"\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=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00226af0f883cd20499db9fffbecf1469c04\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000003\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022fe0d2810047c4eadbc6afa6166e1011f\u0022\u003ETHURSDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000002\u0022\u003EThe Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000004\u0022\u003EKarakia.\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000005\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u002224b93177c4de4e7280b5fc4cdb8ac9b9\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000007\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022317a58affae84a5eab32c854a0170987\u0022\u003EBusiness Statement\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022 data-id=\u002276bab9a1896e4285929ca8daf00decf6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000006\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002276bab9a1896e4285929ca8daf00decf6\u0022\u003EHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E Legislation to be considered next week will include the first readings of the Arms Legislation Bill and the Rates Rebate (Statutory Declarations) Amendment Bill, the committee stage of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 2), and the third readings of the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission/Te Waihanga Bill and the Education (School Donations) Amendment Bill. Wednesday, 25 September will be a members\u2019 day.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002261720d2e-5b1d-4742-b4f0-30424316ccc1\u0022 data-id=\u00229818ccb138414873a94a31aa6e136a21\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000008\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002261720d2e-5b1d-4742-b4f0-30424316ccc1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229818ccb138414873a94a31aa6e136a21\u0022\u003EBARBARA KURIGER (National\u2014Taranaki - King Country):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. In response to the Business Statement, is the Government planning on progressing the Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill, currently set at No. 22 on the Order Paper, before the local body elections on 12 October, so that the voters and candidates know the transfer of responsibilities in advance of the election?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022 data-id=\u0022350a46a04fe94aa28c11e9c84a84285e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000009\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022350a46a04fe94aa28c11e9c84a84285e\u0022\u003EHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House):\u003C/span\u003E Given the Government\u2019s very busy programme, that is very unlikely. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022HpsHansard\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000010\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsProceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022bd4b2b4d4a8249b6846c94f850e223ae\u0022\u003EOral Questions\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000011\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b9d7ee1612e04d97b6638e0719a8179d\u0022\u003EQuestions to Ministers\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000012\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00220c186ab4d4fc480fb6b4a0043fb236bc\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 1\u2014Finance\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022 data-id=\u00225e8bc44c0f4640c0bce30111cd5688b7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000013\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E1. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00225e8bc44c0f4640c0bce30111cd5688b7\u0022\u003EHon PAUL GOLDSMITH (National)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all of his statements, policies, and actions?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u002224a197708749433aa00b45741542d3fb\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000014\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002224a197708749433aa00b45741542d3fb\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, in particular the Government\u2019s economic policies, which have delivered economic growth of 0.5 percent in the June quarter and annual average growth of 2.4 percent in the year. Under this Government\u2019s solid economic management, the New Zealand economy continues to outperform Australia, Canada, the euro area, Japan, the UK, and the OECD average.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000015\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229c8a1adccbb4430295077dffb1aae44e\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: How does he think his Government\u2019s economic policies are working when annual GDP growth has fallen to 2.1 percent year on year and just 0.5 percent per person?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000016\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221b82b7359a5d4e12bac369e4f670401e\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: I believe that because all around New Zealand, I see people in work. I see today that nominally New Zealand\u2019s GDP reached $300 billion for the first time, which was in excess of where it was predicted to be when we took over\u2014or in the pre-election fiscal update anyway. So I go on the evidence I see all around me, Mr Goldsmith.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000017\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fb2cc1bf4cec4e64894587dcd7237712\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Is he saying that New Zealanders should be happy with 0.5 percent, per person, GDP growth?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000018\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c4edde0a0082435daf921e732c88b965\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: On this side of the House, we will never be satisfied. We will always strive to go further and faster and better.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000019\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022db4be71c72364fd7a02f0c96d189a2c9\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Does he think Winston Peters\u2019 September 2017 prediction that the country has \u201Cdark days ahead\u201D was helpful, and do we just have to accept those dark days have arrived?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000020\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d8f2c8544ea744768aeb0703b874bccc\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: No, no, there is absolutely no responsibility for an Opposition member\u2019s statement from September 2017.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000021\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225da8083dc6a343a6b9c94ee64c3cec48\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Does he agree with the ANZ\u2019s assessment that \u201Cthe broader narrative that economic momentum is slowly running out of puff\u201D was confirmed in today\u2019s GDP figures, and, if so, what is he doing to restore the nation\u2019s puff?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022648a38474b4441deacf234e055861627\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: If the member had read the whole of the ANZ document he would have noted their statement that trading partner growth has been softening and that as a small, open economy that\u2019s a growth anchor to be particularly concerned about. That is exactly the issue that New Zealand faces at this time, but we do stand here today with annual average growth of 2.4 percent\u2014faster than many of our trading partners\u2014and, I would note, larger than it was on average across the National Party\u2019s time in Government, where it was 2.2 percent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000023\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b46bd8586deb44389e13817c503de5a9\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Why does he think business investment was negative in the last quarter?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000024\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228066adb089d643e8b3fd5856a931cd3b\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I\u2019m sure, as the member does, as we go around the country and we talk to business leaders, we know many of them in the export industries are looking across the world and they are seeing that there is a slow-down in the global economy. They are concerned about the orders that are coming through from offshore. This is common in a small, open economy like New Zealand. The good news is we are well positioned to deal with this. We have low public debt, we have operating surpluses forecast, and we have unemployment at historically low levels. The New Zealand economy is in good shape but we are facing global headwinds.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000025\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f7cbbbd12c0f4cb2b0546f045e27aa73\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: So what is his plan to grow the economy?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000026\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226f88f48aed554f50b5cd7e982fd69a2b\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: I\u2019m delighted\u2014and obviously there\u2019ll need to be an interchange between us. Well, there\u2019s just so much to be able to deal with, and that\u2019s the issue. So let\u2019s kick off dealing with productivity\u2014an issue that the previous Government ignored completely. There is $40 billion worth of capital spending going in to our infrastructure around New Zealand, and a $300 million venture capital fund, just announced in the Budget, to be able to spur on our entrepreneurs to the next stage of their development. Massive investment is going in to skills and training. Again, after nine years where active labour market policies were put on hold, we\u2019re out there supporting people to get into work. We want to build a productive, sustainable, inclusive economy and clean up the mess that we were left with.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000027\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b2152b74322948d086521570b9e958e7\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: So why does he think, after delivering two Budgets\u2014the last including $3.8 billion of new spending\u2014economic growth has still slowed to barely 2 percent and business confidence remains so low?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000028\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228e2515c8efec43d68584549d52f989b9\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: I want to help the member out here. These are the June quarter GDP figures\u2014the period ending on 30 June. The Budget that had the $3.8 billion per annum of new operating spending and $10 billion of capital spending starts on 1 July, so the member is just a little confused there.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000029\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00220f8e0bfaf77945bf9b7c5235906e6862\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 2\u2014Finance\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022 data-id=\u0022b2930b633cee4760bac8b93e59ce0312\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000030\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E2. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b2930b633cee4760bac8b93e59ce0312\u0022\u003EKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022 data-id=\u002290338e079f3d4af4b929beafcd9f7b3a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000031\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002290338e079f3d4af4b929beafcd9f7b3a\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance):\u003C/span\u003E More good news worthy of repeating. Today, Stats New Zealand released GDP data for the June quarter. It shows that New Zealand continued to grow, with an expansion of 0.5 percent, coming in slightly ahead of market expectations, and an annual average growth rate of 2.4 percent. GDP per capita was up 0.8 percent from a year ago. I\u2019m also pleased to report to the House that in nominal terms, the New Zealand economy reached $300 billion at 30 June, which is larger than was forecast at the pre-election fiscal update.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000032\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fd48924f0bc24da9af377b5b4c1e4122\u0022\u003EKiritapu Allan\u003C/span\u003E: What industries contributed to economic growth in the June quarter?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000033\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226b342028ace34140ad4ad1e212c0f361\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Statistics New Zealand said that the services industries, which are more domestically orientated, led GDP growth in June, with quarterly growth of 0.7 percent. Our primary industries expanded by 0.7 percent, showing solid underlying fundamentals in these parts of our economy. The data today also showed the impact that global economic volatility is having on the economy. Our manufacturing sector is the most exposed to what is going on in the rest of the world, and activity in New Zealand\u2019s goods-producing industries was down by 0.2 percent in the quarter. It\u2019s worth noting that our goods-producing industries are up, though, 1.8 percent from a year ago, which does highlight the resilience of those who work in these industries.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000034\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002255c48ede7cc84cff9a429fad3508ce23\u0022\u003EKiritapu Allan\u003C/span\u003E: How does New Zealand\u2019s growth rate compare to the rest of the world?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000035\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002265ade1f1c2f248cda019be920efaf938\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: We all know that New Zealand has a small, open economy that makes a living from selling things to the rest of the world, so it is important to keep our relative position to the rest of the world in context. It\u2019s pleasing to see that on comparable figures, our June quarter growth from a year ago is stronger than Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, the UK, and the OECD average. While we are facing global headwinds, the New Zealand economy has strong underlying fundamentals.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000036\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002230834f52957244f5960cc4ca5cecf103\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: How does New Zealand\u2019s per-person growth compare with the OECD average?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000037\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022adba07947cde4aa78ba6a8ac0698336b\u0022\u003EHon GRANT ROBERTSON\u003C/span\u003E: Our per capita growth that we have in this quarter of 0.8 percent is indeed lower than we would want it to be, but that\u2019s because we have to turn around nine long years of not having an economic strategy based on productivity or sustainability; rather, we have the member\u2019s prescription of increasing house prices and increasing population.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000038\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a4a5e428796f4c94b9e5e375336d2658\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 3\u2014M\u0101ori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022 data-id=\u0022d326db612b824773b874fbaee28de346\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000039\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E3. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d326db612b824773b874fbaee28de346\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH (National\u2014Nelson)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for M\u0101ori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti: Does he agree with mana whenua that their land should be returned at Ihum\u0101tao, and that the Government should \u201Cnegotiate with Fletchers for the return of Ihum\u0101tao to its \u2018rightful owners\u2019 \u201D?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022 data-id=\u00224b62dce7934b4b7cb6bb9a788e1a7957\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000040\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224b62dce7934b4b7cb6bb9a788e1a7957\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS (Minister for M\u0101ori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti):\u003C/span\u003E It\u2019s not my place to agree or disagree with mana whenua, but instead to respect their opinions and views. Our focus is on supporting a resolution that respects the mana of all parties, including mana whenua, the Crown, and Fletchers. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000041\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f8528067fe0449ee810a700a9b171697\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Does he agree with the M\u0101ori King that the land should be returned to M\u0101ori ownership? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000042\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022265ecab943074334a090719fd99a2938\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: As I said, it\u2019s not my place to agree or to disagree, but instead to respect the opinions and views of all those involved, including the M\u0101ori King. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000043\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c3a3b57209f442ec8347373c86567c1c\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Supplementary. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000044\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ab87481882164cdb8bdfefdbdda8b824\u0022\u003ERt Hon Winston Peters\u003C/span\u003E: Supplementary. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000045\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e0f1985d0ecf4276a8fe069107d31063\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: We generally have two supplementaries first. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000046\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220ec6c585deb64583b249802387df9222\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Does he agree with the Acting Prime Minister, Winston Peters, that any involvement of the Crown in purchasing the land would compromise the principle of full and final settlement? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000047\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226a36ebc04da94f01bbb8ec6aa93a54b8\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: I take great interest in the views of the Rt Hon Winston Peters, and I respect the views of most people when it comes to this whole situation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000048\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bfe7886ff15547a6a0c5c8a34da17b1f\u0022\u003ERt Hon Winston Peters\u003C/span\u003E: Who, on what date, and about what land said this: \u201CThe owner of that property is Fletcher Residential. They have indicated that they are happy to sit down and to talk with some of the M\u0101ori groups that are concerned. The member has made representations to me along those lines; I would be happy to facilitate that, because I think there is the capacity on that site to come to a common-sense solution.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000049\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228b74efd37e884dc4910f74a9ef9b8853\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: In as far as he has responsibility, which is a bit hard to tell, but we\u2019ll go.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000050\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229d5d9f8a607647db9e4e3dfa6541ef44\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: I believe that that comment was made by the Hon Dr Nick Smith, then Minister for Building and Housing, on 18 February 2016; he was speaking of Ihum\u0101tao. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000051\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228adf9e0ee8d84bddac8ce509fba60e66\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Can the Minister confirm that the reason the issue has turned to custard over this land\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000052\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002203c9249a2a4e449f89825ca4a6b5f8a8\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! The member will resume his seat. His question will be within order. I\u2019m going to give him a last chance today to word a question in order without losing it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000053\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002207f16e0cf0884cd8a1d7f2f3e6de68ee\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Can the Minister confirm that the issue regarding this land has become so contentious because Labour and Green MPs, in Opposition, made promises to protestors that have not been fulfilled? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000054\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bf618c7f4b8645af80b262b389aa757d\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: No. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000055\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223febf2ae6c0c45879c9c13076de36554\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Has a Government contribution of a loan or any financial support been considered at any stage in respect of supporting the purchase of this land?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000056\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002218040740e3c24f55a0655f6216fa5082\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: I have no responsibility for loans in this regard. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002255aea791b4994218a4c6aa5670735dd6\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Has the Minister been involved in any discussions in respect of this land in which a Crown financial contribution, loan, or any other support was considered?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000058\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002220c5eec991f142ccb85a7975eeb6dde2\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: No. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000059\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a2b03e0916344c2e94e84f038887267f\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Will the Minister visit the site and meet with the protestors, given the high expectations he\u2019s created as Minister responsible for Crown-M\u0101ori relations? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000060\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022010430f155264478b72a7f97b82c7666\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: I reject the premise of his assertion that I\u2019m creating high expectations. [Interruption]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000061\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b6b8987283454fb889f3def3318be2bf\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! If the members want the Minister to answer the question, they will be quiet\u2014especially Mr Hudson.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000062\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022059047e32027404f9302b29c3d07c700\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Will the Minister visit the site and meet with protestors?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000063\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022802874a3-deca-48b7-9d33-9087058892f5\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225bce2c6c23d04c10bb4217bf67944b7b\u0022\u003EHon KELVIN DAVIS\u003C/span\u003E: Quite possibly. It depends on the timing, but, again, I go back to my previous answer that I haven\u2019t raised any expectations because I haven\u2019t made comment on this issue.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000064\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a26e1dd5ac6c49c0ad50209151567dfc\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 4\u2014Transport\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022872744a3-2256-4cdd-a4cc-939836dc2b11\u0022 data-id=\u00222d5a36fccd124f1bbfb9273b7192fe96\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000065\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022872744a3-2256-4cdd-a4cc-939836dc2b11\u0022\u003E4. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222d5a36fccd124f1bbfb9273b7192fe96\u0022\u003EPRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN (Labour)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Transport: What progress has he made, if any, on the Auckland Transport Alignment Project?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022 data-id=\u00226a14e1cb34a840b5a4e8cc9091cafc7b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000066\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226a14e1cb34a840b5a4e8cc9091cafc7b\u0022\u003EHon PHIL TWYFORD (Minister of Transport):\u003C/span\u003E Good news, Mr Speaker. Earlier this week, I turned the sod on another Auckland Transport Alignment Project project with Auckland mayor, Phil Goff. We are transforming the Puhinui rail station into an efficient, modern, and user-friendly rail and bus interchange. This was only possible because of our landmark, fully funded, $28 billion Auckland Transport Alignment Project with Auckland Council.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000067\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022872744a3-2256-4cdd-a4cc-939836dc2b11\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228aef06f3f0104dd3a2eb4f9c91d26699\u0022\u003EPriyanca Radhakrishnan\u003C/span\u003E: When will construction be completed?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000068\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b4e3b53ff1fd472bbadd50892a5b9660\u0022\u003EHon PHIL TWYFORD\u003C/span\u003E: This project will be completed within 18 months, and it will ease the pressure on Auckland\u2019s transport system that events like hosting APEC will create. Work will also start, in the coming weeks, on upgrading State Highway 20B, which runs between the station and the airport, and this will also be completed by 2021.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000069\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022872744a3-2256-4cdd-a4cc-939836dc2b11\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d669ce5c1ce24d7394c6268fe0d1a923\u0022\u003EPriyanca Radhakrishnan\u003C/span\u003E: What will this mean for access to Auckland Airport?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000070\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c6bb6d8b18bd414c919210011a27e96d\u0022\u003EHon PHIL TWYFORD\u003C/span\u003E: Well, this is one of the transport agency\u2019s big priorities in Auckland right now. There will be a bus service using dedicated lanes to begin with, and, in the future, it will become part of a rapid transit route connecting Manukau and Botany with Puhinui and the airport. This means that anyone with access to the rail network will have access to a 10-minute trip to the airport from that station.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000071\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022872744a3-2256-4cdd-a4cc-939836dc2b11\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229823a18936f84ff08d07304bdf950521\u0022\u003EPriyanca Radhakrishnan\u003C/span\u003E: What other progress has been made on the Auckland Transport Alignment Project?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000072\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dfa10dd5910f4207bacb0860d4d0efdd\u0022\u003EHon PHIL TWYFORD\u003C/span\u003E: Well, progress includes, but is not limited to, the P\u016Bhoi to Warkworth motorway construction. Construction is due to start soon on the K Road enhancement and cycleway project. Fifteen new electric train units have been ordered and are due to arrive within this financial year. The Albany station park and ride extension is in construction, as is safety improvements in the Dome Valley. The detailed design work is under way on the Matakana link road, the Eastern Busway is being built as we speak, and there\u2019s much more to come.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000073\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00224c117b420ab04b4fb56df56941162245\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 5\u2014Prime Minister\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bf71a65e-c9f0-4856-902f-1a15c4274e94\u0022 data-id=\u00226d7567a955344b5f8916e5179e7fadfc\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000074\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bf71a65e-c9f0-4856-902f-1a15c4274e94\u0022\u003E5. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226d7567a955344b5f8916e5179e7fadfc\u0022\u003EMARK PATTERSON (NZ First)\u003C/span\u003E to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his Government\u2019s policies and actions?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022 data-id=\u00229fce4053bd3743c1b6fe97b01aa1d4d7\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000075\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229fce4053bd3743c1b6fe97b01aa1d4d7\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Acting Prime Minister):\u003C/span\u003E Yes, and how refreshing it is to have someone finally to hold this Government to account. We stand by reviving mental healthcare and the Wellbeing Commission, shut down by National in 2012; cleaning up New Zealand\u2019s waterways; restoring funding to New Zealand hospitals and schools; planting a billion trees; a $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund to benefit welfare in real New Zealand, not the big end of Queen Street; 100 new locomotives and 900 new wagons; and, dare I say, 800 more front-line police men and women to make our communities safe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000076\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bf71a65e-c9f0-4856-902f-1a15c4274e94\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022baec739d59e54592b1c78645f09b39b3\u0022\u003EMark Patterson\u003C/span\u003E: What reaction has he seen to the policies of this Government?