id=\u0022282e59558bcc436f97dcc2ae605346df\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fdb01002-a7cf-4a77-8f05-678d24a36849\u0022\u003E3. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022282e59558bcc436f97dcc2ae605346df\u0022\u003ETODD MULLER (National\u2014Bay of Plenty)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that one of the Government\u2019s main priorities is \u201Cto build a more productive and competitive economy\u201D; if so, what recent announcements has the Government made that will save businesses time and reduce costs?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002264bb41224fb74bb98d227c497801be2a\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I just want to deal with another matter. If I continue to hear those interjections from Ron Mark, I will be asking him to leave.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d3526a98c2bf49adb0571cef3389a653\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Can you tell us how long the appropriate questions\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002275c3cbbfeecc407888e7792154c31c55\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! If it is a primary question, it will be inevitably\u2014or often\u2014longer than is allowed for supplementary questions. I have already told the member on one occasion that I am not going to put a limit on them, but when questions go on for too long, either I will ask them to come to a conclusion or, if the member would prefer a stronger action, I can just rule them out of order immediately.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u00227600888f77914bac9936cd4d56e237a7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00227600888f77914bac9936cd4d56e237a7\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, and yesterday the Prime Minister announced the Budget 2016 business tax package, which includes a new pay-as-you-go option for provisional tax. It is part of a wider transformation programme of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), which will provide it with completely new technology and make it easier to deal with. About 30 to 40 percent of businesses currently use cloud-based accounting software, and this is expected to grow to 90 percent in the next 10 years. The changes mean small businesses will be able to pay provisional tax through their accounting software on a pay-as-you-go basis rather than through a separate process.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fdb01002-a7cf-4a77-8f05-678d24a36849\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bfc67607f5a4410b850ace3447a9b2a9\u0022\u003ETodd Muller\u003C/span\u003E: How else will the tax package support small businesses around New Zealand, including the 22,000 small-business owners and sole traders of the western Bay of Plenty?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226063f825166240cba08b7f145aae6a09\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Because of that member\u2019s and other members\u2019 advocacy on behalf of the small businesses in their electorates, the Government has moved to reduce a number of the irritant factors around the payment of tax by business owners, who are generally pretty busy trying to make a living. These measures include eliminating use-of-money interest for most taxpayers, increasing flexibility on the withholding rates for contractors, which have not been changed in about 30 years, and reduced penalties for new debt. In total, the changes will reduce IRD tax on businesses by $180 million over the next 4 years.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022501858fa55e748469267acd9af2d6f9f\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have just received a phone call\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221c9aa0f701694d5c89f9ebf30f84ae12\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! The fact that the member has received a phone call is not a point of order, but if the member wants to raise a point of order, I am happy to hear it, and I want to hear it in silence; I just want to warn my right-hand side.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002209b0b377e65c4f8f89ea1131e4d3dbd5\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: The stand-in Minister of Defence, in answering questions today, called me, in his answers, a \u201Ccook\u201D. Now, if I am a cook, he is a lying prat, and I want him either to withdraw\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226f8504ddd7264338b4125776f286f050\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! In my mind, the member is making a significant effort to create disorder today, but if the Minister did say that at some stage of his answer, then the Minister will stand and withdraw that comment, and apologise.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226a508775f5584aaaaab834c48e2cac38\u0022\u003EHon Dr Jonathan Coleman\u003C/span\u003E: I withdraw and apologise for calling Mr Mark a \u201Ccook\u201D\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223a945fe532d9460b9cf5227a8a70aa79\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! I am now going to ask the Minister to stand and do it in accordance with the Standing Orders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022734a1201a2aa4b329ca716b693bad5bd\u0022\u003EHon Dr Jonathan Coleman\u003C/span\u003E: I withdraw and apologise.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002205bfd9ee693243318f025f7ccc09d4f9\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Thank you. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022530ce0c4-c977-40cb-90fb-754f54931ff1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002283af903be3fe417b935dcfae7808f1b6\u0022\u003ETracey Martin\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226a148686d8e54da3916281aa6cf86797\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I hope it is a fresh point of order, Tracey Martin. [Interruption] Order! It is a point of order. I must hear it, and it must be heard in silence.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022530ce0c4-c977-40cb-90fb-754f54931ff1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002287ee4305b53b470e8d7cf977496b8b4c\u0022\u003ETracey Martin\u003C/span\u003E: I am going to ask you to go and reflect\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d0ca632fb84b47249f3e3a0f7006ee93\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I cannot hear the member because of interjections coming from over here. Start again.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022530ce0c4-c977-40cb-90fb-754f54931ff1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a29c41723e2f4cf883a1c647b511724b\u0022\u003ETracey Martin\u003C/span\u003E: I am going to ask you to go and reflect. I am going to ask you to go\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223241e301442e4e8e8b9e97387579b558\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Can I just have the point of order.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022530ce0c4-c977-40cb-90fb-754f54931ff1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222af8eaf1dd32496cb344f01414352dcf\u0022\u003ETracey Martin\u003C/span\u003E: This is continual from this particular Minister. Insults are made, there are suggestions that Opposition members are liars, and this Minister\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227e0a104dfccf4c00b6b67a6e75a2e67a\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! That is not what was said. [Interruption] The member will resume her seat if she wants to stay. I have dealt with the matter. It does not need to be relitigated continually by members from the New Zealand First Party.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fdb01002-a7cf-4a77-8f05-678d24a36849\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223c4ff5967e034bcdb726d66512af48c7\u0022\u003ETodd Muller\u003C/span\u003E: What other steps is the\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222533364af34940d583b4c62ada780ee1\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I did detect certainly a very strong interjection from my left there. The member knows whom I am talking about. If that continues, she will be leaving.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221064dc17330e49febab6216cbf7ddaac\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228b58f119eb794a229342b69efca3db82\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I will hear it, but if it is just continuing to create trouble, I will be asking you to leave.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207dc4112-8a19-4dd6-a57c-878b47f8a9b6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228804fbbc031646c19071aaccb653e5e3\u0022\u003ERon Mark\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I am not going to drag it out any longer. From the New Zealand First side, we say that your behaviour today has been totally inappropriate, and we have had enough of it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c462167af9c242cea474a72670d47289\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Well, then that member can certainly leave; if the others want to volunteer, that is their business. Now we return to supplementary\u2014[Interruption] Order!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fdb01002-a7cf-4a77-8f05-678d24a36849\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225a55af86119f4543874c2560672b9c3e\u0022\u003ETodd Muller\u003C/span\u003E: My supplementary question to the Minister of Finance\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222ddbf0ee4f4e4799930e6b6fe21bc451\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Would Mr O\u2019Rourke please go if he is going. Would you please leave, so we can get back to it, if the member wishes to leave; he does not have to. I am trying to get back to question time. [Interruption] Good. [Interruption] Right, supplementary question, Todd Muller.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fdb01002-a7cf-4a77-8f05-678d24a36849\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c86881a882ae415d9e54380c31aa9525\u0022\u003ETodd Muller\u003C/span\u003E: What other steps is the Government taking to support a more productive and competitive economy, particularly in terms of increasing exporters\u2019 access to overseas markets?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002248b4e787f4df48ad98397a506947fc00\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: The future of small businesses is, in many parts of New Zealand, tied to the success of our export industries. The Government has worked to increase the number of new markets available to our exporters, including free-trade agreements with Malaysia, Hong Kong, ASEAN, and Korea. We are currently negotiating a free-trade agreement upgrade with China, which has been a very successful free-trade agreement, signed by the last Government, but it needs to be upgraded and improved. Of course, we have signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, opening access to two of the world\u2019s three largest economies.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fdb01002-a7cf-4a77-8f05-678d24a36849\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c29e3a5f08ff49e889af3746cba3b414\u0022\u003ETodd Muller\u003C/span\u003E: How is the Government\u2019s focus on supporting a more productive and competitive economy translating into more jobs and higher wages for New Zealand families?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a1748fe629044a6d95a7f05229bf128c\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Over the last 3 years, there have been 175,000 more jobs, and it is expected that there will be a further net gain of 173,000 by 2020, with the unemployment rate around 5.5 percent. At the same time, the average annual wage has, up to now, increased by 24 percent since 2009, compared with inflation of just 11 percent. We would expect these trends to continue.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002235a68002ca0e4949b118c2668def409c\u0022\u003EOverseas Investment Office\u2014Mossack Fonseca - connected Application\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u0022d373c467e2714364937e990627a9ef7d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E4. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d373c467e2714364937e990627a9ef7d\u0022\u003EGRANT ROBERTSON (Labour\u2014Wellington Central)\u003C/span\u003E to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in the Minister for Land Information?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u00228ffd7c99117c40a7a32442f4b30a1bec\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228ffd7c99117c40a7a32442f4b30a1bec\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Prime Minister)\u003C/span\u003E on behalf of the Prime Minister: Yes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224e98a110e74940e0bd34ff897d0ae269\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: What advice has the Minister for Land Information provided to him or Cabinet regarding an application to the Overseas Investment Office that is connected with Mossack Fonseca?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223ffda07b7872445490202bcebb30a101\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: As far as I am aware, no particular advice. The Overseas Investment Office has statutory responsibility to apply various tests, including the good character test, not just when the application is made but also after. I would expect that the Minister for Land Information ensures that it fulfils its obligations.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002291a033dd5ac7466e94a2e038eaa05bdc\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Does the Prime Minister think that the Minister for Land Information should be updating him about an application to the Overseas Investment Office that is connected with Mossack Fonseca, given that this is one of the largest tax-evasion scandals in history?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221cd61d8e4ed34b4eaba25f88d185f3e9\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: He is certainly aware of the transaction, but the Government is not in a position where it can direct the Overseas Investment Office in its investigations. If it forms a view that there are questions of good character involved, then I would expect that it would investigate those. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d7977ccdd7274d889899d5b3bcb8edaa\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: In light of the answer that the Prime Minister is aware of the application, from which country does it originate?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225d59fdc3398d4d4391f636c2bafa52e9\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: I do not know.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229d1a22fe6c3f478ea9738f65ef1f92a2\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Is he concerned that directional foreign investment from the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, both known as tax havens, was more than $4 billion as at September 2015, nearly seven times more than China, Germany, and France combined?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dc23ebce989e42c6a4157db97ff72780\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: I am not particularly concerned. The investment has to pass through the Overseas Investment Act criteria, of which there are around, I think, 23 tests. There have been court cases recently that have, effectively, lifted the thresholds. So wherever the investment came from, it has still got to pass our tests.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022aaf2f2c53da949acac9b3b708264171a\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave of the House to table a table prepared by Land Information New Zealand with a summary of approved investments by country from 2011-15.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b42c1f1392a04e6c87064e7cfbaa93e7\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Is it publicly available? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226830be1797c545599b6a2e20acc25d8a\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: It was sent to me directly by them, so I cannot tell you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002292a6d33e6a964217994d92d3db722252\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I am asking the member whether he has checked whether it is available on the internet.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022844d0ee54b6147e0a31facc2038cfe6b\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: I have no idea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222f1a1ddbb9484096894b774548ed5a40\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I am going to put the leave, and the House will sort it out. Leave is sought to table that particular table from Land Information New Zealand. Is there any objection? There is objection.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f0bac3c48b124afe9687902be9ec63ef\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Does it cause him any concern that between 2011 and 2015, $304 million of foreign investment came from the Cayman Islands\u2014more than Russia, India, Italy, Spain, and Sweden combined?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002295a2e393e2974158875b1b5f0a8f1364\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: No, not particularly. It is always a bit tricky trying to decide where investment actually comes from. People can be of one nationality, with a head office located in another country. The critical thing is that every one of those investments had to pass the tests agreed by this Parliament and laid out in the Overseas Investment Act.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f62b6898ae824688bbdd5cac29c0c30e\u0022\u003EChild, Youth and Family\u2014Reforms\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ee649aea-c6fa-4610-9fcf-5c4bb2d3cd33\u0022 data-id=\u00227bc4762fe6874d0c9241492ab5db8818\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ee649aea-c6fa-4610-9fcf-5c4bb2d3cd33\u0022\u003E5. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00227bc4762fe6874d0c9241492ab5db8818\u0022\u003EMATT DOOCEY (National\u2014Waimakariri)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Social Development: What measures will help engage New Zealanders in the care and protection of vulnerable children as part of the overhaul of Child, Youth and Family?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022 data-id=\u00226e79460436c74c4597d1565f128b8c51\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226e79460436c74c4597d1565f128b8c51\u0022\u003EHon ANNE TOLLEY (Minister for Social Development):\u003C/span\u003E We need to ensure that all New Zealanders support our vulnerable children, as they are not Child, Youth and Family kids; they are our kids. To do this, work is under way on a strategy that engages all New Zealanders on how they can support children and young people in care. A national awareness campaign will build an understanding of what good care looks like, enable people to take action to support our vulnerable children, and champion their voices across our agencies and communities so that they can live successful lives. Barnardos has said that it agrees wholeheartedly that we must all step up. Ensuring that no child gets left behind involves all New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ee649aea-c6fa-4610-9fcf-5c4bb2d3cd33\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224e85d96bb7714f1b92f4e0c70e914dd8\u0022\u003EMatt Doocey\u003C/span\u003E: What other measures will help encourage New Zealanders to care for and support vulnerable children?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fd5160a224254191b84bf7cefbaee249\u0022\u003EHon ANNE TOLLEY\u003C/span\u003E: Ensuring our caregivers have the right support to provide long-term, loving, and stable homes for children and young people is vital if we are to help them thrive. To do this, a recruitment strategy is being developed to attract a wider pool of quality caregivers. They will receive more help, including increased financial support and quicker access to services. Additionally, national care standards will be introduced so that there is a clear expectation for the standard and quality of care. Together, these measures will help ensure that children and young people find a loving and stable home at the earliest opportunity, allowing them to live successful lives.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00220f8df6776451467ea7a4d9cffa19dbf8\u0022\u003EChild Poverty\u2014Fairness for Children Report\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022 data-id=\u0022c50572ded5b84b9da7675298b1af8cab\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E6. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c50572ded5b84b9da7675298b1af8cab\u0022\u003EMETIRIA TUREI (Co-Leader\u2014Green)\u003C/span\u003E to the Deputy Prime Minister: Ka t\u016B a ia i runga i te mana o tana tau\u0101k\u012B e mea ake nei, \u201CWe want to ensure Government activities are effective in changing the circumstances that trap people in poverty\u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E[Does he stand by his statement that \u201CWe want to ensure Government activities are effective in changing the circumstances that trap people in poverty\u201D?]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u00222dcbc2da36c34a098d45f49b9d7233d4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222dcbc2da36c34a098d45f49b9d7233d4\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E Yes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226e96c34a5a4640f8a9eb8156ee514e1d\u0022\u003EMetiria Turei\u003C/span\u003E: Is the Deputy Prime Minister reviewing those activities, given today\u2019s Unicef Fairness for Children report that shows that not one of the Government\u2019s policies has improved income inequality in New Zealand?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u00223fc96128dcc4417da851bdf5e965ed15\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00223fc96128dcc4417da851bdf5e965ed15\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, I am constantly reviewing them, and I am a bit surprised that Unicef does not regard $25 a week for all of New Zealand\u2019s lowest-income families\u2014at least $25 a week\u2014as having some impact on the income of that household. We think it does and, actually, the families think it makes\u2014probably not enough impact, but, certainly, some. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f3ffda408d404aa3b2ccaad4cebb897c\u0022\u003EMetiria Turei\u003C/span\u003E: Does the Deputy Prime Minister agree with Children\u2019s Commissioner Russell Wills that $25, for those few who will get that much, will not do enough to alleviate child poverty because the gap between the bottom and the middle is growing so fast?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022025b6e57b4f64c01b671247451611ffa\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: It certainly does not meet the Children\u2019s Commissioner\u2019s requirements, although I gather he has indicated some positive reception of it. Of course, alongside the direct income issues and core hardship, the Government is investing enormous amounts of time and money in dealing with all of the sociological and employment and education-related aspects that keep people trapped in poverty. Most families can handle a low income for a short time, but it is pretty difficult when they have got to handle it for years and years. Government in the past has, frankly, been a bit passive about that, and we are trying to change it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258eae615-ef83-4df5-bace-6749bdd312a8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228833f5cae00a45b790c3256a4b160467\u0022\u003EDr Parmjeet Parmar\u003C/span\u003E: What changes has the Government made recently to increase support for families in need?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225c41c3ab61234aaf92cf4298096c4384\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Probably one of the more important ones has been that from 1 April this year we have increased work obligations for beneficiary parents, provided additional childcare subsidies for low-income families, and, also, low-income working families are benefiting from an increase in Working for Families. For those who cannot get a job and are on a benefit, the rates for those families with children have increased by $25 a week after tax\u2014the first such increase in 40 years, and something that the Greens actually did not support when they were part of a previous Government. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00224d83c8a5-2f48-4991-9c45-b1a6060daedd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229a64fc4ca25043519ac7ae0c30a21a49\u0022\u003EMaureen Pugh\u003C/span\u003E: How is the Government supporting the creation of jobs to help people move from a benefit and into work?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f845404704e54cbfa318eec5d732fa11\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: We are very keen to work individually with thousands of people on benefit who could move into work, and we have had considerable success with sole parents, where we have the lowest number of sole parents on benefit that New Zealand has had, I think, since 1986. But further success remains dependent on an economy that keeps creating new jobs, and the good news is that over the next 3 or 4 years we are expecting around 173,000 new jobs. The Government wants to make sure that a proportion of those jobs go to people who are currently locked into lifelong welfare. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002272d648a8d00f483cbabcd6e9d2ffc96f\u0022\u003EMetiria Turei\u003C/span\u003E: Is it not the case that Government activities have continued to trap people in poverty, given the Unicef evidence that shows that the gap between the poorest families in New Zealand and the average New Zealand family\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229f6b026744ce426d9d949b1278eb20d5\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Bring the question to a conclusion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002220ed1440a9f844869f7405dc2619a7b1\u0022\u003EMetiria Turei\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014has not improved at all?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022af6256014fef465486b5aa25e83eebef\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: If the member thinks that the actions this Government has taken have made poverty worse, then she just, clearly, is not doing the job of a member of Parliament. She must be missing turning up to select committees, reading nothing in the newspaper, and not following any policy, because, in fact, this Government has spent quite a lot of time and money in changing a lot of how the Public Service works, precisely to deal with the long-term dependency that is so hard on families and so expensive for the taxpayer. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002206a851f000944aa3a4bab6f274bed187\u0022\u003EMetiria Turei\u003C/span\u003E: So is he saying that it is a successful outcome for the Government that we currently have the poorest New Zealand families living on only about half the income of the average New Zealand family; is that a success for his Government?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220ff6abcde15f4fcca6a22316d13eb785\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Income measures are one measure. In fact, there is any number of income measures; you can pick the ones you like. The fact is that the benefit system has been indexed to inflation, and you can decide whether it is good news or bad news but wages have been rising faster than inflation. The Opposition is always trying to say the cost of living is out of control. Well, you cannot have it both ways. In fact, wages have risen faster than benefits. That is why it is so important that, for those who can work, we provide personalised services to tens of thousands of them so that they can get into work and cover that income gap.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225637794aec0f4cb5866ac3ccf8a32d08\u0022\u003EMetiria Turei\u003C/span\u003E: Does he agree with the Unicef Fairness for Children report that failing to close the inequality gap will risk children\u2019s health and education outcomes?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022244dbb7e4cd8446295d3c2438a9595e9\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: No, I think that is a real oversimplification. What puts children\u2019s educational and health outcomes at risk is when Government does not try hard enough to educate them when they get to school, regardless of their circumstances. Fortunately, we have a Minister of Education who understands that, and, school by school, is bringing about significant change in attitudes. Actually, it is the same in health. That is, when a child turns up we should care for their immediate need, but also understand the context in which it occurred and act on it. That is why further changes in primary care and Wh\u0101nau Ora are starting to have an impact for New Zealand\u2019s most needy families.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022fc8ab326-1806-41d3-8c41-cd58c95dcb45\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002240f5a73e8e864f34933a04f181fd1293\u0022\u003EMetiria Turei\u003C/span\u003E: So is the Minister satisfied by the drop in New Zealand\u2019s ranking to 31 out of 37 OECD countries for worsening educational inequalities for our poorest children?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222e9f6f9beb1d457bb2cbbd388861f1cd\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: No, of course we would be dissatisfied even if it had not dropped, because New Zealand\u2019s education system has historically not been that good at overcoming socio-economic disadvantage despite its good intentions. That is why the changes going on in education now around understanding children\u2019s progress and what it takes to improve it are so important, and it is good that the education sector has stopped resisting those changes and is now enthusiastically embracing them. I would expect over the next 10 years that we will make a lot of progress.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b417158e2a5541d7a5816cd1d28b4ae9\u0022\u003ETe Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori / M\u0101ori Language Bill\u2014Historical Significance and Effects\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022 data-id=\u0022a8da674e99b147a1a0e4378f2321fca9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E7. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a8da674e99b147a1a0e4378f2321fca9\u0022\u003EMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for M\u0101ori Development: He aha te hiranga o Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori i roto i te h\u012Btori o te motu?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[What is the historical significance of the M\u0101ori Language Bill?]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022 data-id=\u0022e3e6893ea6624301b3adb81405922644\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e3e6893ea6624301b3adb81405922644\u0022\u003EHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E K\u0101tahi te p\u0101tai pai ko t\u0113r\u0101. E te tuahine, ka nui te mihi ki a koe m\u014D t\u0113r\u0101 p\u0101tai ki a au i t\u0113nei r\u0101! Me p\u0113nei te k\u014Drero, k\u0101tahi nei te rangi pai nei m\u014D te k\u014Drero i Te Reo M\u0101ori, i t\u0113nei rangi tonu nei, \u0101 taihoa ake nei. Ko te t\u016Bmanako ia, ka eke t\u0113nei pire ki tona taumata \u0113ngari ko te kaupapa nui o roto i t\u0113nei pire, ka hoki reo rua mai ana ki roto i Te Whare P\u0101remata \u0113ngari, ko te kaupapa nui m\u0113n\u0101 ka noho tukituki ng\u0101 reo e rua, \u0113, ko Te Reo M\u0101ori ka eke panuku, ka eke Tangaroa. Koin\u0101 te kaupapa nui.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[What a wonderful question that is. Sister colleague, a huge compliment to you for that question to me today. Let me put it this way: what a great day for speaking in M\u0101ori, particularly on this day and later on. Hopefully, this bill will reach its pinnacle, but the great thing in this bill is that it comes back into Parliament House in two languages; but, importantly, should both languages clash in meaning, the M\u0101ori version will prevail over the English version. That is the big difference.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a08503fb8c8d432e8e7d65fac572b6a3\u0022\u003EMarama Fox\u003C/span\u003E: T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Speaker. Me p\u0113hea Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori e whaka\u016B ai i Te Reo M\u0101ori hei Reo m\u014D te h\u0101tepe ture o Aotearoa?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Speaker. Does the M\u0101ori Language Bill give effect to the M\u0101ori language being a language of the New Zealand legal process?]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225530c7801a2d4797a3b0a0cbba75dce6\u0022\u003EHon TE URUROA FLAVELL\u003C/span\u003E: K\u0101tahi te p\u0101tai pai, tuahine. Me p\u0113nei te k\u014Drero, kua mau pai i a m\u0101tau te \u0101huatanga o te ture i t\u014Dna hanga, tae r\u0101 an\u014D ki t\u0113nei w\u0101 \u0113ngari, ko te tino aki o t\u0113nei pire, he aki tonu i te \u0101huatanga o Te Ao M\u0101ori kia hanga i t\u014Dna ake rautaki \u0113ngari an\u014D, ko te taha ki Te Karauna i roto ng\u0101 take h\u0101tepe ture nei, \u0101, ko t\u0101 matau, ko te whakarahi ake i te \u0101huatanga o te k\u014Drero M\u0101ori \u0113ngari; he aki tonu i ng\u0101 tari o Te K\u0101wanatanga, tuatahi, kia kaha tonu ki te k\u014Drero i Te M\u0101ori, tuarua, kia tuku k\u014Drero i roto i Te Reo M\u0101ori hei whakapakari ake i Te Reo o roto i ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga katoa i Te Motu.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[What a good question, sister. Let me put it this way. We have captured the situation well in drafting it right up to the present time, but this bill actually urges M\u0101oridom to create its own strategy. In regard to the Crown, it is in terms of the legal processes, and ours is to increase how the M\u0101ori language is used in Government departments: firstly, to speak the language more; secondly, to communicate more in the M\u0101ori language and to strengthen its use in all situations in the country.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b607164dc15e46fa8019fef26ff51624\u0022\u003EMarama Fox\u003C/span\u003E: T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Speaker. Me p\u0113hea e taea ai e Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori, te whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te nohotahi o ng\u0101i M\u0101ori me Te Karauna?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Speaker. How does the M\u0101ori Language Bill reflect a Treaty partnership?] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222319c872463447d2ba2dc9e2d48d5026\u0022\u003EHon TE URUROA FLAVELL\u003C/span\u003E: \u0112 te tuahine, kai runga noa atu koe! Ko te \u0101huatanga o t\u0113nei pire, he hanga i t\u0113tahi Whare Reo M\u0101ori nei, ko t\u0113tahi w\u0101hanga ki Te K\u0101wanatanga, ko t\u0113tahi taha, \u0101, ki Te Karauna, he tohu t\u0113r\u0101 m\u014D te \u0101huatanga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi i k\u014Drerohia e \u014D m\u0101tau m\u0101tua, e \u014D m\u0101tau t\u016Bpuna, koinei te whakatinanatanga o ng\u0101 take i roto i Te Reo M\u0101ori\u2014tukuna te pire kia eke, tukuna Te Reo M\u0101ori kia k\u014Drerohia.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[Well done to you, sister colleague! In terms of this bill it intends to construct this M\u0101ori language house. One part is for the Government and the other for the Crown; that is a reflection of the situation about the Treaty of Waitangi our parents and old people talked about. This is the implementation of matters in the M\u0101ori language: allow the bill to reach the pinnacle; allow the M\u0101ori language to be spoken.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00225ed218509d894495bb7da9a5209c447d\u0022\u003ETax System\u2014Small-Business Changes\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022 data-id=\u00228d43414565864f2da8cf2d85a341ec42\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E8. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228d43414565864f2da8cf2d85a341ec42\u0022\u003EMELISSA LEE (National)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Small Business: How will small businesses benefit from changes to the provisional tax system?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022 data-id=\u00229a921b4c8a4848b89088f4f9a3012741\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229a921b4c8a4848b89088f4f9a3012741\u0022\u003EHon CRAIG FOSS (Minister for Small Business):\u003C/span\u003E The changes to the provisional tax system announced yesterday are yet another way that this Government is helping small business grow and thrive. This Government understands how important cash flow is for small businesses and that the complexity of the tax system is a key issue to them. It is constantly raised with me by business owners, local chambers of commerce, and associations around New Zealand. I know that the member who asked me the question also has that issue raised with her across various ethnic communities. The package announced yesterday will make paying tax simpler, easier, and more certain, and it will lower the burden of interest in penalties, helping small businesses tailor their payments to their circumstances. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002261ddf10a74ca4114971a159c455a3861\u0022\u003EPhil Twyford\u003C/span\u003E: Good speech! Sit down.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022de2dd6e1b5c242c2a105d1f9e1c69b17\u0022\u003EHon CRAIG FOSS\u003C/span\u003E: This Government is consistently looking for better ways, for fairer means\u2014you might want to pay attention.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220c12077001bb4b0c8f45d3be509ef32a\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! [Interruption] Order! The answers are too long. Get your office to help you with shorter answers.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022505bc280689541fe9ad7473f8caaee25\u0022\u003EMelissa Lee\u003C/span\u003E: What reports has he seen that are supportive of the tax changes?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227dd3627685104f11b4320e63ca44ae82\u0022\u003EHon CRAIG FOSS\u003C/span\u003E: I have seen many, many reports supporting the changes announced yesterday. I quote a few: Rod Drury from Xero says this is a \u201Chuge [win] for small businesses\u201D. James Scollay from Mind Your Own Business says \u201CThis will be a game-changer\u201D for small business. The Ernst and Young executive director of tax policy says these new measures are a sensible move, and Business New Zealand is also in support. These comments are but some of the positive comments that show how beneficial this announcement is for small businesses across New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002218f9e3ea-81c5-4414-af48-d6bb843a9227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226aec071be57f42279eb05f9b75902143\u0022\u003EMelissa Lee\u003C/span\u003E: What other initiatives has this Government implemented that improve the cash flow of small businesses?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022659f6556-09a1-4ead-bc52-05cbdb4eaab8\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dadc4b39f47f4391ae00939bebecd992\u0022\u003EHon CRAIG FOSS\u003C/span\u003E: The changes to provisional tax are but one of a number of other recent initiatives helping cash flow for small businesses. For example, reducing ACC levies by $2 billion a year helps improve cash flows. Reducing company and personal tax improves cash flows for small businesses. Policies that lead to lower interest rates help positive cash-flows for small businesses. These changes and many others help improve cash flows for our small businesses and show why this Government is so much better for business.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u002207708e4917fb4f819d360b94fb32bacb\u0022\u003EFinance, Minister\u2014Statements on Unemployment\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022 data-id=\u0022761160a504c1427a9fe6f4af467d42c8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E9. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022761160a504c1427a9fe6f4af467d42c8\u0022\u003ECARMEL SEPULONI (Labour\u2014Kelston)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022 data-id=\u0022698c57cd4d7e4745b7bb69a12cafda59\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000173\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022698c57cd4d7e4745b7bb69a12cafda59\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, in particular a statement I made to the Federated Farmers meeting in Feilding in April, where I said \u201CAnd the dairy industry has rightly said that a lot of Kiwis that are turning up are pretty damned hopeless.\u201D, and finished off a description of that by saying \u201CAnd if we don\u2019t work together to get them working, then they will be with us a long time.\u201D, with reference to a cohort of Kiwis who need a lot of support into work. The Labour Party MP left that out of his description of the speech.