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000077\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002260927db2bae346ea9ba7bbb99df1f22e\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: An extraordinary range of reactions, actually: most effusive and complimentary, and some, from most unusual quarters, seeking to break the door down to attend\u2014they being provincial members of a certain political party. But it\u2019s come from the working-end of town, not the big-end banking end of town. The minimum wage has risen and will be further raised to $20 per hour by 2021 while unemployment declines, and, dare I say it, in June 2019, first-home buyers\u2019 borrowing outstripped investors for the first time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000078\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bf71a65e-c9f0-4856-902f-1a15c4274e94\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b3347c1891a54827a8959ad59b482f47\u0022\u003EMark Patterson\u003C/span\u003E: How has this Government increased New Zealand\u2019s prosperity; if so, how?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000079\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022db2acba9ef02424a874ec0ee82b37f95\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: That\u2019s a fantastic question. By having a serious understanding of how business works\u2014by having a serious understanding that exports have always been New Zealand\u2019s greatest level of dependency, and that is why we have taken export revenue in 2017 from $37 billion to, as we speak, $46 billion. Of course, just five years ago, the dollar was going at US88c. It\u2019s now at US65c, which is the reason why smart farmers are cheering from the rooftops about this new Government. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000080\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bf71a65e-c9f0-4856-902f-1a15c4274e94\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002213ff43fb693a4df4a1800703b55aa6c4\u0022\u003EMark Patterson\u003C/span\u003E: What are some of the significant recent achievements for seniors? [Interruption] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000081\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b590023bdfcb49c4b8a7998977cee4c1\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Order! Some of us take this matter very seriously.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000082\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229680f89ccae14c1cb86d6a254fc31e9f\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I want to say to certain members, including Nick Smith over there, that next week there\u2019ll be a SuperGold card announcement. We\u2019re talking about restoring super fund contributions shut down by the previous Government, keeping the age at 65, and doing one thing that other parties in the past have: not ever forgetting that New Zealand seniors built this country and deserve some respect. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000083\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fbbf3d75f2054399b221b5ec3a4bc0f2\u0022\u003EHon Grant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: How many questions has he answered from the Opposition since he took over as Acting Prime Minister this week, and what explanation would he have for that number?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223d49aeac-8adf-497b-9400-ab7bb077bb8d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224377c3dc81244f0a862de7003a1614ed\u0022\u003ERt Hon WINSTON PETERS\u003C/span\u003E: Alas, in the public interest, I\u2019m sad to say the answer has been none, and I put it down to the old adage \u201CDon\u2019t go to a gun fight carrying a small knife.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000085\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00226104b118638d4a5fb1a13feddceef9bd\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 6\u2014M\u0101ori Development\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022 data-id=\u0022165c9959e8674fb78cf6e22d44d66e7f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000086\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E6. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022165c9959e8674fb78cf6e22d44d66e7f\u0022\u003EHon Dr NICK SMITH (National\u2014Nelson)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for M\u0101ori Development: How many meetings, if any, has she had with mana whenua, Tainui, the K\u012Bngitanga, ministerial colleagues, or any other person in respect of Ihum\u0101tao?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022 data-id=\u0022ccba1f9249ef447e87993a2574412efd\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000087\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ccba1f9249ef447e87993a2574412efd\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E I\u2019ve had two meetings, each well reported in the media, the first on 25 July and another on 31 July, and I regularly meet with my ministerial colleagues and talk about a variety of topics; Ihum\u0101tao is likely to have been one of them. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022159c94277b6c44a8943e963ce4b0a45a\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Was financial support being considered or discussed at any of those meetings for purchase of the land?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000089\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022325f48c49c4e428f991cf5981a1f4156\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA\u003C/span\u003E: No.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000090\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002236f056342dc04f18b729c0e28f74c8a7\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Does she agree with the M\u0101ori King that the Crown should negotiate to purchase the land and return it to M\u0101ori ownership?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000091\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229be48df2301c42069e3b5e2ba04c949c\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA\u003C/span\u003E: Mr Speaker\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000092\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a643812eaa6c4447958d57818047e8fe\u0022\u003EHon Grant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I\u2019m not challenging your ruling, but I\u2019m just questioning around responsibility for the views of the M\u0101ori King from the Minister for M\u0101ori Development\u2014I\u2019m just not sure quite how that lines up.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000093\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223dd696ee21be4506af4cf4d008610942\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Mr Speaker\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000094\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b7aef2ab9cf648a584c8ce6ef2cd1a74\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Well, no, I don\u2019t need to hear from Dr Smith. This is a public opinion about a matter for which this Minister has been given responsibility to answer this question in the House, and we often\u2014and, in fact, you know, as recently, I think, as yesterday, Mr Robertson, you answered questions based on the opinions of outside persons in an area for which you had responsibility. I think that the question of the M\u0101ori King commenting on an issue which affects M\u0101ori\u2014the Minister for M\u0101ori Development does not have responsibility for that, but can and has been asked for her opinion on the comment, and that is within, I think, a reasonable question. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000095\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d3d7605db6054322b9265ec2cf324bb6\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA\u003C/span\u003E: The views of the M\u0101ori King are a matter for him and, of particular note, for mana whenua groups. We acknowledge and thank him for his leadership in bringing mana whenua groups together. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000096\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223d91ec8dd027483daf791a87820b5ac4\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Will she rule out the Government taking up the advice of the M\u0101ori King\u2014of the Government negotiating to purchase the land and return it to its M\u0101ori owners?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000097\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c09a46e272774337be1645ea7e0d652a\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA\u003C/span\u003E: It\u2019s not a matter of whether I will rule anything in or out. This Government is trying to find a constructive solution to a complex set of issues at Ihum\u0101tao, and if he was concerned about getting a really good outcome where there\u2019s certainty, I\u2019m sure he would change his line of questioning.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000098\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022666dca3197a540c3aca2d6a770d3ac73\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Does the options of a constructive solution to the problem include the taxpayer providing money for the purchase of the land, as suggested by the M\u0101ori King? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000099\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bdfdceb050ed4adcac4303baa5724256\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: \u201CDo the options\u201D\u2014but anyway, yep.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000100\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f9a579513e5e432c991a555014e17431\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA\u003C/span\u003E: I\u2019m not entirely sure how the member jumped to that question, based on the primary, but what I can say is that this Government is concerned about getting certainty of outcome to all parties involved, and in order to achieve that, we need everybody to come to the table and look for a constructive, innovative solution.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000101\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002299ce5d0838b24ece83d3cef733a9494c\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Will the Minister visit the site and meet with the protesters?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000102\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d909db18798a42bf893288c16f8a9b8e\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA\u003C/span\u003E: I think the Minister fails to recognise that I\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000103\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228317464c84f94a4ca0d0551277f86788\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: The member.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000104\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022baf07929a3334996a5cc8b7632879b14\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA\u003C/span\u003E: I think the member fails to recognise that I have connections to that area. I don\u2019t need to visit a site to know that the rubbish that they created in trying to ram through development without the support of the local community has proven to be a problem, and we have to sort out the mess that he started.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000105\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022b9f460b8f2e24772899db367e49f1a52\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 7\u2014Police\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022 data-id=\u0022167c346492ec42ad8ed2fc46e89ac567\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000106\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022167c346492ec42ad8ed2fc46e89ac567\u0022\u003EBRETT HUDSON (National):\u003C/span\u003E My question is to the Minister of Police. How many police to date\u2014[Interruption] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000107\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c85f9c9a88b14b56a13804461345b74b\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Both sides. Start again, please.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022 data-id=\u0022f99071a085b0409893978282cf0755e4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000108\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022\u003E7. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f99071a085b0409893978282cf0755e4\u0022\u003EBRETT HUDSON (National)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Police: How many police to date have been deployed at Ihum\u0101tao, and what has been the total cost to date of their deployment?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022 data-id=\u002282880130897f4f85956f41c294d4b6eb\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000109\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002282880130897f4f85956f41c294d4b6eb\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH (Minister of Police):\u003C/span\u003E Under section 16 of the Policing Act, the role of the Minister and the role of police are very clearly defined. Enforcement, investigation, and prosecution are, quite properly, the responsibility of the commissioner. This includes a decision to deploy officers to an incident or a dispute. I am advised that the number of staff deployed is operationally sensitive, and I\u2019m also advised that to calculate the cost is a huge task that the police were not able to do in time for this question. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000110\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e1d618f1f8604b3d9d14c19b2d2b2522\u0022\u003EBrett Hudson\u003C/span\u003E: What representations have been made to him about increasing the police presence at Ihum\u0101tao, and by who?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000111\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ec21899ce99740efb8413bccc01a71a4\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: As mentioned, it\u2019s a completely operational decision which I would have no input into whatsoever.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000112\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002268e1b7bfe0d04d488bf5bc5a2197fd77\u0022\u003EBrett Hudson\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I just asked him what representations he\u2019d received. He could have said none or\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000113\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022df7b071e24384c51a780a075f2d83d69\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Yes, and notwithstanding the fact that it\u2019s not his responsibility, it may be that someone asked him to do something that wasn\u2019t his responsibility, and he has a responsibility to answer for that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000114\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022424c0ab1c9fe41c286443214eb7fedb0\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: None.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000115\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227b7441968171478db0b417e6911a79d4\u0022\u003EBrett Hudson\u003C/span\u003E: Does he think it has been a good use of police resources, keeping an eye on the land occupiers at Ihum\u0101tao?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000116\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002267a16cb6e98e48fe962517652c59ca37\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: What I would say is that the District Commander for Counties Manukau is a woman called Superintendent Jill Rogers. She is an officer of 26 years\u2019 experience. I trust her totally to deploy her officers in a way that she sees fit to maintain law and order.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000117\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022465a83beaddf4768a7ed8df13e889c42\u0022\u003EHon Nanaia Mahuta\u003C/span\u003E: When approached by the Minister for M\u0101ori Development, did the Minister support the increase of presence of M\u0101ori wardens, a voluntary organisation, in order to better relate to the community on the issues at Ihum\u0101tao?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000118\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022fc449a681a7b48519b4e8e93774361c3\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: No\u2014no. There is no responsibility of the Minister of Police for M\u0101ori wardens.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000119\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022647d17899ad74659bbc3dd08dc9d5df5\u0022\u003EHon Chris Hipkins\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Minister for M\u0101ori Development, who asked the question, was recently asked a number of questions by Dr Smith for which she did not have ministerial responsibility, including negotiations over this very matter, which she doesn\u2019t have ministerial responsibility for.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000120\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c744041194194dae9b370f8e8b94fbda\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I think, once again I\u2019m being accused of being soft on the Opposition and hard on the Government. I\u2019ll just wear that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000121\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022386b523ba6f5431b9494a86733c5134d\u0022\u003EBrett Hudson\u003C/span\u003E: Is he expecting members of the New Zealand Police force to receive any further abuse from the protestors at Ihum\u0101tao?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000122\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224968bd0733924ed1b9467a53afa58316\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: What I would comment on is I think the police have behaved with utmost professionalism and respect in their duties, as do all members of the New Zealand Police force up and down this country.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000123\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002203fd985b-4fb8-4111-ba38-5033a254d962\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002285ed8dd8ea784bb1b03427c9a771d574\u0022\u003EBrett Hudson\u003C/span\u003E: Will he visit Ihum\u0101tao?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000124\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c4cd7113070248599c359545928e977b\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: No.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000125\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022c7ef3d85d71c42519aa90e24f76cf817\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 8\u2014Fisheries\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022 data-id=\u00228969c1afff334c1db49faf39c5c5b627\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000126\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003E8. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228969c1afff334c1db49faf39c5c5b627\u0022\u003ERINO TIRIKATENE (Labour\u2014Te Tai Tonga)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Fisheries: What recent announcements has he made about helping the aquaculture industry deliver economic growth and jobs for the regions?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022 data-id=\u00224f27b559c9d74de49c820daedd81a008\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000127\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224f27b559c9d74de49c820daedd81a008\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH (Minister of Fisheries):\u003C/span\u003E Good news. Yesterday, I announced the Government\u2019s strategy to work alongside and support the aquaculture industry to become a $3 billion industry by 2035. The strategy looks to maximise the performance and value of existing inshore farm footprint and to enable industries to sustainably extend farming into an open ocean and to modern, land-based facilities. Aquaculture contributes significantly to regional development. It generated over $600 million in revenue in 2018 and employs around 3,000 people. We are on track to reach a billion dollars in annual aquaculture sales by 2025, but we can deliver more, and this Government is committed to helping the aquaculture industry do so.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000128\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f4b64881d2bf44a9b03643d61f25eed4\u0022\u003ERino Tirikatene\u003C/span\u003E: How is the Government investing in building a productive aquaculture industry?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000129\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220160815bf76e486fa5e8f0c5d4f3a37d\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: The coalition agreement recognised the path aquaculture has been on and the potential for the sector to further deliver economic growth for the regions. Thanks to the investment by my colleague the Hon Shane Jones, the Provincial Growth Fund has so far invested around $30 million into aquaculture for the regions. That includes $20 million for a mussel processing facility at \u014Cp\u014Dtiki and around $10 million to establish the National Algae Centre and an artificial intelligence institute, both based out of Nelson. We need an economy where more New Zealanders get to experience the benefits of economic growth, and by investing in aquaculture, we are supporting towns like Nelson, Akaroa, Blenheim, Thames, and Bluff, where aquaculture is set to thrive.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000130\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226edf122631bb485abb812224da92c129\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: How has the Minister been allowing the application for Farm Switch to sit on his desk for more than two years when it is the greatest opportunity for growing aquaculture in New Zealand?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000131\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ce777f6060ec41ca9c5e99fbde54e830\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: I haven\u2019t.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000132\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a35d8f10b36646a0aa304b21e3ba106a\u0022\u003ERino Tirikatene\u003C/span\u003E: How does the aquaculture strategy balance economic growth and the environment?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000133\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022bbded2ec-ac25-4a73-a380-3f4d87693084\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002260cd6e38062e4a4fa48f99a75f457844\u0022\u003EHon STUART NASH\u003C/span\u003E: At the heart of the strategy is sustainability. It sets actions to reduce waste and emissions across aquaculture production and a plan for how the industry can adapt to climate change. Aquaculture is a primary industry leading environmentally sustainable practices across the value chain. Because of this, aquaculture is well placed to be a bigger part of our future low-emissions economy that advances New Zealand\u2019s wellbeing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000134\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00224d2c06d4b6be4ccbafc80ca72d247313\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 9\u2014Housing\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022 data-id=\u002215162b17af6644c3921e4833d968e73e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000135\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E9. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002215162b17af6644c3921e4833d968e73e\u0022\u003EANDREW BAYLY (National\u2014Hunua)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister of Housing: How many houses has the private sector built in the last 12 months, and how many has the Government built?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022 data-id=\u0022670c5628ed8b4451a332721cb3351772\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000136\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022670c5628ed8b4451a332721cb3351772\u0022\u003EHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House)\u003C/span\u003E on behalf of the Minister of Housing: Data on all completed homes is not centrally recorded. However, drawing on consent data, to the end of July 2019, the total number of new homes consented in New Zealand was 35,472. According to Statistics NZ, that is a record number of consents since the mid-1970s. Of this, 2,116 consents were to central government agencies, including Housing New Zealand. That figure does not include KiwiBuild homes built by private developers. I\u2019d like to point out to the member that the Government consents have more than doubled from June 2017 to June 2018.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d408cc322c604ee48e094b14eddc4a83\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: Will developers be less likely to buy land and build new houses if there\u2019s a possibility that iwi will renege on full and final Treaty settlements and attempt to claim back land?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000138\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229fd77b591843425281bd1c3387cc2214\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! The member\u2019s going to have to relate it to the primary question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000139\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d174104b1a17460ab8a9d12db3e63cfa\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: Will developers be less likely to buy land and build new houses if there\u2019s a possibility that iwi will renege on full and final Treaty settlements?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000140\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226d646919ed504a9ba078caa6b498d9b4\u0022\u003EHon CHRIS HIPKINS\u003C/span\u003E: I reject the premise of the question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000141\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022be472b3400da49519f6ad30058695b62\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: And I should have also rejected the question. It\u2019s got nothing to do with houses built in the last 12 months.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000142\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022365b763b9b5b4804a38f53394ccd5ea4\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: Has she asked for or received any advice on any potential chilling effects from reneging on full and final Treaty settlements that would have an effect on new developments in the last 12 months and going forward?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000143\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00221dbd2811-8e58-4ffb-848d-31c0eaa9690a\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222f6d11fd29f747378472872051b1e032\u0022\u003EHon CHRIS HIPKINS\u003C/span\u003E: Again, I reject the premise of the member\u2019s question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000144\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227c84e059d0d2478abbe40532a5ae3ca5\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I just want to say to the member that I\u2019m glad he could understand it, because I couldn\u2019t. It was looking both backwards and forwards at the same time, which seems very hard.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000145\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dff31a66fcff44efab050585afd615a8\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: What does she think is a better use of Ihum\u0101tao: building affordable houses for everyone or returning the land to be used as a reserve?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000146\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002272342fedfba54360b12bafaa542d0d70\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! That has no relationship to the question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000147\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ffc78d7412fb4ceaa6ad214b8f29b382\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: What does she think is a better use of Ihum\u0101tao: building new houses on that land\u2014building new houses on that land?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000148\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022c9d4f3f5878849c0b44099548dae7fd5\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Even with the extra bit at the end, it still didn\u2019t get there. Does the member have another supplementary?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000149\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d5fb2574685e4735a781ee11488e792b\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: Has she had any advice on how many houses will now not be built on Ihum\u0101tao that were planned\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000150\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022774bc3e48c994173b18c69a9c4414779\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I\u2019m now convinced that that member is being deliberately disorderly. He will stand, withdraw, and apologise.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000151\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d1018d9c62b2461da2490d957a480406\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: I withdraw and apologise.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000152\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b6591a0028ff49b8b2b9e0273cf2b971\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Further supplementary.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000153\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022859e13f9-33bb-41bb-b2f0-d848eaf25407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022721de40eb6e647b79d043803bda073fa\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly\u003C/span\u003E: Will she visit Ihum\u0101tao?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000154\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e69481cc19f241e198a2079ef47029a9\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! The member will leave the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000155\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003EAndrew Bayly withdrew from the Chamber.