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002224d2ed4b0c484c7784c501045b60621b\u0022\u003ECarmel Sepuloni\u003C/span\u003E: What proportion of the 57,100 unemployed young people whom he says are \u201Cpretty damned hopeless\u201D cannot read and write properly and do not look to be employable?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224ce8710255e746fb926451f6dc093d06\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: I did not say they do not look to be employable; I said what employers are saying. And if that member, like the other one, has not heard that, then she is out of touch. The fact is that a lot of these young people, in addition to those problems, cannot pass a drug test either, and that is why we have to work with them so intensively to get them into work.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002203efac308d5d4afaa49010d93d0e389b\u0022\u003ECarmel Sepuloni\u003C/span\u003E: How can he say that Ministry of Social Development clients \u201Cwill not stay in the jobs that they are offered.\u201D when the Minister for Social Development states that \u201CThere is no reason for Work and Income to continue to monitor people who have left the benefit\u201D; is he just out of touch?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226c6989c8a70b4cf48537d5df3b1b4b7d\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: No. What is becoming increasingly clear from the very significant amount of detailed analysis we are doing around these issues is that what was traditionally regarded as a successful work placement\u2014that is, a young person turning up to a job, and that is it\u2014we now realise that they are cycling regularly in and out of work and benefit because they will not turn up to the job, for instance, for more than 3 days in a row. Then they are back on the benefit, and it actually was not a successful job placement. We have to do a lot better in supporting them to stick to work, because a lot of them find it really challenging.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fd65d82e8e324602971a0b2b74a209c0\u0022\u003ECarmel Sepuloni\u003C/span\u003E: Is he reliant on the advice from a handful of employers regarding the capability of former Ministry of Social Development clients to work and stay in work because of the fact that, for 8 long years, the Government has failed to collect and report on long-term employment outcomes for people who have exited the benefit?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002232fc3bb53bb8490b85c13085d21f00b6\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: Actually, it is exactly the opposite. Coming into Government, I was appalled at how lazy, complacent, and ignorant the Government machine was about what happened to our precious young people. Since then, we have done an enormous amount of analysis, and have made an enormous amount of change in the way the Ministry of Social Development works\u2014from being passive to being active\u2014backed by hundreds of millions of dollars. It is starting to work, but we have got a long way to go.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000180\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002263493324ff0548e8af2c0dabc5a9d4a7\u0022\u003ECarmel Sepuloni\u003C/span\u003E: Does he maintain\u2014[Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b2c429acc8e44a1080e03bd1d0d5a9a5\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! There are too many interjections coming, particularly, from my right at this stage.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3a88c42-f60b-4cf9-8065-8bfb80a020eb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d2c7408cb351449db8a36fffb13ded3c\u0022\u003ECarmel Sepuloni\u003C/span\u003E: Does he maintain that \u201CEach vulnerable family and individual matters to us.\u201D when he is arrogantly telling prospective employers that many of our young people are pretty damned hopeless?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bb158206-360b-4757-8d72-f7d0994e1fb3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002243e157c6f53a423c8eaca2a0533ea717\u0022\u003EHon BILL ENGLISH\u003C/span\u003E: No, that is not the case. But this Government does employers and beneficiaries the respect of talking about how it is, not what the strategy says would be nice, and we are finding that that kind of gritty discussion directly, one by one, with people on welfare is showing that we have hope for them and we can support them to get into work. And, I tell you, I think quite a lot of them are starting to be weaned off the Labour Party, which they realise is patronising and\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000184\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226bab322483ad475e96e9324bb5de2c00\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000185\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022feca603f0e144e49be1675de98e2c7f8\u0022\u003EAnzac Day Centenary\u2014Commemorations\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022 data-id=\u00221b16e0440797496b807085218eecf9ec\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000186\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221b16e0440797496b807085218eecf9ec\u0022\u003EALASTAIR SCOTT (National\u2014Wairarapa):\u003C/span\u003E My question is to the Minister of\u2014[Interruption] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022 data-id=\u0022c1ef7044e71144c38212b0cbee57dd4a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000187\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c1ef7044e71144c38212b0cbee57dd4a\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I asked for silence between the two front benches. It has continued. It must cease.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022 data-id=\u00220ce42d60fbf447a18d2a4cd641040a09\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000188\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003E10. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220ce42d60fbf447a18d2a4cd641040a09\u0022\u003EALASTAIR SCOTT (National\u2014Wairarapa)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: How will New Zealand be marking the 100th anniversary of the first Anzac Day commemorations?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022 data-id=\u0022b4c5f19b860847d799d5e438e7887285\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000189\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b4c5f19b860847d799d5e438e7887285\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY (Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage):\u003C/span\u003E One hundred years ago this month, the first Anzac Day services were held in New Zealand to mark the anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. The New Zealand Government announced the establishment of Anzac Day on 25 April as only a half-day holiday in 1916. Over the last 100 years we have continued to remember those who served and the 18,000 who died. There is a national service at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington, with the Governor-General and Prime Minister both in attendance, as well as dozens of other services across the country.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000190\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225ca1f56d6c734687afb1dccef41868ff\u0022\u003EAlastair Scott\u003C/span\u003E: What are some examples of local events marking the centenary?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000191\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002267442f1e8aa64f02a381e09fa41801bc\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY\u003C/span\u003E: The WW100 website has a full list of events across the country. In the Wairarapa a special ceremony will be held to commemorate the Rev. Basil Ashcroft leading people to the top of Mount Maunsell to erect a wooden cross\u2014the first in the world to be permanently dedicated to the memory of the Anzacs killed at Gallipoli. As well, Steam Incorporated has organised a special Anzac train excursion from Wellington to Paek\u0101k\u0101riki, the steam locomotive \u201CPasschendaele\u201D, in memory of the railwaymen who fell in World War I. In Kaik\u014Dura, Anzac 100 Years 100 Horses will re-enact the Kaikoura Mounted Rifles leaving to join the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225e6b7aaa-8157-4d5e-9940-1bdbcd61ae95\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227de37d8f97354c8e9d5e97b14bfc9910\u0022\u003EAlastair Scott\u003C/span\u003E: How will New Zealand mark other significant First World War anniversaries this year?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000193\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022831e33950f3045a0991d4c6044e2573b\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY\u003C/span\u003E: This year the focus of our commemoration moves from Gallipoli to the Western Front battlefields of France and Belgium. In September we will mark the 100th anniversary of New Zealand\u2019s involvement in the horrific Battle of the Somme, where our forces were exposed to poisonous gas and to mechanised warfare. More than 2,000 New Zealanders were killed on the Somme, with another 6,000 wounded. Many of those who died have no known graves. On 15 September the New Zealand National Memorial, near the town of Longueval, will host three services, marking the anniversary of our first action on the Western Front.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000194\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00223f7ce6532923458ab1f89e4dfdb60f2c\u0022\u003ERimutaka Forest Park\u2014Release of TB-infected Possums\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u0022ed631490681040b984638f1a92d9b980\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000195\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E11. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ed631490681040b984638f1a92d9b980\u0022\u003EHon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour\u2014Hutt South)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Conservation: Is she satisfied with her department\u2019s stewardship of forest parks, and if not what are the major problems she has identified?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022 data-id=\u0022cc1eb9b2ad7d4c36a7c84c6a185dec0f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000196\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022cc1eb9b2ad7d4c36a7c84c6a185dec0f\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY (Minister of Conservation):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, I am satisfied, and of course even a department as outstanding as the Department of Conservation is always striving to improve.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000197\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c9c2a5994aab48db9b8a8342243516b5\u0022\u003EHon Trevor Mallard\u003C/span\u003E: When was she first briefed on the introduction of deliberately TB-infected possums to the Rimutaka Forest Park?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000198\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002274a1cda25dc44c19a34b366368ecee7f\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY\u003C/span\u003E: I have received no such briefing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000199\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e4db1a0cbe3b4b13bfd0ade1ffeea10d\u0022\u003EHon Trevor Mallard\u003C/span\u003E: Has she read the papers on the spread of TB from possums deliberately infected with TB and released into the Rimutaka Forest Park?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000200\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229bd2497fb7a44cde9144296003f29a1d\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY\u003C/span\u003E: I have no knowledge of such papers, but if the member would care to approach me in a formal way, with written questions, I would be very happy to supply him with answers.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000201\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002205979339f1f34b1a9f269ccbcbf5132e\u0022\u003EHon Trevor Mallard\u003C/span\u003E: Will her Government pay compensation to any farmer who can prove they have lost their decade-long TB-free status as a result of infections that have spread from possums deliberately introduced by a Government agency into the Rimutaka Forest Park?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000202\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002267d2fb3d3fe840b4b476e20420a91aad\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY\u003C/span\u003E: As I said before, I have no knowledge or information about the allegations coming from that member. If he has anything that he wants to share, by way of a factual nature, then I would strongly suggest that he comes to me, via the usual channels, which a member of his experience ought to know by now. As for the member to his side, it is very unclear what kind of obscene picture\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000203\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002231194a9d672f471897a86ab3a2af5da2\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! The question has been answered.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ec7f13c643e7432caf4cc5b3f4e34f43\u0022\u003EHon Trevor Mallard\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave to table the picture. I will make it clear that it is available on the website. It was not very hard to find.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221a2962ab80c940b08b29da9909e37432\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I do not need any further assistance. It is freely available. The member has acknowledged that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000206\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002252fae9835d8c443a8c80c3b567dc9303\u0022\u003EHon Trevor Mallard\u003C/span\u003E: Will she take ministerial responsibility for the deliberate release of TB-infected possums into the Rimutaka Forest Park, or will she leave it to Mr Guy, who is the Minister responsible for Landcare Research?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000207\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022736a5c0b-8df3-4047-ba26-632ba2798b4c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bdd64a99b6f145cab718a980485f51d5\u0022\u003EHon MAGGIE BARRY\u003C/span\u003E: I refute what the member is saying, and in the absence of any facts, and with a lot of wild accusations\u2014and strange ones at that from that member\u2014I would, again, urge him to give factual information that can be assessed in the proper way.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000208\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228ab6ddc7f78e460fac5987d4fc0662f4\u0022\u003EHon Trevor Mallard\u003C/span\u003E: I seek leave to print and make available a copy of the Landcare Research New Zealand document that makes it clear that Landcare Research has deliberately released\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000209\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cfa07995e91d4e559dff769f898d89e9\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! What the member is seeking leave for is to table a Landcare Research report. I need to just check again whether that is available to members if they go on the website and search for it. Is it available?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000210\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ef564e80aa8c410084f6865c57974dc2\u0022\u003EHon Trevor Mallard\u003C/span\u003E: It could be on the internet.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000211\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022981bf33d8ee040cbb0ac1a060223c9bc\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Then I will not be putting the leave.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000212\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e0bbd6376660486fb6ee192b347ec30d\u0022\u003EFreshwater Management\u2014Drinking-water Supplies\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220ee528dc-7870-4553-95ed-5ec0cab60f07\u0022 data-id=\u00226c22862a0d29470aac59c63703d9d214\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000213\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ee528dc-7870-4553-95ed-5ec0cab60f07\u0022\u003E12. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226c22862a0d29470aac59c63703d9d214\u0022\u003ECATHERINE DELAHUNTY (Green)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for the Environment: Is he concerned that pure, fresh drinking water could be bottled for sale from the Canterbury region, where the water that the locals have to drink has been described as a \u201Cticking time bomb\u201D by the Canterbury District Health Board medical officer of health?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022 data-id=\u0022e7b4d3da38fb490e999e856fe096ff6d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000214\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e7b4d3da38fb490e999e856fe096ff6d\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH (Minister for the Environment):\u003C/span\u003E No, firstly, because the member only half quotes the medical officer of health\u2019s comments about nitrate levels; secondly, because the Government\u2019s freshwater programme is for the first time putting limits on nitrate pollution in Canterbury through the work of the commissioners at Environment Canterbury and the Government\u2019s national policy statement; and, thirdly, note that of the 325 wells that were tested in 2004, none of them was in Christchurch or Waimakariri, where the bulk of the Canterbury population lives.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000215\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ee528dc-7870-4553-95ed-5ec0cab60f07\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fa68489d98ad4377b084a9a1be8b8b94\u0022\u003ECatherine Delahunty\u003C/span\u003E: Does it make any sense to use water from the over-allocated and polluted Hakatere River to refill the aquifer because we are selling off the aquifer\u2019s clean water?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000216\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227026544a787a4f6f9177f58332e9af9c\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH\u003C/span\u003E: I note that, by international standards, Canterbury actually has incredibly clean water. There are areas where there are nitrate issues, and they are being addressed by the challenging work of the commissioners. In respect of the bottled water that is being exported, much of that is from deep wells that have incredibly pure water-testing results. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000217\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002298dbeffa-e059-49d5-8bbf-579cbaead9a3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002207ba041aa3b647148c098a3fc26fbdd5\u0022\u003EScott Simpson\u003C/span\u003E: What proportion of New Zealand\u2019s total water resource is taken by the bottled water industry, and why has he rejected calls for a moratorium on the export of bottled water?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000218\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ca148c289f2d4045a585c2bebbf6a40c\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Either of those two supplementary questions can be answered.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000219\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b505a874d7ff49a78db63287b2124459\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH\u003C/span\u003E: I will certainly cover the latter part. Proposals for a moratorium on bottled water, given that it makes up only 0.004 percent of New Zealand\u2019s water volume, are about as sensible as pretending that you would solve Auckland\u2019s transport problem by banning bicycles or\u2014to be more mathematically correct\u2014tricycles.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000220\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ee528dc-7870-4553-95ed-5ec0cab60f07\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227ef5c762423e404888411a0ef6bbbf0d\u0022\u003ECatherine Delahunty\u003C/span\u003E: If there is so much water available in New Zealand, why have Ashburton locals been advised, by the same council to which he is selling the consent to bottle 40 billion litres of water, to practise water conservation throughout the year?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000221\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a494b7a2e227448abd3ec42bf406ce69\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH\u003C/span\u003E: Because there is a fundamental point that the member seems to miss. That is, there is a big difference between the 500 trillion litres of water that New Zealand has each year in natural water bodies as compared with the limits that individual councils have on their water infrastructure\u2014and that is a big difference. Perhaps if the member supported more water infrastructure, then we would have more water available for irrigation and town water supplies.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000222\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220ee528dc-7870-4553-95ed-5ec0cab60f07\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022cc82081da44148c2ba7b60c874343178\u0022\u003ECatherine Delahunty\u003C/span\u003E: How will the Government support rural Cantabrians, whose water is so badly polluted by nitrates that their unborn and formula-fed babies are at risk, to access the fresh drinking water from Lot 9\u2014the lot that has been sold to a water-bottling company?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000223\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002282cc4d11cda547bb98384571ddc4e1f0\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH\u003C/span\u003E: I would urge the member to actually refer to the actual test results. There are 325 wells that are tested for nitrates. Of those, there are 8 percent that have concerning levels and they are actually in areas where there is a very small population, so 95-plus percent of people in Canterbury have levels of water quality that are, by international standards, excellent. The second thing that I would ask the member to do is to support the Government\u2019s work around the national policy statement and the work of commissioners, who are actually, finally, getting on and doing something about the water quality issues in Canterbury.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022\u003EBills\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000224\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022ced30019c83946cca320cb71f73ebb12\u0022\u003ETe Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori / M\u0101ori Language Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000225\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022480a851896854c9ea6b72b53b76587f5\u0022\u003ERecommittal\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022 data-id=\u0022d89a6f4467184284b4cdd1e6126a6088\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000226\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d89a6f4467184284b4cdd1e6126a6088\u0022\u003EHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Speaker. For fear of doing this in the wrong place, I seek leave for the Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori / M\u0101ori Language Bill to be recommitted for the consideration of style and grammar amendments to the M\u0101ori text of the bill. I further seek leave for the bill to be set down for the third reading forthwith on the reporting of the bill back to the House by the Committee of the whole House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022 data-id=\u00227cf055b118924933b0290c418cb4d481\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e4b09a29-dfd3-42c0-8585-11463bd6077b\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00227cf055b118924933b0290c418cb4d481\u0022\u003EMr SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Leave is sought for that course of action. Is there any objection to that course of action being followed? There appears to be none.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000228\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e7d412042a234e5c81f367a283b404b0\u0022\u003EIn CommitteeCWH\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000229\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002292c74f985652414ab02c32c1978d5d1a\u0022\u003ETe W\u0101hanga tahi AA to Te W\u0101hanga wha, Parts 1AA to 4, te \u0101pitihanga tahi o te \u0101pitihanga waru, and schedules 1 to 8 (recommitted)\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u0022d7b38e9ca98345309ae04a65384d52e2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000230\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d7b38e9ca98345309ae04a65384d52e2\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: Leave has been granted to recommit Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori / M\u0101ori Language Bill to the Committee of the whole House to consider style and grammar amendments to the M\u0101ori text of the bill. The question is that the amendments set out in these tabled amendments be agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022 data-id=\u00224bc5e8333e294565aeb16170f3732126\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000231\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224bc5e8333e294565aeb16170f3732126\u0022\u003EHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora t\u0101tau katoa. I te mea he manuhiri kua tae mai i t\u0113nei ahiahi ki te whaiwhai haere i t\u0113nei pire, me whai w\u0101hi au ki te tuku i t\u0113tahi mihi poto nei, ki a r\u0101tou kia h\u0101ngai tonu, kia rere tonu atu te k\u014Drero ki te pire nei. N\u014D reira, haere mai kei aku rangatira, ng\u0101 m\u0101t\u0101puna o t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo, ng\u0101 mea kua kawe nei i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo ki uta, ki tai, K\u014Dhanga Reo mai, Kura Kaupapa M\u0101ori mai, Whare W\u0101nanga mai, ng\u0101 hapori katoa o Te Motu.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000232\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EI tangihia ng\u0101 mate o Te Motu i t\u0113nei ata, n\u014D reira, waiho t\u0113r\u0101 ki reira i te ekenga mai o Tauranga Moana, o Ng\u0101tikahu. Ko t\u0101ku ko te whaiwahi haere i ng\u0101 poroporoaki ki a r\u0101tou, me te k\u012B atu, koutou i Te P\u014D, e moe, e moe, e moe!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000233\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ET\u0101tau te hunga ora, e aku rangatira kua tae mai i t\u0113nei r\u0101, ng\u0101 m\u0101tanga o t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa! Ka rua, ki ng\u0101 mema M\u0101ori e noho nei, ka nui te mihi ki a koutou i whakaw\u0101tea mai i t\u0113nei w\u0101hi poto nei m\u014D t\u0101tau, me te k\u012B atu, ko te tikanga o t\u0113nei \u0101huatanga, me poto, me poto, e kore au e whakaroa i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kia roa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000234\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EKai runga i te t\u0113p\u016B nei \u0113tahi paku hapa i kitea mai ai i ng\u0101 r\u0101 tata kua hipa ake o roto i te tuhinga o Te Reo M\u0101ori, ko Te Reo M\u0101ori tonu. \u0112hara i te mea nui, he \u0101, he \u014D, \u0113r\u0101 momo \u0101huatanga katoa, \u014D runga, \u014D raro he aha r\u0101nei, \u0113r\u0101 momo k\u014Drero! N\u014D reira, ko t\u0101ku \u012Bnoi ki a t\u0101tau, kia whakaae mai ki t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 kaupapa, kia mutu t\u0113nei w\u0101hanga o Te Komiti, \u0101, ka rere tonu atu ki te mea tuatoru, m\u0101 reira, ka taea e t\u0101tau te ruku ki te h\u014Dhonutanga o te pire nei. N\u014D reira, \u0113hara i te mea nui ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, p\u0113nei t\u0101ku e k\u012B nei, he \u0101, he \u014D, he \u012B, he \u014D, \u0113r\u0101 momo k\u014Drero, \u0101, n\u014D reira, k\u0101ti! Ka waiho \u0113r\u0101 k\u014Drero ki a koutou \u0113ngari, m\u0113n\u0101 k\u0101re he k\u014Drero, ka pai. Ka rere tika tonu atu ki t\u0101 t\u0101tau kaupapa, kia ora t\u0101tau katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000235\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[Acknowledgments to us all. Because visitors have arrived here this afternoon to follow up on this bill, I must accord them a brief welcome and then go directly to this bill and focus on it. Therefore, welcome, my esteemed ones, the sources of our language, the bearers of it in the hinterland and foreshore, from M\u0101ori language nurseries, M\u0101ori-medium language schools, M\u0101ori language tertiary institutions, and all communities of the country. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000236\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EThis morning we mourned the deaths of the nation when Tauranga Moana and Ng\u0101tikahu arrived; let us leave that there. My part here is merely to follow up on the farewell tributes to them by saying, those of you in the Void, close your eyes, rest, and slumber on.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000237\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ETo us, the living\u2014my leaders who have arrived here today, the experts of our language\u2014greetings, acknowledgments, and salutations to you all. Secondly, to the M\u0101ori members seated here, a huge appreciation to you collectively for giving leave to allow us this brief moment. Let me assure you that the purpose of this situation is very much a brief one, really short, and I will not allow prolonged contributions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000238\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EOn the table are some minor errors that were found recently in the written version of the M\u0101ori language, in the M\u0101ori language version. Not significant ones, more to do with \u0101 and \u014D ones, all those kind of things; \u014D above, \u014D below, or whatever, those kinds of things. So my plea to us is to allow these matters to take place. When this part of the Committee stage is completed, then we will go directly to the third reading. There we will be able to delve into this bill at depth. Therefore, there is not much more to add, and, as I alluded to, just minor \u0101 and \u014D amendments, those kinds of things, so enough. I leave those comments for you to make, and if there are no contributions, that is fine. We go directly to our bill, with my appreciation to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022 data-id=\u0022b6cd7213dbba4e72a5552e64de1fd398\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000239\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b6cd7213dbba4e72a5552e64de1fd398\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour\u2014Hauraki-Waikato):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Minita, t\u0113nei e tautoko ana i t\u014D mihi ki ng\u0101 manuwhiri kua tae mai nei ki te whakarongo ki te w\u0101hanga tuatoru o te pire nei. E tautoko ana m\u0101tou a Reipa i ng\u0101 t\u012Bnihanga i runga i te m\u014Dhio, ka noho matua Te Reo M\u0101ori i roto i t\u0113nei pire. N\u014D reira, koin\u0101 te take, e tika ana me whakapoto t\u0113nei w\u0101hanga o te tau patupatu. Me whakaaetia, kia haere tonu t\u0113nei pire, t\u0113n\u0101 koe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000240\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Minister Flavell. I support your welcome to the visitors who have arrived here to listen to the third reading of this bill. We of Labour endorse the amendments, knowing that the M\u0101ori language in this bill is the primary one. So that is the reason why it is appropriate that this part of the debate be shortened. That should be approved to allow this bill to continue; thank you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022 data-id=\u0022c0141b2ca0764c5cb74e9903a454bef9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000241\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c0141b2ca0764c5cb74e9903a454bef9\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E Chairman, e t\u016B w\u0101hi poto p\u0113n\u0101 i te tuahine a Nanaia m\u014D tana R\u014Dp\u016B Reipa, kai te tautokongia e m\u0101tou n\u0101 te mea, t\u0113n\u0101 pea w\u0113tahi o m\u0101tau k\u0101rekau k\u0113 e \u2018hakaaea ana ki te pire \u0113ngari, e tika ana kia \u2018hakatikatikangia ng\u0101 tuhinga i roto i te pire. N\u0101 reira, kia m\u014Dhio mai koe e Te Minita, Te Heamana, Te Whare hoki, kei te tautokongia e m\u0101tou te hiahia o Te Minita i t\u0113nei w\u0101, kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000242\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[I stand for a short moment, Mr Chairman; and, like sister member Nanaia and her Labour Party, we are supporting it because there may be some of us who do not agree with the bill but it is right that what has been written in the bill must be amended. Therefore you must note Minister, Mr Chairman, and the House as well that we support the wish of the Minister at this moment; thank you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EThe question was put that the following amendments in the name of the Hon Te Ururoa Flavell to Te W\u0101hanga tahi AA Te W\u0101hanga wha, Parts 1AA to 4, te \u0101pitihanga tahi to te \u0101pitihanga waru, and schedules 1 to 8 be agreed to:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000244\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 3(1)(b), insert \u201Choki\u201D before \u201Cte Broadcasting Act\u201D and delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201C1989\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000245\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 3(1)(c), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201CAct 2003\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000246\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 3(3)(c), delete \u201Ce panoni hoki\u201D after \u201CWhakaata M\u0101ori\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000247\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5, and in the heading to clause 5, replace \u201Cm\u014D\u201D after \u201Cmana \u0101-ture\u201D with \u201Cn\u014D\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000248\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5A(1)(b), insert \u201Choki\u201D before \u201Ckua whaka\u016Bngia\u201D and delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ckua whaka\u016Bngia\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000249\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 6(1)(b), replace \u201Ck\u0113\u201D with \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Ctaraipiunara\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000250\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 6A(2)(h), replace \u201Cki\u201D with \u201Ci\u201D after \u201CKarauna\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000251\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 6A(2)(k), replace \u201Cm\u014D\u201D with \u201Cn\u014D\u201D after \u201Cmana \u0101-ture\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000252\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ereplace clause 7C(2) with the following new subclause:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000253\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E(2)\tHe \u014Drite te mana o te whakaputanga reo M\u0101ori ki te mana o te whakaputanga reo P\u0101keh\u0101 o t\u0113nei ture, engari ki te ara ake he tohe m\u014D te rerek\u0113 o te tikanga o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, i roto i ng\u0101 whakaputanga e rua, n\u014D te whakaputanga reo M\u0101ori o te ture te mana o runga ake.;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000254\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein paragraph (a) of the definition of \u201Cng\u0101 iwi me ng\u0101i M\u0101ori\u201D in clause 8, replace \u201Cko \u0113tahi r\u0101nei o ng\u0101 iwi\u201D with \u201Cko ng\u0101 iwi r\u0101nei\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000255\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 10(5)(a), add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201C1987;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000256\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 10(5)(ab), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwaeture\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000257\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 10(6), add \u201C\u0101,\u201D before \u201Ce whakatakotoria ana\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000258\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 11(3)(a), add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cmahi hoko;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000259\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 11(3)(b), delete \u201Ckei a ia\u201D after \u201Crerenga (a),\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000260\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 13(2), add \u201Ci\u201D after \u201Ce tohutohu\u201D, add \u201Ci\u201D before \u201Ct\u0113tahi kaiwhakap\u0101ho k\u0113 atu\u201D, and add \u201Ci\u201D before \u201Ct\u0113tahi kaihanga h\u014Dtaka k\u0113\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000261\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 15(1)(ba), add \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cme whakaaroaro rawa\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000262\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 16B(2)(c), replace \u201C\u0101,\u201D before \u201Cm\u014D ia putanga\u201D with \u201Cp\u0113nei\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000263\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 16B(2)(c)(iii), replace \u201Co te putanga mahi.\u201D after \u201Caromatawaitanga\u201D with \u201Co te kawenga o te putanga.\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000264\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20(1)(a), delete \u201Co\u201D after \u201Cm\u0101ramatanga,\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000265\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20A(1)(a), add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cp\u016Btea r\u0101;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000266\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20A(1)(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cte nui\u201D and add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201C$10,000;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000267\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20A(1)(c), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cte w\u0101riu katoa\u201D and insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Ct\u014Dp\u016Btanga;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000268\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20A(1)(d), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cng\u0101 k\u014Drero\u201D and insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Ctau p\u016Btea;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000269\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20A(1)(e), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cng\u0101 k\u014Drero\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000270\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20B(a), insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cana;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000271\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20B(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhakam\u0101rama rawa\u201D and insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cte tau p\u016Btea;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000272\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20B(c), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhakauru rawa\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000273\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20B(c)(i), insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Ckirimana hoko;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000274\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20B(c)(ii), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhakatauritetanga\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000275\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20C(2)(a), add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cwh\u0101nuitia ana;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000276\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20C(2)(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhakauru rawa\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000277\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20C(2)(c), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhakauru rawa\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000278\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20D(a), insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Ckei roto i \u0113r\u0101;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000279\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20D(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhai rawa\u201D, insert \u201Ci\u201D before \u201Ct\u0113tahi tau\u0101k\u012B o te haepapatanga\u201D, and insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cp\u016Btea;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000280\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20D(c), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhai rawa\u201D and add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cm\u014D taua tau p\u016Btea;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000281\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 20D(d), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ctohu rawa\u201D and insert \u201Ci\u201D after  \u201Ctohu rawa hoki\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000282\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21(1)(a), add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cm\u0101na;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000283\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21(1)(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201C\u0101-tau\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000284\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21(2)(a), add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201C(1)(a);\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000285\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21(2)(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ctuku rawa\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000286\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21A(2), replace \u201Cme whai rawa e ia te\u2014\u201D with \u201Cme whai rawa ia ki te\u2014\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000287\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21A(2)(a), insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Carotake;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000288\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21A(2)(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cwhakaaroaro\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000289\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 21B(2)(b), delete \u201Cmehemea\u201D before \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000290\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein the cross-heading before clause 21C replace \u201Cmana\u201D with \u201Ctaumata\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000291\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 24(2), insert \u201Co Te P\u016Btahi Paoho\u201D after \u201Cng\u0101 \u0101heinga\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000292\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27B(4)(a), insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cwehenga;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27B(4)(b), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ckaua rawa\u201D and insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Ckaiurungi;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000294\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27B(4)(c), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ckaua rawa\u201D and add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201C2004;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000295\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27B(4)(d), delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ci te kopoutanga\u201D and replace \u201Cme noho rawa te aronga me ng\u0101 \u0101heinga o Te Ratonga Whakaata M\u0101ori hei \u0101rahi i a Te M\u0101t\u0101wai.\u201D with \u201Cme \u0101rahi rawa e te aronga me ng\u0101 \u0101heinga o Te Ratonga Whakaata M\u0101ori.\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000296\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 1 of te \u0101pitihanga 1, insert \u201C\u0101n\u014D nei\u201D before \u201Ck\u0101ore i\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000297\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5A of te \u0101pitihanga 1, replace \u201Ci\u201D with \u201Co\u201D after \u201Ctae atu ki te mutunga\u201D,;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000298\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 6 of te \u0101pitihanga 1, replace \u201Ci\u201D with \u201Co\u201D, and replace \u201Ci\u201D with \u201Cki\u201D after \u201Cte w\u0101\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000299\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 7(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 1, add \u201Cai\u201D after \u201Ci whakaaetia\u201D, insert \u201Cai\u201D after \u201Ci waihangatia\u201D, and insert \u201Cai\u201D after \u201Ci tukuna atu\u201D; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000300\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 8(1)(a) of te \u0101pitihanga 1, delete \u201Ci t\u0113tahi whakaotinga o t\u0113tahi take,\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000301\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 2(2) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cme te (b)\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000302\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ereplace paragraph (d) of clause 2(5) of te \u0101pitihanga 4 with the following new paragraph:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000303\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E(d)\tkaua rawa e kopou i te tangata ka tupea i raro i te wehenga 30 o te Crown Entities Act 2004, ki a Te M\u0101t\u0101wai.;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000304\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 4(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Cte\u201D after \u201Cte mahi a\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000305\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 8(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Cki te\u201D after \u201CTe M\u0101t\u0101wai\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000306\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 8(2) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Ci\u201D after \u201Ci te w\u0101\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000307\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 9 of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert comma after \u201Ci t\u014Dna t\u016Branga\u201D and insert \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cka noho\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000308\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 17(4) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Cmahi i\u201D after \u201Cr\u0101rangi iti (1)(b),\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000309\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 19(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Ce \u0101hei ana\u201D and replace \u201Cte \u0101heinga te kawe, te mana whakahaere r\u0101nei te whiu,\u201D with \u201Cte kawe i ng\u0101 \u0101heinga, te whiu r\u0101nei i te mana whakahaere,\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000310\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 19(1)(c) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Cme\u201D before \u201Cnoho motuhake\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000311\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 22(2)(a) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Ckia whai hua\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000312\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 22(2)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ch\u0101ngai tonu\u201D and insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Cmarea;\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000313\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 22(2)(c) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ci te taha\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000314\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 22(3)(b)(ii) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Cai hoki\u201D after \u201Ckia t\u016B\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000315\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 22(5)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Ci runga\u201D and insert \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D before \u201Ci runga\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000316\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 26 of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Ce\u201D after \u201CMe whakaatu rawa\u201D and insert comma before and comma after \u201Ci a ia e mahi ana hei mema\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000317\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201Catu\u2014\u201D with \u201Ch\u0101unga\u2014\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000318\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27(1)(a) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Ci\u201D before \u201Cng\u0101 w\u0101\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000319\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27(1)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201Ci ng\u0101 w\u0101 r\u0101nei\u201D with \u201Cr\u0101nei ng\u0101 w\u0101\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000320\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27(1)(c) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201Ci ng\u0101 w\u0101 r\u0101nei\u201D with \u201Cr\u0101nei ng\u0101 w\u0101\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000321\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27(1)(d) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Ci\u201D before \u201Cng\u0101 w\u0101\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000322\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 27(2)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201Ck\u0101ore rawa hoki\u201D with \u201Choki k\u0101ore rawa\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000323\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(1)(a) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201CTe M\u0101t\u0101wai;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000324\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(1)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Cp\u0101nga\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000325\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(5) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Cmehemea\u201D after \u201Cte take\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000326\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(5)(a) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Cmehemea\u201D before \u201Cka whiwhi\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000327\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(5)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Cmehemea r\u0101nei\u201D before \u201Che makau\u201D and delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Che makau\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000328\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(5)(c) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Cmehemea r\u0101nei\u201D before \u201Cka whai\u201D and delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201C\u0101-p\u016Btea\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000329\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(5)(d) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Cmehemea r\u0101nei\u201D before \u201Che hoa k\u014Dtui\u201D and delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Che hoa k\u014Dtui\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000330\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 28(5)(e) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, insert \u201Cmehemea r\u0101nei\u201D before \u201Che tautika\u201D and delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Che tautika\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000331\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 32(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201Cunuhia\u201D with \u201Cinihua\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000332\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 34(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201CKa whai w\u0101hi ka tika ng\u0101 mema o Te M\u0101t\u0101wai ki te whiwhi utu,\u201D with \u201CE tika ana kia whiwhi utu ng\u0101 mema o Te M\u0101t\u0101wai,\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000333\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 34(1)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201Ci ng\u0101 \u0101heinga me ng\u0101 mahi o Te M\u0101t\u0101wai.\u201D with \u201Ci ng\u0101 \u0101heinga o Te M\u0101t\u0101wai, i \u0101na mahi hoki.\u201D; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000334\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 34(2) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201Ci t\u0113n\u0101 w\u0101, i t\u0113n\u0101 w\u0101\u201D with \u201Ci \u014Dna w\u0101\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000335\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 35(1)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, replace \u201C\u014Dna\u201D with \u201C\u0101na\u201D before \u201Ckaimahi;\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000336\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 35(3)(d)(ii) of te \u0101pitihanga 4, delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Chiranga\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000337\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 1(2)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, delete \u201Ci\u201D after \u201Creo \u0101-tuhi\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000338\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 4(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, add \u201Creo \u0101-waha r\u0101nei,\u201D after \u201Cki te whakawhiti\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 4(1)(a) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, add \u201C\u0101,\u201D after \u201Choropaki):\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000340\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 4(1)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, delete \u201Choki\u201D after \u201Ckua tika\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000341\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 4(3) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, replace \u201Cko\u201D with \u201Ct\u0101\u201D after \u201Ct\u0101 t\u0113r\u0101 r\u0101nei,\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000342\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 4(3) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, replace \u201Ck\u0113\u201D after \u201Ctaraipiunara\u201D with \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000343\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 4(4)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, replace \u201Ck\u0101ore r\u0101nei\u201D with \u201Cr\u0101nei k\u0101ore\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000344\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5(1) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, insert \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Ci runga\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000345\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5(1)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Ckaipupuri\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000346\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5(3) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, insert \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Cka \u0101hei\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000347\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5(3)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Cwhakat\u0101rewa\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000348\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5(4) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, delete \u201Ca t\u0113tahi\u201D after \u201Cki ng\u0101 kawenga\u201D;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000349\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5 (4) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, insert \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Cka \u0101hei\u201D; and\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000350\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003Ein clause 5 (4)(b) of te \u0101pitihanga 5, delete \u201Cr\u0101nei\u201D after \u201Cwhakamana\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000351\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EAmendments agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000352\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ETe W\u0101hanga tahi AA to Te W\u0101hanga wha, Parts 1AA to 4, te \u0101pitihanga tahi o te \u0101pitihanga waru, and schedules 1 to 8 as amended agreed to.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000353\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EProgress reported.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000354\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EReport adopted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000355\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022ffea45f872f4453182182559991a1aed\u0022\u003EThird Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022 data-id=\u00220e17e4ddf9a3472dbd42fb1d72ccbb9e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000356\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220e17e4ddf9a3472dbd42fb1d72ccbb9e\u0022\u003EHon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora t\u0101tau katoa! I move, That the Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori / M\u0101ori Language Bill be now read a third time. E hoa m\u0101 k\u0101tahi te rangi \u0101taahua ko t\u0113nei. K\u0101tahi te rangi whakahirahira ko t\u0113nei! I puta te k\u014Drero in\u0101 tatanei, i te ata nei m\u014D Ng\u0101ti Ranginui, Ng\u0101i Te Rangi, Ng\u0101ti P\u016Bkenga, Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa, ka mutu, kua tukuna te k\u014Drero m\u014D Te Ture Whenua M\u0101ori Bill. Anei t\u0101tau i t\u0113nei ahiahi, ko Te Reo M\u0101ori te kaupapa. N\u014D reira, ka nui te mihi ki a t\u0101tau e hoa m\u0101. Hara mai ki Te Whare P\u0101remata. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000357\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EHe r\u0101 nui t\u0113nei m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori. Koinei te w\u0101 tuatahi kua eke mai t\u0113tahi pire i roto i Te Reo M\u0101ori me te reo P\u0101keh\u0101 \u0113ngari, ko Te Reo M\u0101ori te reo ka whai mana i roto i ng\u0101 nekeneke o te w\u0101. He mea nui t\u0113r\u0101 kia taea ai e t\u0101tau o Te Whare P\u0101remata, te k\u014Drero i Te Reo M\u0101ori me te m\u014Dhio an\u014D hoki, ko Te Reo M\u0101ori te reo matua i roto i ng\u0101 ture, i ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga katoa. Tuarua, ko Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori e k\u012B ana te k\u014Drero, he reo whai mana i roto i ng\u0101 nekeneke \u014D roto i te ture \u0113ngari, \u014D roto i ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga katoa, Ao M\u0101ori, Ao P\u0101keh\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000358\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EM\u0113n\u0101 ka hoki t\u0101ua ki te tau 1987, i tae mai t\u0113tahi Minita ko Koro W\u0113tere tana \u012Bngoa, ko Te Minita m\u014D ng\u0101 Take M\u0101ori i taua w\u0101. I tae mai ia ki konei me tana k\u012B atu, he hiahia n\u014Dna ki te whakatakoto i t\u0113tahi Reo M\u0101ori ki roto i Te Whare P\u0101remata. T\u012Bmata ia i tana mihi, ki te p\u0113r\u0101 \u0113ngari \u0101 w\u0101 poto ka t\u016B mai t\u0113tahi ki te whakah\u0113 i t\u0113r\u0101 \u0101huatanga. I t\u016B mai t\u0113tahi ki te k\u012B atu ki a koe, Mr Speaker, anei tana k\u014Drero: \u201CI wonder whether you, as distinct from the rest of us, know what he is saying. Do you have a translation before you so that you can rule on the content of his speech?\u201D. M\u0113n\u0101 ka rongo i t\u0113r\u0101 k\u014Drero, ka rongo tonu te \u0101huatanga o te kawa o w\u0113tahi ki t\u0113nei mea o te k\u014Drero i Te Reo M\u0101ori \u0113ngari, ko te mea pai, \u0113, n\u014D ng\u0101 tau kua hipa t\u0113r\u0101 \u0101huatanga! Te tikanga, te tikanga! Ko te tau 1986! Kua rerek\u0113 t\u0113r\u0101 \u0101huatanga i t\u0113nei w\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000359\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, nei au e t\u016B ki te whakaiti i te mea, kua riro m\u0101ku t\u0113nei kaupapa e k\u014Dkiri ki roto i Te Whare P\u0101remata i t\u0113nei r\u0101. He nui te mahi! He nui te mahi i te roanga o ng\u0101 tau. He nui ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i k\u014Drerohia i roto i ng\u0101 w\u0101nanga, i ng\u0101 hui. Ka hoki ng\u0101 mahara ki t\u0113tahi hui m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori i P\u014Dneke nei. Ko T\u0101 T\u0101mati Reedy, ko Te Koingo Reedy i roto i t\u0113r\u0101 hui. I p\u0101tai r\u0101tau i te p\u0101tai m\u014D te oranga o t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo. Me p\u0113hea hoki! \u0100, ka mutu ka puta te k\u014Drero, titiro ki te ture m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori. Whakah\u014Dungia, whakaora an\u014D r\u0101 m\u014D t\u0113nei w\u0101 tonu nei. K\u014Drua tahi, anei te whakatinanatanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000360\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, he aha ng\u0101 painga \u014D roto o t\u0113nei pire? Tuatahi ko ng\u0101 reo e rua, p\u0113nei i t\u0101ku e k\u014Drero nei, tuarua ko Te Reo M\u0101ori te reo whai mana, te reo matua. Ka toru, ko te mana o Te Reo ka whakairia ki roto i t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 pire, he reo taketake o Aotearoa, he taonga o Te Iwi me Te M\u0101ori, he reo e ng\u0101kaunuitia ana e te marea, e Te Motu wh\u0101nui tonu. Ka wh\u0101, he reo whai mana i t\u0113nei whenua. E h\u0101ngai ana t\u0113r\u0101 ko te \u0101huatanga o Te Whare o Te Reo Mauri Ora, he rite ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000361\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EHe w\u0101hi ki Te Karauna, he w\u0101hi ki Te Iwi M\u0101ori. N\u014D reira koinei taku harikoa! Ko \u014Dna maihi, ki te taha ki Te Ao M\u0101ori, Maihi M\u0101ori! Ka riro m\u0101na an\u014D r\u0101 e k\u014Drero. Ko Te Maihi Karauna, m\u0101na an\u014D r\u0101, m\u0101 Te Karauna tonu e k\u014Drero. \u0112ngari ko te mahitahi, \u0113, n\u0101 runga i te \u0101huatanga o te nohotahi o Te Karauna me Te Iwi M\u0101ori, ar\u0101, ko Te M\u0101t\u0101wai t\u0113r\u0101 i te t\u0113p\u016B kotahi, ko Te R\u016Bnanga Reo t\u0113r\u0101, m\u0101na an\u014D r\u0101 e whakatau i ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga katoa m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori. Ko te t\u016Bmanako m\u014D te painga, kaua m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori \u0113ngari, m\u014D ng\u0101 tamariki, mokopuna e hiahia nei ki te k\u014Drero i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo. N\u014D reira, kai te harikoa, ka taea e Te Maihi M\u0101ori te hanga i t\u014Dna ake rautaki. Waiho ake m\u0101 Te Karauna an\u014D r\u0101 t\u014Dna taha e whakatika. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000362\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EN\u0101, kia whai w\u0101hi ki te k\u014Drero m\u014D Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. Ko Te M\u0101t\u0101wai, 13 pea ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata ka noho n\u0101 i t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 kaunihera. Ko t\u0101ku \u012Bnoi ki Te Ao M\u0101ori, \u0101ta titiro ki te hunga ka noho nei i Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. Kaua e haere tika tonu atu ki t\u0113tahi e k\u014Drero M\u0101ori ana. \u0100e, he painga o te k\u014Drero M\u0101ori, te matatau ki te k\u014Drero M\u0101ori \u0113ngari, ar\u0101, an\u014D \u0113tahi, rangatahi tonu \u0113tahi. E m\u014Dhio nei ki te whakariterite i \u0113tahi rautaki m\u014D Te Reo \u0101-iwi, \u0101-hapori, \u0101-marae. N\u014D reira, kia kaua t\u0101tau e hereherea ki t\u0113tahi reanga i t\u014Dna kotahi, ka mutu ki te t\u0101ne i t\u014Dna kotahi. Me whai w\u0101hi an\u014D r\u0101 w\u0101 t\u0101tau w\u0101hine, otir\u0101, w\u0113tahi o w\u0101 t\u0101tau rangatahi e matatau nei ki \u0113nei \u0101huatanga i roto i Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000363\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EKo t\u0113tahi w\u0101hanga i k\u014Drerohia wh\u0101nuitia i roto i te pire nei, ko t\u0113tahi kupu whaka\u016B o Te Karauna ki Te Reo M\u0101ori. Ko \u0113tahi ka k\u012B mai, \u0113, me tuku i t\u0113tahi kupu whakap\u0101ha. I rongo ake au i te wairua o t\u0113r\u0101 hiahia \u0113ngari, n\u0101 runga i t\u0101ku kawe i t\u0113nei kaupapa, \u0101, kua h\u0101ngai tonu taku k\u014Drero ki te k\u012B atu, me te whakaae mai o te katoa o Te Whare, \u0101, me tuku i t\u0113tahi kupu whaka\u016B, \u0101e, i hapa Te Karauna, i h\u0113 Te Karauna i ng\u0101 tau kua hipa ake, n\u0101 reira, ka tau mai ng\u0101 uauatanga ki te hunga k\u014Drero M\u0101ori. I puta te k\u014Drero i wepua \u0113tahi, \u0113, kua whakaaetia mai e Te Karauna ki t\u0113r\u0101, kaua ki t\u0113r\u0101 momo \u0101huatanga \u0113ngari, e te ture an\u014D hoki, e tika ana t\u0101u \u0113ngari, ko t\u0101 Te Karauna e k\u012B ana, \u0101e, \u0101e! N\u0101ku t\u0113r\u0101 h\u0113, \u0101, he hiahia n\u014Dku ki te whakatikatika i ng\u0101 huarahi katoa kia taea ai e te hunga taiohi, otir\u0101, te hunga hiakai m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori, te whai i t\u0113r\u0101 huarahi. N\u014D reira kei te harikoa n\u0101 runga i t\u0113r\u0101 \u0101huatanga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000364\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EM\u0113n\u0101 ka hoki au ki te \u014Drokohanga mai o t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 pire, me mihi r\u0101 ki taku tuakana ki a Pita. \u0112, t\u0113r\u0101 i noho n\u0101 i taku t\u016Bru i ng\u0101 tau kua hipa ake, an\u0101, kua eke hei T\u0101, ko T\u0101 Pita Sharples t\u0113r\u0101 i k\u014Dkiri i t\u0113nei kaupapa. Kai taku rangatira ahakoa k\u0101re koe i konei ko koe t\u0113r\u0101 i \u0101rahi nei i t\u0113nei kaupapa, ko t\u0101ku ko te whaiwhai haere i \u014D tapuwae. Kia whai w\u0101hi au ki \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 mema o Te Paepae Motuhake. Ko r\u0101tau te hunga i noho nei hei taringa, hei mea takawaenga, me k\u012B, mai i Te Minita ki te hapori. N\u0101, i haere r\u0101tau ki Te Mata o Te Whenua. Ko T\u0101 T\u0101mati Reedy t\u0113r\u0101, ko P\u0101nia Papa, Hana O\u2019Regan, Cathy Dewes, R\u0101hora Shortland, Toni Waho, Pem Bird, te uri o Ng\u0101ti Manawa, \u0101, tae atu ki a Te Kahaut\u016B Maxwell. Kai aku rangatira, koinei te mihi o te ng\u0101kau, ko koutou t\u0113r\u0101 i whakatakoto i t\u0113tahi huarahi hei wh\u0101inga m\u0101 w\u0113tahi atu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000365\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ETaku ekenga hai Minita i puta te whakaaro, \u0101, k\u0101ti, me toro atu au i taku ringa ki \u0113tahi ki te \u0101whina i a au, ki te whakatika i \u0113tahi panonitanga, i \u0113tahi paku hapa i roto i te pire i t\u0113nei w\u0101. N\u014Dku te waimarie i whakaae mai, e R\u0101winia Higgins kei taku tuahine, ka nui te mihi ki a koe. Ko koe t\u0113r\u0101 i noho tata nei, noho piri nei ki t\u0113nei pire, ka nui te mihi ki a koe, Te Wharehuia, ko taku p\u0101p\u0101 kai t\u0101w\u0101hi koe me aro mai \u014D taringa ki t\u0113nei k\u014Drero. Ka nui te aroha ki a koe, kia kaua t\u0113tahi \u0101huatanga m\u0101uiui nei e p\u0101 ki a koe i t\u0101w\u0101hi \u0113ngari, ko koe t\u0113r\u0101 e noho nei hei koroua m\u014D t\u0113nei r\u014Dp\u016B. Kai te tuahine Charisma, kai te kite atu i a koe i runga ake nei. Tiare, ko taku taokete an\u014D hoki a Ruakere, ka nui te mihi ki a koe. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000366\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EI te w\u0101 poto, me mihi an\u014D r\u0101 ki te hunga whakam\u0101ori i t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 kaupapa. E hoa m\u0101, kei te m\u014Dhio t\u0101tau, ar\u0101, an\u014D ng\u0101 uauatanga \u0113ngari i eke. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou, otir\u0101, ki te Parliamentary Counsel Office, \u0113, ka nui te mihi ki te wahine i kaha nei ki te whaiwhai haere i t\u0113nei kaupapa ki t\u014Dna taumata. Kai te tuahine, t\u0113n\u0101 koe, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, otir\u0101, ng\u0101 mea o te tari o Te Speaker. Ki ng\u0101 mema o Te Komiti M\u0101ori, ka nui te mihi. I noho tata nei koutou ki t\u0113nei kaupapa ahakoa \u014Dna uauatanga i te t\u012Bmatanga mai, i aro mai koutou, i k\u014Drero tahi t\u0101tau m\u014D ng\u0101 painga o t\u014D t\u0101tau pire, ka nui te mihi ki a koutou, otir\u0101 ki a koe, Cath Nesus, ko ia t\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 \u0101piha i kawe nei i t\u0113nei kaupapa, kua tata Cath! Kua tata! Taihoa ake nei, 15 o ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero \u0101, kua eke! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000367\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ETaku kupu whakamutunga, ko te hunga e noho nei, ko \u0113tahi o r\u0101tau, me k\u012B, i te t\u012Bmatanga mai o te orangatonutanga o t\u014D t\u0101tau reo. Kai te kite atu i a Kahurangi Iritana e noho nei, otir\u0101, \u0101, ko \u0113tahi, k\u0101re e pai kia whakahua \u012Bngoa kai mahue ake t\u0113tahi. \u0112ngari ko t\u0101ku ko te k\u012B atu, mei i kore koutou i k\u014Drero M\u0101ori, mei i kore ng\u0101 Reo Irirangi M\u0101ori, mei i kore a Whakaata M\u0101ori, \u0113, kua \u0101hua ngoikore te whaiwhai haere ake i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo. N\u014D reira, nei te mihi o te ng\u0101kau ki a koutou, otir\u0101 te hunga kua ngaro atu i te tirohanga kanohi. Kai te k\u014Drero au m\u014D ng\u0101 mea p\u0113nei i a Ngoi P\u0113whairangi m\u0101, Te \u0100taarangi, Te Heik\u014Dk\u014D m\u0101, kua ngaro r\u0101tau! Ka tangi ake i te mea, kua kore r\u0101tau e kite i t\u0113nei pire \u0113ngari ko ng\u0101 tamariki, ko ng\u0101 mokopuna kai konei! Koinei te mihi o te ng\u0101kau e hoa m\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora t\u0101tau katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000368\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003E[Acknowledgments to us all! Friends, what a beautiful day this is. What an important and significant day this is! This morning the debate pertaining to Ng\u0101ti Ranginui, Ng\u0101i Te Rangi, Ng\u0101ti P\u016Bkenga, and Ng\u0101tikahu ki Whangaroa took place, along with the introduction of Te Ture Whenua M\u0101ori Bill. And here we are this afternoon speaking about the M\u0101ori language. And so I salute you all, my friends. Welcome to Parliament. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000369\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EThis is an important occasion for the M\u0101ori language. This is the first time a bill has been presented in both the M\u0101ori and English languages, but the M\u0101ori language will take precedence. And, crucially, it enables members of Parliament to speak M\u0101ori, with the understanding that Te Reo M\u0101ori is the primary language in all law and in all aspects of life. Secondly, Te Pire m\u014D te Reo M\u0101ori asserts that the M\u0101ori language has legitimacy in the law, whether in M\u0101ori or P\u0101keh\u0101 society. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000370\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EIf we go back to the year 1986, Koro W\u0113tere, the Minister of M\u0101ori Affairs, arrived here and stated his desire to speak M\u0101ori in Paliament. And so he began his greetings in M\u0101ori, but another member quickly objected. That member rose to speak to you, Mr Speaker, and this is what he said: \u201CI wonder whether you, as distinct from the rest of us, know what he is saying. Do you have a translation before you so that you can rule on the content of his speech?\u201D. If you could hear those comments you would hear the distaste that some people had about the M\u0101ori language. But, fortunately, that was the situation in the past. It should be in the past\u2014in 1987. It is different now. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000371\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ESo I stand humbly because I am advancing this bill in the House today. There has been much work over many years. Much was discussed in conferences and other meetings. I remember a conference about the M\u0101ori language here in Wellington. Sir T\u0101mati Reedy and Lady Te Koingo Reedy were present at that conference, and they posed a question regarding the survival of our language. What can be done? Furthermore, a determination to consider amended legislation for the M\u0101ori language was voiced. To the two of you, here is the fruition of those discussions. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000372\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ESo what are the gains in this bill? Firstly, it is in two languages, one of which I am speaking. Secondly, it provides primacy to the M\u0101ori language. Thirdly, the mana of the language will be enshrined in law as an indigenous language of New Zealand, a treasure of tribes and of the M\u0101ori people, and a language that the entire country is committed to. Fourthly, it provides legitimacy to the language and likens it to the house of an everlasting language, similar to the Treaty of Waitangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000373\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EThere is a part for the Crown and a part for M\u0101ori. So that is why I am delighted. It has two maihi strategies, one, the Maihi M\u0101ori, pertaining to the M\u0101ori language\u2014that is the responsibility of M\u0101ori. The Maihi Karauna is the responsibility of the Crown. However, it enables cooperation between the Crown and M\u0101ori through Te M\u0101t\u0101wai, which operates in both strategies. Hopefully it is beneficial not only for the M\u0101ori language but for children who want to speak our language. Hence the reason I am elated that the Maihi M\u0101ori can formulate its own plan. Leave the Crown to address its own side. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000374\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003ENow I will speak about Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. There will be 13 members on the board of Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. I urge the M\u0101ori people to carefully consider the appointment of members to that board. Do not appoint someone just because they can speak M\u0101ori. There are benefits to being a fluent M\u0101ori speaker, but there are others to consider, such as our youth. They know how to organise strategies around the language with regard to the iwi, the community, and the marae. So we must not confine the appointments to only one generation, or only to males. Our knowledgable women and youngsters must also be appointed to Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000375\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EOne particular part of the bill that has been debated extensively is the Crown acknowledgment of the M\u0101ori language. Some have stated that there should be an apology. I felt the spirit of that desire. However, because I am responsible for this bill, I am adamant\u2014with the consensus of the House\u2014that an acknowledgment is delivered. Yes, the Crown made mistakes and committed wrongdoings in the past that suppressed M\u0101ori language speakers. It has been said that they suffered corporal punishment. The Crown accepts that is what happened\u2014and, yes, you are correct: it will be recognised in law. The Crown also accepts responsibility for its wrongdoing and has stated its intention to provide improved pathways for the youth and students of the language to pursue. And so I am delighted at that development. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000376\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EIf I may return to the genesis of the bill, I must salute my elder Sir Pita Sharples, who was the previous Minister of M\u0101ori Affairs and who was the initial sponsor of the bill. To my leader, even though you are not here you lead this matter. I am only following in your footsteps. I would like to acknowledge the members of Te Paepae Motuhake advisory panel. They travelled around the country and heard submissions and served as intermediaries between the Minister and the community. Sir T\u0101mati Reedy, P\u0101nia Papa, Hana O\u2019Regan, Cathy Dewes, R\u0101hora Shortland, Toni Waho, Pem Bird of Ng\u0101ti Manawa, and Te Kahaut\u016B Maxwell were some of the members of the panel. I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the esteemed panel members who provided a pathway for others to follow. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000377\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EWhen I became Minister, I reached out for support to make amendments and slight corrections to the bill. To my good fortune they agreed to help. I want to thank my sister R\u0101winia. You have worked closely with the bill and left your imprint. Thank you very much. My uncle Te Wharehuia is overseas and I urge him to listen to this speech. I have much empathy for you and wish you good health while you are overseas. You sat on the panel as its elder. To Charisma, I can see you up in the gallery, along with Charlie and my brother-in-law Ruakere. Thank you very much. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000378\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EI would like to take a brief moment to acknowledge the team who translated the bill. My friends, we understood there were many difficulties, but you accomplished the work. Thank you very much. I also want to thank the female representative of the Parliamentary Counsel Office, whose efforts ensured the success of the bill. I thank you and your team. To the officials of the Speaker\u2019s office and members of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, much appreciation to you. You worked closely on the bill despite the difficulties encountered at the beginning, you remained focused, and we spoke together about the benefits of our bill. I thank you hugely for that. But now to you, Cath Nesus, one of the officials who bore the brunt of this policy\u2014almost there, Cath! It is close! It will not be long! There are 15 speakers to go and it is done! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000379\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022ec266512-9fe8-47da-883e-48f046ee5059\u0022\u003EMy final comment goes to those seated before us, some of whom, should I venture, were at the forefront of efforts to save our language. I see Kahurangi Iritana, along with others, even though I know it is not polite to mention names in case someone is left out. But I do want to say to them that had you not spoken M\u0101ori, had it not been for M\u0101ori radio and M\u0101ori television, addressing our language would have been somewhat powerless. And so a heartfelt acknowledgment to you collectively, but at the same time to those lost from view, in particular Ngoi P\u0113whairangi, Te \u0100taarangi, Te Heik\u014Dk\u014D, and others. They have gone! I lament because they will not see this bill. But the children and grandchildren are here! This, then, is an appreciation from the bottom of the heart, fellow colleagues, so well done, and my thanks to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022 data-id=\u002264fad183a6f04fa6a04a811d7248d80d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000380\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002264fad183a6f04fa6a04a811d7248d80d\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Labour\u2014Hauraki-Waikato):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tau, e Te Minita t\u0113nei te mihi atu ki a koe. He rangi whakapiki wairua t\u0113nei, e tika ana. Ahakoa k\u0101re i konei t\u014D m\u0101tau nei kaik\u014Drero m\u014D t\u0113nei pire, a Peeni, e tika ana me whakatakoto \u014D m\u0101tau nei whakaaro m\u014D ng\u0101 momo \u0101huatanga e p\u0101 ana ki ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga katoa o te pire nei. Ka nui te mihi atu ki ng\u0101 kaikawe i Te Reo M\u0101ori, r\u0101tau katoa, r\u0101tau i haria mai te petihana ki mua i te aroaro o Te P\u0101remata. R\u0101tau i t\u012Bmata i ng\u0101 k\u014Dhanga reo, aua kaupapa ng\u0101 kura kaupapa, ng\u0101 wharekura. R\u0101tau i t\u012Bmata i Te \u0100taarangi me ng\u0101 w\u0101nanga M\u0101ori, \u014D t\u0101tau nei koroheke, kuia r\u016Bruhi. R\u0101tau i kawea t\u0113r\u0101 tino hiahia, he oranga i roto i t\u014D t\u0101tau nei Reo M\u0101ori, me \u014Dna tikanga! N\u014D reira, ka nui te hoki o ng\u0101 mahara ki a r\u0101tau katoa. K\u0101re au e tino hiahia ki te whakahuahua i ng\u0101 \u012Bngoa katoa kei waihotia t\u0113tehi ki waho! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000381\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EKo t\u0101ku nei me t\u016Bpato t\u0101tau ki te peke ki runga, in\u0101, ka nuku atu te t\u016B\u0101papa o te hiahia o t\u0113nei pire. Me mataara t\u0101tau! He roa te w\u0101 ka tae ki t\u0113nei w\u0101 kia kite i t\u0113tehi pire i Te Reo M\u0101ori. E koa ana te ng\u0101kau! Ka hoki ng\u0101 mahara ki te w\u0101 i tae mai taku tupuna a Mahuta ki t\u0113nei w\u0101hi. I aua w\u0101, \u0101, ahakoa kua m\u014Dhio pai ia he w\u0101hi m\u014D te whakature i ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga m\u014D Te Motu, he roa te w\u0101 ka tatari ia m\u014D te whakap\u0101keh\u0101 me te whakam\u0101oritia o ng\u0101 mahi o t\u0113nei w\u0101hi ka haria atu ki waenganui i a m\u0101tau o Te Iwi. N\u014D reira, he rangi whakahirahira, he rangi whakapiki wairua t\u0113nei! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000382\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EKa hoki ng\u0101 whakaaro ki \u0113tehi pou o t\u0113nei pire. Tuatahi, e \u016B tonu au me whakap\u0101ha Te Karauna, e \u016B tonu au ki t\u0113r\u0101 i roto i t\u0113nei pire. Ka hara mai a Tauranga Moana me \u014D r\u0101tau nei take katoa i mua i te aroaro o Te P\u0101remata \u0113ngari, karekau he w\u0101hanga e p\u0101 ana ki Te Reo M\u0101ori. Koinei te w\u0101hi tika! Ko t\u0113nei pire te w\u0101hi tika hei whakap\u0101ha m\u0101 Te Karauna ki ng\u0101 Iwi M\u0101ori katoa puta noa i Te Motu m\u014D ng\u0101 mahi i mahitia e \u014D t\u0101tau nei kura. Ka hoki ng\u0101 whakaaro ki ng\u0101 momo k\u014Drero a ng\u0101 kaum\u0101tua me \u014D r\u0101tau mamae ki ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga o ng\u0101 kura i \u014D r\u0101tau nei w\u0101. N\u014D reira, e \u016B tonu au ka tae ki te w\u0101 kia kite i t\u0113tehi whakap\u0101ha a Te Karauna i t\u0113nei pire. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000383\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003ETuarua, e p\u0101 ana ki te whare. I p\u0101tai au i te p\u0101tai he aha te hanga o t\u0113nei whare? He whare M\u0101ori, he whare P\u0101keh\u0101 r\u0101nei? Ko te whakautu a Te Minita he whare hou! Ko Te Maihi Karauna, ar\u0101, Te Maihi M\u0101ori me te t\u0101huhu o Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. He whare hou hei whakaora ai i ng\u0101 hiahia e p\u0101 ana ki t\u014D t\u0101tau nei Reo M\u0101ori, \u0101, ka tika! E tino hiahia ana te kite i te tutukitanga o te hiahia. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000384\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EI p\u0101tai au hoki i ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga e p\u0101 ana ki ng\u0101 whiriwhiri o ng\u0101 rautaki M\u0101ori ki ng\u0101 rautaki o Te Karauna, me kaua e waiho m\u0101 te kotahi kia haere noa atu. T\u0101ria te w\u0101 ka kite t\u0101tau m\u0113n\u0101 ka taea te titiro, te tuitui i ng\u0101 hiahia o ng\u0101 rautaki e rua \u0113ngari \u016B tonu au. Kua whakaaetia a Waikato ki te whakat\u016B i t\u0113tehi rautaki \u0101-iwi. Ko t\u0101ku nei ka pai t\u0113r\u0101! Atu i te tau 2025, ko t\u014D m\u0101tau hiahia kia kite e 80 paih\u0113neti ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata e k\u014Drero i Te Reo M\u0101ori, Te Reo o Waikato. Me taku m\u014Dhio an\u014D, mei kore t\u0101tau e aro atu ki ng\u0101 kura auraki, ng\u0101 kura katoa kei waenganui i \u0101 m\u0101tau nei rohe, k\u0101re e taea. Koin\u0101 te take he p\u0101tai tonu ki ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga o Te M\u0101t\u0101wai me Te Reo Tukutuku. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000385\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EKua kite i ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga e wh\u0101 me ng\u0101 r\u014Dp\u016B i whakar\u014Dp\u016Btia e Te Minita. Kei te t\u016B tonu te whakaaro me whakamanatia aua r\u014Dp\u016B kia \u0101hei ai, kia tutuki ai \u014D t\u0101tau nei hiahia kia ora ai Te Reo, p\u0113r\u0101 ki ng\u0101 k\u014Dhanga reo, ng\u0101 kura kaupapa, ng\u0101 wharekura, Te \u0100taarangi, ng\u0101 w\u0101nanga. M\u0113n\u0101 ka mahi ng\u0101tahi aua r\u014Dp\u016B ki ng\u0101 mahi o te iwi ka tutuki pai ng\u0101 hiahia. N\u014D reira, m\u014Dhio pai koe ki \u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000386\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EKo te mea whakamutunga pea e p\u0101 ana ki te taha o Te Karauna, ng\u0101 Maihi o Te Karauna. I tukuna mai te whakaaro ki waenganui i t\u014D m\u0101tau komiti whiriwhiri, me aro atu Te T\u0101huhu o Te M\u0101tauranga ki ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga o te pire nei. T\u0113n\u0101 pea, he w\u0101hanga kia kuhuna \u0101 r\u0101tau nei mahi kia haere ng\u0101tahi. Ko te whakautu, kei waho tonu te nuinga o ng\u0101 mahi m\u014D Te T\u0101huhu o Te M\u0101tauranga. Kei te pai t\u0113r\u0101, kei konei Te Minita hei whakautu i \u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 hiahia \u0113ngari, ki taku m\u014Dhio, ko ng\u0101 mahi nunui kei waenganui i \u0101 t\u0101tau nei kura, hei whakam\u0101m\u0101tia, hei whakapai ake i \u014D t\u0101tau nei ake hiahia, kia whakawh\u0101nui ake Te Reo M\u0101ori m\u014D t\u0101tau katoa. \u0112hara m\u014D Te M\u0101ori anake \u0113ngari, m\u014D t\u0101tau katoa. Ko ng\u0101 mahi kei waenganui i a t\u0101tau, ng\u0101 kura, ng\u0101 mahi nunui, k\u0101re au e tino hiahia ki te whakatoimaha rawa i t\u0113r\u0101, t\u0101 te w\u0101 t\u0113n\u0101 pea n\u0101 Reipa te mahi nunui. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000387\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, i tino mihi rawa atu, i tino mihi rawa atu ki t\u014D r\u014Dp\u016B wh\u0101iti, t\u014D r\u014Dp\u016B tohutohu me \u0101 r\u0101tau mahi nunui ki te haere ki waenganui \u014D t\u0101tau nei iwi, ar\u0101, kei waenganui i ng\u0101 hapori ki te kohikohi i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, ki te rapu i \u0113tehi o ng\u0101 whakaaro kia whakahokia mai ki roto i t\u0113nei pire. Ko te mea pai ki a au, he tino rerek\u0113 te hanga o te whakautu i t\u0113r\u0101 hiahia, ka p\u0113whea ai t\u0101tau e whakaora ai i Te Reo M\u0101ori? An\u0101, he whakautu hou t\u0113nei, he whakautu hou! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000388\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, i roto i t\u0113r\u0101 o ng\u0101 hiahia, ka tino tautoko m\u0101tau a Reipa ahakoa i p\u0101tai i ng\u0101 p\u0101tai, i wero i ng\u0101 wero, i whakatakoto i \u014D m\u0101tau nei ake whakaaro. Ko te mea nunui, kia haere tonu t\u0113nei pire, kia whakaturengia, hei tauira, hei tauira! T\u0113n\u0101 pea, m\u0113n\u0101 ka tutuki pai ng\u0101 \u0101huatanga katoa i roto i te pire nei, t\u0101 te w\u0101 ka t\u012Bnihia an\u014Dtia ki te whakapakari ake. He t\u012Bmata t\u0113nei i runga i t\u0113tehi huarahi pai kia mahi ng\u0101tahi Te Iwi M\u0101ori, ar\u0101, ki te taha o Te K\u0101wanatanga, Te Karauna. N\u014D reira, i roto i t\u0113r\u0101 me hoki mai au ki te tino wairua o te rangi nei, me te tino m\u014Dhio i waenganui i a m\u0101tau ng\u0101 mema M\u0101ori, kei te ora Te Reo M\u0101ori i roto i te whatu manawa o te tangata, i waenganui i ng\u0101 hap\u016B, i ng\u0101 wh\u0101nau, ar\u0101, i ng\u0101 iwi. M\u0113n\u0101 kei reira tonu te hiahia, ka taea e t\u0101tau, kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000389\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E[Thank you, thank you, everyone, and thank you, Minister Flavell. This day uplifts the spirit, and it is indeed appropriate. Although Peeni, our spokesperson for this bill, is not here, it is fitting that we outline our views on aspects relating to all parts of this bill. Much appreciation to all those who played a part in the M\u0101ori language\u2014all of them: those who brought the petition before Parliament; those who started the k\u014Dhanga reo, who were involved in those schemes and M\u0101ori-medium primary and secondary schools; those who began Te \u0100taarangi teaching method and M\u0101ori tertiary educational institutions, our esteemed male and female elders; and those who carried that passionate desire in terms of the well-being of this M\u0101ori language of ours and its cultural aspects. So there is a huge recollection of memories about them all. I do not really want to mention all their names lest someone is left out! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000390\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EI think we must exercise caution when leaping aboard, in case the fundamental desire of this bill shifts. We must be vigilant! It has taken a long time to arrive at this moment to see a M\u0101ori language bill. I am greatly overjoyed within. My thoughts go back to the time when my grandfather Mahuta arrived here at this place. In those times, and although he fully understood it was a place where legislation of national significance was created to deal with matters that affected the nation, he waited a long time for the M\u0101ori translation of business here in English for distribution among us of M\u0101oridom. Therefore this is an inspirational and spiritual, uplifting day indeed! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000391\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EI reflect on some of the pillars of this bill. Firstly, I am committed to the view that there be an apology by the Crown in this bill. Tauranga Moana came before Parliament with all their matters, but there was not a provision at all about the M\u0101ori language. This is the right place for it. This bill is the proper place for the Crown to make an apology to all M\u0101ori tribes throughout the nation for actions by our schools. My thoughts reflect on the kinds of stories the old people related, and their hurt due to situations they experienced in schools in their time. And so I maintain I have yet to see an apology by the Crown in this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000392\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003ESecondly, and in relation to the house, I ask the question: what kind of house is this? A M\u0101ori house or a P\u0101keh\u0101 one? The Minister\u2019s response was a new house, with Crown and M\u0101ori bargeboards\u2014the Maihi Karauna and the Maihi M\u0101ori\u2014and a Te M\u0101t\u0101wai ridgepole. A new house to revitalise aspirations for this M\u0101ori language of ours\u2014how appropriate! I long to see that aspiration achieved. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000393\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EI also asked about provisions concerning negotiations relating to M\u0101ori and Crown strategies, and not leaving it for one to merely go along to it. Only time will tell whether we can examine or knit the needs of the two strategies together, but I remain committed. Waikato has agreed to establish a tribal strategy. For me personally, that is wonderful. From the year 2025 and onwards, we want to see 80 percent of Waikato M\u0101ori speaking in the Waikato dialect. I am also aware that without engagement of mainstream schools, and all the schools in our regions, it will not be successful. This is why I have been diligent in questioning Te M\u0101t\u0101wai and Te Reo Tukutuku entities. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000394\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EI have seen the four clusters and groups proposed by the Minister. The view remains steadfast that those groups be empowered to enable them to fulfil our desire for the M\u0101ori language to survive, and similarly k\u014Dhanga reo, primary and secondary M\u0101ori-medium schools, Te \u0100taarangi, and M\u0101ori tertiary institutions. If those groups work collaboratively with tribal-aligned activities, the aspirations will be met. So as far as the other stories are concerned you are aware of them! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000395\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EPerhaps the last point relates to the Crown\u2019s part in terms of the Crown strategy, the Maihi Karauna. One suggestion was left among us, the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, that the Ministry of Education should give due consideration to aspects of this bill. Perhaps there should be a provision in its role to work collaboratively. The response was that the majority of the Ministry of Education\u2019s functions fall outside the scope. That is fine\u2014the Minister is here to respond to those aspirations\u2014but my understanding is that its primary functions are actually in our schools, easing and improving our aspirations for the M\u0101ori language and broadening its accessibility for all of us; not just for M\u0101ori alone, but for all of us. What with the work amongst us, schools, and those of huge significance, I do not really wish to burden us even further with that; perhaps Labour might alleviate that in due course. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000396\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003ETherefore, I truly appreciate your group of experts, the advisory group, and the important role it played when it undertook the task of travelling among our tribes\u2014in other words, among communities\u2014gathering information and seeking out views to bring back to be reflected in the bill. What I found most appealing was the innovative response to that aspiration: \u201CWhat must we do to revitalise the M\u0101ori language?\u201D. So there you are, this is an innovative response\u2014a novel one. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000397\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003ETherefore, within that desire of all desires, we of Labour do strongly support this, despite the questions posed, the challenges issued as we expressed our views. The important thing is that this bill continues to move forward to be enacted as an example, a model. Perhaps in time, when all aspects within this bill are fulfilled, further amendments might be made and the bill strengthened. This is a beginning of a wonderful procedure for M\u0101oridom to work collaboratively with the Government and the Crown, in other words. Therefore, on the basis of that, I must go back to the very spirituality of this day, knowing full well that the M\u0101ori language within us M\u0101ori members of Parliament is alive, as it is in the heart of the person and among the hap\u016B, families, and, namely, the iwi. If the desire is there we will achieve it. Thank you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022 data-id=\u0022a04cffc373e942a19a69effa4a77baf8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000398\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a04cffc373e942a19a69effa4a77baf8\u0022\u003EHon HEKIA PARATA (Minister of Education):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakahaere, otir\u0101, t\u0101tau huri noa i t\u014D t\u0101tau Whare i t\u0113nei ahiahi. Ko Hikurangi me Aorangi aku maunga, ko Waiapu me Waitaki aku awa. Ko Porourangi me Tahu P\u014Dtiki me t\u014D r\u0101ua wahine a Hamoterangi aku t\u012Bpuna, t\u0113nei au he uri whakaheke o r\u0101tau m\u0101, e mihi ki a t\u0101tau i t\u0113nei ahiahi, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000399\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003E\u0100, kei te tika ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kua k\u014Drerohia e p\u0101 ana ki t\u0113nei pire, he taonga Te Reo! He taonga te reo me ng\u0101 tikanga e p\u0101 ana ki t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo, k\u0101o! Me ng\u0101 tikanga e p\u0101 ana ki \u014D t\u0101tau Reo. Kei t\u0113n\u0101, kei t\u0113n\u0101, kei t\u0113n\u0101 o ng\u0101 iwi katoa, ng\u0101 rerek\u0113tanga, ng\u0101 \u0101taahuatanga, ng\u0101 mita o ng\u0101 iwi katoa o Aotearoa nei. E tautoko ana ng\u0101 mihi ki a koe e Te Minita, n\u0101hau t\u0113nei mahi e hari, e kawe, e waha m\u014D t\u0113nei w\u0101 roa; k\u014Drua ko t\u014D rangatira i t\u014D taha, ki a koe hoki M\u0101rama! Ko k\u014Drua ng\u0101 kanohi o Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori i t\u0113nei w\u0101, \u0101, me T\u0101 Pita, me Kahurangi Tariana hoki i \u014D r\u0101ua w\u0101! Hoi an\u014D, ki ng\u0101 kaikawe katoa, ng\u0101 mihi nui ki a koutou katoa! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000400\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EI ahau e tipu ana i te k\u0101inga ki te w\u0101 k\u0101inga o Ru\u0101t\u014Drea, ko Te Reo anake, ki taku m\u014Dhio, e rere ana i ahau e tipu ana, ko Te Reo o Ng\u0101ti Porou. K\u0101re ko Te Reo M\u0101ori, ko Te Reo o Ng\u0101ti Porou, \u0101, me Te Reo o t\u0113n\u0101 hap\u016B, o t\u0113n\u0101 hap\u016B, o t\u0113n\u0101 hap\u016B, o t\u0113n\u0101 wh\u0101nau hoki. N\u0101 reira, ka ako ahau i Te Reo i mua i taku haerenga ki te kura, ahakoa ng\u0101 k\u014Drero m\u014D te whakakorehia Te Reo e Te K\u0101wanatanga o t\u0113r\u0101 w\u0101. I waenganui i ng\u0101 k\u0101inga ko taku k\u014Dk\u0101 t\u0113tahi i t\u0113r\u0101 whakatipuranga. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000401\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EKo taku p\u0101p\u0101 i hara mai mai i Te Wai Pounamu. K\u0101re Te Reo o Ng\u0101i Tahu i taea a ia te k\u014Drero \u0113ngari, ko t\u014Dna whakah\u012Bh\u012B m\u014D t\u014Dna taha Ng\u0101i Tahu i waenganui o Ng\u0101ti Porou. N\u0101, ka rongo ahau i Te Reo \u0113ngari, ka ako ahau i Te Reo i ahau e haere ana ki te kura. Kei konei \u0113tahi o \u014Dku k\u014Dk\u0101, \u0113tahi o aku p\u0101p\u0101 e whakarongo ana ki \u0113nei k\u014Drero i t\u0113nei ahiahi. N\u0101, i haere ahau ki te K\u0101reti o Ngata, t\u0113r\u0101 k\u0101reti whakamaumahara m\u014D T\u0101 Apirana, i reira i ako ahau i roto i Te Reo. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000402\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003E\u0100, ka haere au ki Te Whare W\u0101nanga o Waikato, i reira katoa ko ng\u0101 kaiako n\u014D T\u016Bhoe, n\u014D Waikato hoki. \u0100, kei a r\u0101tau \u014D r\u0101tau reo \u0101taahua hoki! I ahau i reira ka tuhituhi ahau i taku k\u014Drero roa m\u014D te tohu Masters i roto i Te Reo o Te Whare W\u0101nanga. I t\u0113nei w\u0101, ka p\u0101nui ahau aku tuhituhi, k\u0101re rawa atu ahau ka m\u014Dhio he aha te tikanga o \u0113nei k\u014Drero! \u0112ngari, i t\u0113r\u0101 w\u0101 ko taku tino hiahia kia whakaatu atu ki Te Ao, \u0101e, he mana t\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori. N\u0101 reira ahau, ka tuhituhi i roto i Te Reo! \u0100hakoa kei te rongo tonu t\u0101tau ka tapepe taku k\u014Drero, ka hau\u0101 i \u0113tahi w\u0101, hoi an\u014D, koir\u0101 te tino wero ki a t\u0101tau! K\u0101re ko t\u0113nei pire \u0113ngari, me k\u014Drero t\u0101tau i Te Reo! Ahakoa piki, ahakoa heke, ahakoa pai, ahakoa he aha! \u0112ngari, me k\u014Drero t\u0101tau i Te Reo! Mehemea, k\u0101re e taea t\u0113r\u0101, ka mataku katoa t\u0101tau ki te k\u014Drero i t\u0113nei Reo ahakoa kua whakamanahia e te ture, n\u0113? Koir\u0101 te tino wero ki a t\u0101tau katoa! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000403\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EMe t\u0101ku e k\u012B ana hoki m\u014D te ture, k\u0101re t\u0113nei Reo o t\u0101tau e whai mana i roto i Te Ture. He mana an\u014D t\u014D Te Reo \u0113ngari, he ture m\u014D roto i t\u0113nei Whare, m\u014D te hapori wh\u0101nui. Ka noho \u0101wangawanga ahau m\u014D t\u0113nei \u0101huatanga, te k\u014Dkiri, \u0101, kia whai mana ng\u0101 tikanga, ng\u0101 mana whakahaere o \u014D t\u0101tau tikanga, Te Reo i roto i ng\u0101 ture nei! Ka noho \u0101wangawanga ahau m\u014D t\u0113r\u0101! N\u014D te mea, kei waho i t\u0113nei Whare ka rongo t\u0101tau katoa: \u201COh, ko te mahi o Te K\u0101wanatanga o Te Karauna! Ka patu i a t\u0101tau i ng\u0101 tau kua pahure ake nei \u0113ngari ka hara mai an\u014D t\u0101tau ki roto i t\u0113nei Whare te whai haere i t\u0113nei ture kia whakamanahia \u014D t\u0101tau tikanga!\u201D. Hoi an\u014D r\u0101, kei te pai t\u0113r\u0101. He ao h\u014Du m\u014D t\u0101tau katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000404\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EN\u0101, m\u014D t\u0113nei \u0101huatanga ki Te Reo. Kua k\u014Drerohia k\u0113ngia e te mema a Nanaia, te p\u0101tai pea: he Reo t\u0113nei m\u014D t\u0101tau anake? Ng\u0101 iwi, Te Iwi M\u0101ori? M\u014D t\u0101tau katoa r\u0101nei? Mehemea, ka tino whakapono t\u0101tau he reo taketake o T\u0113nei Ao, n\u014D konei katoa t\u0101tau ahakoa M\u0101ori m\u0101, ahakoa P\u0101keh\u0101? \u0112hara te iwi P\u0101keh\u0101 n\u014D t\u0113tahi atu whenua! N\u014D konei tonu, n\u0113? Mehemea ko te tino hiahia kia rongo t\u0101tau i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo, \u014D t\u0101tau Reo, kei te taha o ng\u0101 mahi t\u0101karo, kei roto i ng\u0101 kura, kei roto i ng\u0101 w\u0101hi mahi, kei whea ake r\u0101nei, ko t\u0101ku ki a t\u0101tau, me k\u014Drero katoa t\u0101tau i t\u0113nei Reo, kia pakari ai i roto i t\u0113nei whenua kia pakari hoki ai te whakap\u0101oho atu ki te ao wh\u0101nui. Koir\u0101, t\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 tino wero ki a t\u0101tau!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000405\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EN\u0101, m\u014Dku i roto i t\u0113nei t\u016Branga Te Minitatanga m\u014D Te M\u0101tauranga, anei! \u0100e, tino tautoko ahau kia akonatia t\u0113nei Reo ki roto i ng\u0101 kura katoa o Aotearoa; me ng\u0101 rawa hei whakapakari i Te Reo \u0113ngari an\u014D ko te wero ki a t\u0101tau, ka taea e ng\u0101 kaiako katoa te noho ki roto i ng\u0101 kura? He uaua te mahi, he uaua te mahi! I t\u0113nei w\u0101 ka mihi ahau ki ng\u0101 K\u014Dhanga. Kei roto i ng\u0101 K\u014Dhanga te p\u016Btake o te ako i Te Reo m\u0101 \u014D t\u0101tau k\u014Dhungahunga, \u014D t\u0101tau p\u0113pi. Ka tonoa atu aku p\u0113pi ki ng\u0101 k\u014Dhanga. Ka t\u012Bmata au i t\u014Dku ake k\u014Dhanga n\u014D te mea ki a au, he tino kaupapa t\u0113nei. Ka \u012Bnoi atu ki taku k\u014Dk\u0101 me taku tipuna kia hara mai m\u0101 r\u0101ua aku tamariki e ako, e whakat\u014D ki roto i aku tamariki te tino aroha m\u014D Te Reo nei.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000406\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira kua tangi te pere! Me mihi au ki Te K\u014Dhanga, ki ng\u0101 kura, ng\u0101 kura kaupapa M\u0101ori, ng\u0101 kura \u0101-iwi, ng\u0101 kura auraki e kawe nei Te Reo. Ka mihi hoki ahau ki ng\u0101 W\u0101nanga, ko r\u0101tau e kawe ana hoki i t\u0113nei Reo. \u0112ngari mehemea k\u0101re e puta atu ki te r\u0101ngai m\u0101tauranga, ki waenganui i a t\u0101tau katoa, he Reo m\u014D te m\u0101tauranga, k\u0101re m\u014D t\u0101tau katoa. N\u0101 reira, anei an\u014D t\u0101ku, me akiaki, me whakahau t\u0101tau, kia k\u014Drerohia t\u0113nei Reo ahakoa he aha. N\u0101, ahakoa ka wareware Te Minita ki te paku mihi ki t\u0113nei r\u014Dp\u016B t\u014Drangap\u016B, e tautoko ana i ng\u0101 mahi kia whai mana ai t\u0113nei pire. Kei te tautoko hoki Te P\u0101ti N\u0101hinara t\u0113nei mahi, n\u0101 reira, ka taea ki roto i t\u0113nei Whare. N\u014D reira, huri noa ki a koutou katoa e mahitahi ana m\u014D t\u0113nei kaupapa \u0101taahua. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora t\u0101tau katoa!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, but, at the same time, acknowledgments to us throughout our House this afternoon. Hikurangi and Aorangi are my mountains. Waiapu and Waitaki are my rivers, Porourangi and Tahu P\u014Dtiki, who married Hamoterangi, are my ancestors, and I am a descendant of theirs; greetings, salutations, and welcome to you all! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000408\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EThe sentiments expressed about the M\u0101ori language in regard to this bill are correct. The language and its protocols are a treasure\u2014correction\u2014the protocols that relate to our M\u0101ori languages. Each and all of our M\u0101ori tribes here in New Zealand have their own variations, attractive aspects, and dialects; the different languages of all peoples here in New Zealand. I endorse the tributes accorded to you, the Minister for M\u0101ori Development. This responsibility was borne by you for this lengthy period; by you two and your co-leader, and you as well M\u0101rama! You two are the faces of the M\u0101ori Party at this point in time, and Sir Pita and Dame Tariana in their time. And so to all of you who bore this responsibility, my huge compliments to you all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000409\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EWhen I was growing up back home, back in Ru\u0101t\u014Drea, M\u0101ori was the only language that flowed as I was growing up. And to my understanding it was the M\u0101ori of Ng\u0101ti Porou. It was not the M\u0101ori language; it was the M\u0101ori language of Ng\u0101ti Porou; and the M\u0101ori language of that hap\u016B, that hap\u016B, and that wh\u0101nau as well. So I learnt M\u0101ori before I went to school, despite statements made that M\u0101ori was banned by the Government of that era, and amongst the homes was my mother of that generation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000410\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EMy father came from the South Island. He was not able to speak the Ng\u0101i Tahu M\u0101ori but he was very proud of his Ng\u0101i Tahu side in the midst of Ng\u0101ti Porou. Consequently I heard M\u0101ori while I was at school. Some of my aunties and uncles are here this afternoon listening to these contributions. So I went to Ngata College, that college which commemorates Sir Apirana Ngata; it was there I was educated in the M\u0101ori language. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000411\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EI then went on to Waikato University. All the tutors there were from T\u016Bhoe and also from Waikato\u2014each of them showcasing the beauty of their dialects! While I was there, I wrote my thesis for my Masters in University M\u0101ori. When I read my writings now, I have absolutely no idea what these statements are saying. But at that time I really wanted to show the world that, by crikey yes, the M\u0101ori language has a status. That is why I wrote it in M\u0101ori! Even though we\u2014us here\u2014continue to hear that my delivery in M\u0101ori is not too flash or inarticulate at times, so what; that is my challenge to us. It is not about this bill but rather that we must speak M\u0101ori. Regardless of the ups, the downs, or whatever, it is imperative that we speak this language. If we do not do that, it will not happen! We will continue to be afraid to speak this M\u0101ori language, even though it has been enacted by law\u2014right? That is the real challenge for us all. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000412\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EIn regard to the bill as well, I will say it will not enact this language of ours. The M\u0101ori language has its own place in the bill, but it is a must-have in this House and in the wider community. I remain uneasy about the speed at which our protocols and the M\u0101ori language are being enacted into these laws. I am concerned about that because outside of this House we are all hearing: \u201COh, the Government and the Crown are doing it! They punished us in past years but we come back into this House once again to follow up on this bill, and to enact our protocols!\u201D. However, that is fine. This is a new world for all of us.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000413\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003ENow, in regard to the M\u0101ori language, perhaps the member Nanaia addressed the question: is this a language for us only, for tribes, for M\u0101oridom, or is it for all of us? If we truly believe Te Reo is the indigenous language of this country, we are all from here, be it M\u0101ori or P\u0101keh\u0101 who are from another country\u2014they belong here, do they not? If you genuinely want to hear our language and theirs as well alongside our sport, in our schools, and in our workplaces or wherever, I say to us all, let us speak this language, all of us, to strengthen it in this country and broadcast it worldwide. That to me is going to be one of the biggest challenges for us. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000414\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003ENow, in regard to this role of mine in the Ministry of Education. Yes, I am very much in favour of the M\u0101ori language being taught in all New Zealand schools with the resources to strengthen the language\u2014but the challenge once again for us is whether all teachers will remain in the schools? It is a hard one to work through; it is really difficult. At this point I pay tribute to the M\u0101ori language nurseries. Learning the M\u0101ori language by our wee ones, our babies, is the root of what goes on in M\u0101ori language nurseries. I sent my babies to k\u014Dhanga by starting my own one because I considered this a matter worth pursuing. I begged my aunt and grandfather to come. I got those two to teach and instil into my children a real empathy for this M\u0101ori language.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000415\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226e1ead03-bf7f-496a-a02f-ce52859c58c1\u0022\u003EAnd there goes the bell! I salute the M\u0101ori language nurseries, the primary and secondary M\u0101ori-medium schools, the tribal, and the mainstream schools teaching the M\u0101ori language. I also acknowledge M\u0101ori and mainstream universities and those teaching the M\u0101ori language too. But if it does not extend beyond the education sector and reach us all, it will become a language for academics and not for all of us. Therefore, I must reiterate, we must encourage and exhort ourselves to speak the M\u0101ori language, regardless of the consequences. Despite the fact that the Minister overlooked a small acknowledgment to this political party, it endorses the actions taken to enact this bill. The National Party supports this and, consequently, makes it possible in this House. Therefore, to all of you throughout who worked together on this beautiful initiative, well done and congratulations to you collectively. My appreciation to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022 data-id=\u002267bc77607fb64ccb943f6c00a9de3f04\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000416\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002267bc77607fb64ccb943f6c00a9de3f04\u0022\u003EKELVIN DAVIS (Labour\u2014Te Tai Tokerau):\u003C/span\u003E I tipu ake ahau i roto i t\u0113tahi whare reo kotahi, kore e taea t\u014Dku p\u0101p\u0101 r\u0101ua ko t\u014Dku m\u0101m\u0101 ki te k\u014Drero i Te Reo M\u0101ori n\u0101 reira, waimarie ana m\u0101tou ko \u014Dku tu\u0101kana, taku tuahine, i whai m\u0101tou t\u0113tahi kaiako tino rangatira, tino tohunga rawa, ko Charles Berryman t\u014Dna ingoa, te teina o M\u0101nu Paul, n\u0101na m\u0101tou i whakaakongia ki te k\u014Drero i t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo. I t\u012Bmata m\u0101tou i te t\u012Bmatanga o te haikura, reo kotahi, e 5 tau kua pahure ake nei, kotahi te mahi i pahurengia ahau i roto i te seventh form, ar\u0101, ko Te Reo M\u0101ori. Ahakoa te 51 paih\u0113neti taku tatau i roto i te whakam\u0101tautau, kua p\u0101horengiak\u0113tia ahau. Koia te mea nui! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000417\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EN\u0101 reira, kei te m\u014Dhio ahau ng\u0101 piki me ng\u0101 heke o t\u0113nei mea te ako i Te Reo M\u0101ori. E m\u014Dhio ana ahau i te whakam\u0101 ki te eke ki runga i t\u014D m\u0101tou marae me te kore m\u014Dhio he aha ng\u0101 k\u014Drero e whakahaerengia ki runga i te marae. I rongo hoki ahau te whakam\u0101 o t\u014Dku p\u0101p\u0101 e eke ana i te marae, kore i te m\u014Dhio, me p\u0113hea ia. Ko te mea tino nui rawa atu, pouri rawa atu, ko \u014Dna m\u0101tua, t\u014Dku koroua r\u0101ua ko taku kuia, tino matatau rawa r\u0101ua ki Te Reo. Ko r\u0101ua \u0113tahi i p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 ko Te Reo P\u0101keh\u0101, te reo m\u014D te ao \u0113ngari, waimarie ana ahau kia whiwhi i t\u0113tahi m\u014Dhioranga i \u0101ianei ki te k\u014Drero i t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000418\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI te t\u012Bmatanga o te p\u0101nuitanga tuarua i t\u012Bmata a Marama Fox me \u0101na kupu \u201CHareruia, hareruia!\u201D m\u014D t\u0113nei pire. N\u0101ku i mea atu, ka whakataihoa ake ahau i aku hareruia kia kite r\u0101 an\u014D i ng\u0101 hua o t\u0113nei pire. Kua mutu te w\u0101hanga m\u0101m\u0101 noa iho, ar\u0101, ko te tuhinga o t\u0113nei pire. I n\u0101ianei ko ng\u0101 mahi pakeke, ng\u0101 mahi uaua, kia whai hua t\u0113nei pire m\u0101 o t\u0101tou tamariki, k\u014Dhungahunga, rangatahi me ng\u0101 hapori M\u0101ori, me k\u012B, \u0113hara m\u014D ng\u0101 hapori M\u0101ori anah\u0113 \u0113ngari m\u014D ng\u0101 hapori wh\u0101nui kei roto i Aotearoa ahakoa M\u0101ori, P\u0101keh\u0101, a wai atu r\u0101nei. Mehemea ka ora t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo me k\u014Drero te katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000419\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EMehemea kei roto i t\u0113nei pire ng\u0101 kupu \u201CHe taonga Te Reo M\u0101ori\u201D, he taonga m\u014D Te Motu wh\u0101nui. Ko t\u0101tou ng\u0101 kaitiaki, k\u0101re e kore, \u0113ngari, m\u014D t\u0101tou katoa o Te Motu t\u0113nei taonga Te Reo M\u0101ori i te mea, n\u0101 Te Minita a Hekia i mea mai \u201CMe k\u014Drero Te Reo ahakoa kei hea, ahakoa ki a wai!\u201D. E pai ana t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drero \u0113ngari, m\u0113n\u0101 e hiahia ana ahau te haere ki roto i te toa kei roto o Kait\u0101ia ki te hokohoko \u0101ku mea, m\u0113n\u0101 kore e taea e te tangata kei tua o te counter ki te k\u014Drero M\u0101ori mai ki ahau, e kore e taea e au te k\u014Drero i Te Reo i ng\u0101 w\u0101hi katoa. N\u0101 reira, koia t\u0101ku e akiaki ana i Te Motu wh\u0101nui kia tautokongia t\u0113nei pire. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000420\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EE tika ana he mea pai kua tuhia te pire ki roto i ng\u0101 reo e rua, Te Reo M\u0101ori me Te P\u0101keh\u0101, \u0101, he mana t\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori ki runga ake i t\u014D Te Reo P\u0101keh\u0101 mehemea, he raru i waenganui i te whakap\u0101keh\u0101tanga. E pai ana t\u0113n\u0101! He mea tika \u0113ngari koia t\u0101ku i k\u012B ai, e pai ana w\u0113n\u0101 \u0101huatanga \u0113ngari, ki te kore t\u0101tou e kite w\u0113tahi hua kei roto i ng\u0101 tau e t\u016B mai nei, he maumau taima! He maumau taima te tuhia t\u0113nei ki roto i Te Reo M\u0101ori mehemea i roto i te 30 tau, e kore e taea e \u014D t\u0101tou tamariki te p\u0101nuihia t\u0113nei ture. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000421\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EE tautoko ana ahau i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o te tuahine nei a Nanaia e p\u0101 ana ki te whakap\u0101hatanga. T\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero a Te Karauna m\u014D te kore whakap\u0101ha ki te iwi M\u0101ori m\u014D te w\u0113putanga \u014D \u014D t\u0101tou tamariki kei roto i ng\u0101 kura ko ng\u0101 pire Tiriti ka k\u0101horengia. Kei roto i aua pire he whakap\u0101hatanga \u0113ngari i te ata nei, e toru ng\u0101 pire Tiriti, t\u0101 Tauranga Moana, t\u0101 Ng\u0101ti P\u016Bkenga, t\u0101 Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. I roto i aua pire e toru ng\u0101 whakap\u0101hatanga m\u014D te muru whenua, te raupatu whenua, w\u0113r\u0101 \u0101huatanga katoa \u0113ngari, horekau he whakap\u0101hatanga kei roto i aua pire mo te w\u0113putanga o ng\u0101 tamariki kei roto i ng\u0101 kura, me te raruraru kua p\u0101 nei ki t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo. N\u0101 reira, koia t\u0101ku e k\u012B ana mehemea e pai ana ki te whakaae i w\u0113puhia ng\u0101 tamariki i roto i ng\u0101 kura, e pai ana ki te whakap\u0101ha m\u014D aua hara o ng\u0101 kaiako, o te ture. N\u0101 te ture i whakamanahia. I pai kia w\u0113puhia ng\u0101 tamariki e k\u014Drero M\u0101ori ana. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000422\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E[I grew up in a monolingual household. Neither my father nor my mother could speak M\u0101ori; however, my older brothers, my sister, and I were fortunate to have an excellent teacher, an absolute expert by the name of Charles Berryman, the younger brother of M\u0101nu Paul, who taught us to speak our language. We began monolingual at the start of high school; 5 years later the only subject I passed in the seventh form was M\u0101ori language. Although I got only 51 percent in the exam, I passed it. That was the main thing! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000423\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003ESo I am aware of the ups and downs in regard to learning the M\u0101ori language. I know about being embarrassed when I go on to our marae and do not know what is being said in the talk during the proceedings. I also felt the embarrassment of my father in that situation in terms of not knowing and not knowing how to deal with it. The most significant and saddest thing about it was that his parents\u2014my grandfather and grandmother\u2014both of them, were absolutely fluent and native speakers of the language. They were two of those who mistakenly thought the English language was the language of the world, but I was lucky to get some understanding now about speaking our language. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000424\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EAt the start of the second reading Marama Fox began with the words \u201CHallelujah, hallelujah!\u201D in regard to this bill. I said to her that I would be cautious about my hallelujah until I see what the outcomes of this bill are. The easy part is done\u2014in other words, writing the bill. The more onerous and more arduous task now is to ensure that this bill realises outcomes for our children, preschoolers, youth, and M\u0101ori communities\u2014let us say not just for M\u0101ori communities, either, but for the wider communities in New Zealand, be they M\u0101ori, P\u0101keh\u0101, or whoever! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000425\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EIf our language is to survive, everyone must speak it. If the words \u201CThe M\u0101ori language is a treasure\u201D are in this bill, then it is a treasure for the nation at large. Without a doubt we are the guardians; however, this treasure, the M\u0101ori language, is for all of us, the nation, because Minister Hekia said to us \u201CSpeak the language regardless of the place and to whomever!\u201D. It is fine to say that, but if I want to go into a shop in Kait\u0101ia to purchase things for me and the person on the other side of the counter cannot speak M\u0101ori to me, then I am unable to speak the language everywhere. So that is why I am urging the nation to support this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000426\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EIt is a good thing indeed that the bill has been written in two languages, M\u0101ori and English, and that the M\u0101ori language version is above the English version should there be any discrepancies in the translation. That is fine! That is appropriate. However, as I keep harping on, those situations are all right, but if we do not see any benefits in the coming years ahead, it would be a waste of time! Writing this in the M\u0101ori language, if in 30 years\u2019 time our children are unable to read this bill, will have been a sheer waste of time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000427\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI support the contributions by this sister colleague Nanaia relating to the apology. One of the statements the Crown made as to why there was no apology to M\u0101oridom for the corporal punishment administered to our children in schools was that the Treaty claims bills that have been passed already have an apology in them. But this morning there were three Treaty bills, belonging to Tauranga Moana, Ng\u0101ti P\u016Bkenga, and Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa. In each of those three bills were apologies for land confiscation, land taken by force, all those kinds of things; however, there was no apology in those bills about corporal punishment administered to children in schools and the problem concerning our language. So that is why I have been saying that it is fine to admit that children were punished in schools for speaking M\u0101ori and to apologise for sins committed by the teachers and the law. The law enacted it. It was accepted that children were to be punished for speaking M\u0101ori.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000428\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI will just translate some of the things I have said because I really want to make myself clear. It is great that this bill is reaching its final stages. In the second reading Marama Fox started off her speech with: \u201CHallelujah, hallelujah! It\u2019s about time this has happened.\u201D I agree. The big thing is that I am going to hold off my hallelujahs until I start to see the results of this bill because every 3 years the number of speakers declines by 1 percent. So in the next 3 years\u2014so by 2019\u2014we do not just expect to reverse that 1 percent decline; we actually want to see a 1 percent growth. In fact, we want to see more than 1 percent growth in the number of speakers of Te Reo M\u0101ori.