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000156\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002268641bc6fd3c4baebf074036b86bce80\u0022\u003EHon Shane Jones\u003C/span\u003E: Haere r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000157\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002241b140a5693a44abad80b8dcad4c1672\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: And the member who interjected then will stand, withdraw, and apologise.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000158\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222051152a44a84714a2786e1d100661ca\u0022\u003EHon Shane Jones\u003C/span\u003E: I withdraw and apologise.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000159\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022e09c0f81528646c99229abcd59d938a3\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 10\u2014Women\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002212d74f81-b1f7-4b51-9fb4-8f9481477192\u0022 data-id=\u0022ef12eb282c7c454eb3b6024df65a47f9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000160\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002212d74f81-b1f7-4b51-9fb4-8f9481477192\u0022\u003E10. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ef12eb282c7c454eb3b6024df65a47f9\u0022\u003EDr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour\u2014New Lynn)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Women: What progress, if any, is the Government making on increasing the proportion of women in leadership positions in the State sector?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022 data-id=\u0022d0c1e86c02514cdf8e94d1183cbbd95b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000161\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d0c1e86c02514cdf8e94d1183cbbd95b\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Minister for Women):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Speaker. I\u2019d like to acknowledge that today is Women\u2019s Suffrage Day, and acknowledge all of the women throughout the history of Aotearoa New Zealand who have led the social and political progress of our country. The Government has set a target of 50 percent for women\u2019s participation on boards and committees in the State sector by 2021, and we are well on our way to achieving that, with women currently holding over 47.4 percent of these positions, as at December 2018.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000162\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002212d74f81-b1f7-4b51-9fb4-8f9481477192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022eb2ec1e55111422a88429c9782a1ba65\u0022\u003EDr Deborah Russell\u003C/span\u003E: What progress is being made in the Public Service?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000163\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228abccde479254da2bdd040780a1f77d3\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: The Minister of State Services and I launched the action plan to eliminate the Public Service gender pay gap in June last year, which included milestones for women in leadership. There has been some great progress made in this area, with the number of women chief executives exceeding 50 percent for the first time. In addition to meeting this milestone, more women chief executives have been appointed to larger jobs, which is a fantastic sign of the kind of progress that we want to see.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000164\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002212d74f81-b1f7-4b51-9fb4-8f9481477192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022ec497352e1e042a08d8ba4196d85041d\u0022\u003EDr Deborah Russell\u003C/span\u003E: Why is this work important?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000165\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228ff9b2c04f4f4102b0d8626e7dc67bb4\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: Having more women and diversity in leadership is not only the right thing to do; we know that diversity helps organisations function more efficiently. More women in leadership means better decision-making, better organisational resilience, and better performance. It opens up more opportunities for women to succeed and influence, and it is essential to a more inclusive and fairer society. We want the boards that are governing in New Zealand to look like the communities they represent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000166\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002212d74f81-b1f7-4b51-9fb4-8f9481477192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002260c200db1e5145208ae95753958375bc\u0022\u003EDr Deborah Russell\u003C/span\u003E: What about the private sector?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000167\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d3aa8ddefaa24516914cc0af40551e31\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: There have been some small gains for women in the private sector, as of June this year\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000168\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229ca9a1d8b5ce4b0198127e75bae1ff27\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Order! I am going to rule that out, because that doesn\u2019t relate to the primary question.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000169\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022a91e5c8147af43fd9f8f94d8c2f673b6\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 11\u2014Health\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022 data-id=\u00227466b16f8b9340bda79b79df5170b275\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000170\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E11. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00227466b16f8b9340bda79b79df5170b275\u0022\u003EDr SHANE RETI (National\u2014Whangarei)\u003C/span\u003E to the Associate Minister of Health: Does she stand by all her statements, policies, and actions regarding vaccination and the measles outbreak?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022 data-id=\u0022635f655719c94a26b522a80b49f95743\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000171\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022635f655719c94a26b522a80b49f95743\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Associate Minister of Health):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe, Mr Speaker. Yes, in the context they were given,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000172\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00221494008e89de4bd4891a6cd0fae160c6\u0022\u003EDr Shane Reti\u003C/span\u003E: Did her officials make formal public notification of measles outbreaks in Northland, Lakes, and Hutt Valley, when written questions in her name show these have been part of nine measles outbreaks in New Zealand this year?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000173\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002219cb5fe2e9974801b64285b90d657f4c\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: Sorry, Mr Speaker, I\u2019m not sure I understand the question. The answer has been given in\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000174\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002210318da062c24e34a11b84e5875e803d\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I\u2019ll ask the member to ask it again, and, I will say, I\u2019m also looking very carefully at how it relates to the primary.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000175\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002206c8b881b2564ab7979277e4b0de0bad\u0022\u003EDr Shane Reti\u003C/span\u003E: Did her officials make formal public notification of measles outbreaks in Northland, Lakes, and Hutt Valley, when written questions in her name show these have been part of nine measles outbreaks in New Zealand this year?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000176\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225130a9ea0e3f48d486769f273779e168\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: Again, Mr Speaker, I\u2019m sorry; I\u2019m not sure what the member means by \u201Cformal notification\u201D. Obviously, the answers have been given, so the officials have acknowledged it. I don\u2019t know what he means in addition to that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000177\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022da444fccca7549ecba6e5aeb262f343b\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Well, I think that was an answer, even if it sounded like a point of order.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000178\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022de76cc9fd23c4f999845bdaec6ec9598\u0022\u003EDr Shane Reti\u003C/span\u003E: When she has stated there is no shortage of measles vaccine supply, why then have officials deprioritised 30- to 50-year-olds from the measles vaccine?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000179\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227925b77dc10548efbcc9e4495f6b75ea\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: I\u2019ve been assured by the Director-General of Health that there is no problem with supply of vaccines, and the member will be aware that, in addition to the 52,000 additional vaccines that arrived this week, the Ministry of Health has announced that 100,000 more have been secured and will be arriving in the coming weeks. What is essential right now, in the midst of this very serious outbreak in Auckland, is that we ensure that children are the first priority for vaccination, because they are the most vulnerable to the illness and they are the most likely to be hospitalised.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000180\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227297c61cbe2f4b6c81233cf3f96d2268\u0022\u003EDr Shane Reti\u003C/span\u003E: When she continues to assert that there is no shortage of vaccines, are people today attending their GP for a measles vaccine being turned away due to vaccine shortage? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000181\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222773b6a9f85f4bc197720ddf36325ce5\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: As we\u2019ve covered at length in this House, when this stocktake was undertaken, it did find that there was some shortfall in the distribution of vaccines, and so the Ministry of Health, district health boards, and public health organisations are working to ensure that vaccine is available where it is needed, when it is needed. That is not a shortfall nationally; it\u2019s a need to ensure that each GP practice has enough. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000182\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022861a1798-a396-4a6c-b9e2-7d2f15d4a001\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222a35b42e275a400ba21edeaa81d0a2c7\u0022\u003EDr Shane Reti\u003C/span\u003E: When she says there is an additional 100,000 measles vaccines, can she reassure New Zealanders that these vaccines match the measles strains identified in New Zealand? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000183\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002258f935f1-6646-40ab-9d99-17029396850c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dcb62608f0574c88b75fb78eb82dffdd\u0022\u003EHon JULIE ANNE GENTER\u003C/span\u003E: I can assure the member that the best quality assurance has already been undertaken by Medsafe and by Pharmac, and the Ministry of Health and Pharmac have been working to secure vaccine that will provide immunity for those in New Zealand. But I have to say that the Opposition is not doing much to reassure the New Zealand public with their constant scaremongering about a shortfall of vaccine, which is irresponsible, but typical of National. [Interruption] \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000184\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022be9d4958bc774dc4807a4c85d9ebf8c9\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! I\u2019m just waiting for people to settle before I call Mr Goldsmith. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000185\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022476ad083d2524754af4f548896176674\u0022\u003EQuestion No. 12\u2014Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022 data-id=\u0022f5b47f84c23c4cd78a185ac5e2430c6e\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000186\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E12. \u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f5b47f84c23c4cd78a185ac5e2430c6e\u0022\u003EHon PAUL GOLDSMITH (National)\u003C/span\u003E to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: Does he agree that Treaty settlements should be full and final?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022 data-id=\u0022b63ee3981278442f8fce82d3172432e0\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000187\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b63ee3981278442f8fce82d3172432e0\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):\u003C/span\u003E Yes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000188\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d2b177f9015d46269c049d108afe8240\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Is the land at Ihum\u0101tao in an area covered by a Treaty settlement? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000189\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229f51cc1893d44c8e894d82d5cd9fa1c5\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: The land at Ihum\u0101tao has been the subject of a number of settlements. It has been referenced in the Waikato-Tainui raupatu claims settlement. It has also been referred to in the settlements relating to a number of other hap\u016B and iwi\u2014and that includes Ng\u0101i Tai ki T\u0101miki, Ng\u0101ti Tamaoho, Te Kawerau \u0101 Maki\u2014and is currently under negotiation in relation to Te \u0100kitai Wai\u014Dhua. Each of those settlements that have been achieved have made reference to those lands. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000190\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b5c686cb146d48bebdc6a10987ad0e62\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Will he give a clear assurance that his Government will not undermine the principle of full and final settlements in any arrangements at Ihum\u0101tao? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000191\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223381f484e2ce48c2bb502256bf3c8c88\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: Yes. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000192\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226d70e68f8e884adcb0f803859c3d7601\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Does he believe that every generation has the right to reopen past settlements? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000193\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002235dc073fba514cd393f1c6773f55f2af\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: I trust that the iwi who have reached agreements to settle historical Treaty grievances will stand by those settlements. Those who are yet to conclude negotiations, or even to commence negotiations, and to reach agreement on settlement will also, I trust, stand by those agreements. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000194\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022dbaac12b-3efa-4d95-a08d-f0f637a48bab\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002223f111f9d51c4e77881a218224b1bffe\u0022\u003EChl\u00F6e Swarbrick\u003C/span\u003E: Has he seen, as reported yesterday, that when delivering news of consensus of mana whenua, K\u012Bngitanga stated\u2014and I quote\u2014\u201CMana whenua agreed the return of the land is outside of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process and therefore requires an innovative and modern solution that does not financially disadvantage iwi.\u201D? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000195\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223cfbe0f071c642cc85a960664aeab991\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE\u003C/span\u003E: It certainly has been very encouraging that K\u012Bngitanga has exercised, I think, a very good leadership role in dealing with what has been a very difficult dispute between iwi and between hap\u016B and between mana whenua. So yesterday\u2019s statement and agreement between those parties, I think, was a very positive step forward, but the Crown maintains an interest, if only for the sake of peace and good order, in ensuring that there is a final resolution to the issues surrounding that piece of land. That is consistent with maintaining the integrity of the Treaty settlements achieved so far\u2014and there\u2019s about 88 of them\u2014and those remaining to be achieved. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000196\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002253f86481-33c1-48b2-893b-c11cc0bd673d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a68bb268e92b4fcdb5adc1272ab3abc0\u0022\u003EHon Paul Goldsmith\u003C/span\u003E: Is he concerned that there is a risk that public support\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000197\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002224a5a1f9c25e490597c20769df9edbcb\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Order! I apologise. I thought the member had finished before. The National Party has used all its supplementary questions. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000198\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225d913e7719674f0a8a7d4f6096d4a265\u0022\u003EHon Grant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: Not very well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000199\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002279db8b64-1f9b-4416-9b81-a12963db9cbf\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022baccef6c680d4dda89c156d44c3c14f3\u0022\u003ESPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: Order! Grant Robertson will stand, withdraw, and apologise. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000200\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228d728eee77e94982b8030a236acada78\u0022\u003EHon Grant Robertson\u003C/span\u003E: I withdraw and apologise. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000201\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226007dc96-f459-4cdd-9972-4fde2c994088\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\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=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000202\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022974340e87c194924b8061940e29071e5\u0022\u003ENg\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000203\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00228d5d6c3e3fef47f89f2b4eee737307e5\u0022\u003EFirst Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022 data-id=\u002210799d1eeee54f85a615e1a00c625c39\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002210799d1eeee54f85a615e1a00c625c39\u0022\u003EHon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill be now read a first time. I nominate the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee to consider the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000205\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003ETe Whare e t\u016B nei, te marae e takoto nei, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drua. E ng\u0101 mate te w\u0101, haere atu r\u0101. Ki a t\u0101tou, te hunga ora, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Ki a koutou hoki, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, nau mai haere mai, whakatau mai. N\u0101 koutou t\u0113nei rangi, n\u0101 reira, rau rangatira m\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000206\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E[The House that stands before me, the marae that lies before me, greetings to you all, greetings to you both. To those who have passed on recently, go safely. To us, the living, greetings to us all. To you also, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, welcome, welcome, be welcome. This is your day, so, to the distinguished masses, greetings, greetings, greetings one and all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000207\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EWe are joined in the House today by Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and I extend the warmest of welcomes to you all and thank you for making this journey to this House, to this place, to witness the first reading of your bill. That you are present today to witness such a momentous occasion reinforces the importance of your settlement to both Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and also to the Crown.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000208\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EIn May this year, I was welcomed on to Te \u014Ch\u0101k\u012B Marae, in the heart of the rohe of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, to sign the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi deed of settlement. Some four months on from the signing ceremony, I\u2019m very pleased to speak in support of this bill, which, like many others, has been many years in the making. It has been nearly four years since the agreement in principle was signed, and so it is an auspicious occasion that we celebrate today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000209\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003ETo those of you who have worked so hard to make today possible, I offer you my most sincere thanks. The late Matuakore \u201CMac\u201D Koperu MacMillan and Annie Uruwharangi Marsh, along with other Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kaum\u0101tua and kuia, started this journey many years ago. They have all played a part in strengthening the history of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and they are in our thoughts today. Moe mai r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000210\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EI\u2019d also like to acknowledge the various members of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi negotiation team\u2014negotiators, trustees, and others\u2014for their commitment to their people. The negotiations have been long, and I acknowledge the hard work, tenacity, and perseverance of all involved to achieve an enduring settlement for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000211\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EI want to make special mention of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2019s overlapping interest process. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi engaged in a process that demonstrated, in my view, great leadership and pragmatism. That approach should provide for long-lasting relationships with Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2019s neighbouring iwi as Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi progress to a post-settlement environment. I\u2019d also like to thank the many people who have worked and contributed to this settlement: the former Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Hon Chris Finlayson; the Crown team, including officials from Te Arawhiti; the Department of Conservation; and other supporting Crown agencies.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000212\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EIn February 2014, the Crown recognised the mandate of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Trust to represent Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi in negotiating a comprehensive historical Treaty of Waitangi settlement. The trust and the Crown signed terms of negotiation in February 2014. The Crown and Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi signed an agreement in principle in December 2015, and the deed of settlement was initialled in December 2018. Following ratification of the deed of settlement by the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi claimant community, the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi deed of settlement was signed on 4 May this year at Te \u014Ch\u0101k\u012B Marae.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000213\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EI\u2019d like to reflect on some of the interactions with the Crown following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by representatives of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi in Tauranga in 1840. In the early 1860s, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi became adherents of K\u012Bngitanga. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi joined forced to fight against the Crown in both the Taranaki and Waikato wars. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi were also among the forces that fought against the Crown at Gate P\u0101. Crown acts of purchasing land, such as in the Te Puna-Katikati block, an area in which Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi had interests, were not investigated properly, and Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi received no benefits from this sale and were not able to retain parts of this land. Further and sustained acts by the Crown continued to alienate Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi land, both within the Tauranga Moana and Waikato areas of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2019s tribal rohe, including significant land loss within Matamata itself. This land loss was the major factor that resulted in the cultural and economic marginalisation of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000214\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EAs a result of the Crown\u2019s acts and omissions, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi became virtually landless, lost their autonomy and connection with their environment, and suffered from severe social and economic deprivation. Through this settlement, the Crown seeks to atone for its past injustices that it has inflicted upon Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and to provide more opportunities for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and the Crown to move forward.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000215\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThe settlement package contains an agreed historical account, Crown acknowledgments and apology, cultural redress, and commercial redress. The cultural redress recognises the traditional, historical, cultural, and spiritual association of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi within their core rohe and areas further afield with which Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi have associations. The settlement package includes the vesting of 14 sites of significance, including the Wairere Falls property, Te Tuhi East, Te Tuhi West, and the \u014Ckauia property, to allow Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to re-establish the connections with the various parts of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi rohe and strengthen the identity of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000216\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThe cultural redress acknowledges the connection of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi with their rohe through the overlay classification, deeds of recognition, and statutory acknowledgment. These instruments will enhance the ability of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to participate in specified Resource Management Act processes, and require the Crown to consult with Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and have regard to their views regarding the special associations within certain areas. The cultural redress package also provides for relationship instruments with key Crown agencies, a co-governance arrangement over the Waihou Piako catchments, and a payment of $200,000 for the cultural revitalisation of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi people, and $20,000 for a marae-rebuild fund.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000217\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThe commercial redress package includes financial redress of $8.1 million; the transfer of five Crown-owned properties to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, including the sale and leaseback of Manawaru School\u2014that\u2019s land only\u2014and the Matamata police station\u2014again, land only\u2014and a right of first refusal over 51 other Crown properties and the transfer of part of Waihou forest. The redress provided in the settlement went through significant changes during negotiations and in response to overlapping interests. I believe it will go a long way towards Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi re-establishing a connection with various parts of their rohe, strengthening the identity of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and providing the foundation for a stronger social, cultural, and economic future for the iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000218\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EI mentioned at the deed of settlement signing ceremony in May that it\u2019s not possible\u2014never possible\u2014to fully compensate Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for the loss and prejudice they have suffered. I therefore acknowledge their generosity in graciously accepting the redress contained in this settlement package, and trust that today will mark a new beginning in the relations between Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and the Crown. This settlement lays the cultural and economic foundation for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi rangatahi, mokopuna, and future generations. This is reflected in the name chosen for the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi post-settlement governance entity: Te Pu\u0101waitanga o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Iwi Trust, meaning the blossoming of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000219\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003EThrough this settlement, the Crown hopes to restore its honour and alleviate Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2019s acute sense of grievance. The Crown looks forward to building a new relationship with Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi based on cooperation, mutual trust, and respect for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles. So thank you again to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for your unwavering commitment to achieve this settlement. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa. I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022 data-id=\u0022bbd69bc600784bdd97518a15cad16c37\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000220\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022bbd69bc600784bdd97518a15cad16c37\u0022\u003EHon NICKY WAGNER (National):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101. Tihei mauri ora! Te Whare e t\u016B nei, t\u0113n\u0101 koe. Te papa e takoto nei, t\u0113n\u0101 koe. Ng\u0101 mate, haere, haere, haere. Ng\u0101 reo, ng\u0101 mana, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Kei te k\u014Drero ahau m\u014D te p\u0101nuitanga tuatahi o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000221\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Madam Speaker. I stand. To the House that stands before me, greetings. The ground that lies before me, greetings. Those who have passed, go, go, go. To the spokespeople, the authorities, greetings one and all. I am speaking about the first reading of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000222\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EI really liked the Stuff heading of 25 May 2019, reporting on the day that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and the Crown signed the deed of settlement that will be implemented through this legislation today. The headline read \u201CAn iwi blossoms \u2013 Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi take back their mana after signing a Deed of Settlement\u201D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000223\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EToday, we celebrate the first reading of that claims settlement bill, for an iwi that was nearly forgotten. If it wasn\u2019t for kaum\u0101tua Rawiri Thompson, who was one of the few who knew that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi wasn\u2019t merely a hap\u016B of Ng\u0101ti Raukawa but an iwi in its own right, we wouldn\u2019t be here in the House today discussing and debating this legislation. I think it was just in time: another generation down the line and the iwi may have been lost for ever.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000224\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EThe rebirth of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi began in 2004. Through research, the M\u0101ori Land Court proved the existence of the iwi. The Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Trust began negotiations towards this Treaty settlement in 2014. The agreement in principle was signed in 2015 by the then Minister of Treaty settlements, the Hon Chris Finlayson, and this is the final step.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000225\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EIf we go back to pre-European times, the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi were a strong iwi inhabiting land all the way from the eastern Waikato to Tauranga, including part of the Kaimai Range. But when Rawiri Thompson was a boy, they were landless, reduced to owning only the marae in Matamata and a few houses on Douglas Road. How did that happen?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000226\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EBack in 1840, rangatira proudly affiliated with Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi signed the Treaty of Waitangi when it was taken to Tauranga. But in the early 1860s, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, in an attempt to slow down land sales and to gain political influence, joined the K\u012Bngitanga movement and, when war broke out in Taranaki, joined the K\u012Bngitanga forces in opposing the Crown. Their warriors also opposed the Crown during the Waikato War. In April 1864, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi was among the forces of the Tauranga M\u0101ori who defeated\u2014defeated\u2014Crown troops at the Battle of Pukehinahina at Gate P\u0101. That was a significant victory\u2014a significant victory\u2014for less than 250 M\u0101ori warriors defending Gate P\u0101, and it was a crushing defeat for the nearly 2,000 of His Majesty\u2019s finest and well-equipped soldiers and sailors. And, in fact, today it is still considered the most devastating battle for the British military during the New Zealand Wars. But, unfortunately, it was swiftly followed by the Battle of Te Ranga, which ended in defeat for Tauranga M\u0101ori, including Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000227\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EMultiple land confiscations followed, with increasing violence over land surveys, and in 1867 the Crown mounted a scorched earth campaign against several M\u0101ori villages. Even the Native Land Court conspired against the iwi, and Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi were alienated from their land. They became virtually landless. Over the course of the 20th century, that loss resulted in social, cultural, and economic marginalisation of the iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000228\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EToday, in this bill, the Crown unreservedly apologises to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for failing to uphold its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, and the resulting damage that was done to the iwi. The bill provides for cultural redress to recognise the traditional, historical, cultural, and spiritual associations of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi with sites owned by the Crown, and provides for the vesting of 14 cultural redress sites, including part of the Wairere Falls, which, of course, is a sacred awa to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. It also allows for co-governance of the Waihou and Piako river catchments and total financial redress of $8.1 million. There\u2019s also a cultural revitalisation payment of $200,000 and a marae rebuild payment of $20,000, but, of course, nothing will fully recompense Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for the loss, for the hurt, and for the terrible consequences of the events of the late 19th century and the 20th century. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000229\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EThis legislation today provides for a new beginning\u2014an opportunity for the descendants of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to start to re-establish their iwi, and, as Dianna Vaimoso says, \u201CIt means that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi can hold its head high and be proud of what it\u2019s accomplished.\u201D Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi can now build a sustainable future for the iwi for this generation and for those that follow it. M\u014D t\u0101tou, \u0101, m\u014D k\u0101 uri \u0101 muri ake nei\u2014for you and your children after you. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000230\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002292824476-4e66-4052-8435-b049833d8b83\u0022\u003EWith the signing of this Treaty settlement, the name changes to Te Pu\u0101waitanga Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. Pu\u0101wai means \u201Cto blossom\u201D. Today is a giant step forward towards the blossoming of today\u2019s Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Kia ora.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022 data-id=\u0022af1b8740306941f6b8ea51f95be5fe0c\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000231\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022af1b8740306941f6b8ea51f95be5fe0c\u0022\u003ERINO TIRIKATENE (Labour\u2014Te Tai Tonga):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te M\u0101ngai o Te Whare. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, ng\u0101 uri o te tupuna, Koperu. Nau mai, nau mai, whakatau mai. Whakatau mai ki Te Whare P\u0101remata e takat\u016B nei. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000232\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 koutou i \u014D t\u0101tou mate maha. Ng\u0101 mate huhua o te w\u0101. Haere, haere, haere koutou, e okioki. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000233\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EHoki mai ki a t\u0101tou te kanohi ora. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou. N\u014D koutou t\u0113nei r\u0101 nui, whakahirahira. He h\u014Dnore nui t\u0113nei m\u0101ku ki te t\u016B ki te tautoko t\u0113nei pire i tana p\u0101nuitanga tuatahi. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, \u014Dku rangatira. Huri rauna, ng\u0101 rangatira o t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000234\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Madam Speaker. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, greetings to you all. Greetings to the descendants of the ancestor Koperu. Welcome, welcome, be welcome. Welcome to Parliament that stands before me.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000235\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EI acknowledge those who have passed on. To the many who have passed on in recent times, rest, rest, rest in peace.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000236\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EReturning to us, the living, greetings. This is a most important day, your important day. It is an honour for me to stand in support of this bill and its first reading. Therefore, greetings, my distinguished masses throughout our House. Greetings, greetings, greetings.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000237\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s a wonderful day today\u2014a wonderful day for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. I want to acknowledge our manuhiri that have travelled\u2014I would imagine many from the Bay of Plenty, Matamata, around the beautiful Kaimai Range, Tauranga Moana\u2014and all that have travelled to celebrate this wonderful occasion. As we\u2019ve heard in previous speeches, this is a day of blossoming. It\u2019s a day of the re-emergence of an iwi reclaiming identity and restoration of mana. All of those things are embodied in this bill and the deed of settlement which was signed, and I am truly honoured to be able to speak in support of this bill. Can I acknowledge, in addition to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, the work on the part of the Crown and Minister Little and his officials and everyone that has been involved with this Treaty settlement.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000238\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EAt times like this, I\u2019m looking over to the plaque that we unveiled just last week, the plaque to commemorate the New Zealand Wars, and Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi were right in the midst of those wars\u2014right in the midst of them. And it\u2019s very appropriate that we acknowledge through the presentation of that plaque all of the losses that were sustained in those New Zealand Wars and, in particular, for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, as we\u2019ve heard in previous speeches\u2014and I\u2019d like to acknowledge the Hon Nicky Wagner. It was a tremendous decade, the 1860s, for our country. It certainly was a very dark time. Wars were raging and the chiefs of the tribes were left with very hard decisions that they had to make. There was an insatiable appetite from the settler colonial Government of the time for land, and, obviously, with the conflict that erupted from that, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi were right in the midst of this\u2014right in the midst.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000239\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge their chiefs and their t\u016Bpuna, who bravely made the decisions, firstly, to sign the Treaty of Waitangi and then also, when those New Zealand Wars broke out, to lead gallantly their people into those conflicts that we\u2019ve heard of\u2014famous names, which I\u2019m sure will be taught up and down the country in our schools very shortly, like Pukehinahina, Gate P\u0101, and Te Ranga, and many other battles that took place in Tauranga where Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and their t\u016Bpuna fought bravely and gallantly and made a huge sacrifice, and that sacrifice was felt very severely through the confiscations of lands that took place under the passage of legislation passed in this very House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000240\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003ENg\u0101ti Hinerangi suffered greatly, suffered greatly the loss of lands, the loss of identity, the loss of those connections. This wonderful iwi had to disperse, in a way. They intermarried with a lot of their cuzzies, neighbours, neighbouring iwi, and they were unable to have that hub, that base, to be centred on their ancestral lands because those lands were all gone; they were all confiscated. Barely fragments remained, and so it\u2019s very significant that we are passing this bill that recognises the hurt, the loss, and the historical record which is contained in the deed and the bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000241\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EI\u2019m only giving just a very quick summary, but, indeed, there has been a tremendous loss which has been passed on to these people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. I\u2019m so pleased that we as a country have the Treaty settlement process. It\u2019s very important\u2014some 30-plus years now of Treaty settlements. I\u2019m very proud that it was instigated by a Labour Government, through the original Waitangi Tribunal and then the jurisdiction of that, the inquiry into the historical grievances, and then a mechanism by which those could be settled. So many years have passed, and it\u2019s really important that we as a nation not only confront these issues but record them in these deeds and provide some means of recapitalisation for the loss that has been sustained by the iwi. Also, we want to promote harmonious relations into the future between the Crown and iwi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000242\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003ESo this is a very significant occasion for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. I\u2019m very proud as the chair of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. I\u2019m looking forward, hopefully, for us as a committee travelling up to the heart of Te Rohe o Koperu. We will go right up there, wherever that may be. We are looking forward to travelling up to Matamata, or right into the heart of the Bay of Plenty, to hear from the wh\u0101nau, to hear the submitters on this very bill. So this is a historic occasion. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000243\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003ECan I just pay tribute to a distinguished kaum\u0101tua, Matuakore \u201CMac\u201D Koperu\u2014what a fantastic name that Koperu is. It\u2019s what we would say is a heavy metal name. There\u2019s plenty of mana in that name, Koperu. So Matua Mac Koperu knew as a child that he was Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and he maintained his identity, his connection, his whakapapa. He knew all of that, and he ensured that he was able to pass that on to the wh\u0101nau, to continue the detailed work that was required to ensure that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi was, indeed, recognised and can re-emerge as an iwi. And I know that Matua Mac Koperu is highly regarded\u2014this day, in particular. So I want to acknowledge Matua Mac. I want to acknowledge all of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, who have waited a long time, and I want to congratulate them on the work that has been done, because Treaty settlements are not easy. It takes years and years of hard work, of meticulous research, of negotiations, of huis, of so many different phases that every iwi has to, basically, jump through all the hoops, to ultimately achieve a signed deed, and then, likewise, follow through with a passage of legislation through the House. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000244\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003ESo there\u2019s a tremendous amount of work that\u2019s gone on, and I want to acknowledge Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for their courage and fortitude in pushing this through and ensuring that we can honour Matua Mac and all of the t\u016Bpuna who dreamt of this day. It certainly is a privilege to be here to tautoko and to mihi to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. I wholeheartedly support this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000245\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, rau rangatira m\u0101, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000246\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002281825190-fd5d-4ed0-bb80-f12f3c93e653\u0022\u003E[Therefore, to the distinguished masses, thank you, thank you, thank you, one and all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022 data-id=\u0022296c12b037dd4074b3aba0ca565834e0\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000247\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022296c12b037dd4074b3aba0ca565834e0\u0022\u003EMATT KING (National\u2014Northland):\u003C/span\u003E It\u2019s a pleasure to speak on the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill; nau mai, haere mai. I\u2019m a permanent member of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, and we\u2019ve heard from our chair over there, Rino Tirikatene\u2014a huge man with a great lot of respect, and a friend of mine. He does a great job, and we have an enjoyable time on the select committee, the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, because we\u2019re part of this process, and I look forward to travelling up to the rohe as part of our work at select committee. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000248\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022\u003ESo this bill gives effect to the deed of settlement signed between the Crown and Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. It\u2019s the full and final Treaty claims settlement from acts or omissions from the Crown from prior to 21 September 1992. Now, a lot of the speakers have said what I\u2019m going to say, but I\u2019ll say it again. I know that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi are an iwi based in Matamata, but their rohe extends from eastern Waikato through to Tauranga, including parts of the Kaimai Ranges, which is a truly beautiful part of New Zealand, second only to Northland, my patch\u2014just a little bit biased there. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000249\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022\u003EIn 2014, the Crown recognised the mandate of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Trust. In December 2015, there was agreement in principle which was signed which formed the basis of the settlement. On 14 December 2018, the deed of settlement was initialled, and in May of this year\u20144 May\u2014the deed of settlement was signed. This recognises the wrongs of the past and attempts to strengthen the relationship between the Crown and iwi. These sorts of settlements help unlock the economic potential and boost regional and provincial areas, and this process was begun under the Hon Chris Finlayson. Many, many settlements were begun under that Minister, Chris Finlayson, so he\u2019s done some really great work and we\u2019re really proud of the work that he\u2019s done. He\u2019s a loss to our side, and no doubt he\u2019ll be doing work in other areas, but he did some great work\u2014some great work. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000250\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022\u003EIn this bill, the Crown unreservedly apologises to the hap\u016B and wh\u0101nau of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for failing to uphold the obligations of the Treaty of Waitangi. These claims relate to conflict with the Crown in Tauranga and the Crown\u2019s acts of land purchase, which left the iwi virtually landless, including confiscation between 1865 and 1868 of 290,000 acres of land in Tauranga. Some was returned, but the process was flawed, and this contributed to economic and social marginalisation of the iwi. It\u2019s simply not possible to fully compensate Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for the loss and prejudice they suffer\u2014simply not possible\u2014but this settlement will forge a new relationship between the Crown and Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and be a real positive catalyst for change.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000251\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022\u003ENow, the settlement includes an agreed historical account, which is important, Crown acknowledgments, an apology, cultural redress, financial redress of $8.1 million, a cultural revitalisation payment of $200,000, a marae rebuild of $20,000\u2014like I said, we can\u2019t fully compensate for the loss, but it\u2019s a good gesture, I think\u2014co-governance arrangements with the upper Waihou and Piako river catchments, and vesting of 14 cultural redress properties, which includes Wairere Falls Scenic Reserve, which I know Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi consider a sacred awa. The benefits of this settlement will be available to all Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, wherever they may live. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000252\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022\u003EUnder a National-led Government, we made great progress in completing final and durable settlements of Treaty of Waitangi claims. As a result of our focus on historical Treaty settlements, which this Government continues, New Zealand has completed settlements for the majority of the country. The sooner that we settle Treaty of Waitangi claims, the sooner iwi, and indeed all New Zealanders, will see the benefits these settlements bring to the country. We had 56 settlements in principle and 58 deeds of settlement signed between 2009 and 2017. We also set up the Post Settlement Commitments Unit to safeguard the durability of settlements and recognise the full potential of Crown-iwi relationships. We are very proud of our record in this area.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000253\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00227940e9f2-9cea-43d5-8f16-3b470e34f47f\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022 data-id=\u00226eeb217e7bb54b988387deaee6fd9efa\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000254\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226eeb217e7bb54b988387deaee6fd9efa\u0022\u003EHon SHANE JONES (Minister of Forestry):\u003C/span\u003E Ko Kahukura kei te rangi. T\u0101whana kau ana mai i ng\u0101 pae maunga i Kaimai tat\u016B noa ki ng\u0101 p\u0101rae nui. Tae \u0101whio ana ko ng\u0101 awa e rere, ko Piako, ko Waihau, Huihuia ki Te Moana, te t\u016Btakitanga o ng\u0101 tai ki roto i te rohe ka puta atu ki Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000255\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EM\u0101turuturu ng\u0101 roimata mai ng\u0101 marae ki uta, tutuku noa ki te tai. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000256\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EKo Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, nau mai, haere mai te kanohi morehu, te kanohi e hia noa atu te roa kei te \u0101t\u0101rangi o \u0113tahi k\u0113 atu e piri ana. Te kanohi m\u014D te hia r\u0101 nei roa kei te rehurehu e rapuhia ana i t\u0113nei r\u0101 ko t\u014D koutou ingoa, \u014D koutou t\u016Bpuna, t\u014D koutou rohe e whakapuakina ana ki roto i Te Whare P\u0101remata, n\u0101 reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000257\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E[Kahukura to the sky. The mountain ranges of the Kaimai stand tall and extend to the vast countryside. Looking around, you will see the rivers that flow, Piako, Waihau, Huihuia to the sea, the meeting of the tides, and the opening to the Pacific Ocean.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000258\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EOur tear drops flow for those who have passed\u2014on the land and out to sea.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000259\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ENg\u0101ti Hinerangi, welcome, welcome the descendants, the familiar faces of the multitudes who have lived in the shadows alongside one another for the longest of time; the familiar faces of the multitudes who have struggled and who have searched for your name, your ancestors, your land, all of which is being acknowledged here in Parliament; therefore, thank you, thank you, thank you all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000260\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EI\u2019ve said in our M\u0101ori language that this is not only a historic day for the people that belong to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi but the fulfilment of a journey. As colonisation displaced historic M\u0101ori tribal groupings, many are the kin groups that have disappeared into the mists of history, assimilated by different tribal names. This tribe, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, are here to affirm, number one, they are a legitimate identity in that part of the M\u0101ori landscape, and, number two, they have rights, they have interests, and they have mana. We today in Parliament, in the highest court of the land, accord them our respect by binding together to pass legislation that acknowledges that despite the processes of colonialism, the various wars, and the ebb and flow of economic forces in that part of New Zealand, they have found the tenacity and they have the spirit within them to continue to perpetuate their own identity.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000261\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EWhen the Prince of Wales, in the 1920s, came to Rotorua, my mother\u2019s tribe were not recognised as a tribe as such. Their name was Ng\u0101ti Kahu, from the Doubtless Bay area\u2014unfortunately for me, where my relations won\u2019t let Captain Cook\u2019s Endeavour replica waka arrive, but I\u2019ll have more to say about that when I get back up home on the weekend. Ng\u0101ti Kahu\u2019s leadership stood before the various tribes who had assembled in Te Arawa to greet this figure of British royalty, and they asserted that they were a distinct, definable tribe.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000262\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EThis wasn\u2019t a question purely of economic importance; it was something of the spirit. Fortunately for the quality of leadership that prevailed at that particular point in time in Ng\u0101ti Kahu, they now sit with pride alongside the other tribes of the North. So no more will Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi be regarded as a fragment in someone else\u2019s house.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000263\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EThis actually is important not only for generally educating us parliamentarians but for the next generation. Of course, a number of us who have frequented that part of Aotearoa know these marae. A number of us have put on weight going with our R\u0101tana relations to the Omeka P\u0101. No one ever goes skinny from that p\u0101 home. But this is an area of contrast. We have in the rohe an example of modern storytelling in the forms of Hobbiton, which is in the broad area where our visitors to Parliament today hail from. We have to believe that by re-establishing, with some p\u016Btea, reconnecting Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi with certain sites of historical significance, and, basically, affirming the worth of their journey, they can enjoy new opportunities in that part of Aotearoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000264\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003ESoon we will be looking at what will comprise the context of New Zealand history. Naturally, I expect to see my Tarar\u0101 history there as well, not only the Ng\u0101puhi history. But small but telling stories like this one, I only hope\u2014all members of the House, when we have the ability to influence the final shape and character of New Zealand content and curriculum\u2014that they loom large, because in many respects, what we\u2019re doing here today in the overarching size of the economy, which is $300 billion, it\u2019s a modest amount of money. That\u2019s the nature of the pragmatic Treaty of Waitangi settlement process, but it\u2019s important that our words today and the way each of the parties affirm the importance of this legislation also encourages policymakers, political leaders, and other stakeholders to ensure that these stories are told and represent an epitome of what happened to vast areas of Te Ao M\u0101ori. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000265\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EIt takes a great deal of courage to assert that you are a distinct tribe. I should know, because I was the chairman of the fisheries commission and had a low level of tolerance for people writing themselves back into the pages of history. But you have to have a certain mana as well, and that is not a mana that can be visited upon any group by P\u0101keh\u0101 or M\u0101ori politicians in this House; it has to grow from te \u016Bkaip\u014D, and those seeds have to be from Rangi\u0101tea. So we salute the group who sustained the journey, who want to celebrate by deed, by song, by speech, by carving, by construction, both material and spiritual, the ongoing existence of their distinctive group called Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000266\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EI\u2019m told that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi also have a group called Ng\u0101ti Tawhaki. In the Tai Tokerau, the traditions are not really of the god of the forests, T\u0101ne, but they are of Tawhaki\u2014Tawhaki, who ascended when two cords came down from the heavens as he sought to find the woman who he had shared a child with. The first cord that came down was a red cord, and Tawhaki, being something of a pragmatic chap, sent his friend. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000267\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EMe kake ki te rangi m\u0101 te aho whero.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000268\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E[Fly high, fly to the sky, follow the red thread that connects us.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000269\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003EUp goes Tawhaki\u2019s friend on the red cord\u2014I presume that was the Labour cord. Then the next cord\u2014fortunately for my story, there is no blue cord\u2014came. According to the story, we were brought up on te aho m\u0101, and Tawhaki ascended to the heavens and had the unbelievable quality of changing the character of his form. If he struck the wrong sort of people in the journey to find this heavenly maiden of his, he would take on the features of an old man, and then when he struck another group of people, he would take on the features of a young man. I say that because the way in which Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi evinces itself through this legislation is a combination of young and old. If you descend from Tawhaki, you are ancient, but the journey that we are assisting through Parliament and this legislation faces new challenges. So we need the wisdom of Tawhaki and the strength and the endurance of the next generation. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022 data-id=\u002275a601b0436b468fb02bc69e790a5ce4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000270\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002275a601b0436b468fb02bc69e790a5ce4\u0022\u003EDEPUTY SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: I must apologise; I was so wrapped up in the story I forgot to give you the two-minute bell. I call Dan Bidois.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000271\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002218a133f9c1964a9ca092daa63648683e\u0022\u003EDan Bidois\u003C/span\u003E: T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000272\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f44431ef-b505-4e94-9f57-a60b0a569bf7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220d968f6bbe02494c88fb2b122c5307bd\u0022\u003EHon Shane Jones\u003C/span\u003E: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. Thank you for noting that. I only hope I have a similar impact on the voters. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022 data-id=\u00222eeec08268af4417adad308ebb483608\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000273\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222eeec08268af4417adad308ebb483608\u0022\u003EDAN BIDOIS (National\u2014Northcote):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101. Te Whare e t\u016B nei, t\u0113n\u0101 koe. Te papa e t\u016B nei, e takoto nei, t\u0113n\u0101 koe. Ng\u0101 mate, haere, haere, haere. Ng\u0101 reo, ng\u0101 mana, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. Ko Dan Bidois t\u014Dku ingoa. Ko Tainui te waka. Ko Ng\u0101ti Maniapoto te iwi. Ko Te Kauae te marae. Ko Michael Bidois t\u014Dku p\u0101p\u0101. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000274\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Madam Speaker. The House that stands before me, greetings. The ground that stands before me, lies before me, greetings. Those who have passed, go, go, go safely. The spokespeople, the authorities, greetings to you all. My name is Dan Bidois. Tainui is the ancestral canoe. Ng\u0101ti Maniapoto is the tribe. Te Kauae is the marae. Michael Bidois is my father. Greetings to you all, greetings one and all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000275\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s a real privilege to be speaking on the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill in its first reading. I do have a connection to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi: my late grandfather Lawrence Bidois is buried in the hills of the Kaimai Ranges, and he hails from Ng\u0101ti Tokotoko. So I\u2019d like to acknowledge everybody who\u2019s come down here from Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. It\u2019s a pleasure to welcome you here in Parliament today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000276\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003EI grew up in Maniapoto. I didn\u2019t really have a strong connection to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. My grandfather married a Searancke, and we ended up in Maniapoto. I would have liked to have spent more time in Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, but we didn\u2019t have a marae to go to, so I look forward to visiting Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi throughout the course of this bill. My grandfather was a very, very hard man, as stubborn as they come and very, very pig-headed\u2014it\u2019s just lucky that there\u2019s a lot of pigs up in the Kaimai Ranges. Certainly, his Te Reo was good, but that didn\u2019t flow through to my father or myself, so I blame possibly my father for my lack of Te Reo. But the Kaimai Ranges is a fantastic part of New Zealand. It\u2019s a natural border of the waka of Tainui, and it\u2019s a fantastic place to visit. There\u2019s a lot of history, some of which we\u2019ve heard today and some of which we haven\u2019t. There are eight hap\u016B that are signatories to the settlement, and that includes my grandfather\u2019s hap\u016B, Ng\u0101ti Tokotoko.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000277\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003EThis bill addresses many wrongs of the past and grievances that stem from the Crown\u2019s actions or inactions, where villages were attacked, where land was confiscated, where land was purchased without the consent of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and as a consequence the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi were alienated from the land, causing a loss of culture and a social and cultural marginalisation. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000278\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003EThis bill, and the settlement that this bill gives effect to, goes some way to addressing these grievances. But I\u2019d like to acknowledge that this does not fully encapsulate, and can never fully address, the grievances of the past. In itself, $8.1 million is a tiny sum of the amount that was taken from Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, but it is, I think, symbolic of the desire to acknowledge the grievances of the past and in some way offer some form of compensation. The bill also allows for 14 sites to be given back to the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, an acknowledgment of 10 areas, as well as a level of consultation between the Department of Conservation, and two sites in particular, and the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000279\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003EI\u2019d like to acknowledge that the road has not been easy to this point. Of course, the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi started this process with the former National Government back in 2014, and I do want to acknowledge that there have been lots of arguments along the way, as is very common in M\u0101oridom. My uncle Rawiri Bidois has, of course, been sparring with David Thompson, who I understand is up there, from Ng\u0101ti Tawaki, and I think it\u2019s been interesting talking to my uncle about the sparring, of course. We\u2019ve come to an arrangement here today, and I am very, very supportive of the outcome and where we\u2019re at today. But I would like to take a step back and take some lessons and reflections from this process, because I think that, going forward, the way we\u2019re going to address settlements that have not been settled yet, I think there are certainly some lessons to learn from this. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000280\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003EThe key principle of the Treaty of Waitangi settlements is that these are enduring. As my colleague Matt King said, these are supposed to be the final settlements on offer. But these can only be enduring if these settlements benefit all members of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, no matter where they come from. And talking to my uncle, who certainly had some grievances about the process, there were two hap\u016B, in particular, that didn\u2019t feel like they wanted to sign up to the settlement, because of the process. It was too cumbersome and it was too expensive for them to actually mount any successful attack. And I say this in a very genuine sense, because we all want to get to a stage where M\u0101ori have settled and there are no grievances left unturned or unsettled. I think that in the spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi, in the spirit of the Waitangi Tribunal, it\u2019s really important to make sure that we engage with iwi in a structure that allows for all hap\u016B to feel like they are benefiting from the final settlements that are in fact brought to the House through a bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000281\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003ESo it is, I think, in that spirit that I will be looking forward to, as a member of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, engaging the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi more and to work out whether this bill, in fact, does fully benefit all people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, because I think that we want to get to a stage where, if we pass this bill and we disperse the money, everybody who is a member of a hap\u016B benefits equally from these settlements. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000282\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f429fecb-a955-4d95-8105-e5144e651204\u0022\u003EI just want to take a step back and acknowledge everybody who has brought this bill to fruition in the House today: of course, the former Minister, the Hon Chris Finlayson; I\u2019d also like to acknowledge the current Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Hon Andrew Little; the staff at Te Arawhiti; and, of course, the people from Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi who are here today. Thank you for coming down, making the trip down to Wellington. I would just like to say that I am supportive of this bill. National supports this bill. We support the kaupapa. So it is my pleasure to commend this bill to the House. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022 data-id=\u00222358e82aedc140cf944a734b9bda3222\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000283\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00222358e82aedc140cf944a734b9bda3222\u0022\u003EJAN LOGIE (Green):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker. It\u2019s, as always, a huge privilege to stand on behalf of the Green Party and offer our support and acknowledgment to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi in this, the first reading of their claims settlement bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000284\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EI too want to acknowledge this acknowledgment of this, representing a re-emergence of the iwi against profound forces that came so close to eradicating their identity and place and mana as an iwi, and I think that this bill and this re-emergence represent quite an extraordinary example of resilience and resistance that many in this country would do well to look to and learn from. I feel as if in this speech I should say \u201CNg\u0101ti Hinerangi\u201D as many times as possible, because it is so important, the process and the struggle to get to this point of us formally re-acknowledging your existence and your right to be and your place, which is part of what this settlement does. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000285\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EInterestingly, it\u2019s not usual that I follow a National Party speaker in these debates and offer the Green Party perspective where we\u2019re on the same page in saying that we don\u2019t see these settlements as necessarily full and final\u2014but amazing efforts of negotiation and the best possible outcomes in the circumstances that are still set up against iwi and hap\u016B. I do think that some of the detail of the former speaker\u2019s speech speaks not to a problem within M\u0101oridom but a problem of our processes and the overlapping interests and large natural groupings and the Crown\u2019s traditional failure to support good tikanga-based processes to lead to solutions that genuinely reflect an accurate history and a fair settlement and restitution. I do think the point made by the previous speaker of when we don\u2019t get this right and it is rushed and it continues to be dominated by the Crown, then actually that sets up further grievances for the future. The Green Party will always continue to stand for the intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, because we believe that that represents the hope for all of our communities to flourish when we abide by those agreements.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000286\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EI will just take a moment to acknowledge some of the history that is in the deed of settlement and commend all New Zealanders who may be watching this debate to seek out this settlement, and I will reference two earlier speakers who acknowledged the importance of the decision for our history to be compulsory in our schools, because so many of us have come to any understanding of what was done very late in life, and many people never have, unless they have experienced and been subjected to it. If they\u2019re only gaining the benefits from colonisation, I don\u2019t think we can have truly fruitful conversations or positive relationships until we get on the same page. Making history compulsory in schools is going to be, I hope, a very important step in that journey, and these settlements, I hope, will feed into that history and can help us understand ourselves better.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000287\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003ESo, in 1840, rangatira affiliated with Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi when it was taken across to Tauranga. Then, in the 1860s, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi joined the K\u012Bngitanga movement as an act of an attempt to restore M\u0101ori authority and to slow down that sale\u2014I would say illegal sale\u2014of M\u0101ori land. It was an act of joining together for survival, and we don\u2019t see that in many settlements as clearly as we do in this settlement. They joined the forces opposing the Crown when the Crown waged a war on iwi across Taranaki. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi joined the K\u012Bngitanga forces to fight back against those incursions of the Crown and those acts of aggression. And then, in 1864, the Crown sent troops into Tauranga to disrupt the movement of men and supplies to the Waikato and, as a result, many Tauranga M\u0101ori who had fought in the Waikato returned home to aid in the defence of Tauranga. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi were among the force of Tauranga M\u0101ori who defeated Crown troops at the battle of Gate P\u0101, which I have absolute confidence will be in our history books for all of us to learn from.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000288\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EThen, in the years after that, after that battle of defeating those forces with their arms, the Crown then went on to\u2014the words are \u201Cconfiscate\u201D in the deed of settlement; I say \u201Csteal\u201D. They stole approximately 290,000 acres of land across Tauranga and deprived Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi of, basically, any land base, and with that loss of land base was a loss of identity, loss of economic opportunity, loss of society and wellbeing, and the impact of that just cannot be understood, I don\u2019t think, fully by those of us not affected directly by that. So this settlement, which has, again, been five years of work to get to this point of negotiation with the Crown, offers, I think, $8.1 million to the iwi and cultural redress and vesting of sites back.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000289\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002269dfdffa-4227-42b6-875a-fc8033bc25cc\u0022\u003EI do want to mention specifically, and within the settlement, that I just think it\u2019s a demonstration of the leadership and the generosity and the mana of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, where, on their initiative, there are areas of land that are being returned that they are not keeping to themselves. They are agreeing and have reached out to co-govern with Tauranga Moana, and, in fact, another block of land, once they receive it through the settlement, they will be re-gifting to Tauranga Moana iwi. The explanation is a way of maintaining connection with the iwi and wh\u0101nau. That is such wonderful leadership, and I think so many discussions in this country about land and ownership miss that potential. I do believe that the Crown could learn a lot from listening and learning from the example of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. I think our waterways and our land and our people across the whole country would be much better off if the Crown reflected that sense of shared interdependence and generosity. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022 data-id=\u0022f37c9f272586403d89e7fd029210fee8\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000290\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f37c9f272586403d89e7fd029210fee8\u0022\u003ENICOLA WILLIS (National):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. Rau rangatira m\u0101, ko aku mihi atu ki a koutou. Nau mai, haere mai.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000291\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003E[Greetings, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. To the distinguished masses, I would like to acknowledge you. Welcome, welcome.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000292\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003EYou have arrived here at last. Even though it has taken a long time for the journey to make it here, it has arrived. Welcome to the iwi members who have travelled to be here today. I want to acknowledge their leadership and perseverance. I want to acknowledge the kaum\u0101tua who honour us with your presence; the trustees; the negotiators for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi; all of those who have worked tirelessly to pursue this moment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003EFor too many years, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi was an overlooked iwi, very much part of the K\u012Bngitanga movement but not Waikato-Tainui. Based in Matamata, by the Tauranga Moana, in the Kaimai mountains, a land of rich resources. This settlement is a vindication for years of struggle for recognition. No longer will Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi be overlooked. Now, the Crown is your Treaty partner. I know that the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi have shown great patience, resilience, and a willingness to resolve overlapping claims issues. I know future generations will reap the fruits of your labour.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000294\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge Ministers Finlayson and Little, who have helped lead the process that took us here today. I want to acknowledge the Matamata-Piako District Council, who, I understand, have been very supportive, including Mayor Jan Barnes. And I want to acknowledge the negotiators for the Crown, from Te Arawhiti, and in particular Crown negotiator James Willis, who also happens to be my dad.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000295\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003EMy dad became involved as a Crown negotiator in late 2013, holding the first negotiating meetings in 2014. He\u2019s in the gallery today, and I know he is very proud and very excited. How impressed he has been with those he has negotiated with. He speaks of what was sometimes a fraught process but one that was conducted with dignity and pragmatism, with a real will on both sides to forge a renewed relationship. I know of the joy Dad experienced earlier this year at Te \u014Ch\u0101k\u012B Marae, where there was the signing of the deed of settlement and the Crown apology. On that momentous day, the sun shone. It was a beautiful day, and people, I know, felt great significance in the signing that took place. It was a day that signified the dawn of a bright future, and Dad was so happy to be able to be present.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000296\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003EI know full well that Dad is not easy to negotiate with, and I know that he found in Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi a more than worthy team across the table, and I want to acknowledge that today. I know that Dad\u2019s enthusiasm for this settlement comes from a satisfaction at seeing wrongs corrected, of seeing justice being done, because we are here today because the Crown broke its promise. The Crown breached the Treaty of Waitangi that it had signed with one of your rangatira. The history of the relationship with the Crown must be acknowledged; it is bleak\u2014colonisation, land wars, alienation, partition of lands, confiscation, scorched earth tactics, loss of land, forestry, waterways, disrespecting of tikanga, cultural and economic marginalisation, and iwi left virtually landless, taking refuge in other whakapapa, almost without recognition. Marae were unable to be used, children punished for speaking their language, land lost, economic means taken. Now the iwi has walked back, in your ancestors\u2019 footsteps, and rediscovered your true identity: not a subtribe of Ng\u0101ti Raukawa; an established iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000297\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003ERebirth began in 2004, when kaum\u0101tua began the journey to iwi recognition, and with today\u2019s settlement, the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Trust has blossomed\u2014te pua Waitangi Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. It is not possible to fully compensate for the loss Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi has suffered, but the very process of documenting the past, of hearing the wrongs, is cathartic and important. It is, in itself, a reclaiming of identity, and I want to acknowledge the goodwill of those involved in enduring that process. The settlement today includes an unreserved apology from the Crown for failing to uphold its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi. Yes, today is about past wrongs, but it is also about strengthening for the future, setting the foundations for a strong future partnership between Crown and this iwi, unlocking economic potential, allowing for proactive initiatives to enhance the lives of people and community, allowing for innovative business investment, educating mokopuna, discovering culture and traditions, and building a sustainable, proud future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000298\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003EI want to acknowledge in particular the work and effort that has gone into resolving overlapping claims issues with Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and surrounding iwi, some of whom initially refused to acknowledge these claims. The settlement includes some novel management approaches: co-governance of land, and the gifting of land by Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to another iwi; mana-enhancing and pragmatic tikanga-based agreements, bringing together iwi in the spirit of shared purpose and values.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000299\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f12da0af-dc73-4870-8f77-1d50a75eb44c\u0022\u003EToday, I say to you, let us live these settlements for the benefit of future generations. This is the beginning of a new relationship. Let me acknowledge, once again, those who\u2019ve persevered to make today possible. Today is about restoring the honour and mana of both Crown and iwi, reaffirming our commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi, the blossoming of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2014no longer overlooked, a partner to the Crown. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000300\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022977cccaf-581d-4f48-924e-32bf6c54a93d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a955e185923d46bb8aa0f85ab4c41fe0\u0022\u003EDEPUTY SPEAKER\u003C/span\u003E: So the next call is a split call.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022 data-id=\u002237165c70c36a4f8e9aaf85ab644e5fe6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000301\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u002237165c70c36a4f8e9aaf85ab644e5fe6\u0022\u003ETAMATI COFFEY (Labour\u2014Waiariki):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe e Te Mana Whakaw\u0101. Tuatahi, ka tika me mihi ki a koutou o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi; koutou kua tae \u0101-tinana mai ki t\u014D t\u0101tou Whare i t\u0113nei r\u0101. E mihi atu t\u0113nei mema o Te Waiariki ki a koutou, te wh\u0101nau o te pae maunga o Te Kaimai, n\u014D reira ka tika me mihi ki a koutou. T\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora an\u014D t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000302\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003E[Firstly, it is only right to acknowledge you of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi; you who have arrived in person to our House on this day. I, the member for Waiariki, would like to thank you all, the families of the mountain ranges of the Kaimai; therefore, it is only right to acknowledge you all. Thank you, thank you, thank you one and all.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000303\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EYou\u2019re an elusive lot. Why? Because, actually, many have never heard of you before. But today, let the minute takers, let the Hansard know, that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi is in the House. Let us tell your story. I also understand that you too are also finding your own stories, your own footsteps, retracing the steps of your t\u012Bpuna, as well, and to that I say kia kaha, kia m\u0101ia, kia manawanui. Though your battle has been long, your story is still getting out there, and today we bring your story to the House, and what a story you have: your struggle, your determination, your loss of land, your humility. I mihi to you today.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000304\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EI want to, in the short time that I have to address you, acknowledge the overlapping claims process. That was something that negatively affected the relationship between the Hauraki Collective and the Tauranga iwi through Hauraki\u2019s Treaty settlement negotiations. But you will become the first iwi to co-govern land, as well as gift some land to another iwi\u2014something that this House has never seen before. For those that don\u2019t know, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi has been given some land through the settlement in Tauranga Moana. Two pieces in particular are the tracks which run from the west to the eastern side to Tauranga: the Te Tuhi Track and Te Ara o Maurihoro Track. I understand that he made an agreement with Tauranga Moana iwi that they will co-govern the land.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000305\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EAnother block, called Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Waipapa, is also in the Tauranga Moana area. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi has decided that, when they receive it, as my colleague said earlier, they will gift it to Tauranga Moana iwi as a way to maintain a connection with the iwi and with the wh\u0101nau. I found a quote from a Stuff article that was written in May this year. The quote comes from Dianna Vaimoso, and here it goes: \u201CIt\u2019s been a huge talking point for other iwi and certainly the Crown. In the old days if you wanted to create a bond with another iwi you would normally gift a virgin bride otherwise known as a puhi to the iwi. Of course we don\u2019t do that these days, but we thought we would work in the same way. We wouldn\u2019t gift a puhi but we would gift our land. It\u2019s been a mana enhancing process for all of us, where we will all walk away feeling happy about the process and I think the day we get that land back it will be a huge deal in the history of New Zealand.\u201D, and that is something that our Government is quite passionate about.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000306\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EYou may or may not have heard, but, just last week, we announced that by 2022, we will be teaching New Zealand history in all of our schools, in all of our kura, and we want to make sure that it\u2019s got a local flavour too, so, hopefully, your story gets taught in amongst that as well. Hopefully\u2014and I want to quote from that same article\u2014we won\u2019t hear other stories, like the one from Hari Smith, who said in this story that he was very young when the Treaty negotiations began but remembers feeling his parents\u2019 and his grandparents\u2019 excitement. He said, \u201CWhen I was younger up until the age of 11, I never really knew about Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi at all. It wasn\u2019t until our kaum\u0101tua told us that I actually belong to this iwi on my grandma\u2019s side. When they started the treaty process I thought it was cool, but it wasn\u2019t until I got older that I realised the gravity of this situation.