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000429\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EDuring the select committee process and the Committee stage, also, I spoke about the purpose of the bill not being explicit enough, because I joined the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee right at the end of this process, and the thing that jumped out at me from the bill was that it did not have the purpose of the bill being that we would increase the number of speakers of Te Reo M\u0101ori and that we would increase their fluency. I believe that should have been front and centre in the purpose of this bill. It was added. It is about the third clause down in the purpose clause and under a couple of other subclauses\u2014clause 3(3)(b). I think that that should be right front and centre, because if we are not going to grow the number of M\u0101ori speakers and if we are not going to increase the fluency of M\u0101ori speakers, then what is this bill going to achieve? If we are going to see a 1 percent decline every 3 years in the number of M\u0101ori speakers, then in 30 years\u2019 time we are basically going to have nobody left who can understand and read this bill, and that to me is more important than it actually being written in M\u0101ori.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000430\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EThere is a lot of work to do. The easy part has been completed. We have got this bill, and now we have to move on into the future. We are going to have the Maihi M\u0101ori and the Maihi Karauna. I say that the Maihi M\u0101ori must increase the number of contexts within communities where Te Reo M\u0101ori can be spoken. It needs to be able to support homes. Yes, schools\u2014we have got to be careful that we do not put the burden or the onus of ensuring the survival of Te Reo M\u0101ori on schools. I think that is really unfair. I think that this is something that all corners of our community, all people in our communities, need to support us with, because if I want to walk into a shop in Kait\u0101ia to buy something and the person over the counter there cannot speak M\u0101ori, then I cannot use M\u0101ori in all the contexts that I could use English in. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000431\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EI think I said it before in a debate on this bill that people take for granted that we can just speak English wherever and whenever we want, but for the M\u0101ori who wants to speak M\u0101ori we cannot actually do that. We do not have the numbers of contexts any more in our communities where we can speak M\u0101ori to whomever, whenever. We need communities to get in behind and we need P\u0101keh\u0101 to get in behind us, because in this bill it does say that Te Reo M\u0101ori is a taonga. It is a taonga for the whole country, not just for us. We are the kaitiaki, but it is a taonga for everybody.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000432\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EJust one last story: when I was in Cardiff I remember standing on the train station and looking up. There was this sign written in Welsh. It said \u201CPlatform 9\u201D in English underneath, and in Welsh it said something that looked like \u201CCwllcllcwll\u201D\u2014the Welsh language is all \u201CC\u201Ds and \u201CL\u201Ds. I just thought: \u201CWell, is that not wonderful? Here in Wales, just on the train station, this is just a little sign, and it is bilingual. Why do we not have that sort of thing in New Zealand?\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000433\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003EThat is what we need. That is the sort of thing that this bill needs to ensure that we can see M\u0101ori everywhere, we can hear M\u0101ori everywhere, and we can speak M\u0101ori anywhere and to anyone at any time. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022 data-id=\u0022d527c5acfda34a038e46536acf626e4b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000434\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d527c5acfda34a038e46536acf626e4b\u0022\u003ENUK KORAKO (National):\u003C/span\u003E \u0100, t\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, \u0101, huri noa i Te Whare nei. E ng\u0101 tohuka o Te Reo M\u0101ori, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, e mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. E Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, kua tae tonu te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori ki t\u014Dna whakamanataka. \u0112hara i te huarahi m\u0101m\u0101 te haere o t\u0113nei pire kia tae ki te p\u0101nuitaka tuatoru, \u0113hara hoki i te mahi m\u0101m\u0101 m\u014D Te Minita Te H\u014Dnore Te Ururoa Flavell ki te arataki mai i te pire ki konei. Me mihi au ki Te Minita m\u014D te mutuka pai mai o te pire nei, m\u014D ng\u0101 whitiwhitinga k\u014Drero m\u014D te pai hoki o t\u0101 t\u0101tau mahitahi kia eke ai te pire. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000435\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EKa mihi au ki a T\u0101 Pita Sharples, koinei tana pire mutuka i mua i t\u014Dna wehenga i Te Whare nei. Ahakoa ng\u0101 panonitaka ki te pire, mai i t\u014Dna kuhunga tuatahi mai, ka mihi tonu ki a T\u0101 Pita Sharples m\u014D t\u0113nei \u0101whina nui m\u014D te oranga o Te Reo M\u0101ori. Me mihi r\u0101 ki ng\u0101 \u0101piha m\u014D ng\u0101 \u0101whina mai i te komiti whiriwhiri i ng\u0101 take M\u0101ori. Kia ora T\u012Bmoti, kia ora Ben, m\u014D t\u0113n\u0101, tae rawa atu ki ng\u0101 \u0101whina o Te Tari Ture o Te P\u0101remata, Briar, T\u012Bpene/Stephen, t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drua. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000436\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EKia huri ki t\u0113nei pire, te pire tuatahi kei roto katoa i Te Reo M\u0101ori, me te reo Ingarihi kia mara ake i te taha o Te Reo M\u0101ori te tuakana. K\u0101ore e mutu aku mihi ki ng\u0101 kaiwhakam\u0101rama reo \u0101-waha m\u014D ng\u0101 \u0101whina ki te komiti whiriwhiri i ng\u0101 take M\u0101ori. E Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, i kapi te taha m\u014D ng\u0101 take o te pire e te komiti. He r\u0101 nui, whakaharahara m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori t\u0113nei r\u0101, i te whakamanataka o te pire nei. E whakapono ana au, ka haruru te rongo i te pire whakaora reo, p\u0113nei ki t\u0113nei whakatupuraka. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000437\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EI mua i te otinga o aku k\u014Drero, me mihi au ki Te H\u014Dnore Nanaia Mahuta m\u014D t\u0113nei t\u0101piritaka n\u0101na i whakatakoto. E Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, k\u0101ore m\u0101tau o t\u0113nei taha i tautoko i te t\u0101paetaka n\u0101 reira, k\u0101ore e whai w\u0101hi ki te pire nei. Hoi, ka mihi ahau ki te mema me t\u014Dna hiahia kia wh\u0101nui atu ki te whakaaetaka me te whakap\u0101ha a Te Karauna me tana w\u0101hi m\u014D patunga i Te Reo M\u0101ori. Kino, kino rawa atu ng\u0101 mahi a Te Karauna ki Te Reo M\u0101ori, kia m\u0101rama pai ki t\u0113r\u0101. Hoi, kei roto i ng\u0101 whakataunga ker\u0113me, kei waenganui i Te Karauna me t\u0113n\u0101 iwi, me t\u0113n\u0101 iwi, he whakaaetaka a Te Karauna m\u014D \u0101na mahi ki Te Reo M\u0101ori. Ko te mea pai ki a au, he whakaaetaka ka h\u0101ngai ki t\u0113n\u0101 ake iwi, ki t\u0113n\u0101 ake iwi. He rerek\u0113 te oro o Te Reo i t\u0113n\u0101 rohe, i t\u0113n\u0101 rohe. He rerek\u0113 hoki ng\u0101 whiunga a Te Karauna ki Te Reo i t\u0113n\u0101 rohe, i t\u0113n\u0101 rohe. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000438\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EI Te Wai Pounamu, t\u0113r\u0101 te w\u0101 i tata mate Te Reo M\u0101ori. E kore e mutu ng\u0101 mihi ki ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata o Te Ika-\u0101-M\u0101ui e moemoe ki roto i a K\u0101i Tahu. E mau te aroha m\u014D Te Reo ki a m\u0101tau. I ng\u0101 tau tata nei, ka pau te kaha o ng\u0101 mea p\u0113r\u0101 i a Hana O\u2019Regan, i a Tahu P\u014Dtiki, i a Rev. Maurice Manawaroa Grey, i a Eru T\u0101rena, n\u0101, ki te whakaora i Te Reo M\u0101ori ki roto o K\u0101i Tahu. Kia mahara t\u0101tau, \u0113hara n\u0101 ng\u0101 mahi a Te Karauna anake i p\u0101heke ai t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000439\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EKei wareware t\u0101tau ki ng\u0101 rakatira whai mana p\u0113r\u0101 i a T\u0101 Apirana Ngata, i kaha ki te tautoko kia reo Ingarihi ng\u0101 kaupapa ako i ng\u0101 tamariki. Ko te titiro a ng\u0101 rakatira nei, ka ng\u0101wari ake te kuhu a Te M\u0101ori ki te ao t\u0101whitiwhiti a te P\u0101keh\u0101 m\u0113n\u0101, e m\u014Dhio r\u0101tau ki te k\u014Drero P\u0101keh\u0101. Hoi, i te kuhunga ki te ao P\u0101keh\u0101 k\u0101tahi ka h\u0113 rawa atu t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo. E Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, ko te whakaaetaka me te whakap\u0101ha a Te Karauna, me te patu i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo t\u0113tahi mea tino nui rawa atu. Ahakoa t\u0113r\u0101, k\u0101ore i te tika kia wh\u0101nui rawa taua whakap\u0101ha. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000440\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EKei te rongo ake i te aroha i roto i te hiahia o Te H\u014Dnore Nanaia Mahuta, kia p\u0113r\u0101 te horapa o te whakap\u0101ha i runga tonu o \u0113tahi ng\u0101 takahitanga i ng\u0101 tau ki mua. Hoi, ko te huarahi kua takoto e Te Minita, kua whai w\u0101hanga ki t\u0113nei pire, koir\u0101 pea te whakap\u0101ha tika ake. Kei roto i t\u0101 Te Minita whakap\u0101ha, e r\u0101rangi ana ng\u0101 t\u016Bkinotaka i rongo ai e Te R\u014Dp\u016B Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, tae atu ki ng\u0101 whakaaetaka a Te Karauna kei roto i ng\u0101 whakataunga o ng\u0101 ker\u0113me a t\u0113n\u0101 iwi, a t\u0113n\u0101 iwi, tata noa ki t\u0113nei r\u0101. Kei konei te p\u016Bmautaka a Te Karauna kia mahitahi m\u014D ng\u0101 iwi me ng\u0101 M\u0101ori ki te whakaora, ki te tiaki i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo \u0101 ng\u0101 r\u0101 kei te t\u016B. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000441\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EHe h\u014Dnore ki ahau te noho hei heamana m\u014D te komiti whiriwhiri take M\u0101ori i te w\u0101 o te pire nei. Whakapono ai au he pire nui t\u0113nei m\u014D te whakaora i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo. E Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, ka t\u0101pae au i te pire ki Te Whare. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, e mihi atu ana ki a koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003E[Thank  you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and everyone throughout the House. I acknowledge you, the experts of the M\u0101ori language; greetings and acknowledgments to you all. The M\u0101ori Language Bill is nearly at the end of its journey. This bill\u2019s journey to its third reading has not been an easy one; neither has the Hon Te Ururoa Flavell\u2019s task in guiding it here been easy. I acknowledge the Minister for M\u0101ori Development for finishing off this bill well, for undertaking the negotiations, and how well we have worked together to get the bill here. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000443\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EI pay a tribute to Sir Pita Sharples, as this was his final bill before he left Parliament. Despite the amendments to the bill when it was first introduced, I acknowledge him still for this massive assistance in terms of the revitalisation of the M\u0101ori language. I must acknowledge the officials for the assistance they provided to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. Thank you T\u012Bmoti and Ben for that, as well as the assistance by the Parliamentary Counsel Office, notably Briar and T\u012Bpene/Stephen\u2014yes, you two. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000444\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EAnd so I turn to this bill, the first one that is totally in the Maori language, which takes precedence over the English version alongside it. My acknowledgments remain boundless to the interpreters and translators in terms of the assistance they provide to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. The purpose in regard to this bill has been covered. Today is a significant and great day for the M\u0101ori language when this bill is enacted. I believe the fame of the revitalisation of the language bill, like to this generation, will reverberate. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000445\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EBefore I conclude my contribution I acknowledge the Supplementary Order Paper 165 that the Hon Nanaia Mahuta submitted. We on this side do not support the submission, and as a consequence there is no place for it in this bill. However, I do acknowledge the member in her desire to expand the Crown\u2019s acknowledgment and apology and the part it played in the punishment of the M\u0101ori language. The Crown\u2019s actions upon the M\u0101ori language were really terrible and despicable; let us be clear about that. However, there is a Crown acknowledgment, between the Crown and each tribe, relating to its actions against the M\u0101ori language. What I like about it is that it is tribe specific. The dialect in that region and that region differs; Crown regional punishments vary. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000446\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EThe problem in the South Island was that the M\u0101ori language had all but disappeared at the time. We are ever grateful to the people from the North Island who married into Ng\u0101i Tahu. We caught the passion for the M\u0101ori language from them. Much energy was expended in recent years by people like Hana O\u2019Regan, Tahu P\u014Dtiki, Rev. Maurice Manawaroa Grey, and Eru T\u0101rena to restore the M\u0101ori language within Ng\u0101i Tahu. We must remember that the decline of our language was not due to Crown action. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000447\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EWe must never forget noble leaders like Sir Apirana Ngata, who pushed hard for English to be the main language for educational purposes. The viewpoint taken by these leaders was that it would be easier for M\u0101ori to make their way through a P\u0101keh\u0101 world if they were proficient in English. But this proficiency in English impacted badly on our language. There is an acknowledgment that the punishment of our language was a really significant factor in the demise of the M\u0101ori language, and for that we have an apology from the Crown. Regardless of that, a blanket apology is not the right way to go. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000448\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EI feel the empathy in the desire by the Hon Nanaia Mahuta that the apology be a broad one over the injustices of years past. But there is provision in this bill for the pathway presented by the Minister. That apology is perhaps the more appropriate one. It refers back to the injustices that were heard by the Waitangi Tribunal, and the acknowledgments that the Crown has made in Treaty settlements to date. It also goes on to reiterate the Crown\u2019s commitment to working with tribes and M\u0101oridom to revitalise and protect our language in the future. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000449\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002229c236aa-2283-4690-9a84-aa865404bb61\u0022\u003EI deem it an honour to be the chairman of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee during the period of this bill. I believe this is a significant bill to revitalise our language, and so I submit the bill to the House. My appreciation and thanks to you collectively and to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022 data-id=\u00222f593e4ff9c34fd8bd1dc952219f987f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000450\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222f593e4ff9c34fd8bd1dc952219f987f\u0022\u003EMARAMA DAVIDSON (Green):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te M\u0101ngai, huri noa ki a t\u0101tau i t\u0113nei Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u0100e, ka t\u016B au, he mokopuna t\u0113nei n\u014D ng\u0101 iwi o Te Tai Tokerau, \u0101, n\u014D reira, n\u014D Ng\u0101puhi, n\u014D Te Rarawa hoki; whakawhiti atu ki Te Tai R\u0101whiti, he uri t\u0113nei n\u014D Ng\u0101ti Porou. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. \u0100, ka p\u014Dti whakaae ana Te R\u014Dp\u016B K\u0101k\u0101riki i Te Pire Reo M\u0101ori nei. N\u014D reira ko te tuatahi, i rongo au i t\u014D k\u014Drero e Te Minita H\u0113kia Parata me te wero, ahakoa te aha, me t\u016B m\u0101tau ki te k\u014Drero i Te Reo i ng\u0101 w\u0101 katoa. I mua i t\u014Dku t\u016B i noho ahau e whakaaro ana: \u201CMmm, ka p\u012Brangi au ki te tuku k\u014Drero pai, \u0101, me t\u016B au ki te k\u014Drero i te reo pihikete\u2014te reo Ingarihi. \u014C, pai t\u0113n\u0101, \u0101e.\u201D I tuhi au i ng\u0101 tau kua pahure i t\u0113nei k\u014Drero e p\u0101 ana ki te haerenga o taku Reo: \u201CEnglish slides from my lips like silk and makes rough the sandpaper utterance that is currently my mother tongue.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000451\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u0112ngari, ahakoa t\u0113r\u0101 i rongo au i t\u014D whakaaro rangatira, m\u0113n\u0101 ka noho mataku m\u0101tau, ka noho wahang\u016B m\u0101tau, ng\u0101 ihu h\u016Bp\u0113 ki ng\u0101 take Reo M\u0101ori katoa, \u0101, ka noho mataku m\u0101tau ng\u0101 ihu h\u016Bp\u0113 ki ng\u0101 take reo M\u0101ori katoa. N\u014D reira, au\u0113, ka t\u016B au ki te k\u014Drero m\u014D t\u0113nei k\u014Drero katoa i roto i Te Reo M\u0101ori. Kaua e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113, ko ng\u0101 kupu M\u0101ori t\u0113nei pepa, ko ng\u0101 kupu Ingarihi anake. Au\u0113! I titiro au; \u0101e, he pai t\u0113nei pepa, he pai hei tautoko hou m\u0101ku ki te tuku k\u014Drero h\u014Dhonu, \u0101e! \u0112ngari, i roto i te reo Ingarihi anake. \u0100 n\u014D reira, t\u0113r\u0101 pea ka karawhiua aku taringa e kaimahi \u0101 muri i t\u0113nei\u2014k\u0101o, k\u0101o! N\u0101ku t\u0113nei pepa i hanga hei pou tautoko \u0113ngari, kei hea ng\u0101 kupu M\u0101ori? Horekau? Horekau ng\u0101 kupu M\u0101ori ki t\u0113nei pepa. He pepa e p\u0101 ana ki te pire, \u0101e, \u0113ngari i roto i te reo Ingarihi anake. N\u014D reira, n\u014Dku te h\u014Dnore ka t\u016B au ki te kite i a koutou ng\u0101 tohunga reo, ng\u0101 kaiako reo, ng\u0101 kaitautoko, ng\u0101 kaimahi hoki o t\u0113nei pire, he mihi h\u014Dhonu ki a koutou katoa. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000452\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E\u0100, ko te t\u012Bmatanga o taku k\u014Drero, ko te huarahi o t\u0113nei pire. \u014C, tuatahi t\u0113r\u0101 pea me mihi ahau ki a koe, e Te Tohunga, e Te Taniwha hoki, T\u012Bmoti K\u0101retu, t\u0113r\u0101 pea me whakakapi \u014D taringa ki \u014Dku hapa\u2014k\u0101o, k\u0101o; a haere tonu ahakoa te aha. Mihi atu ki a T\u0101 Pita Sharples m\u014D tana mahi i te t\u012Bmatanga, ahakoa ki a m\u0101tau ng\u0101 K\u0101k\u0101riki, ahakoa \u014D m\u0101tau \u0101wangawanga i t\u0113r\u0101 pire hukihuki, hoi an\u014D i aua raru kua puta mai t\u0113nei pire pai ake. N\u014D reira, mihi atu ki Te Minita Te Ururoa Flavell, me Te R\u014Dp\u016B Tohutohu Reo M\u0101ori m\u014D te mahi whakapaipai\u2014kia ora, kia ora!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000453\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EI ng\u0101 w\u0101 katoa, i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero m\u014D te huarahi reo m\u014D t\u0101tau o Aotearoa, tika ana ka hoki aku mahara ki ng\u0101 piki me ng\u0101 heke o te huarahi o Te Reo. N\u014D reira, ka huri au ki a r\u0101tau kua whakamanahia t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo Haerenga, mai r\u0101 an\u014D ki t\u0113nei w\u0101. N\u014D reira, mihi aroha, mihi h\u014Dhonu ki a koutou\u2014p\u0113r\u0101 ki t\u014Dku kuia n\u014D Hokianga, a Patricia Charlotte Grace Broughton, kia ora!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000454\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EOK. H\u0101! Hei t\u0101 m\u0101tau o ng\u0101 K\u0101k\u0101riki, e rua ng\u0101 rautaki\u2014Te Maihi M\u0101ori me Te Maihi Karauna. Ki a m\u0101tau ko te mea nui, ka pupuri tonu Te Karauna ki te mahi whakamana i Te Reo. Ki a m\u0101tau ko t\u0113r\u0101 te mea nui o ng\u0101 kaupapa e rua; e mahi ng\u0101tahi ana Te Maihi Karauna me Te Maihi M\u0101ori, he pai t\u0113n\u0101. Pai ki a m\u0101tau hoki, ka noho kaha tonu Te Taur\u0101 Whiri me Te M\u0101ngai P\u0101oho ki te tautoko, ki te hiki i te mahi o Te Karauna m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori; pai ki a m\u0101tau hoki. Ka tirotiro m\u0101tau i te mahi, te haere o te mahi a Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. P\u0113hea te mahi whiriwhiri i ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata m\u014D te poari? P\u0113hea te mahi tuku p\u016Btea m\u014D te mahi whakakaha i Te Reo? Ka noho m\u0101tau o ng\u0101 K\u0101k\u0101riki, ka \u0101ta tirotiro e p\u0113hea ana t\u0113n\u0101 ng\u0101 hua, ka aha r\u0101nei? An\u014D hoki, \u014D, k\u0101o. Kua k\u014Drero k\u0113 m\u014D t\u0113n\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000455\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EI tautoko m\u0101tau o ng\u0101 K\u0101k\u0101riki i ng\u0101 pepa tautoko, ng\u0101 pepa whakatika e toru pea: ko te pepa whakap\u0101ha, tuku whakap\u0101ha, te pepa tono m\u0101 Te Karauna ki te tuku whakap\u0101ha. N\u014D reira, he mihi atu ki t\u014Dku tuakana, a Nanaia Mahuta. \u0100e, he whakaae tonu kei roto i te pire, \u0101e, he tika t\u0113n\u0101 \u0113ngari, i tautoko m\u0101tau ng\u0101 K\u0101k\u0101riki ki te tuku whakap\u0101ha k\u0113. I tautoko hoki m\u0101tau i te pepa whakatikatika m\u014D ng\u0101 rangatahi me ng\u0101 w\u0101hine m\u014D te poari o Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. Ka tautoko m\u0101tau i t\u0113n\u0101. An\u014D hoki, ka tautoko m\u0101tau ng\u0101 K\u0101k\u0101riki i t\u0101ku pepa whakatikatika ki te hanga arotake motuhake. \u0100e, kai te m\u014Dhio ahau he arotake tonu kei roto i t\u0113nei pire \u0113ngari, he arotake i Te Karauna k\u0113. Ki ahau, ki a m\u0101tau, i kaha rawa atu te arotake mana motuhake i t\u0113nei arotake Karauna. Au\u0113! \u0100e, \u0101e! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000456\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EKai te m\u014Dhio m\u0101tau, ko t\u0113nei te t\u012Bmatanga noa iho. \u0100e, kua tuku k\u014Drero p\u0113r\u0101, ki te whakaaro ko t\u0113nei te t\u012Bmatanga noa iho. K\u0101ore t\u0113nei te mutunga o Te Reo. K\u0101ore t\u0113nei te katoa o te haerenga m\u014D te mahi whakakaha i Te Reo\u2014\u0101, n\u014D reira, hoki mai ki ahau. I n\u0101ianei, ka taea e aku tamariki katoa\u2014tokoono, \u0101e, \u0101e, \u0101e! Ki \u014D karu, \u0101e, e tamariki tonu ana ahau, \u0101e! Ng\u0101 tamariki tokoono ka taea e r\u0101tau te m\u0101takitaki, te rongo i t\u014D r\u0101tau m\u0101m\u0101 te t\u016B ki roto i t\u0113nei Whare, e k\u014Drero ana i t\u014D r\u0101tau Reo T\u016Bpuna ahakoa taku wiriwiri, ahakoa ng\u0101 hapa katoa. \u0100, n\u014D reira, he pai ki ahau t\u0113nei mahi a Te Minita. He pai ki ahau t\u0113nei w\u0101hanga, ka t\u016B m\u0101tau katoa i t\u0113nei Whare P\u0101remata ki te k\u014Drero i roto i Te Reo, ki te tautoko i t\u0113nei pire. He r\u0101 whakahirahira t\u0113nei, n\u014D reira. T\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tau katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000457\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and acknowledgments to you all throughout this House. Yes, I am this grandchild who belongs to the tribes of the North and, therefore, of Ng\u0101puhi and Te Rarawa too; and across to the East Coast, this one is a descendant of Ng\u0101ti Porou. I therefore rise and acknowledge you all! The Green Party votes in favour of this M\u0101ori Language Bill. In the first instance, I heard your statement, Minister H\u0113kia Parata, and the challenge in that, regardless of the situation, we must express ourselves in the M\u0101ori language at all times. Before I got up I was wondering: \u201CMmm, I want to say something nice so it might be better if I say it in biscuit talk\u2014in English. Of course, yes, I must do that.\u201D Years ago I wrote in an essay about how my M\u0101ori was progressing: \u201CEnglish slides from my lips like silk and makes rough the sandpaper utterance that is currently my mother tongue.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000458\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EThat aside, I heard your profound message in that if we choose to live in fear, we the novices in all matters pertaining to the M\u0101ori language will remain silent forever. So I stand with some trepidation to deliver my entire contribution in M\u0101ori. No worries, this paper is about M\u0101ori words, but it has English words only! Heck! I have had a look\u2014yes, this paper is fine, it will be a good one to help me deliver something of deep significance\u2014great\u2014but it is all in English. In that case my ears might get slapped afterwards by the office staff\u2014no, no, not true! I put these notes together to help me, but where are the M\u0101ori words? Nothing? The M\u0101ori bits are not on this paper. It was a paper relating to this bill, yes, but it was solely in English. Therefore, it is my honour indeed to stand here and to see you experts, tutors, and supporters of the M\u0101ori language, and the officials, as well, of this bill. My profound acknowledgments to you. I salute you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000459\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EMy address will commence on the bill\u2019s procedure. Oh, but perhaps, in the first instance, I need to take cognisance of your presence the expert of all experts, the deity of all deities, T\u012Bmoti K\u0101retu, and seek that you might cover your ears please to any grammatical blunders I make during my delivery in M\u0101ori\u2014no, no, only joking; regardless of what happens, I forge on. I acknowledge Sir Pita Sharples\u2019 contribution in the beginning despite the concerns of the Green Party with that first draft, but out of those issues has emerged this very much improved bill. So I commend the Minister for M\u0101ori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, and the M\u0101ori Language Advisory Group for the improvements\u2014thank you and well done!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000460\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EIn all the times and discussions about the procedure of the M\u0101ori language for we of New Zealand, it is fitting that thoughts go back to the ups and downs of the M\u0101ori language procedure. Therefore, I turn to those who enacted our Reo Haerenga, from way back to the present time. So, an affectionate and deep-hearted love to you collectively\u2014like my revered elder nanny from Hokianga, Patricia Charlotte Grace Broughton, thank you!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000461\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003ENow then, we of the Green Party note that there are two strategies\u2014the Maihi M\u0101ori one and the Crown one. The vital thing to us about the Crown strategy is that it maintains the power to enact the M\u0101ori language. Of the two strategies, that is the most important one to us; the Crown and M\u0101ori stategies work to collaborate and that is good. We are also pleased that the M\u0101ori Language Commission and the M\u0101ori Broadcasting Funding Agency will continue to work hard to support and lift the performance of the Crown where the M\u0101ori language is concerned; we like that as well. We will continue to monitor the performance and operations of Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. How does the selection process for the board work? How does funding to assist activities that revitalise M\u0101ori language recovery work? We of the Green Party will sit down to critically discern how those outcomes are doing, what is happening to them, or determine whether they be reviewed or not. That has been accounted for.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000462\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EWe of the Green Party have endorsed the three Supplementary Order Papers: the apology one, the submitting the apology one, and the one seeking the Crown apology. In that regard I acknowledge our elder colleague, Nanaia Mahuta. Yes, it is confirmed that there is an apology. That is correct, but we in the Green Party wanted to submit a separate apology of our own. We also supported an amendment that sought seats on Te M\u0101t\u0101wai board for youth and women. We support that. The Green Party also supported my own Supplementary Order Paper 167 to create a special review framework. Yes, I am aware there is a provision for a review in this, but it reviews the Crown instead. I think we consider that the review of the Crown should be a more robust and an independent one than the one proposed here. Heck yes, even more so!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000463\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a5f0fe84-01e8-4eb3-a590-0025017c4243\u0022\u003EBut we do concede that this is merely a beginning. Yes, we have submitted a statement like that with the suggestion that this is only a starting point. This is not the end as far as the M\u0101ori language is concerned. This is not all of the trips to seek an apology for the M\u0101ori language\u2014and so I come back to me personally. It is possible now for all my children, all six of them\u2014yes, yes, yes! Yes, to your eye, I am still one, quite so! It is possible for the six of them to watch and hear their mum as she stands in this House, speaking in their ancestral language despite my nervousness plus all my grammatical errors. And what the Minister has done appeals to me. All of us standing up here in this House speaking M\u0101ori resonates with me. I enjoy this part where we speak M\u0101ori to support this bill. This is a significant day, so I therefore acknowledge us all. Thank you.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022 data-id=\u00229a705342a1d14645aff9f391fcfe5ce8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000464\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229a705342a1d14645aff9f391fcfe5ce8\u0022\u003EPITA PARAONE (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe Mr Assistant Speaker, t\u0113n\u0101 hoki t\u0101tou, t\u0113n\u0101 hoki ng\u0101 kaimahi o Te Minita e noho nei i waenganui i Te \u2018hare nei. Ki a koutou hoki karekau k\u0113 au i kite atu i a koutou \u0113ngari, koutou mai i waho o Te \u2018hare i kawe atu i t\u0113nei kaupapa, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. \u0100, i maranga au i te ata nei, \u2018hakaaro ana au i te urunga mai o te pire nei m\u014D te w\u0101hanga mutunga, hiahia ana au kia k\u014Drero i roto o t\u014D t\u0101tau reo P\u0101keh\u0101 n\u0101 te mea, t\u014Dku hiahia kia m\u0101rama mai te katoa o te \u0101huatanga o aku k\u014Drero \u0113ngari, tae mai au ki konei \u2018hakarongo ki ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i puta, mai i Te Minita, i t\u0113n\u0101 o ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero i t\u016B ake i mua i a au, \u2018hakaaro ana au, \u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 pea e tika ana kia k\u014Drero i roto o t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo Rangatira. \u0112ngari kia m\u014Dhio mai koutou \u0113hara m\u0101 t\u0113nei pire e tohu mai ki a au kia k\u014Drero M\u0101ori. N\u0101 reira, he tohu t\u0113n\u0101 kia m\u014Dhio mai kua tae k\u0113 te kanohi mang\u016B o T\u0101mati e p\u0101 ana ki te pire nei, kia ahatia? Ng\u0101 mihi ki Te Minita, ka mihi hoki ki ng\u0101 mema o te komiti \u2018hakawhiriwhiri i ng\u0101 take M\u0101ori, kia kawea mai te pire ki t\u0113nei w\u0101hanga.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000465\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EKei konei \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 mea m\u0101harahara kei a m\u0101tou i roto o Aotearoa Tuatahi. I roto o t\u014D m\u0101tou \u2018hakaaro, \u0113hara t\u0113nei i te pire kia tino \u2018hakaorangia t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo Rangatira n\u0101 te mea, kei konei \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 huarahi i w\u0101tea ki a t\u0101tou i \u0101ianei n\u0101. M\u0113n\u0101 ka titiro atu m\u0101tou te kaupapa a te K\u0101wanatanga i roto i ng\u0101 K\u014Dhanga Reo, ng\u0101 Kura Kaupapa, ng\u0101 Reo Rua, \u0101, me ng\u0101 Whare W\u0101nanga hoki. Ahakoa kei reira ng\u0101 huarahi \u0113ngari, kei te taka haere ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero o t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo Rangatira. M\u0101ku e mea atu ko te rongo\u0101, kia \u2018hakakahangia e te K\u0101wanatanga ng\u0101 p\u016Btea o \u0113nei r\u014Dp\u016B. \u0112ngari i roto te pire nei, horekau he k\u014Drero m\u014D te p\u016Btea. K\u0101o! Koin\u0101 te mate, kei taihoa m\u0101tou m\u014D t\u0113n\u0101. E aha ana te take kia taihoa m\u0101tou? Koin\u0101 te mate. N\u0101 reira i a au nei i k\u014Drero ki te \u0101huatanga o te pire i \u0101ianei n\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000466\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ETuarua, ka kite atu i ng\u0101 r\u014Dp\u016B \u0101-rohe, e k\u012B nei regional clusters of iwi. Ahakoa, horekau e m\u014Dhio ana he aha n\u0101 ng\u0101 whakaaro o t\u0113n\u0101 o ng\u0101 r\u014Dp\u016B i waho o Te Tai Tokerau \u0113ngari, t\u0113nei t\u016B ka k\u014Drerohia te \u0101huatanga o te r\u014Dp\u016B m\u014D Te Tai Tokerau. Pai atu kia \u2018hakar\u0101rangi ng\u0101 iwi o te k\u0101inga\u2014\u0113ngari aro ana au, ko Te Kawerau-\u0101-Maki, ko Ng\u0101ti Rehua, ko Ng\u0101ti Manuhiri, ko Ng\u0101ti Whatua-\u014D-Kaipara, \u0101, ko Ng\u0101ti Wh\u0101tua-\u014D-\u014Cr\u0101kei, n\u014D waho o Te Tai Tokerau aua iwi. N\u0101 reira, koin\u0101 te take i t\u016B tetahi hui ki roto o Te Tai Tokerau kia \u2018hakawhiriwhiringia te kaupapa nei. Ka k\u012B mai tetahi r\u014Dp\u016B, he r\u014Dp\u016B tino nui rawa atu o te k\u0101inga \u0113ngari ki a au, o te ao\u2014Ko Ng\u0101ti Hine t\u0113n\u0101\u2014ka mea atu ki w\u0101 r\u0101tou kaik\u014Drero, kia muku atu ng\u0101 \u012Bngoa, kia \u2018hakar\u0101rangitia te rohe, waihotia ki reira n\u0101 te mea, i raro i t\u0101 r\u0101tou kaupapa e korekau e tika ana, kia tukuna atu tetahi iwi hei kaik\u014Drero m\u014D r\u0101tou. N\u0101 reira, w\u0113n\u0101 te take i tono atu ki a r\u0101tou ki taua hui \u0113ngari, karekau k\u0113 i tau t\u0113n\u0101 whakaaro.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000467\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E\u0112ngari te mea e kata ana au, ko ia tetahi o ng\u0101 r\u014Dp\u016B i roto i Te Tai Tokerau, e t\u016B kaha ana ki te kawe atu i t\u0113nei kaupapa \u0113ngari ko te nuinga o ng\u0101 iwi o te hau k\u0101inga, horekau he kaupapa p\u0113nei. Tua atu i t\u0113n\u0101, m\u0113n\u0101 ka kite ana i \u0101 t\u0101tou te \u0101huatanga o te r\u014Dp\u016B nei Te M\u0101t\u0101wai; he r\u014Dp\u016B kaik\u014Dkiri i te kaupapa kia whakaorangia t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo m\u014D Te Iwi M\u0101ori, \u0101, me Te M\u0101ori hoki. W\u0113n\u0101 ng\u0101 kupu i roto te pire nei. M\u0113n\u0101 e kite ana t\u0101tou ki Te Iwi o Kahungunu, Ng\u0101i Tahu, me Tainui, kua riro k\u0113 i a r\u0101tou i \u0101ianei n\u0101. K\u0101re r\u0101tou i tatari mai kia \u2018hakamana i te pire nei. N\u0101 reira, e hakaaro ana m\u0113n\u0101 kei a r\u0101tou te kaupapa nei kia whakaorangia t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo i roto i w\u0101 r\u0101tou rohe, he aha ana te take kia whai pire? He aha ana te take kia hangangia te r\u014Dp\u016B Te M\u0101t\u0101wai ki te tohutohu ki a r\u0101tou? N\u0101 reira, koin\u0101 te take e mea atu ki Te \u2018hare nei, kei roto te rongo\u0101 whakaorangia i t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo Rangatira i w\u014D t\u0101tou ringaringa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000468\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EM\u0113n\u0101 e hiahia ana t\u0101tou ki te noho tonu kua kore t\u0101tou e kite atu i te maha o ng\u0101 kaik\u014Drero o t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo rangatira e piki ana i roto o Aotearoa. I rongo au i te k\u014Drero o te tuahine a H\u0113kia i tana p\u0101tai, ko wai t\u0113nei pire, m\u014D wai? M\u014D te iwi M\u0101ori nahe? M\u014D te iwi wh\u0101nui o Aotearoa r\u0101nei? N\u0101 te mea taku kitenga i t\u0113nei w\u0101, \u0101, ko te iwi wh\u0101nui e t\u016B kaha ana, e hiahia ana ki te ako i t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo Rangatira i t\u0113nei w\u0101. Inap\u014D, ka kite au i t\u0113tahi tauira P\u0101keh\u0101, t\u016B kaha ana ki te k\u014Drero M\u0101ori, i runga te pouaka whakaata. N\u0101 reira, m\u0101ku e mea atu ki a t\u0101tou o Te Ao M\u0101ori, kia t\u016Bpato\u2014kua riro te kaha ki te k\u014Drero i t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo Rangatira i ng\u0101 P\u0101keh\u0101! Ahau nei n\u0101, horekau he raru ki t\u0113n\u0101, \u0113ngari, karekau k\u0113 e hiahia ana t\u0101tou o Te Ao M\u0101ori kia amuamu an\u014D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000469\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ETua atu i t\u0113n\u0101, ka kite ana au i t\u0113tahi r\u0101rangi schedule 3A, \u201COrganisations comprising Te Reo Tukutuku\u201D. M\u0113n\u0101 e kite ana i a t\u0101tou te pire nei, kei konei tetahi r\u014Dp\u016B karekau k\u0113 e hiahia ana kia noho ki roto te r\u014Dp\u016B nei. Horekau m\u014Dhio ana he aha te tino take e hiahia ana r\u0101tou i t\u0113n\u0101. \u0112ngari, ko te r\u014Dp\u016B Ng\u0101 Kaiwhakap\u016Bmau i Te Reo M\u0101ori, n\u0101 r\u0101tou i tono atu ki Te Minita, kia mukua atu t\u0101 r\u0101tou r\u014Dp\u016B mai i t\u0113nei pire. Ki a au nei, koin\u0101 tetahi o ng\u0101 mea e m\u0101harahara ana au\u2014he aha ana te take? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000470\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EKa mutu, ka huri taku whakaaro ki te \u2018hakap\u0101ha i uru mai i Te Minita. M\u014Dhio ana au, m\u0113n\u0101 karekau k\u0113 t\u0101 m\u0101tou tangata i roto o Te Tai Tokerau, a Dover Samuels, i puta mai i wana k\u014Drero, au\u0113, k\u0101rekau i t\u0113n\u0101 pea. E tika ana kia tono atu ki Te Karauna kia hakap\u0101ha mai ki a t\u0101tou o Te Ao M\u0101ori, i te w\u0101 i wepua r\u0101tou m\u014D te haere ki te kura ki te k\u014Drero M\u0101ori; n\u0101 reira, koin\u0101 te take, ki a au nei, e kite ana t\u0101tou i te \u2018hakap\u0101ha i tuhia atu e Te Minita i roto o Te Whare nei. Ahakoa kei te tautoko w\u0113n\u0101 whakaaro a Te R\u014Dp\u016B Reipa, kia ahatia. \u0112ngari, i tae atu ki te mutunga o taku mihi, taku k\u014Drero, k\u0101rekau m\u0101tou e kite atu i t\u0113nei pire, he pire rongo\u0101 hei \u2018hakaora tonu i t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo Rangatira. N\u0101 reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koe t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000471\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. Acknowledgments to us all, to the Minister\u2019s officials seated in our midst here in this House, and to those of you whom we are unable to see but are out there away from this House and this debate that is being broadcast to you; salutations, greetings, acknowledgments to you collectively. When I got up this morning and thought about the arrival of this bill before us for its final stage, I was intending to deliver my speech in our English language because I wanted to ensure that every aspect of my contribution would be covered and understood. But when I got here and listened to the Minister for M\u0101ori Development and to the others who preceded me, I reconsidered and decided it might be more fitting perhaps if I spoke in our esteemed language. But you must understand that the mind change was not due to this bill compelling me to speak M\u0101ori, in actual fact it is signalling that T\u0101mati\u2019s face\u2014of darkened complexion, as far as this bill is concerned\u2014is speaking to it. Acknowledgments to the Minister, and also to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee who progressed the bill to this point.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000472\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EThere are some concerns here for we in New Zealand First. It is our view that this bill will not assist the revitalisation of our noble language, because there are procedures that are readily available to us at this very moment. Let us consider the Government\u2019s policy in regard to k\u014Dhanga reo, M\u0101ori-medium schools, bilingual schools, and M\u0101ori-medium at tertiary level as well. Although systems are there, the number of fluent speakers of our esteemed language continues to fall. I assert that to remedy this decline the Government needs to make more funding available to these institutions. However, there is no funding provided in this bill. That is the problem; we cannot hang on for that. Why must we wait and see what happens\u2014 hanging on is the problem. That is an aspect of this bill as I am talking about right now.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000473\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003ESecondly, I note the regional groupings are as per regional clusters of iwi. Even though I do not know what the situation is in regions outside Northland, I can stand here and talk about the situation as it relates to us in the North. Grouping ourselves back home as a tribal cluster is fine, but as far as Kawerau-\u0101-Maki, Ng\u0101ti Rehua, Ng\u0101ti Manuhiri, Ng\u0101ti Whatua-\u014D-Kaipara, and Ng\u0101ti Wh\u0101tua-\u014D-\u014Cr\u0101kei are concerned, those ones are deemed to be outside of Te Tai Tokerau. And that was the reason a meeting to negotiate this matter was held in Te Tai Tokerau. A rather prominent and sizeable group at home, but to me in the world\u2014I refer to Ng\u0101ti Hine\u2014asked their representatives to delete the list of iwi and replace it with a regional map, and leave it at that because, according to their policy, it is not right for some other representative to speak for them. That is the reason why they were invited to that meeting, but the matter was not resolved.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000474\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EBut what amuses me is that Ng\u0101ti Hine is one of the clans in the North who is a strong supporter of language revitalisation. Most of the other iwi clans back home have not progressed their M\u0101ori language programmes to the point that Ngati Hine is at today. Furthermore, if we look at what this Te M\u0101t\u0101wai group is about, it is one that has been established to revitalise the M\u0101ori language for the M\u0101ori people and M\u0101oridom as well. Those are the words in this bill. If we look at what the tribes of Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, Ng\u0101i Tahu, and Tainui have done, they have already instigated initiatives to restore their language. They have not waited for this bill to be enacted. So I am wondering, if they have found a way to restore our language in their regions, why is there a need to have this bill? Why set up a Te M\u0101t\u0101wai group to advise them? That is what I have to say to this House\u2014the remedy to restore our noble language is in our very own hands.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000475\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EIf we do nothing we will never see the growth of M\u0101ori language speakers in Aotearoa. I heard the tenor of my sister colleague H\u0113kia\u2019s sentiments when she asked who this bill is for. For Maori only? Or for the people of New Zealand at large? Because as far as I can see at this point in time, the general population\u2019s support is strong, and they are really wanting to learn our noble language. Last night I saw an example of a P\u0101keh\u0101 talking fluently in M\u0101ori on television. My warning to us of M\u0101oridom is to be careful\u2014or the ability to speak our esteemed language fluently will become dominantly P\u0101keh\u0101! For me, personally, I do not have a problem with that, but I do not want us in M\u0101oridom to moan about that as well.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000476\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EFurther to that, I refer to the line, schedule 3A, \u201COrganisations comprising Te Reo Tukutuku\u201D. If we have a look at this bill, there is a group here who do not want to be in this panel. I do not really know the real reason why they do not wish to be a part of that. However, the Ng\u0101 Kaiwhakap\u016Bmau i Te Reo asked the Minister to delete their group from this bill. That is a somewhat perplexing situation to me\u2014what is the reason?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000477\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cba965bb-864f-4e06-99dc-6fcdfd007ad5\u0022\u003EFinally, my thinking turns now to the apology the Minister introduced. I know for a fact that if our man from the North, Dover Samuels, had not come out with his passionate comments about it, heck, there would not have been an apology. How apt indeed that an apology be sought from the Crown to those of us of in M\u0101oridom for the time it punished us for going to school to talk M\u0101ori; to me, that is the reason why we are seeing an apology in this House. And at the same time we endorse those sentiments by the Labour Party, regardless. And so I have reached the end of my congratulatory statements and address. We really do not see this bill as a long-term remedy in the revitalisation of our noble language. So acknowledgments to you, and my appreciation to us all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022 data-id=\u00226ca98af22ad44104ba6ec8d189627f0b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000478\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226ca98af22ad44104ba6ec8d189627f0b\u0022\u003EJOANNE HAYES (National):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, i mua i te t\u012Bmata ki taku k\u014Drero e hiahia ana ahau he k\u014Drero e p\u0101 ana ki te karanga waea i t\u014Dku mokopuna i te p\u014D. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000479\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201CRing ring! Nanny J! Nanny J! Kei te ako au he Reo M\u0101ori i taku kura!\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000480\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201CAw! Ka pai mokopuna! He kura P\u0101keh\u0101?\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000481\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201C\u0100e, Nanny J, he kura P\u0101keh\u0101!\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000482\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201CKei te aha koe i ng\u0101 kupu e m\u014Dhio ana e mokopuna?\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000483\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u0100, he k\u014Drero ia, he k\u014Drero ia, he k\u014Drero ia. Kei te t\u016B au ki te mutunga o te waea n\u0101 te mea, ka k\u014Drero ia i te p\u014D e roa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000484\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. Before I start my address I want to relate a telephone conversation with my grandchild last night. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000485\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201CRing ring! Nanny J! Nanny J! I am learning some M\u0101ori at my school!\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000486\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201CAw! Well done, grandchild! A P\u0101keh\u0101 school?\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000487\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201CYes, Nanny J, a P\u0101keh\u0101 school!\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000488\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u201CWhat are you doing with the words that you know, grandchild?\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000489\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EHe talks, and talks, and talks, and I stand up to end the telephone conversation, because he will talk long into the night.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000490\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EWhat I was just saying there is that my mokopuna is learning Te Reo M\u0101ori at his playgroup. I am really proud that he is doing that, because I have not had a chance to teach him anything in Te Reo M\u0101ori. So when he rang me last night and told me that, I posted it on Facebook, and a whole lot of my friends came on and said: \u201CE kuia, you\u2019d better hurry up yourself, so you can have good k\u014Drero with him.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000491\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EKei te mihi au ki ng\u0101 kaimahi a Te Minita m\u014D \u014D r\u0101tou mahi m\u014D t\u0113nei pire, \u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Ki te wh\u0101nau tautoko i t\u0113nei pire, ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000492\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u0100, t\u012Bmata i te pire, e rua ng\u0101 mea i whakakore ia Te Ture m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori 1987 me te W\u0101hanga 4A o Te Ture P\u0101p\u0101ho 1989. Ka whakat\u016B te r\u014Dp\u016B Te M\u0101t\u0101wai, whaka\u016B \u0113nei huringa Reo M\u0101ori hei taonga o Te Iwi me Te M\u0101ori. Whakah\u0113 ana te iwi ririki kei te ako i Te Reo me Te M\u0101ori hei Reo e p\u0101 ana m\u014D Aotearoa (i), he (a). Te whakat\u016B Te M\u0101t\u0101wai hei hinonga ture motuhake ki te whakarato i te \u0101rahitanga m\u014D \u014D whakahaere reo iwi me Te M\u0101ori i roto i t\u014D t\u016Branga hei kaitiaki o Te Reo M\u0101ori, he r\u0101rangi 19(1)(e) i roto e tautoko o taua t\u016Branga. Whakarato hoki i te hokohoko o Te Taur\u0101 Whiri i Te Reo M\u0101ori, me Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi rite ki te hinonga Karauna motuhake. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000493\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EKua riro nui te mahi ki t\u0113nei pire tika ki runga ki t\u0113nei r\u0101 me te p\u012Brangi meinga t\u0101tau hohoro. N\u0101 reira, ka mutu taku k\u014Drero, he k\u014Drero iti ki te whakatauk\u012B i te rangatira wahine n\u014D Tainui ia, ko Te P\u016Bea H\u0113rangi: \u201CKo te p\u016B\u0101waitanga o ng\u0101 moemoe\u0101 me whakamahi.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000494\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E[I acknowledge the officials of the Minister for M\u0101ori Development for their efforts on this bill, and so I commend you. A huge acknowledgment to all of you who supported this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000495\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI commence with the bill, and there are two things: the repealed M\u0101ori Language Act 1987 and Part 4A of the Broadcasting Act 1989. Te M\u0101t\u0101wai is established to affirm these changes of the M\u0101ori language as a treasure that belongs to the tribe and M\u0101oridom. A minority teaching the language with M\u0101oridom oppose the M\u0101ori language as a language for New Zealand in (i) and (a). Te M\u0101t\u0101wai is established as an independent entity to provide leadership in terms of your administration of tribal dialect and M\u0101ori in your position as a guardian of the M\u0101ori language. There is a clause 19(1)(e) in it supporting that role. It also markets the M\u0101ori Language Commission and the M\u0101ori Broadcasting Funding Agency like independent Crown entities. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000496\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EMuch effort has gone into this bill; let us focus directly upon this day in the hope that we get on with it quickly. Therefore I end my address with a few words from that proverb by that noble lady from Tainui, Te P\u016Bea H\u0113rangi: \u201CImplement that which will come to fruition through dreams.\u201D]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000497\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EDreams become reality when we take action, and today we will take action on this bill. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u002248c3e879e1fd4beab5d01afebf94c9ad\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000498\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002248c3e879e1fd4beab5d01afebf94c9ad\u0022\u003EThe ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: The call is a split call. Marama Fox\u20145 minutes. T\u0113n\u0101 koe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022 data-id=\u0022f84219f5e0264274b536b1362369f4a8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000499\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f84219f5e0264274b536b1362369f4a8\u0022\u003EMARAMA FOX (Co-Leader\u2014M\u0101ori Party):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101. Harer\u016Bia, harer\u016Bia, harer\u016Bia e Te Whare, kua tae mai ki t\u0113nei rangi! \u0112hara i te mea ko te pire nei t\u0113n\u0101 hai whakatika i t\u014D t\u0101tou Reo, k\u0101rekau! \u0112ngari an\u014D he huarahi t\u0113nei, he huarahi h\u014Du! Mai r\u0101 an\u014D m\u0101tau kua whawhai, kua h\u012Bkoi, kua porot\u0113hi i runga i te huarahi m\u014D Te Reo, te rangatiratanga, ng\u0101 take whenua katoa. H\u014Dmai te p\u016Btea ki a m\u0101tou e Te K\u0101wanatanga m\u0101 m\u0101tou t\u0113n\u0101 e kawe! Koir\u0101 te karanga, koir\u0101 te take e h\u012Bkoikoi ai t\u0101tau Te Iwi M\u0101ori ki runga i te whenua. I n\u0101ianei, kua riro i a t\u0101tau te p\u016Btea me te mana i roto i Te M\u0101t\u0101wai! E hika, kai hea atu i te iwi, te tiaki pai i t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000500\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EMai r\u0101 an\u014D t\u0101tau kua whawhai m\u014D t\u0113nei kaupapa, kua wero i Te K\u0101wanatanga, i n\u0101ianei, kua whai mana Te Reo i roto i Te Ture, kua whai mana t\u014D t\u0101tau iwi hai kawe i t\u0113nei kaupapa, te kaupapa whakaora ai i t\u014D t\u0101ua Reo! Koir\u0101 te take e harer\u016Bia atu ana! Me k\u014Drero t\u0101tau i te k\u0101inga ka tika! Ko t\u014D t\u0101tau tupuna t\u0113n\u0101 a Paora P\u014Dtangaroa, n\u0101na te k\u012B i roto i tana \u014Dh\u0101k\u012B, \u201Cka ngaro Te Reo o Wairarapa \u0113ngari m\u0101 ng\u0101 tamariki Te Reo e whakahokia mai\u201D, ka tika, ka tika! Kua mate mate haere ng\u0101 kaum\u0101tua i te k\u0101inga, k\u0101re m\u0101tau i te m\u014Dhio ki t\u014D t\u0101tau Reo \u0113ngari an\u014D, kai Te Whare Pukapuka o Aotearoa nei, e 120 ng\u0101 pukapuka i Te Reo M\u0101ori n\u0101 \u014D m\u0101tau ake t\u016Bpuna i tito, ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o Te Whare W\u0101nanga, ng\u0101 k\u014Drero m\u014D Mohi M\u0101torohanga, m\u014D N\u0113pia K\u014Dh\u016Bh\u016B. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000501\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EN\u0101 Te Whatahoro t\u0113n\u0101, n\u0101 Kumeroa \u0100poro t\u0113n\u0101, ng\u0101 kaitito kai roto i Te Whare W\u0101nanga. \u0112ngari an\u014D m\u014D Te Wairarapa ake, k\u0101re e paku m\u014Dhio te wh\u0101nui m\u014D aua pukapuka i ng\u0101 tau kua hipa atu. Kai roto i ng\u0101 Whare W\u0101nanga aua k\u014Drero e rere haere ana, k\u0101re tonu m\u0101tou i te k\u0101inga e paku m\u014Dhio ki aua k\u014Drero, kua ngaro k\u0113 Te Reo! \u0112ngari, harer\u016Bia, harer\u016Bia m\u014D ng\u0101 kuia i whakat\u016B ai i ng\u0101 K\u014Dhanga Reo, kai taku ng\u0101kau te mahi o Te K\u014Dhanga Reo, e Te Kahurangi Iritana, kai te mihi atu ki a koe me t\u014D kaupapa. \u0112hara i te mea ko koe anake, m\u014Dhio pai au ki ng\u0101 kuia kai roto i \u014D r\u0101tou whare, \u014D r\u0101tou whare rau e akiaki ana i t\u014D t\u0101ua Reo. Kararaina, ko koe an\u014D t\u0113n\u0101 e tautoko ana i Te Kahurangi i t\u0113nei w\u0101 \u0113ngari an\u014D, m\u014D te kaupapa o Te K\u014Dhanga Reo. K\u0101tahi ka whai atu ki te whakatinana i Te Aho Matua hei kaupapa m\u0101 Te Kura Kaupapa M\u0101ori. Kai konei aua ng\u0101 kura, Ng\u0101 Mokopuna, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000502\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EKanap\u016B, t\u0113n\u0101 koe, i kawea mai \u014D tamariki, mai i Te Kura Kaupapa M\u0101ori o Ng\u0101 Mokopuna. Te Kura M\u0101ori o Porirua, kai konei koutou. Kai te mihi atu ki a koutou me \u014D koutou kaiako! Mel, kei te tika t\u0113n\u0101 n\u014D te mea, kei roto i te ringa o ng\u0101 tamariki, mokopuna, t\u014D t\u0101ua Reo. Koinei taku wero atu ki ng\u0101 iwi, ng\u0101 m\u0101ngai i runga i Te M\u0101t\u0101wai, tukua, \u0101e, tukua ki te hunga rangatahi. Tukua ng\u0101 t\u016Bru ki te hunga rangatahi, w\u0101hine m\u0101, t\u0101ne m\u0101! K\u0101re au i te \u0101wangawanga m\u014D Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. Kai te m\u014Dhio au mehemea ka tukua ki ng\u0101 tangata tika, ka ora tonu ai t\u014D t\u0101ua Reo. Kai roto i \u014D koutou n\u0101 ringaringa tamariki m\u0101, mokopuna m\u0101, rangatahi m\u0101, m\u014D ng\u0101 rangi kai te heke mai. K\u0101re Te Ture i te oranga o Te Reo, ko te tangata k\u0113! Kai roto i te ringa o te tangata! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000503\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EPaku mihi whakamutunga, ki a koutou o Te Taura Whiri, o Te M\u0101ngai P\u0101oho, he mahi kai te haere i roto i Te K\u0101wanatanga, hei whakaora ai i t\u014D t\u0101ua Reo. N\u0101 reira kai te mihi ki a koutou! T\u0101ngia Te Reo, whakat\u014Dhia mai te k\u0101kano i roto i te ng\u0101kau, kia pu\u0101wai ai t\u014D t\u0101ua Reo i runga i te whenua m\u014D t\u0101tau katoa, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000504\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah in the House; this day has arrived. It is not as though this bill will fix up our M\u0101ori language; not at all. Rather, it is a pathway, and an innovative one. We have been fighting, marching, protesting for some time now on the road for the M\u0101ori language, for sovereignty, and for all issues pertaining to the land. Oh Government, give us the funding; we can administer it. That has been the call. That is why we of M\u0101oridom marched throughout the country. Who else but iwi will do a better job at taking care of our M\u0101ori language? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000505\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EWe have been fighting for this for a long time. We have been challenging the Government, and now the M\u0101ori language has status through the Act. Our people have the authority and responsibility to advance this matter in terms of revitalising our M\u0101ori language. And that has given cause to exclaim \u201CHallelujah!\u201D. Of course, it is imperative that we speak it at home. It was that ancestor of ours Paora P\u014Dtangaroa who uttered in his dying speech: \u201CThe M\u0101ori language of Wairarapa will be lost, but it will be our children who will bring it back.\u201D How true, how right. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000506\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EThe elders who used the M\u0101ori language back home have all gone now, and we do not know our M\u0101ori language. However, in the National Library there are 120 books in the M\u0101ori language that our ancestors wrote for their records\u2014about Mohi M\u0101torohanga and N\u0113pia K\u014Dh\u016Bh\u016B. It was Te Whatahoro and Kumeroa \u0100poro who were scribes in the university. But for us born and bred in Te Wairarapa, we were totally unaware of those books as the years went by. Those stories are flying around in the universities, but we back home were totally ignorant of those stories because we had lost the M\u0101ori language. And so, hallelujah, hallelujah, and hallelujah for the kuia who set up the M\u0101ori language nurseries. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000507\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003EThe work of the k\u014Dhanga reo is quite dear to my heart. I salute you, Dame Iritana, and your scheme. It was not as though you were alone in that scheme. I am very aware of the many other kuia who were in their homes, in hundreds of homes, encouraging the use of our language. Kararaina, you too are one of those who supported Dame Iritana at the time of the M\u0101ori language nurseries scheme, and then you went on to develop Te Aho Matua philosophy as one for M\u0101ori-medium schools. Such schools are here today. Ng\u0101 Mokopuna, greetings to you all. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000508\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003ETo Kanapu, my thanks to you for bringing the children of Kura Kaupapa M\u0101ori o Ng\u0101 Mokopuna, and Te Kura M\u0101ori o Porirua are all here as well. I pay tribute to you and your teachers. Mel, it is correct, is it not, that our language is in the hands of our children now. And this is my challenge to the tribes and to the representatives of Te M\u0101t\u0101wai: let it be passed on. Release it to the younger generations. Give up the seats to the young people\u2014the young women and young men. I have no concerns for Te M\u0101t\u0101wai. I know that if the right people are appointed, our language will indeed survive. So the future is now in your hands, children and grandchildren, and all the young people. It is not the law that will bring back our M\u0101ori language; it is people. It is in the hands of people.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000509\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c3d9fd88-4715-419d-be08-e1c4eda7d09e\u0022\u003E In conclusion, a brief acknowledgment to you of the M\u0101ori Language Commission and the M\u0101ori Broadcasting Funding Agency\u2014there is still work to be done by the Government in reviving our language and so I compliment you all. Create the M\u0101ori language and plant the seed in the heart so that it will flourish upon the country for us all. I commend you collectively.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022 data-id=\u0022f1f8bd44e5ad4570b2bc448cf20bac98\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000510\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f1f8bd44e5ad4570b2bc448cf20bac98\u0022\u003EDENISE ROCHE (Green):\u003C/span\u003E Ka tangi te k\u0101k\u0101, ka tangi te t\u012Bt\u012B, ka tangi ko ahau, tihei mauri ora!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000511\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003E[The k\u0101k\u0101 laments, the muttonbird laments, and so do I. Behold the breath of life!]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000512\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003EI rise to take this call for the third and final reading of Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori / M\u0101ori Language Bill, which, I feel, is truly historic. Ko t\u014Dku nei wawata ka taea e t\u0101tou katoa e nohonoho nei ki a Aotearoa te tuku i Te Reo M\u0101ori, Te Reo o \u014Dku rangatira, Te Reo taketake o Aotearoa kia rere ai.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000513\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003E[My real wish is that all of us living here in New Zealand can unshackle the M\u0101ori language, the language of my esteemed ones and the indigenous language of New Zealand, and let it flow.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000514\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003EAll New Zealanders\u2014all of us\u2014should be able to speak our indigenous language. Some of us struggle with it, and we will continue. I see that if we learn this language, then we strengthen our nationhood. Of our total population, only 3.73 percent can hold a conversation in Te Reo M\u0101ori, and I am one of those 3.73 percent. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000515\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003ELanguage is not just about how we communicate; language forms us. Language\u2014our language\u2014expresses who we are and where we are from, and language dictates how we think. Twenty one percent of M\u0101ori speak Te Reo and it is slowly declining. The statistics show that there are more speakers of Te Reo M\u0101ori in the over-60-year-olds, and that kind of explains why there is that slow decline. As people get older and we are not bringing the others through, the reo starts to decline. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000516\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003EMy hope\u2014and I am sure it is the hope of this entire House\u2014is that this bill and the revitalisation strategies within it will reverse that decline. The benefit of Te Reo is that we know where we are from. We know who our people are. We know who we are. Essentially, we know our place in the world. And to be without that knowledge is to be dislocated from an essential part of the story about ourselves. It is all too common among M\u0101ori across this country, and that plays out in the woeful statistics that we see in health outcomes, in the early death rates, around our low educational achievements, in employment, and even in our pay rates. Te Reo is a taonga, and it is the Government\u2019s duty and the duty of all people in this country to protect it and work on it becoming the flourishing and beautiful language that it should be and that we should all have access to. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000517\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003EThe story of the decline of Te Reo in this country is the story of colonisation, and the true story of colonisation is not known by most New Zealanders because it is not taught in schools. We do not commemorate those who died in the Land Wars in the Waikato, for example, or have the mainstream understand that the true meaning of 5 November is not Guy Fawkes. The true meaning of 5 November is when 1,600 volunteers and armed constabulary invaded the peaceful settlement of Parihaka and arrested Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu K\u0101kahi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003EWithout that understanding of who we are, where we have come from, and the history of this land, then our nationhood is fractured, and the sad histories that are outlined in every Treaty bill\u2014the sad histories of iwi and hap\u016B\u2014are unknown to many New Zealanders . It is so, so terrible that most mainstream non-M\u0101ori New Zealanders do not even get to understand, or get an inkling of, what happened. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000519\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222df33ee5-23d6-441c-a9ba-6495aa69f9fd\u0022\u003EI have heard of kids my daughter\u2019s age talk about the fact that they do not learn anything about the Treaty of Waitangi, anything about the true history of this land, until they are at university. That is a sad indictment on all of us, and on all of us here in this Parliament, where we should be making laws to ensure that all our kids have access to the true history of this land and access to Te Reo M\u0101ori as a core subject in schools. We have got a long way to go, but this is a beginning. It is a continuation, but it is also a beginning, and the Greens are committed to getting there.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022 data-id=\u00220faf52af1b8a4f6080a6daeee4fca2f2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000520\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00220faf52af1b8a4f6080a6daeee4fca2f2\u0022\u003EDr SHANE RETI (National\u2014Whangarei):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Assistant Speaker. E rau rangatira m\u0101, e ng\u0101 iwi katoa, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Ko Ng\u0101ti Maniapoto r\u0101ua ko Ng\u0101ti Wai \u014Dku iwi n\u014D reira, kia ora mai t\u0101tou. E hikohiko ana ki te k\u014Drero e p\u0101 ana t\u0113nei mahi hirahira i t\u0113nei r\u0101. M\u014D ng\u0101 iwi katoa Te Reo, he taonga. M\u014D ng\u0101 iwi katoa t\u0113nei pire, e kaha Te Reo m\u014D te w\u0101 e heke mai nei. N\u0101 te mea i t\u0113nei t\u0101ima, e t\u016B ana ahau i roto i te aroaro o whaik\u014Drero whakamiharo, ka mahi te kupu n\u0101, \u0101, ka huri ki te reo tuarua.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000521\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Mr Assistant Speaker. To esteemed ones and to all tribes, I acknowledge you collectively. My tribes are Ng\u0101ti Maniapoto and Ng\u0101ti Wai, so greetings. I am enthused to make a contribution today on this significant matter. The M\u0101ori language is for all tribes, and it is a treasure. This bill is for everyone, and the language must be resolute in future times. At this moment I am standing before an audience of eloquent speech-makers in M\u0101ori who use it well; because of that, I turn to the second language.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000522\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003EIn the presence of such beautiful M\u0101ori language speakers, my humble offering pales. None the less, I want to commend this bill for how it embodies and preserves Te Reo in New Zealand culture. Clause 6A(2)(e) in Part 1 of this bill talks about how \u201Cknowledge and use of the M\u0101ori language enhance the lives of iwi and M\u0101ori:\u201D. I believe this to be true, and I believe it to be true for all New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000523\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003EEducational organisations recognise that being bilingual conveys definite benefits to students. They are more creative in their thinking, they have greater awareness of the syntax of language, they are more sensitive to the nuances of communication, and they are better able to detect hidden patterns and figures. In the learning context, I did enjoy Minister Parata\u2019s description, in the Committee of the whole House, of learning Te Reo and coming home and being corrected by her wh\u0101nau.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000524\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003EThere are many paths to learning Te Reo. My path was different. I had been in and out of night courses over the years and could not quite get to the next level. For me, the tipping point actually came in my early 40s. For my path, I had been running a free marae-based medical clinic west of Whangarei for 10 years. We reached our 10-year celebration and the local people said: \u201CShane, you do everything for us. What can we do for you?\u201D. I said: \u201CI really need to get to the next level of Te Reo. That\u2019s my goal. I\u2019ve been in and out of it, but I haven\u2019t got there. Can you help me with that?\u201D. What they said to me was: \u201CYeah, sure, Shane. Here\u2019s what we\u2019ll do. First of all, everyone who comes to the clinic from now on who speaks M\u0101ori, ka k\u014Drero i Te Reo anake\u2014they will only speak M\u0101ori to you.\u201D The second thing they said was: \u201CKura kaupapa is not an environment for adults to learn M\u0101ori, but the principal of the local kura kaupapa is of this area. If we speak with him and he agrees, here\u2019s the deal: one morning every week you will go to the kura kaupapa and you will take a 20-minute health message and teach it to the children there.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000525\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003ESo around about 2005, for the first term, every Thursday morning if you looked at my appointment book, you would see it struck out with \u201Chome visit\u201D. No, I was not on a home visit; I was sitting on a children\u2019s chair at the kura kaupapa, immersed in M\u0101ori, learning M\u0101ori with the children. Children were forgiving\u2014they forgave me my poor pronunciation. But what that immersion did do was tip me into that level of confidence and to the next level of speaking. For that, I am very grateful. I am grateful to the community, and I am certainly grateful for the people at the kura kaupapa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000526\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003EThis was my path to Te Reo, but many paths can arrive at the same destination. What is important is that we start the path and keep moving. In that spirit, then, and in the short call that I have here, I would like to commend the Minister for M\u0101ori Development, I would like to commend officials, and I would like to commend the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, led very ably by my friend and colleague Nuk Korako. In conclusion, I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u0022c9ce09060eb244f08df107af5180c787\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000527\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c9ce09060eb244f08df107af5180c787\u0022\u003EThe ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: The next call is a split call of 5 minutes\u2014Adrian Rurawhe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u0022daf9f2b76da34cfd9cb70f0d018f9249\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000528\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022daf9f2b76da34cfd9cb70f0d018f9249\u0022\u003EADRIAN RURAWHE (Labour\u2014Te Tai Hau\u0101uru):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare, otir\u0101, ko P\u0101raikaretu Te Maunga, ko Whangaehu Te Awa, ko Whangaehu Te Marae, ko Rangit\u0101uaua Te Whare, ko Ng\u0101tirangiwa\u2019o te \u2018ap\u016B, ko Ng\u0101ti Apa te iwi, \u0101, tihei mauri ora! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000529\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u0100, tino hari koa ahau kia t\u016B ake ki te tautoko i t\u0113nei pire, Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori. I te w\u0101 o te w\u0101hanga komiti o Te Whare, ka tuku ahau i t\u0113nei k\u014Drero: \u201C \u2018Kia mau ki t\u014D Reo e te iwi. Ka nui te ngaro haere o t\u0113nei \u0101\u2019uatanga. N\u0101 t\u014D Reo oki, ka m\u014D\u2019iotia ai he M\u0101ori. Ka k\u016Bare koe ki t\u014D Reo, ka meinga koe n\u014D ng\u0101 whenua noa atu.\u2019 \u201D Koin\u0101 te k\u014Drero o t\u014Dku tipuna i te tau rua tekau m\u0101 wh\u0101 o t\u0113r\u0101 rau tau, \u0101, e t\u016B tonu ana taua k\u014Drero. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000530\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EI te w\u0101 e haere ana \u0101ku m\u0101tua t\u016Bpuna ki te kura, ka patua r\u0101tou e ng\u0101 m\u0101hita i te w\u0101 ka k\u014Drerotia e r\u0101tou Te Reo M\u0101ori. I te w\u0101 e haere ana \u014Dku m\u0101tua ki te kura, ka k\u014Drero P\u0101keh\u0101 anak\u0113 r\u0101tou. Otir\u0101, ko \u014Dku m\u0101tua t\u016Bpuna e k\u014Drero ana ki a r\u0101tou i Te Reo M\u0101ori, \u0101, ka whakahoki r\u0101tou i te reo P\u0101keh\u0101. \u0100 i te w\u0101 i tipu ake au ka tipu ake au i roto i te reo P\u0101keh\u0101 anak\u0113. Otir\u0101, i ng\u0101 w\u0101 ka haere au ki te whakamoemiti i te R\u0101tapu, ka rongo au i Te Reo, ka tukuna atu r\u0101tou i ng\u0101 karakia whakamoemiti i Te Reo M\u0101ori anak\u0113. I p\u0101tai atu au ki taku whaea ki roto i Te Reo P\u0101keh\u0101: \u201CHe aha ai ka k\u014Drero M\u0101ori r\u0101tou anak\u0113? K\u0101ore au e m\u0101rama ki \u0101 r\u0101tou k\u014Drero!\u201D. N\u0101na i k\u012B mai ki ahau: \u201CKoin\u0101 te reo reka ki a Ihow\u0101!\u201D. \u0100, ka whakam\u0101rama hoki a ia i taua k\u014Drero ki a au i roto i te reo P\u0101keh\u0101. N\u014D reira, e tautoko ana ahau i te kor\u014Dria, harer\u016Bia, ka tukuna atu e Marama i t\u0113nei r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000531\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, ka whakapiri atu, whakamoemiti atu ki a r\u0101tou m\u0101 i roto i Te Reo reka ki a Ihow\u0101 me p\u0113nei ai: \u201CE Te M\u0101ngai me ng\u0101 anahera pono, e te tokotoru tapu, anei ahau e tuku whakamoemiti atu ki a koutou, kia h\u014Dmai ki a m\u0101tou te kaha kia tautokohia Te Reo M\u0101ori i roto i t\u0113nei \u0101huatanga. Ka tono atu ahau ki a koutou kia whakapiki ake te tokomaha o te hunga e ako ana i Te Reo M\u0101ori, \u0101, k\u0101 k\u014Drero hoki i Te Reo M\u0101ori. Koin\u0101 taku tono atu ki a koutou i roto i te kor\u014Driatanga o ng\u0101 mano, Matua, Tama, Wairua Tapu, Ng\u0101 Anahera Pono, m\u0101 Te M\u0101ngai e tautoko mai, aia nei, ake nei, \u0101e.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000532\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, e Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare, \u0113hara au i te m\u0101ngai o ng\u0101 \u2018\u0101hi! T\u0113nei taku hiahia, kia whai mana ake Te Maihi M\u0101ori ki Te Maihi Karauna, otir\u0101, taku hiahia m\u0101 Te Maihi Karauna e tautoko ana, e whakakaha ana Te Maihi M\u0101ori. N\u014D reira, koina t\u0101ku whakaaro m\u014D t\u0113nei p\u0101nuitanga tuatoru o te pire nei. N\u014D reira, k\u0101ore e roa t\u0113nei t\u016B, e tika ana kia tuku mihi atu ki a t\u0101tou katoa. N\u014D reira, kia ora mai t\u0101tou! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000533\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E[Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. But, at the same time, P\u0101raikaretu is the mountain, Whangaehu is the river, Whangaehu is the marae, Rangit\u0101uaua is the house, Ng\u0101ti R\u0101ngiwa\u2019o is the hap\u016B, and Ng\u0101ti Apa is the tribe; behold the breath of life! \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000534\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EI am very pleased to rise and support this bill, the M\u0101ori Language Bill. At the Committee stage of the House I made this statement:\u201C \u2018People, hold fast to your language; this loss is huge. It is through your language that you will be recognised as being a M\u0101ori. If you become ignorant of your language, you will be regarded as being a foreigner from somewhere else.\u2019 \u201D That is what my ancestors said in 1924, and that statement still stands today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000535\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EWhen my elders went to school, they were punished by teachers because they spoke M\u0101ori. When my parents went to school, they spoke only in English. But, at the same time, my grandparents would speak to them in M\u0101ori and they would respond in English.  When I was growing up, I grew up speaking solely in English. When I went to thanksgiving on Sunday I heard M\u0101ori; all the prayers of thanks were totally in M\u0101ori. I asked my mother in English: \u201CWhy are they speaking only in M\u0101ori? I can\u2019t understand what they are saying!\u201D. She said to me: \u201CThat\u2019s the sweetest language to Jehovah!\u201D. And then she proceeded to explain in English. And so I support the glory and hallelujah that Marama issued today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000536\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EThus I add my thanks to all of them in the language that is sweet to Jehovah in this manner: \u201CTo you the Mouthpiece, the Faithful Angels, and the Holy Trinity, I hereby offer my gratitude to you three and plead that you give us the strength to support the M\u0101ori language in this situation. I seek that the number of people learning and speaking M\u0101ori increases. Those, then, are my urgings in the glory of the innumerable thousands, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Faithful Angels, and for the Mouthpiece to endorse here, now, and forever, yes!\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000537\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003ESo, Mr Assistant Speaker, I am not the speaker for the churches! My wish is really that the mandate of the Maihi M\u0101ori should be greater than that of the Maihi Karauna, but, at the same time, I want the Maihi Karauna to support and strengthen the Maihi M\u0101ori. This, then, is my contribution for this third reading of this bill. This call has not been a long one, but it is fitting that I acknowledge us all. So my appreciation to us!]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022 data-id=\u002267be68514bc4467bac383b107893eb85\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000538\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022893adc11-ce4e-419c-a079-08f04b3d75f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002267be68514bc4467bac383b107893eb85\u0022\u003EThe ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch)\u003C/span\u003E: I call Louisa Wall\u20145 minutes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022 data-id=\u0022c1c13c6445334a3e9b27991e4d2f5e75\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000539\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c1c13c6445334a3e9b27991e4d2f5e75\u0022\u003ELOUISA WALL (Labour\u2014Manurewa):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora, Mr Assistant Speaker. E ng\u0101 mana, e ng\u0101 reo, rau rangatira m\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. Last week a few of us\u2014Jo Hayes, Poto Williams, and I\u2014were in Samoa. One of the issues that we discussed over there, actually, was the use of Samoan in the Samoan Parliament and whether or not bills could be and should be written in Samoan. The reality for that Parliament is that at the moment the members write only in English. We had a member of the Fijian Parliament with us, and they are not allowed to speak Fijian in their Parliament\u2014they can speak only English. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000540\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EWhile the bill was being debated over here and we were having that k\u014Drero over there, it was actually a time for celebration, because we, today, have a bill that is in English and Te Reo. Most of the debate today has been in Te Reo and, actually, it speaks a lot about our society, our Government, and our progression in terms of Te Reo and our use of Te Reo here in Parliament. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000541\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EI really want to speak to a couple of Supplementary Order Papers, and I have to because one of them was in my name and I was not here. So I want to acknowledge that the Minister for M\u0101ori Development said on Te Karere that the members of Te M\u0101t\u0101wai should be those who are knowledgable and most experienced at managing language programmes in the community, and they have to be fluent. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000542\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EI just want to highlight that the reason I put in Supplementary Order Paper 166 to ask the Minister to make sure that there are women on Te M\u0101t\u0101wai is that I hope that of those seven iwi representatives, there will be a woman, and of the four clusters, there will be a woman. If there is not, because we have processes that, for whatever reason, do not allow M\u0101ori women to be on that board, the Minister has two appointees. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000543\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003ESo I just wanted to put it out there that if we are looking at who has managed those language programmes in our community, it is Te K\u014Dhanga Reo National Trust. I want to take the opportunity to mihi to whaea Druis Barett and her wh\u0101nau in Waitomo. I was at the tangi of her husband, Jim, on Monday, with members of Te R\u014Dp\u016B W\u0101hine M\u0101ori Toko i te Ora. It was a very sad time, but it was also a wonderful opportunity for us to be together and to hear all the reo and to hear how much love there was for matua Jim. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EThe other Supplementary Order Paper I want to highlight is Supplementary Order Paper 165 in the name of my colleague the Hon Nanaia Mahuta. I think the apology that she proposed really was an opportunity for the Government to say sorry\u2014because, actually, that is what it is all about. If you look at the reference that Nanaia made to suppression by the Crown and our inability to use Te Reo, we really need to look at the Waitangi Tribunal hearing in 1985 that, basically, stated that M\u0101ori who spoke Te Reo were punished. So the Crown failed to uphold Treaty of Waitangi obligations to protect the language. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000545\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EIn response, we have an acknowledgment in the bill that the Crown supressed Te Reo M\u0101ori. What does that actually mean? Well, it actually means that the Crown, by its authority, abolished and stopped our ability to use Te Reo at school\u2014because we were talking about the Native Schools Act. We were not allowed to use Te Reo. Every one of us in our wh\u0101nau has got stories about that. In my case, it was about my father and my uncles being strapped. They were not allowed to use Te Reo. We did not use Te Reo at home. Some of my uncles did, but in our particular wh\u0101nau my father just said: \u201CYou\u2019ve got to get an education. Forget about the Reo\u2014get an education.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000546\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022b4a597dd-ed8b-42b8-975b-40c6e0cdaee1\u0022\u003EI think the acknowledgment of suppression actually puts a huge onus on the Crown because if our inability to use our language was because of the Native Schools Act, then, actually, the solution lies in making sure that every single M\u0101ori kid at school has an opportunity to learn Te Reo. So if this piece of legislation takes us to a place where every M\u0101ori kid gets to learn Te Reo in school, then that will be an amazing day. And it will be a day to say hallelujah, which is my middle name, by the way, Marama Fox\u2014Hareruia. So that is what I hope for this piece of legislation. That is what we all hope for this legislation. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225634618f-04f4-4f2c-a4bb-6ec0edeb2bf5\u0022 data-id=\u0022a60797badea7471e8d6d7cde1b75ccbb\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000547\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225634618f-04f4-4f2c-a4bb-6ec0edeb2bf5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022a60797badea7471e8d6d7cde1b75ccbb\u0022\u003EJONO NAYLOR (National):\u003C/span\u003E Tuatahi, he mihi ki Te Atua, n\u0101na nei ng\u0101 mea katoa. Ng\u0101 mihi ki ng\u0101 manuhiri o Te Whare P\u0101remata kua tae mai nei i t\u0113nei w\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Ng\u0101 mihi ki a koutou, ki ng\u0101 hoa o Te Whare P\u0101remata, \u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Tuarua, e hiahia ana ahau ki te tautoko i Te Minita, e k\u014Dkiri haere ana i Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori. Tuatoru, e mihi atu ana ahau ki a Nuk Korako, i te komiti m\u014D \u014D r\u0101tou mahi ki te whakarite mai i Te Reo M\u0101ori m\u014D ng\u0101 t\u0101ngata katoa o Aotearoa. E whakam\u014Dwai ana ahau m\u014D ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i tautoko mai i taku k\u014Drero i te p\u0101nuitanga tuatahi o te pire nei. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000548\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225634618f-04f4-4f2c-a4bb-6ec0edeb2bf5\u0022\u003E[Firstly, a tribute to God; it was he who provided everything. Acknowledgments to the visitors to Parliament House who have arrived here today, I salute you all. Salutations to you collectively, fellow colleagues of Parliament; hello there. Secondly, I want to endorse the Minister for M\u0101ori Development, who is driving the M\u0101ori Language Bill along. Thirdly, I congratulate Nuk Korako and the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee for their work in preparing the M\u0101ori language for all of New Zealand. I am put at ease by the supportive comments to my contribution in the first reading of this bill.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000549\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225634618f-04f4-4f2c-a4bb-6ec0edeb2bf5\u0022\u003EI am humbled by the response that I got to my speech in the second reading of this bill, not simply because the post from Facebook went to over a million people or that the video was viewed by over 100,000 people, because I am not humbled by that at all\u2014I am just showing off. I am humbled because of the responses that I got from both M\u0101ori and non-M\u0101ori in response to that. I do not think they responded because of my witty repartee, or my good looks or otherwise; I think they responded because they heard of something in my journey that touched their hearts. They heard something in the story of my wh\u0101nau and my wh\u0101nau\u2019s journey with Te Reo M\u0101ori that meant something to them. Because it came from someone who was non-M\u0101ori, they were touched, because here was a middle-class, middle-aged white guy from the National Government talking about the importance of Te Reo M\u0101ori.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000550\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225634618f-04f4-4f2c-a4bb-6ec0edeb2bf5\u0022\u003ESome of the things they said included this: \u201CE Jono tenei te mihi i to mihi tautoko......o Te reo Maori tenei te mihi tenei te mihi MAURI ORA!!!!!!!! thank you for your wonderful speech\u201D. \u201CThanks for your support in recognising our well-being.\u201D Marty Toto said: \u201CI remember my Dad saying he got caned for speaking te reo at school growing up [and I] wish he was alive to hear this\u201D. People spoke to me about the support for their language, their Reo, and how it was important to them. So I am humbled to stand in this House as a non-M\u0101ori, one of the few non-M\u0101ori speakers to this bill, because I think it is incredibly important for us, if we are going to follow through on that phrase that is contained within this bill that I think is incredibly important, which is \u201Creo hoki ka kaing\u0101kautia e te motu\u201D\u2014this language is valued by our nation.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000551\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225634618f-04f4-4f2c-a4bb-6ec0edeb2bf5\u0022\u003EI am encouraged by what I see as the M\u0101orification of New Zealand English. When I grew up in west Auckland in the 1970s, the only M\u0101ori words that we ever used were the words for which there was no English word. So we knew what a h\u0101ng\u012B was and we knew what a hongi was, but we did not know words like wh\u0101nau and kaupapa and kai\u2014those were not words that we used. We are now growing up in a New Zealand where some of those words are starting to take a place. But if we are going to see New Zealand English develop to incorporate and envelop more Te Reo M\u0101ori, then Te Reo M\u0101ori must not continue to decline; it must continue to grow. It must continue to grow because of what this House is doing and the example that it is setting. It must continue to grow because our Government reflects the importance of Te Reo M\u0101ori, right through our Government departments and otherwise. As a culture of New Zealanders, we continue to embrace this language because as this language grows, we as New Zealanders will grow, and this country will be a better place.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000552\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225634618f-04f4-4f2c-a4bb-6ec0edeb2bf5\u0022\u003EI was reminded today by my colleague Peeni Henare that I should finish this speech in the same way that I finished my maiden speech, which was to quote his grandfather Sir James H\u0113nare: \u201CKua tawhiti k\u0113 te haerenga mai kia kore e haere tonu, kua tino nui rawa \u014Du mahi kia kore e mahi tonu.\u201D [\u201CYou have travelled a great distance to get here so you will not have to carry on; your workload has been excessively huge so you will not have to work.\u201D]\u2014we have come too far not to go further. I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u00221144ac3cdd6b4815a3ea469ae7a5240d\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 Te Pire m\u014D Te Reo M\u0101ori / M\u0101ori Language Bill be now read a third time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 104\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 59; New Zealand Labour 28; Green Party 13; M\u0101ori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 11\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand First 11.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EBill read a third time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000553\u0022\u003EWaiata\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000554\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002223b04a0a17a54394a9ebeb080deb16c2\u0022\u003EAnnual Review Debate\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000555\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00227ea80067568348218510458c88a56679\u0022\u003EIn Committee\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000556\u0022\u003EDebate resumed from 13 April.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000557\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022f63f8a63c7af47d99a44d54d45525984\u0022\u003EExternal Sector (continued)\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022 data-id=\u00226e2e108c189a48dc8ff074e2f40feb90\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000558\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226e2e108c189a48dc8ff074e2f40feb90\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: The House is in Committee for further consideration of the Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) Bill. When the Committee last considered the bill, it was debating the reports of committees relevant to the External Sector, and the Hon Gerry Brownlee had the call. He has 1 minute and 30 seconds remaining if he so wishes. No other members?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000559\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d1bd04b3d62a4656ad0097c77f228666\u0022\u003EHon Ruth Dyson\u003C/span\u003E: Mr Chair.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000560\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225f60d93e6501409986bf35320d7e7be0\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: External Sector?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000561\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b118897c130440ac962fec9a116f4bb7\u0022\u003EHon Ruth Dyson\u003C/span\u003E: No, no, it is the next one.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000562\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002218826dd386184870834fbb4b8eee382d\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: Next one\u2014premature.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000563\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EReports noted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000564\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022babd188eb6e74139b73fcd4d11d08c03\u0022\u003EFinance and Government Administration Sector\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022 data-id=\u00221dba8da1615b434bbb068136d9d06e9e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000565\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00221dba8da1615b434bbb068136d9d06e9e\u0022\u003EHon RUTH DYSON (Chairperson of the Government Administration Committee):\u003C/span\u003E For a moment there I did think that I was going to be mistaken for the Hon Gerry Brownlee and I am very pleased that we avoided that coincidence. It is a pleasure for me to take a call in this debate, but it is not a pleasure in terms of the content that I have been considering in relation to this presentation. This is because for the first time in the history of New Zealand the next generation is going to be worse off than the generation that came before it, and I think that is something that all New Zealanders should be ashamed of and they should be looking to the Government to see what measures it is considering implementing to address this. So our children and our grandchildren are going to be worse off than we were and our parents were.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000566\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003EThat is not something that I want as a New Zealander who grew up thinking that we had a fair society, that we were better than pretty well any other country, because in New Zealand it did not matter where you were born\u2014if you worked hard and did your best you could get ahead in the world. We were very proud of so many things about New Zealand, and that pride is seeping away. What we used to call the Kiwi Dream\u2014that you could have a job and a home and you could have something to look forward to; Norman Kirk\u2019s vision\u2014is still as relevant today as it was when Norman Kirk first talked about having a job, a home, someone to love, and something to look forward to. But now what we are seeing is that dream just slipping away. Young people in our country now do not have that to look forward to in the way that we had.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000567\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003ESo the National Government members are creating an economy that gives less to our children and grandchildren than they had themselves. How can they be proud of that? How can members of Parliament and Ministers be proud of that as their contribution to New Zealand society? Most of us came to this House so that we could improve things for New Zealanders\u2014we all have different ways of thinking we can achieve that, and we all have different beliefs\u2014but it is hard to imagine how members of the National Party can be proud of their contribution to making New Zealand a worse society than it was when they came into office. We have got an economy now that is stacked in favour of the people at the highest income level rather than middle New Zealanders, and middle New Zealanders are finding it harder each week to get ahead. We have got a housing market that is not for New Zealanders, not for New Zealanders who work hard, save up, get a deposit and are able to own their own home. It is now a place where speculators make big money. That is not the New Zealand that I grew up in and the New Zealand that I want my children and grandchildren to grow up in.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000568\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003EWe have got a health system where not only the food is rubbish but people who need operations cannot get an assessment, let alone get into the hospital for their operation. And the Minister of Health\u2019s response to that is: \u201CWell, they might not need an operation; they just think they need an operation.\u201D I do not know a single New Zealander who gets up in the morning and says: \u201CWhat shall I do today? Shall I go to the beach, shall I go to the movies, shall I go to work, or shall I have a knee replacement?\u201D. That is not the sort of thinking that I am familiar with, but clearly the Minister of Health is.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000569\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003EWe have got a growing gap between people who have got lots of money and people who just cannot get by week after week. Again, that is not the sort of society that I grew up in. We always had richer people and poorer people, but the growing gap\u2014the growing inequality\u2014is being driven by Government policies and it is not taking any responsibility for that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000570\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003EAs we look at this particular review\u2014the review of the Finance and Government Administration Sector\u2014I want to point out to the Committee that I am taking the first call in this debate because I am the chair of the Government Administration Committee. Clearly, a lot that comes into this sector is in the mandate of our select committee\u2014not all, but a lot of it. As the speeches go on, I am sure we will hear more about the specific votes. Before I conclude, I want to acknowledge a member of that select committee who was unfortunately deposed from her position as deputy chair. Sarah Dowie was very unceremoniously sacked, and I welcome the new member Paul Foster-Bell to that position.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022 data-id=\u002271eebdeba5f1450496c9212d30d73984\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000571\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002271eebdeba5f1450496c9212d30d73984\u0022\u003EHon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE (Minister of Revenue):\u003C/span\u003E I think there is a lot that this Government can be proud of. I am certainly proud of the fact that there are tens of thousands more elective surgeries every year, that not a single cancer patient has had to fly to Australia for treatment, and that immunisation rates are at record high levels\u2014particularly amongst the most vulnerable and those that traditionally have not had high rates, M\u0101ori and Pasifika. I am very proud of the fact that our National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) level 2 rates are now tracking towards the optimal rates, because NCEA level 2 is the baseline for getting on in life. I am very proud of the fact that we require our job seekers to seek jobs, actually. And I am proud of the fact that this is the first Government in more than 40 years to increase social welfare support for the most vulnerable. So there is plenty to be proud of, but there is more work to do.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000572\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EI stand to speak specifically, in respect of the annual reviews, to the annual review of the Inland Revenue Department. Some might think that that is being a bit masochistic, given the 12 days or so of breathless revelations that we have had around matters to do with tax. In fact, I have to firstly acknowledge my predecessor, the Hon Todd McClay, the former Minister of Revenue, who said to me in December around the issue of revenue: \u201CYou will really enjoy it,\u201D he said, \u201Cbeing a chartered accountant. It\u2019s quite policy focused\u2014a bit pointy-headed\u2014but it doesn\u2019t get much publicity. One oral question from the Opposition in 2 years and 4 months, and it\u2019s really quiet on the media front.\u201D Well, it has not been that quiet lately. It has been rather busy on the media front when it comes to matters in relation to tax, but I want to acknowledge that department for the excellent work it does.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000573\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EIn order to pay for the sorts of social services and supports that Ms Dyson talked about, which I am very proud of, we need two things. We need a very strong tax policy framework, and we need a very strong tax administration framework. In the tax administration space, of course, the Inland Revenue Department carries out that very important function. In reviewing its performance, it takes on two dimensions. It is, obviously, a very large organisation. It has over $700 million appropriated to it, and it employs over 5,800 staff. But, of course, it is also responsible for collecting over $60 billion from the taxpayer, and it needs to be able to do that efficiently and effectively. So it is against that backdrop that it is embarking on what can only be described as perhaps the single largest transformation of the way in which a Crown entity does business in this country\u2019s recent history. It is a $1.5 billion commitment of expenditure\u2014at least on the face of it\u2014to an IT system. But, of course, those who are in the middle of that transformation know that this is much, much more than just a computer system. This is about the way in which we engage with the taxpayers, particularly the business taxpayers; the way we encourage compliance with our tax rules; and the way we ensure the efficient collection of the funds that we require to provide the health, education, social services, law and order, transport, and so on in this country.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000574\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EI must say, having had the experience of going through the Immigration New Zealand transformation\u2014a much, much smaller project\u2014it was a fairly daunting prospect to have a $1.5 billion transformation project under way. I have to say that I am very greatly reassured at the manner in which the Inland Revenue Department and its stakeholder partners and software providers are embarking on this, because there are so many risks in this. I think there are things that can certainly go wrong, but I have confidence that we have got the right people, the right resources, and the right programme to be able to deliver that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000575\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EAnd it is pretty important now, because yesterday we made some very, very big announcements about simplifying the process of paying tax for our small-business community, and what we know is that more than 97 percent of businesses in New Zealand are small or medium. They employ 50 staff or fewer. That is the backbone of this economy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000576\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b0866e90a9c44d17b5728d49789c4e98\u0022\u003EPaul Foster-Bell\u003C/span\u003E: What percentage?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000577\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226d7d9920fcf140d6b7e25f8f36eb0a67\u0022\u003EHon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE\u003C/span\u003E: Ninety-seven percent\u2014and 90 percent of them employ fewer than 20 staff. So we really do have a large archipelago of small businesses in New Zealand that are the backbone of this economy. They are the farming community, the plumbers, the carpenters, the people who are helping us rebuild Canterbury, and so on. So it is important to be able to have a tax framework that fits their needs, and not the other way round. For far too long the tax system in this country required the business community and the individual taxpayers to comply with rigid structures that the Inland Revenue Department set for them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000578\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EThe best example of that is in provisional tax. Anybody who has spoken with the small-business community will know that this has been a significant bugbear of its for years. This is because payment three times a year does not fit with a normal business cycle, it does not fit the seasonal businesses\u2014many of which are in our primary industries\u2014and it certainly has been difficult to comply with, easy to get wrong, and quite costly to get wrong. So to announce yesterday that\u2014thanks to this transformation\u2014from 1 April 2018 the business community will be able to pay its income tax as it earns it has been very, very well received. And it is a quite simple concept of using its accounting software to fit in with the Inland Revenue Department\u2019s, and not the other way around. Having calculated its accounting income, a small business will then be able to pay the income tax due on that, or claim a refund on it, of course, if\u2014because of seasonal fluctuations\u2014it produces an accounting loss in that 2-month period. It is already going along with the GST changes that we have announced.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000579\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EAs a consequence of that, there will be a much reduced burden of use-of-money interest. We have increased the number of small businesses that, if they still choose to pay in the traditional provisional tax way, will be able to be covered by the \u201Csafe harbour\u201D provisions of the uplift. We are removing the punitive monthly penalties for late payment or non-payment, which will also be very gratefully received. This is a very smart package, but it does require the business transformation to proceed in a timely manner, so that we can get to the start line on 1 April 2018 and enable businesses to benefit from it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000580\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EI want to finish by commending the Inland Revenue Department and all its staff, because they have been caught in the crossfire of a political narrative that has been most unhelpful, I think, and\u2014frankly\u2014untrue. We can be very proud of our tax policies in this country, and our tax disclosures. They are policies that were established by Governments, including the fourth Labour Government, and were endorsed by the fifth Labour Government\u2014particularly by Dr Michael Cullen, when he was Minister of Revenue in 2006 and said: \u201CWe need a disclosure regime around foreign trusts and will put one in.\u201D And it was fit for purpose.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000581\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022abd807e2d9cd4ef7a4c7faa7744087e3\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: It\u2019s a few years on, now.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000582\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c40cefb7c5c94a47ad333327dc2c8a67\u0022\u003EHon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE\u003C/span\u003E: Ah, I see. So Mr Robertson says it is a few years on now\u2014but it is not time that is the difference; it is who is in Government. Let us be very clear about why this is such a political opportunity for Labour. It is a pity that those members do not understand tax, and the fact that foreign citizens earning income in foreign countries have no tax liability here in New Zealand. That seems to be completely lost on them. In fact, a lot is lost on them. They are being either very tin-eared or a bit obtuse about what the tax rules actually are. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000583\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022c83012b4-3939-4753-80fc-1956a3e2bd1e\u0022\u003EI want to say to the Inland Revenue Department staff, and particularly to those working in international tax and multinational base erosion strategies in combination with the OECD, that I have confidence in them, that I hold them in high regard, and that you will not hear me coming to this House and criticising public officials who are doing an excellent job. I think there are members of this Committee who need to reflect, as they go through this annual review, on the very highly regarded and very good public sector officials that we have\u2014both in the Inland Revenue Department and right across Government\u2014and the excellent work that they do. When we compare ourselves with other jurisdictions, I think that is something that we can be very proud of.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022 data-id=\u0022ab10e6f6d7ad4f3da3d3886369c9190e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000584\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ab10e6f6d7ad4f3da3d3886369c9190e\u0022\u003EMEKA WHAITIRI (Labour\u2014Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti):\u003C/span\u003E It is a privilege to make a contribution in the debate on this Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) Bill, and to participate in this annual review debate focusing on the Finance and Government Administration Sector. Can I just make a comment around what the Minister the Hon Michael Woodhouse said\u2014and it is great that the Minister supports his tax officials and ensures that he endorses and follows the advice that they give him. It seems to me that if the Minister has that commitment, I wish other members on that side\u2014the Government benches and particularly Minister Brownlee\u2014would also take on some of the advice that officials give. You cannot have it both ways. But that is for another time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EI want to focus on the Department of Internal Affairs, particularly around local government. But before I get there, it is important that we do look at and, I guess, challenge this Government\u2019s perception of being very good fiscal managers. Fiscal management is not only about what you do with the money but what results you gain from the money. If I may, I would like to do a bit of a stocktake on the status of this Government when it comes to their being prudent financial managers. I note that Government borrowing is forecast to be not $50 billion, not $100 billion, but $116 billion\u2014the highest that we have ever seen. According to the Crown\u2019s own accounts, we are looking at having core Crown debt at $1.7 billion higher than forecast for February this year. And I also note that $51 billion of our debt is now held overseas, which is obviously creating a very strategic risk to our economy; this has increased by more than $30 billion since National came into power. So I challenge the Government\u2014whose members have got up and talked about how well it is doing and how proud they are of this Government\u2014with that debt hanging over us. The fact that half of it is overseas does, I think, expose this country to major risk.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000586\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EThe second part of the perception was around what has been achieved, and let us have a look at what has been achieved. There has been\u2014and I will give credit to the Government\u2014a surplus up until February this year, but we have to ask whether that has been achieved through underspends in education, justice, transport, and, of course, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. Our regions are struggling, and as the proud member for Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti I see it every day when I am out and about in my electorate. In fact, when I came into Parliament, in 2013, the Minister for Economic Development\u2019s plan for raising regional prosperity in Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti was two things: one was to go and explore for oil, and the other one was cycle trails. Our economy is much more diverse than that and we do need Government attention if we are going to realise opportunities for people throughout Ikaroa-R\u0101whiti. We still have families and children in poverty, and there is definitely a shortage of decent housing for all families throughout my electorate.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000587\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EBut, actually, as I said in the opening of my speech, I want to turn, in the time I have got, to local government. When I look at the statement of intent of the Department of Internal Affairs, it talks about \u201CImproving the efficiency of the local government system through completion of the Better Local Government Reform programme\u201D. Specifically, I want to highlight two of those services that talk about how this is going to be achieved. One is council-led reorganisations, and we have got a classic example happening right now with a body in my electorate\u2014the Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Investment Company, which shows all the bad sides of what a council-controlled organisation is capable of. Removed from the owners, Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Council, and defiant in the face of ratepayers, it invested $6 million into a scheme that has not measured up in terms of the Ruataniwha Dam. And all I say to the Minister, when we are talking about doing more council-controlled organisations, is that I encourage him to look at the performance of the Hawke\u2019s Bay Regional Investment Company, and at what has happened in Kaipara with the waste water. There are many examples, Minister, for us to ensure that we do not go down the track that some of these council-controlled organisations are presently experiencing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000588\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022073496a0-73b7-426f-97f8-916bd542b0fa\u0022\u003EThe other one was the note of the Local Government Commission. I again implore the Minister to ensure that when we are giving more powers to an unelected body, it is adding value to the local government sector. I am not sure whether the Minister has that quite down pat.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022 data-id=\u0022e86123eb5ca940a990af275b87b5791a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000589\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e86123eb5ca940a990af275b87b5791a\u0022\u003EPAUL FOSTER-BELL (National):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you very much, Mr Chair, for allowing me to take a call in this annual review debate on the Finance and Government Administration Sector review. I want first to pay tribute to the previous deputy chair of the Government Administration Committee, my colleague Sarah Dowie, whom I replaced in the last couple of weeks. I am just coming to grips with the wide and varied remit of the committee, and so this will be a many and varied speech covering some of the interesting grab bag of departments and agencies that fall within the remit of the Government Administration Committee.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000590\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022\u003EThe Fire Service Commission, a very important institution of State, is currently under review, and the Government is proceeding with Mr Swain\u2019s recommendations. This is the review conducted by the Hon Paul Swain, the new chairman of the Fire Service Commission and a former Minister in the previous Labour administration. We want the structure of the New Zealand Fire Service to reflect the modern realities of the 21st century. The current legislation is based in the 1970s. The Fire Service has an incredibly important job to do, but increasingly it is not simply putting out fires; it is rescuing people from car accidents, it is conducting valuable training, and there are a wide range of both urban and rural fire services. Let me make this clear: the Government will not be reducing the Fire Service in terms of what it is actually providing. This is not about terms and conditions for firefighters, who are highly respected servants of this country and often the saviours of members of the community who find themselves in trouble. This is simply a look at the structure and governance of both rural and urban fire services, to bring them up to date and to modernise them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000591\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022\u003EIn the digital area\u2014delivering digital services to the public\u2014we are making excellent progress, with over 50 percent of the top ten services used by New Zealand citizens now conducted digitally online. This makes it easier, simpler, cheaper, and more efficient for people. One example that does fall within the remit of the Government Administration Committee is passports. Increasing numbers of people are applying for their passport online. Going to the 10-year passports has also been a hugely popular success story. People can not only have the greater convenience of getting a longer duration out of their passport but also save themselves significant costs. I have some comparisons to make. A 10-year Australian passport costs A$250, whereas our 10-year adult passport, if applied for online, costs only NZ$180, including GST. This is an average saving of over NZ$90 compared with the system that had been in place under the previous Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000592\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022\u003EThe digital uptake, generally, is shooting ahead. We are up 6.6 percentage points over the last year, compared with the same quarter in 2014. We have now got a 52.9 percent uptake of those most common transactions. This puts us well on track to our target of 70 percent of all of New Zealanders\u2019 common online transactions with the Government being conducted in the online space by 2017. This is a very positive result and it reflects the work not only of the Department of Internal Affairs but across all agencies\u2014everyone, from the health sector through to the police, playing their part to ensure New Zealanders have simple, easy, and affordable access to online services.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000593\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022\u003EWe have heard from the Minister of Revenue about the changes\u2014the massive business transformation being conducted in the Inland Revenue Department\u2014and there are many other transformative things happening within the sector that will directly contribute to New Zealanders being wealthier, better off, better paid, and enjoying better lifestyles.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000594\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002207d42dbe-f05a-4a7a-8c23-0eecc14b72aa\u0022\u003ETourism contributed $10.6 billion to the New Zealand economy in 2015, which is a 5 percent increase on the year before and a significant addition to our GDP. Within the Wellington region we had our best-ever year for bed nights. I would attribute this in part to the work of the Government, as well as the hard work of individual businesses. There was an increase in the Tourism New Zealand budget, from $83.8 million to $115 million\u2014a significant extra investment in the promotion of New Zealand as a destination. But film co-production agreements and film tourism have also been significant additions to our market here in Wellington, along with the air services agreements that are being concluded. I am very interested to see the negotiations with Qatar and how they will result in the addition of extra services into Wellington. Wellington Airport is doing very well, and visitor numbers grew around 20 percent over the last 5 years. There were over 200,000 Australians who spent at least one night in Wellington. I personally believe\u2014this is my own view\u2014that any enhancement of the service at Wellington Airport will be of further benefit.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022 data-id=\u00224c4c81154ad64b8da72f1049b5f00ecb\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000595\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224c4c81154ad64b8da72f1049b5f00ecb\u0022\u003ECLAYTON MITCHELL (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E Here we are, on the annual review debate for the Finance and Government Administration Sector, and I am going to be speaking this afternoon on the New Zealand Fire Service Commission. I was very pleased that the honourable member across from me, Paul Foster-Bell, started his contribution by talking about the Fire Service. I even sat forward at my desk\u2014something similar to Simon Bridges, when he got all excited\u2014waiting to hear some absolutely captivating information with regard to this review that is currently under way. However, nothing much further than just a mention of the review came from Mr Foster-Bell, so it was a little bit disappointing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000596\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002252f798baf5ef4397bb0506d5e64c12e2\u0022\u003EHon Simon Bridges\u003C/span\u003E: Oh, it\u2019s a conspiracy.