\u201D Now that the Treaty has been settled, he said it\u2019s important to educate our mokopuna and discover our own customs and our own traditions.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000307\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00226590faa0-f76b-4386-84f3-9b06296cc772\u0022\u003EToday, we acknowledge you, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. N\u014D reira, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022 data-id=\u0022abf660420b3e4d199671e9f1bc053ddf\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000308\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022abf660420b3e4d199671e9f1bc053ddf\u0022\u003ETIM VAN DE MOLEN (National\u2014Waikato):\u003C/span\u003E T\u0113n\u0101 koe. To Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi: t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa. It is wonderful to rise and take a call on this as the member of Parliament for Waikato, the most beautiful region in the country, and I need not explain this to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. They know it well already. Of course, their rohe extends across the Kaimai Range, into the Bay of Plenty, but west is the best, so we\u2019ll stick with that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000309\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003ENow, I\u2019m fortunate to know this region as well, and, having grown up at Te Poi, and schooled in Matamata, I appreciate the beautiful place that we share. I have fond memories of fishing at the Waiho river, and, without fail, every time as a teenager that I would go fishing, I would catch something in that river. Generally, it was a tree overhanging the other side, but every now and again, on rare occasions, it was a fish, and that was magnificent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000310\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003EI spent many days hunting in the Kaimai Range, as well, and hiking those trails, and, again, the hunting was more often a hike with a rifle than actually anything particularly productive. But it is a beautiful part of the country, and I know you value that, as do all people who visit and live in that area. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000311\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003EThere\u2019s a lot been traversed today in terms of the challenges of the past, the issues around the land confiscation, and nearly becoming a landless iwi, and I can relate to that, being a member of the only landless iwi in New Zealand\u2014Ng\u0101ti T\u016Bmatauenga\u2014actually. So I am glad that you did not join them in having no particular lands, and I am encouraged to see that, now, we have reached agreement. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000312\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003EI would like to acknowledge also the negotiating teams for both the Crown and for iwi, who have worked through this process over a number of years since the original signing, back in 2014, to get to this point now, so that we have an agreement in place\u2014an agreed historical account\u2014and a Crown acknowledgment and an apology, along with a number of other aspects, including the financial redress, the cultural revitalisation, and co-governance, as well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000313\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003EBut there is also the vesting of different sites, and Wairere Falls, in particular, is one that is dear to me. The highest waterfall in the North Island and in a beautiful part of the country, it gives a magnificent view out over the wider Waikato region, and I would actually encourage members of this House to come and visit. I\u2019d be happy to show you around and take you for a walk up the hill, and I\u2019m sure Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi would extend that invitation as well. It is a magnificent part of the country. We are very lucky to be able to call it home, and I am encouraged now that future generations of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi will be able to grow up in that area with a slightly different lens to what there has been in the past. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000314\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003EIt was wonderful to see the young tamariki today in the Beehive theatrette\u2014a stoic young lad, who\u2019s journeyed down with his father to be here today\u2014and I\u2019d like to acknowledge him. When he grows up, he will have faint memories of this process, and it will be, I think, a wonderful milestone that they are able to move forward\u2014our children\u2014from this time, knowing that the future will be slightly different and slightly better as a result of what has been able to be achieved through this particular process. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000315\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003EI\u2019d also like to take a moment just to acknowledge the work of the Ministers, both the current Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, the Hon Andrew Little, and the Hon Chris Finlayson, the former Minister, who began this process some years ago. It\u2019s not easy, and we have seen a number of Treaty settlements progressed over the last few years under the last Government and continuing, now, under this Government as well. This is progress. It\u2019s encouraging to see, as we move forward towards what I think will be a better future in each of those particular settlement areas. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000316\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003ESo look, today is an exciting step for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. We are beginning on this journey. There will be a few more debates in this House, but I look forward to it progressing through the remaining stages. I look forward to celebrating back home in the Waikato, as well, and seeing you, no doubt, on the streets of Matamata at some point, although, hopefully, not like the gentleman who was there on the weekend for a stag do. I won\u2019t go into the details of what was happening there, where he was attached to a tree on Broadway, but this is part of your rohe\u2014a beautiful area. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000317\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e978865e-57e5-41d6-a7f6-b49daae78630\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022d15b73a155374b9ead8c92af05bbbdbe\u0022\u003EHon Dr Nick Smith\u003C/span\u003E: Tell us. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000318\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022071f7800-2755-41b6-83df-07ebaf867ae2\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226b613610321e47bd91ab93de520938f3\u0022\u003ETIM VAN DE MOLEN\u003C/span\u003E: I might share that story later, Dr Smith, but this is part of the Waikato. We have all sorts, all different people, and we enjoy many different experiences in a beautiful part of the country within that. So I commend this bill to the House and look forward to the final stages progressing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022 data-id=\u0022898a9201480c4dfbaddbf4eaae38a573\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000319\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022898a9201480c4dfbaddbf4eaae38a573\u0022\u003EHon PEENI HENARE (Minister of Civil Defence):\u003C/span\u003E Ka noho tonu ahau ki roto i Te Reo M\u0101ori. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000320\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EE \u014Dku rahi, e te tuakana, e Joby e \u0101rahi nei i ng\u0101 rahi o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki runga i t\u0113nei Whare, e mihi atu ana ahau ki a koutou hei t\u0101piri atu ki ng\u0101 mihi o t\u0113nei Whare ki a koutou, koutou i haere mai i tawhiti, koutou i haere mai i tata. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000321\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EP\u012Bkauria mai ko ng\u0101 aitu\u0101 maha kei runga i \u014D koutou pokowhiwhi. Ko \u0113tahi kua k\u014Drerohia, ko \u0113tahi k\u012Bhai i k\u014Drero; heoi an\u014D kotahi tonu te whakaaro me te k\u014Drero atu ki a r\u0101tou kua ngaro atu ki te p\u014D, haere mai, haere. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000322\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa whakahokia mai ng\u0101 r\u0101rangi k\u014Drero ki a t\u0101toue. \u0100e, kua kaha k\u014Drero mai ng\u0101 mema katoa o Te Whare nei i ng\u0101 t\u016B \u0101huatanga o te pire. Ka mea nei ki roto i te pire, ko t\u0113tahi \u0101huatanga ko te whakap\u0101ha. \u0100e, e tika ana me p\u0113r\u0101. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000323\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa rikoata ki roto i te pire nei i te h\u012Btori o t\u0113nei o ng\u0101 iwi motuhake, o t\u0101 r\u0101tou ake w\u0101hi. Heoi an\u014D ko t\u0101ku ake e whakaaro ana i a au e whakarongo atu ana ki ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o Te Whare i te r\u0101 nei, ka whakaaro ake m\u014D ng\u0101 k\u014Drero i puta mai i te w\u0101 i noho a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi i mua i te aroaro o Te Taraipiunara o Waitangi, ko te rahi ake o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero kei roto i t\u0101 r\u0101tou nohoanga me Te Taraipiunara, k\u012Bhai au i kite ki roto i t\u0113nei pire; ahakoa kua kapohia te nuinga o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero, ko ng\u0101 h\u012Btori e p\u0101 ana ki a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, ko t\u0101ku atu i a au e p\u0101nui ana i ng\u0101 k\u014Drero a Te Taraipiunara o Waitangi, ko reira katoa w\u0113tahi atu k\u014Drero e p\u0101 ana ki te takahanga o t\u0113nei pire, me te takahanga o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki roto i Te Whare i te r\u0101 nei. Heoi an\u014D ka waihona atu taua k\u014Drero ki runga i te papa o Te Whare i te r\u0101 nei\u2014he aha ai? N\u0101 te mea kua k\u014Drero mai ng\u0101 mema o Te Whare m\u014D te kaupapa hou o t\u0113nei k\u0101wanatanga i whakarewaina i te wiki kua pahure ake nei e p\u0101 ana ki ng\u0101 h\u012Btori me ng\u0101 whakapapa, me ng\u0101 whakapapa o te motu wh\u0101nui. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000324\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EHeoi an\u014D ko t\u0101ku atu, anei t\u0113tahi rikoata ki roto i te pire nei, ko t\u0113tahi atu an\u014D ka kitea ki roto i te Hansard, ko t\u0113tahi atu an\u014D ka kitea atu ki roto i ng\u0101 rikoata a Te Taraipiunara; ko reira ka kapohia ake ai w\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o r\u0101tou kua ngaro atu ki te p\u014D, hei mea t\u0101wharau i te hunga o n\u0101ianei. Ka waihona atu t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drero ki runga i te papa. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000325\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EE waru ng\u0101 ker\u0113me i kawea e Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki mua i te aroaro o Te Taraipiunara o Waitangi. Ko reira te t\u016B\u0101papa m\u014D te noho ng\u0101tahi a te p\u0101p\u0101 o Nicola Willis ki te \u0101ta whiriwhiri i te huarahi kei mua i a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, ka kitea ki roto i te roanga ake o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero o te pire i te r\u0101 nei. N\u014D reira ng\u0101 mihi nui ki tana p\u0101p\u0101 i kawea mai i a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki runga i t\u0113nei haerenga e p\u0101 ana ki te pire e k\u014Drerohia nei e t\u0101tou i te r\u0101 nei.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000326\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EE ai ki te pire e waru ng\u0101 hap\u016B o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kua t\u0101pae, kua whakakotahi nei m\u014D t\u0113nei kaupapa. He mea pai t\u0113n\u0101 kia kite atu i ng\u0101 hap\u016B maha kei roto kia kaua t\u0113tahi i mahue atu ki waho; he mea tika t\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101 te mea ka mutu te whakak\u014Dhatungia o ng\u0101 hap\u016B ki roto i te pire nei, he mea uaua te uru mai t\u0113tahi atu. He mea uaua ki te whakapanoni i \u0113tahi o ng\u0101 ingoa me ng\u0101 hap\u016B kua rikoata nei ki roto i te pire. N\u014D reira ka waihona atu t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drero, heoi an\u014D hei mihi atu ki ng\u0101 hap\u016B maha o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kua tau mai i te r\u0101 nei.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000327\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKo te \u0101huatanga o t\u0113nei pire, ehara i te mea ohorere ki t\u0113nei Whare. Ko ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga e p\u0101 ana ki te whakap\u0101ha, ko ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga e p\u0101 ana, e mea nei te k\u014Drero P\u0101keh\u0101 he cultural redress, ko t\u0113tahi atu w\u0101hanga e p\u0101 ana ki te rahi o te p\u016Btea. Heoi an\u014D ka whakaaro ake m\u014D ng\u0101 whenua ka k\u014Drerohia nei e te pire, he maha. Ko te nuinga o aua w\u0101hi r\u0101, ehara i te mea w\u0101hi noa iho nei; he mea w\u0101hi motuhake ki a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, he w\u0101hi e k\u014Drero ana i te h\u012Btori o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, he mea w\u0101hi tapu ki ng\u0101 m\u0101tua t\u016Bpuna o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. Ka whakaaro ake ki ng\u0101 mea k\u012Bhai i uru atu. Heoi an\u014D kei a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi t\u0113n\u0101 k\u014Drero. He aha te take i k\u014Drero ai au i t\u0113nei t\u016B \u0101huatanga? \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000328\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAn\u0101 kua k\u012B w\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 mema o Te Whare nei, anei te otinga o te kaupapa. Mehemea ka whakatutukingia te w\u0101hanga o t\u0113nei pire, ka k\u012B atu kua tutuki, kua tutuki m\u0101rika. Heoi an\u014D ko t\u0101ku e k\u012B atu nei ki a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi e hoa ehara t\u0113nei i te otinga, he t\u012Bmatanga k\u0113, he t\u012Bmatanga k\u0113. Ka taea tonu a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki te werowero mai i Te Karauna, ka taea tonu a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki te kawe ake i \u014D r\u0101tou ake kaupapa ka tae atu ki te w\u0101hi i wawatatia ai e \u014D t\u0101tou m\u0101tua, e \u014D t\u0101tou t\u016Bpuna, ar\u0101 ko te tino rangatiratanga, ar\u0101 ko te mana motuhake; ko ng\u0101 mea katoa kua kitea atu e t\u0101tou ki roto i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. N\u014D reira me kaua t\u0101tou e k\u012B atu ko te otinga t\u0113nei, k\u0101hore, ko te t\u012Bmatanga k\u0113. Koin\u0101 te wero nui kei mua i a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kia kawea tonu r\u0101tou \u014D r\u0101tou ake kaupapa, kia werowero tonu i ng\u0101 mahi whakahaere a Te Karauna me ng\u0101 kaunihera \u0101-rohe. Kaua e p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 ko Te Karauna anake, engari ko ng\u0101 kaunihera \u0101-rohe an\u014D hoki. Ko reira katoa w\u0113tahi k\u014Drero ki roto i te pire nei e p\u0101 ana ki te mahi ng\u0101tahi ar\u0101 ko te co-governance e k\u014Drerohia nei e te pire. N\u014D reira koin\u0101 t\u0101ku e mea atu ana ehara t\u0113nei i te otinga ake, k\u0101hore, ko te t\u012Bmatanga k\u0113. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000329\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EI a au e whakaaro ake ana ka kitea atu he aha nei n\u0101 te huarahi i\u0101ianei. \u0100e, ko t\u0113nei te p\u0101nuitanga tuatahi, \u0101e ka whakatutukihia ng\u0101 w\u0101hanga katoa o te pire heoi an\u014D i kite atu ahau i t\u0113tahi ingoa o te mea o te r\u014Dp\u016B hei kawe ake i ng\u0101 moemoe\u0101 a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki roto i ng\u0101 tau kei mua i a t\u0101tou, ar\u0101 ko Te Pu\u0101waitanga o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. Ka pai taua ingoa. Ko Te Pu\u0101waitanga o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. Ko reira katoa ko ng\u0101 moemoe\u0101 a te tamaiti e ngongoro mai n\u0101. Ko reira katoa ng\u0101 wawata o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi e kawea nei ki roto i ng\u0101 tau maha kei mua i a t\u0101tou. Koin\u0101 t\u0101ku e tautoko atu ana i te \u0101huatanga o t\u0113r\u0101 kupu a te pu\u0101waitanga. N\u014D reira ka mihi atu ahau ki te whakaaro nui o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kia ea ai ng\u0101 mea mamae ki roto i ng\u0101 h\u012Btori, kia ea ai. Kaua e wareware engari kua ea m\u014D t\u0113nei w\u0101. Engari kia tirohia atu r\u0101 t\u0101tou ki te pu\u0101waitanga o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kei mua i a t\u0101tou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000330\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EM\u014D ng\u0101 meneti whakamutunga ki a au nei i k\u014Drero mai\u2014[Bell rung] kei te p\u014Dh\u0113h\u0113 ko Ng\u0101 Manu K\u014Drero t\u0113nei, e hoa tangi mai te pere\u2014i whakaaro ake ahau m\u014D te \u0101huatanga o ng\u0101 k\u014Drero a t\u014Dku matua nei, a te H\u014Dnore a Shane Jones e takitaki nei ng\u0101 whakapapa hei tuituia a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ki ng\u0101 mema e noho mai nei. Kua k\u014Drero mai a Nicola Willis m\u014D tana p\u0101nga ki a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, a Dan Bidois m\u0101, me \u0113tahi atu. Heoi an\u014D ko t\u0101ku e noho nei, ka whakaaro ake ka p\u0113hea nei au e whai p\u0101nga ki a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kua tae mai i te r\u0101 nei? Kua kite atu i t\u0113tahi o ng\u0101 t\u016Bpuna kua whakamanahia ki roto i te pire nei, ko Koperu. \u0100e m\u0101rika he tupuna rongonui t\u0113n\u0101 m\u014D Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, he tupuna rongonui an\u014D hoki kei roto i a au o Te Tai Tokerau; heoi an\u014D t\u0101ku e whaiwhai haere i ng\u0101 hononga, i ng\u0101 whakapapa. Ko Koperu te t\u0101ne tuatahi o t\u014Dku tupuna a Hine\u0101maru; n\u014D reira pea ka whai karahipi ahau ki roto i ng\u0101 mahi a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi \u0101 ng\u0101 tau e t\u016B nei. Heoi an\u014D koin\u0101 te pai o t\u0113nei nohoanga o t\u0101tou, kia whai p\u0101nga o ng\u0101 take nui o te w\u0101, n\u0101, ko te take nui o te w\u0101 nei ko te tat\u016Bnga o t\u0113nei pire ki roto i te Whare e p\u0101 ana ki a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000331\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EKa mutu ki roto i ng\u0101 hekona whakamutunga, ka k\u012B atu ahau ki a Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi te k\u014Drero a t\u014Dku tupuna: kua tawhiti k\u0113 t\u0101 koutou haerenga mai ki te kore haere tonu; he nui rawa \u0101, koutou mahi ki te kore e mahi nui tonu. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000332\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EN\u014D reira hoki atu r\u0101 koutou ki te w\u0101 k\u0101inga ki runga i ng\u0101 manaakitanga o te w\u0101hi ngaro. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000333\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ET\u0113n\u0101 koutou, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou, kia ora t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000334\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003E[I shall be staying in M\u0101ori.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000335\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EDistinguished guests ladies and gentlemen, and to you, Joby, who lead this important assembly from Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi in to this House, I bid you a hearty welcome; in concert with others of this House who have extended warm greetings, you who have come from afar or from nearby, welcome one and all.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000336\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EBring with you those many beloved whose spirits are at your shoulder. Some have been mentioned and others have not; nevertheless the one prevailing thought is to pay tribute to those who have gone beyond the veil. I acknowledge you, farewell. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000337\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAnd now to come back to the matter at hand. Yes, all the members of this House have spoken strongly about the provisions in the bill. I note that contained in the bill is an apology. Yes indeed, so it should be.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000338\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ERecorded in this bill is some of the history of this independent people and their own special places. However, the thing that strikes me as I listen to the speeches in the House today is that the stories that emerged when Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi was sitting before the Waitangi Tribunal, the vast majority of the accounts that surfaced at the tribunal sitting, have not made it in to this bill; even though most of what was said has been recorded, the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi history, from what I can tell from reading the Waitangi Tribunal transcripts, the whole story of the journey of this bill, the journey which brings the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi people to the House today, is in there. Nevertheless, I shall leave those musings on the floor of the House today\u2014and why? The reason is that which members of the House have already mentioned\u2014i.e. the new initiative introduced by this Government in the last week about the histories and origins, the origins of the entire country. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000339\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EHowever, I notice here that we have a record here in this bill, another can be found in Hansard, yet another resides in the records of the Tribunal; it is there that some of the recollections of many who have passed on can be found, one could say as a protection for those who are here today. I shall let that lie.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000340\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ENg\u0101ti Hinerangi has brought eight claims before the Waitangi Tribunal. Those are what have created the foundations for negotiation which have brought Nicola Willis\u2019 father together with Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to carefully negotiate the way forward, and which can be heard today in the speeches about the bill. I therefore acknowledge her dad, who has been instrumental in bringing Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to this point in the bill which we are speaking about today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000341\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EAccording to the bill, there are eight Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi hap\u016B who have made submissions and who have come together for the sake of this matter. It is good to see how several hap\u016B can be included, ensuring that no one is missed out; that is important because when the hap\u016B have been confirmed in this bill, it would be very difficult to add another one. We know how difficult it is to change names and hap\u016B once they are recorded in the bill. I shall leave that there and simply congratulate the many hap\u016B of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi who have made it here today. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000342\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EProvisions in this bill are no great surprise to anyone in this House. There are the sections pertaining to the apology, there are the sections around what we refer to in English as cultural redress, and there is the section that describes the amount of financial redress. But I would like us to think about the many places that are talked about in this bill. The majority of those places are not just places; they are areas of special significance to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi; places that tell of the history of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi; places that have been sacred since the time of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi ancestors. Why, you may ask, do I mention this?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000343\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EThe reason is that some members of this House have talked about how this matter has now come to a close. If this bill is passed it seems, then the whole matter has been successfully concluded. What I say to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, though, is that this is hardly the end\u2014it is only the beginning. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi is still in a position to challenge the Crown, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi is still able to pursue their case until they are satisfied that they have achieved what our ancestors, our forebears, set out to achieve, and that is self-determination, that is true independence; all those things that are envisioned in the Treaty of Waitangi. So let us not talk about this being the end, but rather that it is the beginning. That is the real challenge that is before Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi; that they take charge of their own destiny, that they continue to put the questions to the Crown and to local councils. Let us not assume that this is a matter for the Crown alone, but recognise the role of local councils as well. There are provisions in this bill to do with working together; that is to do with co-governance. Therefore, I reiterate that this is not the end of the matter, it is actually the beginning.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000344\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EWhile I think about this, it is evident what the road ahead is now. Yes, this is the first reading, yes, the various stages of the bill will all be passed, but I can see the prescience within the name of the group which has the mandate to manage and implement the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi settlement in coming years and that is Te Pu\u0101waitanga o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. Such an apt name; the blossoming of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. Therein lie the dreams of the little one who is snoring right there. Therein are the aspirations of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi which will be carried along for years to come. It is for these reasons that I endorse the name as such a good choice. Hence my admiration for the way Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi has gone about resolving the hurts that exist as part of their history. Let us not forget but they have been addressed for the present. But let us also look forward to the blossoming of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi which will happen presently. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000345\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ELet me mention in the few remaining minutes I have to speak\u2014[Bell rung] you would be forgiven for thinking this was Ng\u0101 Manu K\u014Drero, ring the bell my friend\u2014I was thinking about how well my senior kinsman the Hon Shane Jones recited the genealogy to connect Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to members sitting here. Nicola Willis mentioned her connection to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, as did Dan Bidois and others. So I have been sitting here wondering how I can establish a connection to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi who have made their way here today. I have found the link through one of the predecessors who has been identified in this bill, that is, Koperu. Yes indeed, he was a famous forefather of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and I mention as I fossick for genealogical links, he was also a well-known ancestor among my people of the North. Koperu was the first husband of my ancestress Hine\u0101maru; I trust that this might make me eligible for one of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi grants at some future date. That, of course, is one of the delights of coming together like this and being able to relate directly to the occasion, and the occasion today is the reading of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2019s bill in the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000346\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EIn these dying seconds may I offer to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi the words uttered by my grandfather: you have come too far not go further; you have done too much to not do more\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000347\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003ETherefore, go well as you journey home, assured of the blessings from on high.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000348\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022e77494a0-1be1-432f-b492-fd160f4c119d\u0022\u003EThank you 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=\u0022bf95757bf5284f3eaf2d682ccbad2a46\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000349\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022bf95757bf5284f3eaf2d682ccbad2a46\u0022\u003EJO HAYES (National):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora. E ng\u0101 mana, e ng\u0101 rau rangatira m\u0101 o te iwi o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou. Nau mai, haere mai i t\u0113nei Whare o te r\u0101 whakawhitiwhiti. He rongo\u0101 m\u014D t\u0113nei iwi engari kei konei m\u0101tou i t\u0113nei r\u0101.