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000597\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228a343a5d2bef46ab9e66a57054f9b9ea\u0022\u003ECLAYTON MITCHELL\u003C/span\u003E: The reality is that this is the 17th review in 22 years, Mr Bridges\u2014the 17th review in 22 years. We are not hearing anything other than \u201CWe\u2019re going to shuffle the pieces of paper around on our desk a little bit more, everybody\u201D, because there is nothing that is going to really significantly change the funding model of the New Zealand Fire Service. The only thing that is really going to be implemented is the inclusion of our urban search and rescue teams. When I look at the National Government\u2019s motto for the 2014 general election, it was \u201CWorking for New Zealand\u201D. But I think its motto should have been \u201Coperatur in nobis privata agenda\u201D. That is: \u201CWorking on our private agenda\u201D. Certainly, when you look at what is going on in New Zealand to do with our most honoured and highly recognised and respected organisation, the New Zealand Fire Service, its motto could actually be \u201Cpostulatum auxilium Magis et minus\u201D. That means, in translated English: \u201CMore demand and less help.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000598\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003ELast night I spoke for the Department of Conservation, and it is in a very similar situation to the New Zealand Fire Service when it comes to its funding model, because there is a huge expectation from this Government that the people of New Zealand volunteer themselves to go out and fix this problem of lack of funding. Under-resourcing was the key feature in last year\u2019s Budget, and we are expecting the same nonsense coming out when the Minister starts talking for his Budget debate next month. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000599\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EFor those people in this House who may not be aware, and certainly for some of the people back home, I have to bring our attention to just how large and important our New Zealand Fire Service is. It has 13,900 people working for it. However, only 1,730 paid firemen and women are on the books, plus another 600 administration staff. There are 8,100 urban volunteers doing the job because this Government will not fund them adequately to enable them to get full-time paid employment in the Fire Service. There are another 3,500 rural firefighters who have to go and do fund-raising to get equipment updated, not to mention the absolutely nonsensical approach to the buildings that are not up to scratch and that are in serious need of repair. We have got fire stations in Christchurch that have still not been repaired and replaced. As it was pointed out by the honourable member across from me, Paul Foster-Bell, this is an organisation that does not just put out fires. This organisation comes to the aid of New Zealanders when it comes to severe weather incidents. It helps out with flooding and helps out the councils, it attends car accidents, emergency rescues, and when there are gas leaks or when there are issues to do with hazardous substance releases. In fact, we have got a case where a small rural town policeman needed some assistance to arrest somebody, and who came to his aid? It was the New Zealand Fire Service. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000600\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EWe need to get real. This Budget needs to include some severe support and funding for one of our most treasured organisations, which is on its knees. We have got an urban search and rescue team that has been qualified in the top group of the world in relation to what it is delivering on, and we have not even got an ability to get these people to the locations overseas to actually help them out when they need them, like these countries did for us in our hour of need when we had our Christchurch disaster. We could not organise ourselves because we do not have the right transportation, we do not have the right make-up and the right set-up, and this current review that is under way is just nothing more than a paper shuffle. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000601\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EJust to finish off, we can see that our fire levies are the major contributor to how this gets funded, and we have just outlined the fact that that does not fit in with the model that we are currently using, because the services of the fire department mean that a much wider, broader approach is required.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u0022aa60b19a05ef4ccebfd0be2eaa0fcb05\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000602\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022aa60b19a05ef4ccebfd0be2eaa0fcb05\u0022\u003EGRANT ROBERTSON (Labour\u2014Wellington Central):\u003C/span\u003E No choice this time, you have to give me the call. The Minister of Revenue, the Hon Michael Woodhouse, stood up\u2014or at least I think he stood up\u2014and cried a series of crocodile tears for the plumbers and the carpenters and the small-business people who are sitting around doing their tax returns and doing the right thing. He stands there and says that to this Chamber at the same time that he sits on his chuff in his office and fails to do anything about closing the loopholes around tax avoidance and tax evasion in this country. It is all very well to praise the efforts of the hard-working staff of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), but it is in the mirror that the Minister should be looking when it comes to what is going wrong in the tax system of New Zealand.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000603\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EHave we not had a window on the soul of the National Party in the last 2 weeks when it comes to what has been happening with the Panama Papers? John Key\u2019s very first reaction\u2014his very first reaction\u2014was to leap to the defence of his old mates the mega-rich around the world who hide their money. They were the first people whom John Key thought of. He did not think of the taxpayers of New Zealand, who work hard and pay their fair share, and he did not think of the taxpayers of countries around the world, who work hard and pay their fair share; he leapt to the defence of the greedy. He leapt to the defence of the people who make it their mission not to do the right thing\u2014that is who John Key is on the side of: the mega-rich, the people at the very top, not the middle New Zealanders working hard every day who do pay their fair share. That is what we have seen from the National Party over the last couple of weeks. And now Bill English decides to add to it: he says that working people in New Zealand are \u201Cpretty damned hopeless\u201D. We are hearing from the National Party what it really thinks: Bill English, when he is talking to his mates in Federated Farmers, and John Key, when his first reaction is to defend the people who rip off the system.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000604\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EYou know, the National Party is very quick to get into people who they say might be bludging somewhere, if it is in the welfare system. Well, Simon Bridges, what about the bludgers at the top? What about the people at the top who go out of their way to make sure that they do not pay their fair share? Michael Woodhouse should have been on his feet today saying: \u201CWe won\u2019t stand for that. We are finally going to listen to the advice that the National Party has been given time after time.\u201D What Chapman Tripp said about the changes made in 2010 and 2011 by the National Party that made it tax-free\u2014tax-free\u2014for investment funds in New Zealand that are owned by foreigners was: \u201CThis puts us on a par with Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands.\u201D John Key might be a bit disappointed about that, because he wanted us to be the Jersey of the South Pacific, an ultimate tax haven\u2014it has actually gone bankrupt now\u2014or the Switzerland of the South Pacific, because that is all about where those people who are the mega-rich make their money. But the National Government was warned. It was warned that its changes were going to make a big difference. And they have\u2014nearly doubling the number of foreign trusts that we now have operating out of New Zealand\u2014and they do not even want to look at that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000605\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EIt has set up a sham review, rather than the full public inquiry that we need, because New Zealanders need the multinationals that operate here in New Zealand to pay their tax. We know that there are multinationals that are avoiding that. We are out there on the world stage saying that we want that so that New Zealand working people only have to pay their fair share. But our credibility in going out to the world and saying that we want multinationals to pay their fair share is undermined when we have a Government that will not respond to the huge loopholes in our tax system. The Government was told in 2013 by the Inland Revenue Department that our foreign trust rules continue to attract criticism, including claims that New Zealand is now a tax haven in respect of trusts, and that to protect our international reputation, it may be necessary to strengthen our regulatory framework for disclosure and record-keeping.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000606\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EIf Michael Woodhouse wants to respect the officials from the IRD, he should listen to their advice. That is what they told Michael Woodhouse in 2013 and he ignored it. His Cabinet colleagues, the Prime Minister\u2014they all ignored it. John Key is donkey deep in tax evasion\u2014John Key - deep in tax evasion. That is who he is, that is who his friends are, and that is whom he stands up for. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000607\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003EWell, New Zealanders deserve much better than that when it comes to our tax system. We need a fair tax system. We need a tax system that is simple and easy to understand. Fundamentally, we need a tax system that allows New Zealand to hold its head up high on the world stage\u2014not a morally bankrupt Government that thinks that those at the very top are those who deserve their support. We need a Government that is for all New Zealanders, not the mega-rich.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022 data-id=\u0022f49cf7183fd740719d4184fbb3da68db\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000608\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f49cf7183fd740719d4184fbb3da68db\u0022\u003EKRIS FAAFOI (Labour\u2014Mana):\u003C/span\u003E It is an absolute pleasure to speak in the finance and government administration part of this debate. [Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000609\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a3557334eb4c44bd86bed1d944b71cc4\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I will sit the member down. I will start his time again. Mr O\u2019Connor, I would appreciate it if your coaching of the Chair ceased. Thank you.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000610\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002299fd6621cfb049bda4fd73c90a02596f\u0022\u003EKRIS FAAFOI\u003C/span\u003E: Thank you very much, Mr Chair, and thank you for doing a great job.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000611\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022\u003EThere are many examples of the visible arrogance of the Government\u2014and we have seen the arrogance of the Prime Mnister in the last couple of weeks around his inability to tackle foreign trusts\u2014but there are some invisible signs of the Government\u2019s arrogance that I want to talk about during this section on finance and government administration. It is the total lack of respect that the Government has around the Official Information Act. For the Official Information Act to have any integrity a Government has to abide by the letter of the law. But we have seen time and time again over the Government\u2019s last 7 years occasions on which it completely and utterly played the Official Information Act, and in some respects completely and utterly did not abide by the Official Information Act.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000612\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022\u003EThe Official Information Act is very important to make sure that the decisions this Government makes are transparent, that it adheres to the rules that govern it, and that it is not pulling the swifty behind the scenes for New Zealanders. But there have been many instances where the Government has been pulling swifties and it has gone out of its way to conceal that by not obeying the letter of the law around the Official Information Act. I think that in this country of New Zealand, where we hold on to democracy and transparency of that democracy, maintaining the integrity of the Official Information Act is extremely important. I would like to put on the record my thanks to the new Chief Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, for the remarks that he has made since he has been appointed to that role. I think the Government is going to find it much, much harder with Mr Boshier at the helm of the Office of the Ombudsman to pull this swifty on New Zealand, as it has for the last 7 years.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000613\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022\u003EI would like to give you an example of where the Government tried to pull the swifty on my office when I put in an Official Information Act request around the costings of its Homestart Housing New Zealand package. I wondered whether or not the Government was just using its Homestart roadshow as a bit of a publicity stunt where its MPs could use a platform to go out and talk about the apparent success of the Government. When I asked them for the costings and what was going on behind the scenes, there was quite a lot\u2014and I think the people at home can see that on this document I am holding\u2014that was blanked out. It was about how these Homestart roadshow meetings were being organised and what was going on behind the scenes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000614\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022\u003EOn this page here you can see that Housing New Zealand Corporation has ruled this part here to fall under section 9(2)(g)(i)\u2014which in English means it is out of the scope of the request that I have made under the Official Information Act\u2014and it has blanked that out. Interestingly enough, the words preceding the blanking or the redacting, say \u201CNational MP Parmjeet Parmar has also expressed a strong interest in holding a roadshow\u201D, and then it goes on to say, in the famous words of the Hon Annette King, \u201Cblankety, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank\u201D. I wanted to know what was going on and why this says \u201Cblankety, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank\u201D. Why would the officials say that I cannot have that information because it is out of scope? Well, thankfully, somewhere else in that document someone forgot to \u201Cblankety, blank, blank, blank\u201D blank out the details after those words. And I have got it here on the record that it says: \u201CParmjeet Parmar has also expressed a strong interest in hosting a roadshow\u201D\u2014and here comes the blanked-out part\u2014\u201Cbecause she is keen to raise local profile in Mt Roskill in the case of a by-election\u201D. Why would the Government not want the people of New Zealand to see that? Is it because it is illegal to use taxpayer money to campaign and that it might cause the Government huge embarrassment? I would hazard a guess, yes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000615\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002290ea1538-43e8-4257-bd80-df3ccd1e5f27\u0022\u003EI want to know why the Government is so arrogant that it thinks it can \u201Cblankety, blank, blank\u201D its way to completely and utterly disobeying the Official Information Act. That is complete and utter arrogance and being out of touch. The Government knows that if the people of New Zealand saw this \u201Cblankety, blank, blank, blank, blank\u201D approach that the Government is taking, they would be disappointed.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022 data-id=\u00227beded93722448a092b6bb67de6171b2\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000616\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00227beded93722448a092b6bb67de6171b2\u0022\u003EDr DAVID CLARK (Labour\u2014Dunedin North):\u003C/span\u003E What a hard act to follow. I mean, I think Mr Faafoi has put his finger on something there that warrants further consideration. It does feel like the Government has been involved in a cover-up here. I know he has put it up for debate, but just from the cheap seats it does feel a little like there might be something that is not quite above board going on there.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000617\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EI want to speak about the State Services Commission a little and about the way it has investigated the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment payroll fiasco and other associated fiascos. Here is a little bit of background. We found out in the last month or so that the ministry\u2019s payroll system has not being paying people appropriately for a number of years. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000618\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f5d71749-ae91-4af7-b2bd-77260398912a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e9a6fb62c1e54f3685b8f3e4fa969108\u0022\u003EHon David Parker\u003C/span\u003E: Which Minister?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000619\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d3ec2896f93049a6a08ef4a4bda2671a\u0022\u003EDr DAVID CLARK\u003C/span\u003E: That is Minister Joyce\u2019s responsibility. He is the Minister for Economic Development who is responsible for the Ministry of Business\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000620\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f5d71749-ae91-4af7-b2bd-77260398912a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022437d934c29e24f4c802f92ffe28c9123\u0022\u003EHon David Parker\u003C/span\u003E: Is that new\u2014\u201CNovo new\u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000621\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ae443f00500248969bab4bfcf2c2e460\u0022\u003EDr DAVID CLARK\u003C/span\u003E: Ha, ha! My colleague asks whether it is \u201CNovo new\u201D. The Minister is responsible for fixing a few things around the place and appears not to have done quite as diligent a job as one might hope from a Government that has been here now for going on 8 years. What has transpired\u2014what has come to light\u2014is the way in which the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has not been paying their staff correctly, despite being the very organisation in New Zealand that is responsible for making sure that everyone else pays their staff correctly. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment\u2019s payroll system has not been working, we learn, since the ministry was set up\u2014since a couple of ministries were taken together and a new payroll system created out of the merger of several payroll systems\u2014and since that time, staff have not been paid correctly. Police had a similar issue, and they have now paid, we are told, over $30 million in back-pay\u2014$30 million, because they were not paying their staff correctly. They have admitted the error; they have looked into it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000622\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EThe State Services Commission said that it started looking into these and similar issues in 2014. My questions, and my concerns, are whether the State Services Commission has been doing its job correctly, whether it has been resourced correctly to do that job, and whether it is competent from here on in to deal with the fallout that has been, and is being, created on an ongoing basis, because we have seen very little action from the Minister Steven Joyce, who has now said that he understands the problem that his department has. What he has not said\u20146 months on from being advised that his department had set up an inquiry into this matter\u2014is that he has no estimate, none whatsoever, of what this is going to cost the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Six months on and he has none\u2014he has no idea. He does not know whether it is going to be $30 million like it was in Police, or less, or more. And what is worse, until his ministry gets it right, it is very hard for it to then go around waving its finger at others.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000623\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EWe have since learnt that Fonterra\u2014a little outfit called Fonterra\u2014and another one called McDonald\u2019s in New Zealand are both investigating their payrolls in case they have similar errors. We know that New Zealand Post went through the court system to address similar errors, all the way to the Court of Appeal. The Government does not seem to have made any estimate of how widespread the problem that it is overseeing is.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000624\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EThe State Services Commission does not seem to be resourced sufficiently. When the State Services Commission was asked whether it had confidence that all Government departments were complying with the law, and that it had sought and received assurances from them, it was not willing to go that step further and say that it had itself examined those payrolls to see that they were complying with the law. So we have the deeply hypocritical, if I can say, situation, where the ministry responsible for overseeing the law has itself been in breach of that very same law. And this points to a Government that is in disarray. It points to a Government that, if it does not believe that is a real issue, is out of touch with ordinary and middle New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000625\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EIt has been revealed that this Government\u2014which has not estimated that cost\u2014has known about the problem since 2010. The Minister Michael Woodhouse admitted that in 2010 a group was set up to try to resolve this issue\u2014to work through complications created by payroll systems that made it difficult for employers to comply with the law. But it seems that nothing has been done since 2010, and since that time the Government has been in breach of the law.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000626\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225bbd9f26-fdb0-4b85-a836-0fc46e1bba3c\u0022\u003EReports noted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000627\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00224bdf633e2d6e459a8e76129a55fd4c48\u0022\u003EHealth Sector\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022 data-id=\u00229887cc08056841218a5ac37f9b8f257e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000628\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229887cc08056841218a5ac37f9b8f257e\u0022\u003ESIMON O\u2019CONNOR (Chairperson of the Health Committee):\u003C/span\u003E I am absolutely delighted to take this call. The Heath Committee has been working incredibly hard this year, including work on the annual reviews. Can I start by thanking all the members on that committee, right across the various political hue and spectrum\u2014it is a huge array of work.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000629\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003EIt is really in that spirit of thanks, though, that I want to focus a bit of my initial time in these 5 minutes. It is on those who are actually working hard within the health sector. Through the annual reviews, we have heard primarily from the district health boards\u2014a representative number of them\u2014we cannot see all of them, for obvious reasons. In meeting with the various district health boards, those from the Health Research Council and other agencies, you realise and continue to appreciate the great work that they do. So I want to take this opportunity, rather than highlighting the particulars of their activities, just to say thank you to each and every person who works in the health area. I was going to fall into the trap of talking about doctors, nurses, and hospitals\u2014but as everyone in this House will appreciate, it is much, much wider than that. That came through in the select committee process as the various board chairs, chief executives, and others were talking to us and sharing what they do. In a sense, on the record, I want to say thank you to them and to all those working in the sector.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003EWe heard a number of positive elements coming through at the select committees and through the annual reviews. I am going to leave much of that to other speakers, both from the Opposition and the Government to share. It is oft-repeated\u2014and I am all for good news stories, but I am not going to use my time there, bar one example\u2014and that is what is coming out of the Health Research Council. It got a new chair recently, Dr Lester Levy, the new chief executive in Professor Kathryn McPherson\u2014both of them doing a tremendous job. One of the reasons I want to highlight what they do is that the work of the Health Research Council is often not well known. Often it is the researchers themselves, or other bodies, that get the thanks. But, actually, the moneys through the Crown, and invested via the Health Research Council, bring about amazing results. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000631\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003EWe heard about one example at the select committee; in fact, those of us who were at the Royal Society last night heard about this as well. We heard about some of the research that is being done and led by the likes of the Deputy Chair of the Heath Research Council, Professor Richard Beasley. Basically, it is looking at the efficacy of saline\u2014in other words, water and salt\u2014with other physiological products. In other words, can you make a product with all the other compounds and elements into, well, a drip that may be more effective?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000632\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022001cd049d3af4540856a97dde88d4efa\u0022\u003EGrant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: I would not use that word.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000633\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022aed9356576bd44b592ab650b733ca341\u0022\u003ESIMON O\u2019CONNOR\u003C/span\u003E: Well, we could not use it if we do not want to offend the Opposition. But the long and the short of it is that the Health Research Council found that there is no greater efficacy\u2014or benefit, if you will\u2014of using these new, amazing products that may replicate human blood plasmas and so forth. It found, actually, that saline in and of itself is just as effective. And saline costs, effectively, a couple of dollars, whereas these other physiological products cost hundreds of dollars. Here was a great example of the Health Research Council funding some research that is saving not only New Zealand taxpayers but also people across the world hundreds of thousands\u2014if not millions\u2014of dollars, because, ultimately, we do not need to invest in these more expensive products because they are not bringing out the same set of results. So I thought it was just one small example, but a relatively positive example, of what is happening in the health space.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000634\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003EWe have heard from a number of other groups before the Health Committee that were highlighting, in small ways, the activities that are going on. One of the themes, actually, that was coming out\u2014and I am sure my colleague from New Zealand First Barbara Stewart acknowledges it\u2014was the importance of oral health. It was something that is always coming before us. I think it is one of the really strong announcements in recent days, by Minister Coleman in particular and, obviously, Minister Dunne, that is actually looking to change where the decisions around the fluoridation of water occur: moving it out of local government and into district health boards, which makes absolute sense, because, actually, this is a health issue. I think it is a really good example of how voices in the community are heard through the annual review process and can begin to make a change. I think it is just absolutely fantastic, and I want to thank the Minister in the chair, Jonathan Coleman, for his leadership in this role.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022 data-id=\u0022f295b4e982924dc4a0f3e6d738ad1e53\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000635\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f295b4e982924dc4a0f3e6d738ad1e53\u0022\u003EHon ANNETTE KING (Deputy Leader\u2014Labour):\u003C/span\u003E I am so glad that Minister Jonathan Coleman has joined us for this debate, because one of his colleagues, Minister Woodhouse, was in the chair a moment ago and he talked about how proud he was of this Government\u2019s record in health\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000636\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002221ff1c2e9fa74d59ae11d63b8b6691bf\u0022\u003EChris Hipkins\u003C/span\u003E: Positively puffed up.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000637\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f5fb5cf6d3fe4b4b8d7ce176bfc8e733\u0022\u003EHon ANNETTE KING\u003C/span\u003E: Positively puffed up\u2014the Hyacinth Bucket of the Parliament. I have to say that I listened to some of the things that he said, and I was questioning them\u2014I have to say, Minister\u2014because he said there are 50,000 more operations that have been done under this Government. I know for a fact, Minister, that you are counting 12,000 of Labour\u2019s operations done under the 2008-09 Budget\u2014counting it dishonestly as operations done by the National\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000638\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c9a04de3b3a64497984f6805b212bd52\u0022\u003EHon Simon Bridges\u003C/span\u003E: No.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000639\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022035d81afc2e84e02b4a69b429f7a2c05\u0022\u003EHon ANNETTE KING\u003C/span\u003E: Oh yes, they are\u201412,000 of them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000640\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022208591bea5584bbc9fb0f2882d6b89fa\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: I will just freeze that. I will just warn the member that accusing a Minister of being dishonest\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000641\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228f4007d3b22d4ca3880b9582dace5c9e\u0022\u003EHon ANNETTE KING\u003C/span\u003E: I did not say that he was dishonest, Mr Chairman; I was very careful.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000642\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022821e102834a942a690b3c71aa7ed98a6\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: I think the member will now sit down. I will say that it has been ruled many times that accusing a Government or a ministry of doing something is the same as accusing an individual member of it, especially the member in charge of it. So I am just asking you to take more care.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000643\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e531423f85a6411f8701145ee24d6b2f\u0022\u003EHon ANNETTE KING\u003C/span\u003E: Let me just rephrase: it is a very misleading claim by this Government that it has done 50,000 more operations\u2014counting 12,000 done under the 2008-09 Budget. Will the Minister deny that? I will table it and show that is correct. I find that very misleading. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000644\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003EHe then went on to say that we are sending no patients to Australia for cancer treatment. Well, I am glad we are not, because I had to in 2000 and 2001. Does anyone know why I had to? It was because they received a report from the National Government in 1998 and 1999 that said our cancer services were in dire straits: we did not have enough linear accelerators, we did not have enough staff, and we could not provide this service. Do you know it took me months to get that report out of that Minister? I asked for it; they did not have it. They had never heard of it and denied it. I knew it existed because I did have a copy. I was testing the Minister and his ministry about being honest about cancer treatment. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000645\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003EWhat I think is happening in this health sector is that there is $1.7 billion missing in the health budget. If you look at the budget and you look at the track that it has been on, $1.7 billion is missing because the Government has not covered costs and it has not covered all of the demographic growth. That is not coming from Labour; that was independent work done by Infometrics. The Government has denied, denied, denied, but we are now starting to see the impact of those missing dollars, and we are seeing it in research that has been provided over the last few weeks. The Minister of Health may want to deny this research, but it has been done by the University of Otago Faculty of Medicine. It is proper research, printed in the Medical Journal, and it has said something I think is very significant. I do not think the Minister has read it. It says \u201CPatients undergoing primary elective total hip and knee replacement in Otago in 2014 are more severely disabled than between 2006-2010. Patients currently being returned to GP would have qualified for publicly-funded surgery during that period.\u201D This paper confirms that the increasing demand is not matched by the increase in supply. \u201CThe problems we describe are likely to becoming increasingly widespread across New Zealand.\u201D\u2014that is proper research given to the Government, which was denied by the Associate Minister of Health last week and continues to be denied by the Minister himself. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000646\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003EWe also now know, because of data received from the Ministry of Health, that we have eight district health boards that have been unable to provide the number of elective surgeries that they were expected to provide, going right back to 2011. Two thousand one hundred and eighty one hip and knee procedures were supposed to be provided and were not provided during that period. I have to say to the Minister, why were they not provided? Of course, we know what he thinks. He said patients only think they need surgery; they do not actually need surgery\u2014it is all in their minds. I challenge him to go and tell Grey Power that when they are asked whether they believe they need surgery because they are in pain and they cannot walk and they cannot go out and they are now housebound, or whether it is all in their mind. Have a listen to what they may say.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022 data-id=\u0022e84114f3856f4d43b0fd6ab3d1eac8e6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000647\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022e84114f3856f4d43b0fd6ab3d1eac8e6\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Minister of Health):\u003C/span\u003E Well, there is so much to correct in that speech that I do not think we have got enough time to do it, quite frankly. There was so much fiction there. I mean, for starters, an extra 50,000 operations were provided under this Government. In Labour\u2019s last year in Government it did 118,000 operations; we did 168,000 last year. That is a fact. But I will tell you what\u2014you know, Mrs King talked a lot about the Southern District Health Board, and, actually, we could do better on hips and knees there. We raised the rate by 10 percent over our time there, but we have got to keep on doing more, and that is the answer to unmet need. But the really embarrassing thing for Mrs King, and the reason, actually, she asked questions about food rather than operations during question time, is that while she was Minister of Health she delivered 420 fewer operations in the Southern District Health Board. It was absolutely shameful. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000648\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022badb0a39-849c-462a-b32f-77fc017c9fc2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022de462d24f5954f3ba41ad219bc44b146\u0022\u003EHon Simon Bridges\u003C/span\u003E: Oh, here was me thinking it was just because she was hungry.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000649\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a9642a506fd1437caaf110f29ad48d7e\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: Yes. So when you get to a situation when question No. 1 in question time is about the Southern District Health Board\u2019s food, in reality I think that means we are covering off the big issues pretty well. But I will tell you what: there has been a signal achievement this week announced by this Government, and that is moving the decision rights on the fluoridation\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000650\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002209a5b71a-ca7e-4e7c-9e09-f9e63f18aa12\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c40f967fa83d44a3b60b3ebe46b27016\u0022\u003EHon Annette King\u003C/span\u003E: Yeah, and that was pretty gutless.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000651\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002223bdc5da7cb142b5838cb599d46d6730\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014of water from local government through to district health boards. Mrs King says that is \u201Cgutless\u201D. Well, I will tell you what. She had\u2014and this was a dental nurse\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000652\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022153aeadcfa494b1898db08733bd21b92\u0022\u003EThe CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard)\u003C/span\u003E: OK, the member will resume his seat. I was going to let it pass, but, again, there is a long history of calling members \u201Cgutless\u201D and that being ruled out. The member will desist from saying that word, and the Minister will not respond to it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000653\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002273f9aee8f22944eaac0ee25b1ee8f669\u0022\u003EHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN\u003C/span\u003E: Sure, sure. I think, actually, this great achievement of announcing the movement of decision rights to the district health boards is something the whole Parliament could join together to celebrate. I would love to see Labour\u2014especially with the Opposition spokesperson being a former dental nurse who actually had 9 years to do this herself\u2014issuing a supportive press release saying: \u201CLet\u2019s put aside the petty bickering over, you know, the minor bits and pieces. Let\u2019s actually celebrate what is a major achievement.\u201D When you look at fluoridation of water, that is one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. When you look at 35,000 children having a tooth extracted last year, that makes the point that this is a really important public health move. So if you look at 40 percent of our kids having a tooth go rotten before the age of 5\u2014up to 60 percent in our young M\u0101ori kids under the age of 5\u2014we had to do something about that, and that was a very important move.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000654\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003EAnother great public health achievement under this Government has been the extension of free general practice visits to children under the age of 13. Much to Mrs King\u2019s disappointment, that was taken up by 99 percent of practices\u201499 percent of practices. That is going to be a huge contributor to ensuring the good health of a whole cohort of children\u2014free general practice visits now for 750,000 New Zealand children.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000655\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003EProgress reported.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000656\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003EReport adopted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id2016041437ef7c049164484183a66a39b38781f8000657\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022603ae58e-47c4-46f9-bfc8-8355a48988ad\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 5.55 p.m.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"