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000350\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003E[Greetings. To the authorities, to the distinguished masses of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, greetings. Welcome, welcome to this House on this day of exchange. It\u2019s a solution for this tribe but we are here today.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000351\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EYes, we are here today to, I guess, celebrate the first reading of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. Because it\u2019s the first reading, I have been looking into a lot of the background of your history and the atrocities that happened to your wh\u0101nau, to your ancestors, to your t\u016Bpuna back in the colonial war days. Like every other speech that we\u2019ve heard in this House today, again, another iwi has been left virtually landless through colonisation and the wars.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000352\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI just want to say that, today, whilst it\u2019s a celebration for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, I am taken back to the ancestors and what they suffered during the land wars. I\u2019m taken back to the time before that, when Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi was an iwi that flourished, where it had the huawhenua, where it thrived by trading with other iwi the fibres, the flax\u2014the whole economic development lifecycle that they had before they were robbed of their lands. From Tauranga Moana to the Kaimais, this was a people that ran their own business. This was a people that had their own economic development, and today is the first step towards ensuring that we get this bill through, so that the cash and the cultural redress that is part and parcel of this bill can actually support Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi towards getting back towards some sort of semblance of that economic development.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000353\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003ELast week, I spoke on the Rua K\u0113nana pardon bill\u2014a very different type of M\u0101ori bill as opposed to this one. Again, it is always about the atrocities and how we try to make things better into the future of yet another iwi. I\u2019m always honoured to be able to speak on these bills on this side of the House as a National Party MP, as a member of the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee, and I always look forward to the submissions that we will expect to receive from you into the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee. It is those times that, for me, are the most special, because we hear directly from the wh\u0101nau of the iwi on many things, the history\u2014your history. Reading it is fine, but, for me, the sweetness of the k\u014Drero, the meaning of the k\u014Drero, actually comes from the words of the wh\u0101nau of the iwi, and, in this case, of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. So I look forward to the time when the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee comes to your rohe and listens to your story, so that we can make things right in our stories as we impart them here in this House into the future.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000354\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EI really don\u2019t have a lot more to say. I have been away paying my respects to Koro Mullins, who passed suddenly. It\u2019s been a very sad day for me, having to pay my respects to such an amazing person, so to finish off by a celebration for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi has, for me, been a very moving experience.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000355\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022758dcaf3-9976-43ac-8593-79f66ee4da22\u0022\u003EAs I said, I have not much more to add to that. I look forward to the stories, to the k\u014Drero, that we will be imparted with in the submission process for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. I understand that one of our colleagues on this side, Dan Bidois, whakapapas to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, so it will be very special for him returning back to hear the whakapapa, the history, the k\u014Drero that you will impart to him as well. So without any further ado, I support and I commend the bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000356\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227d11be7164f64fb7a416a21ae0fb90cd\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson)\u003C/span\u003E: The next call\u2019s a split call.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022 data-id=\u00229f775e14b7d745638cf18cbdfb3d1290\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000357\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00229f775e14b7d745638cf18cbdfb3d1290\u0022\u003EHon WILLIE JACKSON (Minister of Employment):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora, Madam Speaker. Ki a koutou, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi i tae mai nei i t\u0113nei w\u0101, t\u0113nei te mihi ki a koutou i whakarangatira i a m\u0101tou i t\u0113nei w\u0101. T\u0113nei te tino mihi. I tautoko au i te k\u014Drero o taku hoa, Peeni Henare, rawe tana korero.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000358\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003E[Kia ora, Madam Speaker. To you all, Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, who have arrived here at this time, I acknowledge you all who have honoured us at this time. My profuse thanks. I supported the speech of my colleague, Peeni Henare; his speech was great.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000359\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EI think what the Hon Peeni Henare said was so right in terms of his k\u014Drero, and this settlement lays the cultural and economic foundation for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi rangatahi, mokopuna, and future generations, and that is reflected in the name chosen for the post-settlement entity: Te Pu\u0101waitanga o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Iwi Trust\u2014the blossoming of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi. I don\u2019t think you could get a better name for that trust, and I\u2019m sure everyone here is so proud. So congratulations to Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi for coming here today to tautoko.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000360\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s an appropriate day. Here we are, the day after Ihum\u0101tao and the big k\u014Drero and by M\u0101ori for M\u0101ori solution\u2014and, yes, we\u2019ve got it all worked out here in Parliament, as you would\u2019ve heard over the news in the last day or two.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000361\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EAppropriately, the Minister for M\u0101ori Development will be wrapping up our k\u014Drero as we go forward, because we have all the answers, as the Hon Winston Peters had to say\u2014tino tautoko. It is a kaupapa, though, that we support, this by M\u0101ori for M\u0101ori solution. This is an example of it, this settlement today. Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, in terms of what\u2019s happened, in terms of the good grace shown by the people of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, I congratulate the tribe, because graciousness is something that all our tribal negotiators show. I heard the k\u014Drero from Nicola Willis and her father. And her father will know better than anyone how our people work through this process. It\u2019s a very tough process with the Crown, never better exemplified, I think, through The Negotiators series. I\u2019m not sure who has watched that, but we have had people like T\u012Bpene O\u2019Regan talking about this arduous process in terms of dealing with the Crown. My aroha goes to the negotiators in terms of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and what they\u2019ve gone through.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000362\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003EI mentioned our Minister, who was also a former negotiator for Ng\u0101ti Maniapoto\u2014very aware of the concessions and the compromises that are made. I mihi to the team. The graciousness shown can never be understated: $9 million is not going to turn the world around, but it\u2019s a start\u2014it\u2019s a beginning. It\u2019s a beginning that\u2014and when you look at other tribes. I watched T\u012Bpene O\u2019Regan the other night talking about what you can do with a minimal amount of money. The $170 million that Ng\u0101i Tahu, that Tainui came up with, has been turned around into a billion-dollar iwi\u2014a billion-dollar iwi. I say, in terms of what our Minister, Andrew Little, has said, that the graciousness of the tribe has to be acknowledged and supported. When we go back again and you look at the previous settlements in terms of what they could have been calculated out at\u2014Ng\u0101i Tahu, Tainui, both those settlements could have been calculated out at $16 billion to $18 billion\u2014you see the potential that the tribe has in front of them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000363\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f317ee7d-f040-44ec-8f2f-ad0a9f206d75\u0022\u003ESo I\u2019m looking forward to seeing the results and the fruits of what Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi can come up with\u2014what can we come up with over the next few years? Because as everyone has been saying: it\u2019s a tribe that has been landless, that has had their history put to the side, and not had the support that they should have had. Now we have things in place where the tribe can come to those terms, can make a start, can set things up for our mokopuna who are out there, who are in the cities, who have moved away from the hauk\u0101inga but know they are Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2014know they are Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and they will hold that with them forever and a day. So I congratulate our negotiators today, our trust chair, the board who\u2019ve been going through the whole process, and wish you well in your future ventures. T\u0113nei te mihi, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022 data-id=\u0022629e3d7861e445858fd0f43133a1bc3d\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000364\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022629e3d7861e445858fd0f43133a1bc3d\u0022\u003EHon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for M\u0101ori Development):\u003C/span\u003E Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, koutou, e whakatata mai nei m\u014D te p\u0101nuitanga tuatahi a t\u014D koutou pire, tenei e tautoko ana ng\u0101 mihi kua mihia. Kia rere haere ng\u0101 whakaaro ki a r\u0101tou kua huri atu. Koutou katoa ng\u0101 mahuetanga iho, t\u0113n\u0101 koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000365\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003E[Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, you who have come here for the first reading of your bill, I support those acknowledgments that have already been made. Our thoughts are with those who have passed on. To you, the descendants of those who have passed on, greetings.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000366\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EI listened very carefully to all the contributions on the first reading of the Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill. Like members in this House, I want to reflect on how significant it is to come to the House with a settlement with the greatest amount of consensus around resolving historical injustices and resolving to move forward.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000367\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EIf you look around the House at the plaques that are here, they demonstrate quite clearly the wars that New Zealand fought in around the world. But this time, last week, at 6 o\u2019clock in the morning, several of us gathered from across the House and were joined by iwi to unveil a plaque of our own, and that was to recognise the significance of the New Zealand Wars and the impact that it had on shaping the history of this country. And why that is significant is because one would only have to look briefly through Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2019s bill and understand the context which shapes much of the reason why a settlement is so necessary.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000368\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003ENow, my colleague Willie Jackson will understand this: it\u2019s not how big the tool is; it\u2019s how you use it. But the point of that is it wouldn\u2019t matter how big or small a settlement is; it\u2019s the purpose and the intent with which you want to utilise the settlement to achieve your aspirations. I really want to come to that, because it was evident to me when I had a look at some of those aspirations for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi that it wasn\u2019t about money. It was to restore the mana, pride, and identity of the iwi, for Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi to become a leader in its own rohe, and that is significant, because it would be so easy to remain invisible, just with the bordering iwi around you to remain invisible. This will not let it be the case.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000369\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EThis will ensure that Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi\u2019s human potential, development of wh\u0101nau, and expertise can continue to grow and sustain your future. This will ensure that you can restore your marae, your traditional meeting grounds, so that they can be the meeting places of the next generation. It will restore traditional knowledge systems and tikanga, and, again, increasing and enhancing of the mana of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, raising the educational, social, cultural, and political aspirations of the iwi, developing short- and long-term strategic goals and plans for the future, and assisting in the development of your own commercial ventures, of which you will decide what that will look like and how that will benefit your future aspirations. But here it is: establish a centre and knowledge of learning.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000370\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EI think there\u2019s a germane kind of sense of resilience in your future aspirations that we should draw confidence from and be encouraged by, because, again, it\u2019s how you utilise the purpose of your settlement, and it\u2019s evident here to me that the purpose is about the people, restoring place and pride and connection to your cultural areas and w\u0101hi tapu. This is difficult in this day and time, because, if you take the context of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, you\u2019ve got Tauranga Moana that\u2019s settled, Raukawa that\u2019s settled, Hauraki that\u2019s settled, Ng\u0101ti Hau\u0101, Waikato that\u2019s settled, and here is Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi fighting to ensure that their interests aren\u2019t lost in the ether. But the overlapping aspects impacting on Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi and how you\u2019ve still retained a generosity of spirit, I think, is something you can\u2019t replicate by chance; it\u2019s within you. For that, I recognise the ambition that you have for your people in being able to get to this point, and this isn\u2019t the end of it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000371\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EThe first reading enables the House now to understand your aspirations, for it to go to select committee, for submissions to be heard, and for people to really get a sense and an appreciation of what it will take to build confidence with the Crown, with the Government, in working alongside Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, and that is the opportunity that you have taken with both hands and said, \u201CWe are going to do this.\u201D, and for that, I too join with other members in this House and acknowledge your leadership, because that would have had to have happened at every level. There were difficulties within the iwi\u2014there is no doubt about it\u2014but this is your time, your moment, and we\u2019re here to support you to move this forward to the next place so that we can get to the third reading and support, with confidence, your aspiration. T\u0113n\u0101 t\u0101tou katoa.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000372\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00220e7e8da2-a6a1-41bb-aeb0-a49be255a293\u0022\u003EBill read a first time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022 data-id=\u0022fca9abb630484cf38d8bff07c9203e92\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000373\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022fca9abb630484cf38d8bff07c9203e92\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson)\u003C/span\u003E: Members, before I put the referral question, I just advise members that straight after the vote, permission has been granted for a waiata for our Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi visitors from the gallery, and we look forward to that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000374\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003EBill referred to the M\u0101ori Affairs Committee.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000375\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002275a05f96-2474-4c90-a6ea-cf7b5798e03e\u0022\u003EWaiata\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=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000376\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u00223eb8c679ce3b4a8fa171d611cbfa16cf\u0022\u003EK\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000377\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u00227ca0ceb8a02546e08bddbfe017ffdb80\u0022\u003EThird Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022 data-id=\u0022156c010274774918bacd5d55b4a8bc45\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000378\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022156c010274774918bacd5d55b4a8bc45\u0022\u003EHon PHIL TWYFORD (Minister for Urban Development):\u003C/span\u003E I move, That the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill be now read a third time. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000379\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThis Government believes that every New Zealander should have a warm, dry, and secure home. This bill is about delivering on that commitment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000380\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThis Government believes in the importance of public and affordable housing\u2014places where generations of young families have had a start in life and the chance to put down roots in their communities. This bill puts public and affordable housing at the heart of our agenda.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000381\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThis Government believes in rolling up our sleeves and tackling the long-term problems facing the country, in working with the private sector and community organisations to fix problems that have accumulated over many years and were ignored for far too long. This bill is an expression of that commitment.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000382\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThis Government believes that we need to plan in order to succeed, and that\u2019s why this bill creates a Government policy statement on housing and urban development. For the first time, we will have a strategic direction and an overarching plan for housing, and set out expectations and priorities for the whole sector from local authorities to community housing providers, the private sector, K\u0101inga Ora itself, and iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000383\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThis Government believes in being a fair and reasonable landlord and treating people with respect, integrity and honesty, and that the Government should support people to lead lives of dignity, to be well connected to their communities, and sustain their tenancies. This bill legislates for that vision.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000384\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EUnder this Government, Housing New Zealand changed their role and the way they work. We\u2019ve called time on an attitude of doing as little as possible, of extracting greater and greater dividends, and of treating State housing as if it were a commercial property management business. This bill reflects that change. We are repealing the presumption that Housing New Zealand, now K\u0101inga Ora, will pay a dividend, and we are legislating new operating principles that reflect the importance of State housing for people\u2019s wellbeing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000385\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003ENow Housing New Zealand is focusing on ensuring tenants have stable housing that will enable better life outcomes and healthier communities. The new Greys Ave redevelopment in Auckland is an exemplar of this vision. At Greys Ave, we\u2019re building a purpose-built complex designed to best help tenants with wraparound health, addiction, and employment and skills support. This bill implements those changes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000386\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThis Government believes the State should provide good quality, warm, dry, and healthy rental housing. This bill reconfirms that commitment and repeals the ability for the Government to sell off State homes. Instead, Housing New Zealand is investing more than ever before in building new homes and renovating existing homes so that they are warm, dry, and healthy. K\u0101inga Ora will inherit a redevelopment programme that will see 75 percent of their 64,000 properties upgraded over the next 20 years, with thousands of State and affordable homes being built alongside that process. I am personally proud of the work this Government has done over the last two years to reposition public and affordable housing in New Zealand. This work is embodied in that bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000387\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EI want to speak further about Government as an enabler of development, and the reshaping of our towns and cities; partnering with the private sector, with local government, and iwi to build. Now, I know there were concerns raised at the Environment Committee about the Government crowding out community housing providers in the private sector. Rather than crowding out or replacing the private sector, my message to developers is that we want you to grow, we want you to build more, and we understand the constraints on you right now. This bill is about working together to overcome those constraints and helping the private sector to build more and do more.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000388\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EK\u0101inga Ora will enable the private sector to get on and build. For a start, it will enable the Government to move to long-term agreements with builders, where we contract a large number of homes a year across the full Government build programme, giving builders certainty and scale so that they can reduce costs, invest in off-site manufacturing, train staff, and build faster. It will also enable us to reduce complexity and to simplify processes. It simply makes no sense for builders to go through separate procurement processes with KiwiBuild, HLC, and Housing New Zealand\u2014as they\u2019ve been doing\u2014each with different requirements, documents, and criteria. This is exactly what the construction industry has told us they need.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000389\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EK\u0101inga Ora is set up so that it can be a joint-venture vehicle for Government to work alongside large developers, iwi, and local government so that they too can benefit from the tool box of development powers that will follow in the urban development bill\u2014shortly to be tabled in the House\u2014while making sure that those powers are exercised appropriately and in an accountable way. Our country is going through an historic shift in how we approach housing and urban development.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000390\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003ECurrently, our cities and towns are facing unprecedented pressure from strong population growth, changing demographics and preferences, and an ageing population. There is a terrible shortage not only of homes but of the kinds of homes that people need and can afford. Traditionally, in New Zealand, really, for the last century, our cities have developed by turning neighbouring countryside into suburban streets and homes. This is still important. However, we know that we also need to intensify our urban development.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000391\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThe problem is that second-generation growth in our cities is often too complex for the private sector to do on its own. Such projects require a lot of work on network infrastructure, fragmented land titles, balancing different interests, and creating high urban design standards. Often all of that together creates too much risk and uncertainty for the private sector to do on its own. We need to change the ways that we develop our urban communities, so that they can thrive and that everyone can have a place to call home.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000392\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EWe want our cities to be well designed, people-focused, and ready for the future, and K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities will need to be at the forefront of innovation in urban development, building and construction, and exploring new technologies and methods as they emerge. It will act as a catalyst for the private sector also to be more responsive, integrated, and innovative in its thinking. This bill makes the Government an enabler of this vision, and in this regard passing this bill into law today represents a step change rather than a continuation of business as usual. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000393\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EFinally, I want to finish where I began. Every New Zealander should have a warm, dry, and secure home. They should be treated with respect and dignity. This requires all of us to ensure that New Zealanders are supported. We know that it\u2019s easier for people to address their health or employment issues once they have a secure home. When the Prime Minister announced the new Housing First programme in May being rolled out to a number of centres, she shared a part of a letter written by a Hamilton man called Mohi, who has been homeless for 18 years until he was helped by Housing First.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000394\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EMohi is deaf in one ear and has suffered a brain injury. And he wrote to the Prime Minister, \u201CMy first-ever meeting with you I hadn\u2019t heard of you and so I didn\u2019t know what you were about or what to expect. And what I got \u2026 was \u2018come hold our hand, we are going to take you through this process. It will take a wee while, you just have to persevere, and we will catch you if you start to fall.\u2019 \u201D Mohi\u2019s letter goes on to describe what it felt like moving into his own home. He was so overwhelmed, he said that he cried and cried and cried. He wrote, \u201CI used to think you have got to help yourself because no-one else will, but I was wrong, there are angels \u2026 in Hamilton \u2026 who believe in me, and who\u2019ve helped me believe in myself so that I can persevere. I took their hand, held on to it tightly and didn\u2019t fall over.\u201D\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000395\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EThis bill is another step in ensuring that we as a Parliament support people like Mohi, that we ensure there are enough homes that are affordable and secure, that we work with him to sustain that tenancy, and that we make sure he is able to live a life of dignity, to be a full and active part of the community. Those are the principles we are legislating today for K\u0101inga Ora. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000396\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003EIn conclusion, I reiterate my thanks to members of the committee, submitters, and officials for their contribution to this bill. It is a key milestone in modernising how we approach housing and the development of our communities in New Zealand. I commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022 data-id=\u0022cf40de58b9f4425f928a6a6f14b2923b\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000397\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022cf40de58b9f4425f928a6a6f14b2923b\u0022\u003ESIMON O\u2019CONNOR (National\u2014T\u0101maki):\u003C/span\u003E I\u2019m pleased to take a call. Look, I think it\u2019s absolutely marvellous that we\u2019ve got the Hon Phil Twyford back on the housing portfolio here. He\u2019s been missed, so lovely to have him back. And look, marvellous that we\u2019ve finally got to this bill as well. The amount of filibustering undertaken by the Government itself on its own bill over recent days has been quite, quite extraordinary, because if you\u2019ve been listening to the Minister\u2019s speech of earnestness\u2014the general public may not have realised that yesterday literally hours were spent by the Government filibustering or slowing down its own bill, its own bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000398\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003EBut one thing I will initially agree with is that story at the end, and I think it\u2019s great actually that the Minister shared that story because Mohi used the term \u201Chands\u201D\u2014\u201Cmany hands were involved\u201D. And I will acknowledge the Government\u2019s role, but I think it\u2019s important too to acknowledge, if there are many hands involved, the National Party, which started Housing First. I acknowledge\u2014I think important\u2014the Government has extended that, but actually it was the National Party which started the programme and we are incredibly proud of that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000399\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003ESo I am\u2014well, not delighted; one can\u2019t be delighted to oppose, but I stand in opposition of this third reading of the \u201CKiwiBuild Bill\u201D. Oh, so this isn\u2019t the \u201CKiwiBuild Bill\u201D, this is actually a different\u2014I do apologise. This is a K\u0101inga Ora bill. I\u2019m sorry that I\u2019m confused, because as I was listening to the Minister, every word, every promise is verbatim of the promises that were put forward by this Government under KiwiBuild. I just took a few notes. The Minister was talking about \u201Cevery New Zealander is to get a home. It\u2019s about respect and dignity. It\u2019s a step change. It\u2019s about sustainability. It\u2019s about vision, leadership, history. It\u2019s about working with the private sector. It\u2019s an expression of our commitment.\u201D, said the Minister. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000400\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003EThe thing about all of this is these are the exact same words and phrases and empty promises which followed KiwiBuild, and why that\u2019s important is because everybody in this House, and particularly those on the Government side, know exactly where those words of \u201Cpromise\u201D and \u201Cpartnership\u201D and \u201Chistory\u201D, of \u201Ccommitment\u201D, of \u201Csustainability\u201D, \u201Ccalling time on doing as little as possible\u201D\u2014to end the quote\u2014all of these words, all of these phrases and good feelings were put forward for KiwiBuild and we all know where that ended up. It was a complete and utter failure\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000401\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228712a8550f2b48569eebfdb392b9e3f1\u0022\u003EHon David Bennett\u003C/span\u003E: A shambles.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000402\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002243fb5d39e5074d45b2d3706fe09bdca2\u0022\u003ESIMON O\u2019CONNOR\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014a complete shambles, a reset which turned into a retreat\u2014an appalling retreat, an appalling retreat. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000403\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00225b6b1d74-9e5e-42ba-a922-85b0ea7f5ab6\u0022\u003EAnd so from this side of the House, our concern, our opposition to this bill is not based on the fluffy words\u2014we all agree on the importance of housing\u2014but we oppose the bill because the same empty-headed rhetoric that brought about KiwiBuild is the same empty-headedness which is behind K\u0101inga Ora, and it will fail in the same way that KiwiBuild failed because words do not build houses. Pulling together Housing New Zealand, HLC, and the failed KiwiBuild\u2014blending it all together, rearranging the deckchairs\u2014doesn\u2019t build houses. Unfortunately, on this side of the House we see that the words and intentions are well played. They are the very same that led to the failure of KiwiBuild and so we oppose K\u0101inga Ora. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022 data-id=\u0022bcdc8d07a6ba4c41bd9286f9abc7a348\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000404\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022bcdc8d07a6ba4c41bd9286f9abc7a348\u0022\u003EDr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour\u2014Christchurch Central):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Madam Speaker, and it\u2019s a real pleasure. Well, actually, no, it is with some disappointment that I rise after Mr O\u2019Connor and his \u201Cdo nothing\u201D speech\u2014do nothing, just like National did over the past nine years. Three hundred and thirty-eight houses; in the past two years, Housing New Zealand has added 2,026, and we will keep doing that because we think housing of all kinds\u2014State-provided houses, community providers of houses, private sector houses\u2014they are all important. And you know what? That\u2019s exactly what this bill, this excellent bill led by an excellent Minister for Urban Development, does. It says, \u201CWe need absolutely to have an overview here and we need to \u2026\u201D\u2014and this is the great thing about this bill; it\u2019s an enabling bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000405\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003EI must say, when the Environment Committee heard submissions the bill itself was almost universally supported. And so I\u2019m very surprised\u2014even when we had local bodies, Infrastructure New Zealand, all kinds of people supporting this bill\u2014that we now have the National Party being the lone guy in the party, sitting in the corner by itself, no friends, sitting there saying, \u201CNo, no, no. Do nothing. Sit down. Let\u2019s not take action again.\u201D \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000406\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003ELook, the Minister in his speech touched on community housing and I also want to just reaffirm how important community housing providers are and how this bill absolutely wants to engage with them, wants to cooperate, facilitate at every level. We had a number of housing providers. We had the Auckland Community Housing Providers\u2019 Network come in and they had some real concerns. I mean, they identified the fact that there\u2019s 200,000 working families out there who are struggling to pay rent, let alone to own their own home. Again, this is a bill that can and will address that in a whole lot of ways: by ensuring there\u2019s an appropriate supply, by ensuring that there\u2019s an ability to embark on different ways to own a home\u2014a rent-to-buy scheme or a shared-equity scheme. Also, the Auckland Community Housing Providers\u2019 Network identified the fact that we needed to tap into the expertise of community housing providers and the fact that they were really well networked in their communities: with the community in general; with the faith community, in many cases, particularly those people like the Methodist Mission; and also hap\u016B and iwi.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000407\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003ESo we can absolutely tap into that expertise when we\u2019re embarking upon these projects, facilitating them, or whatever the case might be. Of course, the community housing trust there, they also had a lot to say\u2014really wanted to emphasise the need for partnerships, the need for Government and community housing providers to be hand-in-hand along here, and, also, again emphasised decision making at a community level. I\u2019m very pleased that this bill, as I\u2019ll, hopefully, get a chance to identify in particular, does exactly that. One of my favourites submitters was the M\u0101ngere Housing Community Reference Group, who came along and informed us that M\u0101ngere was, in fact, the appropriate capital of New Zealand\u2014which I quite liked\u2014but also, again, talked about the need for engagement with community housing, and also just expressed some concerns that, historically, they\u2019ve been tied down with bureaucracy. So bringing these entities together with a clear purpose is exactly what we want to do, because it\u2019s time to take real action because this is a problem that\u2019s been here for a long time, well over\u2014for many, many years, throughout the last Government\u2019s term. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000408\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003ESo we\u2019re going to build a country that we can be proud of, and we\u2019re starting here with the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill. So if we do look at what happened to this bill; it came before us in good shape, but we\u2019ve taken it\u2014we\u2019ve very much listened. For example, even the definition of \u201Cfinancial assistance\u201D in clause 5(1)(a)\u2014rather than just looking at it as a loan or an indemnity or insurance or underwriting, the definition was expanded to include \u201Cshared equity, shared ownership, or rent to buy or option to buy\u201D, and that\u2019s not exhaustive. If people come up with other designs, new and innovative ways to help people into homes\u2014whether it be on a rental basis or on a part-ownership basis or any other basis\u2014K\u0101inga Ora is equipped to provide that assistance, including a grant or a loan or more traditional ways to do it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000409\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003EI want to talk about the membership of the board as well, because that\u2019s important. And if we look at clause 10 of the bill, we can see that that board will have a very broad base. Obviously, we want people with infrastructure and urban development and technical housing expertise, but, equally, we want people with knowledge of Te Ao M\u0101ori, with community connections, with perspectives of public housing, with perspectives of being or assisting tenants in public and community housing, because that\u2019s all part of understanding how these projects are best delivered. A number of submitters came to us\u2014community submitters\u2014and said, \u201CWell, in some of these projects that Governments have embarked upon we felt left out of the process. We felt we were only taken into account at the last.\u201D Well, here we have it that we\u2019ve got an ability to have those people around the table at K\u0101inga Ora and making sure that they\u2019re absolutely included in the decision-making process. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000410\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003EThen, if we go to the functions\u2014it is really the heart of the bill, the functions of K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities. If you look at that, clause 13(1)(f) is really important, and that was substantially changed through the select committee process. Rather than just being initiating and undertaking urban development, a small but really important word was put in there, and that\u2019s to \u201Cfacilitate\u201D so that Government doesn\u2019t have to be the deliverer, doesn\u2019t have to be the centrepiece. In fact, they don\u2019t even have to be there when the project is embarked upon. They can simply be there in an overarching way helping people along, perhaps simply by providing expertise, perhaps by sending them to the appropriate people with expertise. Then the other word in that clause which is really important\u2014a new word\u2014to do that whether on its own account or in \u201Cpartnership\u201D. And I think that\u2019s really important as well, so that it\u2019s a new and express recognition that at the heart of this are going to be partnerships\u2014partnerships with community housing providers or with other entities. Conceivably, with the private sector as well, because we know the private sector has an important role to play; we know that many homes are delivered into the market, whether they be for rental or for purchase by private providers. It\u2019s really important to recognise as well that these relationships can be built with any entity, whether it be the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church in my own electorate, which is itself doing a very small project with 15 social houses on the lot at the back of the new church it\u2019s just built\u2014the church is fine\u2014or whether it be with a large corporation or, indeed, a community housing provider who has much expertise and a long history in the area. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000411\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003EOf course, we\u2019ve got, again, the operating principles. So the functions are there, we\u2019ve got the operating principles and we look at it\u2014and it\u2019s about time we said these out loud: the idea of providing good quality, warm, dry, healthy rental housing. Not tenuous rental housing where you get thrown out at a moment\u2019s notice if there\u2019s a sniff of P on the walls. That\u2019s what we had under the last Government. Well, here we have a stated legislative policy to sustain tenancies. We know for a fact that having somewhere to live for our most vulnerable, for our most at risk, and\u2014look, to be honest\u2014for those people who cause us the most trouble in our communities, having somewhere to live is the starting place. Only then can we really go and deliver all of those other services that they need to become meaningful, engaged, contributing members of society. So that\u2019s fantastic. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000412\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022f7fc7ac3-5ce1-43ca-8cd6-dbb0941bf3ae\u0022\u003EThen there is clause 14(1)(c), working with community providers to support tenants and ensure those most in need are supported and housed, because\u2014in fact, the Chief Human Rights Commissioner has said this very clearly\u2014housing is a human right; and tenuous housing is not meeting up to the expectations that a nation like ours should have and, indeed, taking into account, in terms of its operating principles, its environmental, cultural, and heritage values. Also, an important one, is the environmental framework\u2014taking into account the need to mitigate and adapt to the effect of climate change. This is a fantastic bill. This is a real sea change. We\u2019re turning around New Zealand after nine years of it going nowhere and falling away, and I\u2019m very proud to support this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002298dbeffa-e059-49d5-8bbf-579cbaead9a3\u0022 data-id=\u0022d470b518bb3e40f2b9b1f0a7e844e4f6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000413\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002298dbeffa-e059-49d5-8bbf-579cbaead9a3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022d470b518bb3e40f2b9b1f0a7e844e4f6\u0022\u003EHon SCOTT SIMPSON (National\u2014Coromandel):\u003C/span\u003E Well, thank you, Madam Speaker. I listened carefully to the chair of the Environment Committee and the Minister for Urban Development, who spoke first in this third reading debate, and neither one of them actually clearly enunciated what this bill does, what it\u2019s about. And the reason they didn\u2019t is because it does very little. It\u2019s kind of like a Christmas stocking stuffer of a cheap variety that is a terrible disappointment when you come to find it in your Christmas stocking on the day\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000414\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022275c91f8-c6b8-42fd-b3ab-d8fc000dd41f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002284ad0d440be04bb4b5c4d05017212e28\u0022\u003EErica Stanford\u003C/span\u003E: $2 Shop present.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000415\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002298dbeffa-e059-49d5-8bbf-579cbaead9a3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002250b4bd3033924676a9d5495643e94118\u0022\u003EHon SCOTT SIMPSON\u003C/span\u003E: It\u2019s a $2 Shop type of Christmas present\u2014because this is a bill that was designed in two parts. Well, there are two pieces of legislation required to actually make this new thing fly. This bill, all it does is establish a new Crown entity\u2014that\u2019s all it does, a new Crown entity. It\u2019s a Crown entity made up of three existing agencies that include the merging of Housing New Zealand, its development subsidiary HLC, and the skeletal bones of what used to be the KiwiBuild unit. It puts it into one unit but it doesn\u2019t empower anything to happen after that. There\u2019s going to be another piece of legislation that will have to be introduced by the Minister later this year or early next year\u2014depending on how slow they can make the legislative programme go\u2014and one wonders why. Well, it\u2019s because there isn\u2019t much in the legislative programme at the moment. So here was a bill that was sent to the Environment Committee; it\u2019s, effectively, a bill that creates a Crown entity. It was sent to a select committee that had almost no work on its agenda to give the committee something to do, and so last night we had the ridiculous situation of the Government filibustering its own bill to try and slow it down. Why would the Government want to do that?\u2014because there\u2019s nothing in the pipeline. There\u2019s nothing happening over there on that side. It is a deliberate plan to slow things down. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000416\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002298dbeffa-e059-49d5-8bbf-579cbaead9a3\u0022\u003ENow, on this side, we\u2019re opposing this bill not because the establishment of an Urban Development Authority is not necessarily a good idea; we are opposed to it because simply doing it without substantive, real, dedicated reform to the Resource Management Act makes this piece of legislation, frankly, a joke. The real stumbling block to building homes and getting homes built fast is actually the rules that have been developed over years through the Resource Management Act that prevent homes being built faster. The merging of existing entities, simply in the hope that a better outcome will be obtained, is nothing more than futile. So we are opposing it because we just think that the merging of these three entities achieves nothing of itself. Indeed, the Minister knows that, because he\u2019s going to have to introduce a more substantive piece of legislation to give this piece of legislation some shape and form later in this Parliament time frame. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000417\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002298dbeffa-e059-49d5-8bbf-579cbaead9a3\u0022\u003EIt\u2019s well known that the vast majority of houses built in New Zealand are actually built by the private sector. They\u2019re developed. They\u2019re built by entrepreneurs and developers who can see an opportunity in a market to build homes. Now, the Government tried to do this a little bit on their own with KiwiBuild and failed utterly\u2014absolute, humiliating, disastrous failure. What this bill fails to do is it fails to acknowledge the needs of the private sector, which are simply not addressed or met in this bill. For that reason alone, we oppose it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022 data-id=\u00224f58bdcae79f477da51bf6239048d7f0\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000418\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224f58bdcae79f477da51bf6239048d7f0\u0022\u003ECLAYTON MITCHELL (NZ First):\u003C/span\u003E What a great pleasure to stand up on behalf of the Government to talk on the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill. I have to say, there\u2019s nobody in New Zealand that wants a cold, moist, or unsafe home to live in, in this country. The thought of that actually sends shivers up my spine\u2014makes me feel like drinking cocktails. What we\u2019re looking for is warm, dry, safe, and secure homes for all New Zealanders that are underpinned by affordability\u2014something that the previous Government didn\u2019t deliver on for nine years.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000419\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222f7607ff8d024d22be366c5aca79d1db\u0022\u003EKiritapu Allan\u003C/span\u003E: What did they do?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000420\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e00be24a4b9c4dc3bb5bd361f2486b6c\u0022\u003ECLAYTON MITCHELL\u003C/span\u003E: I\u2019ll tell you what they did. For nine years they sidled up alongside these properties, the accumulation of State houses, and sold them off to the lowest bidder that possibly they could get.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000421\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003ENow we\u2019ve got a new plan, and I have to say that I know Mr Simpson didn\u2019t feel that this bill has got the credibility that it deserves, but beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, and I think this is a very beautiful thing. So too do New Zealanders when they see the efforts being made to ensure the security, the wellbeing, the longevity, and the sustainability of our housing plan through this Government. Now, when the Government comes together and works collaboratively with the private sector to ensure that they can deliver on these homes, it\u2019s going to be a very successful outcome. When we can provide work and the long-term work for our building and commercial construction sector, we enter into a boom phase, which is also very good for our economy. We have 64,000 homes owned by the State\u2014is that right, 64?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000422\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00228c38b9547b5c4c198fc8e06ac5cdf5e6\u0022\u003EHon Member\u003C/span\u003E: 68.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000423\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00225a8323678b4c4a3fbbbc9bac0d2c0986\u0022\u003ECLAYTON MITCHELL\u003C/span\u003E: Sixty-eight thousand\u2014it gets better. Oh my God. I\u2019m just getting blown away. Sixty-eight thousand homes are going to be upgraded\u201475 percent of those homes are going to be upgraded. Who\u2019s going to upgrade them, of course? The private sector. They will go out and they will do that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000424\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EWe are looking to be a fair and reasonable landlord, ensuring that for the most vulnerable people in our society\u2014those people on fixed incomes, those people that have disabilities, some of our elderly people, some people that are on low incomes and are stretched out\u2014the State is there to provide that security, that safety net, for people in need.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000425\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EThis is something that this Government\u2014in fact, even in Opposition, last term, in New Zealand First and Labour we were all talking about the issue when the State sell-off was happening right under our very noses. We thought, \u201CWe need to put an end to this.\u201D The State\u2019s absolute sole responsibility is to ensure wellbeing\u2014not the wellbeing of profits, of directors, of shareholders, and of large organisations but the wellbeing of the ratepayers and the taxpayers of this country. [Interruption] This is about ensuring their wellbeing into the future, and that\u2019s what we are doing right here, Mr Bennett. I know he\u2019ll be up speaking very shortly. I can\u2019t wait to hear his contribution. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000426\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EBut stopping the State housing sell-off is a very, very good thing. K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities is about creating safer communities to raise our families\u2014a place where we can take families that are currently living in cars out of their cars, put them into a warm, safe, dry home\u2014not a moist, cold, damp home that\u2019s unsafe or unsecure\u2014that\u2019s very secure, where they can actually grow up in a community, do their homework, learn, and be part of a society that they feel part of. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000427\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EIf you think about the houses that have been built in the 1950s and the 1960s and the 1970s, right now, currently, we\u2019re actually building more homes than we did even through that boom time of houses. But it\u2019s about affordable homes. The private sector do a fantastic job in certain sectors, particularly around opening up parcels of land and building homes for a group of people that generally are more well off than others. But the State has a responsibility to ensure that we supply enough affordable homes so that New Zealanders who aren\u2019t on higher salaries, who don\u2019t have the jobs that can support that sort of monthly cost of rents or even, dare I say, mortgages, so that they can actually have a place of their own. New Zealand has always prided itself on being one of the best home-owning democracies in the world, and that\u2019s something, over the last previous nine years of the previous Government, we have slipped behind and gone backwards on. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000428\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003ENow, we are absolutely committed to work with the private sector on this, and the collaboration that has gone on with the construction sector to ensure that they are working and on board with the Government is surely a good thing. Certainly, if I was in the private sector in the construction arena, I would love to have a responsible partner like the Government who will pay on time rather than some of the other trading partners that could otherwise be out there. So I think the feeling and the response from the private sector is very, very positive.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000429\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003ELooking at ways that we can get people into these affordable homes through rent-to-buy schemes or shared equity is another great opportunity for this Government to explore more and ensure that we can open up those parcels of land. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000430\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EIn fact, I remember John Key proudly said that he grew up, as a young man, in a State home, and many people in this House, in fact, probably grew up in a very similar state\u2014and not ashamed, actually very proud to think that the Government actually had the foresight and the planning. Even under a National Government and a Labour Government of old, they made sure that those facilities and the availability of those homes were there for those people. We are just bringing back good, solid values and ethics and morals that New Zealand can count on, that this country, this Government\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000431\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022226bb647a4194392a0bc73c27e123d87\u0022\u003EHon David Bennett\u003C/span\u003E: Morals! We don\u2019t want morals coming out of New Zealand First.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000432\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002230ad6e5841db42d9ace01637210d8020\u0022\u003ECLAYTON MITCHELL\u003C/span\u003E: Great morals, great values, heading in the right direction\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000433\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022eb3d635b43eb42b98451a09b14552b2f\u0022\u003EHon David Bennett\u003C/span\u003E: Tell us about Jonesy\u2019s morals.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000434\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022516c76c893644dfeb1e7c40a5d5b8e6f\u0022\u003ECLAYTON MITCHELL\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014because it\u2019s very important, Mr Bennett. Really, I hope you stand up and take a call, mate.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000435\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003ESo ladies and gentlemen, New Zealand First, along with this Government, are very, very proud to put the weight and support behind the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill. It\u2019s a step in the right direction.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000436\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EI have to say, we have had\u2014I think it was in Australia, actually. In Australia, they went through a change a number of years ago where they enabled first-home owners. They gave them a $7,000 grant to try and stimulate their economy when it was having a bit of a downturn and enabled first-home owners that right to put a deposit down on a home. That was a good initiative by a Government\u2014again, it was through a tough time in the global financial crisis; I think it was about 2008 or 2009\u2014that saw them in good stead moving forward, and this Government now has its own policy to deliver on some of those ideas of homeownership and moving into areas that are going to be good for all New Zealanders.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000437\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003EDisestablishing Housing New Zealand and HLC is a good step. I know that Mr Simpson talked about KiwiBuild being in there as well, but it\u2019s actually a very simple thing. We are disestablishing Housing New Zealand. We are absolutely committed to ensuring that the State provides affordable homes that are warm and dry, not moist and cold, and we commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022275c91f8-c6b8-42fd-b3ab-d8fc000dd41f\u0022 data-id=\u00226e4819d2138f4da4875b492254f77ce3\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000438\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022275c91f8-c6b8-42fd-b3ab-d8fc000dd41f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00226e4819d2138f4da4875b492254f77ce3\u0022\u003EERICA STANFORD (National\u2014East Coast Bays):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. Wow, New Zealand First have come alive, haven\u2019t they? Mr Clayton Mitchell spoke with such passion about this new plan that\u2019s going to deliver us to the promised land\u2014this bill with, apparently, magic functions that we don\u2019t know about. Mr Mitchell really has taken a leaf out of the Prime Minister\u2019s book with his fluff-speak. He used it to great effect in his speech, which was mostly waffle, where he talked about values, ethics, and morals. All this bill does is rearrange the deckchairs, and let\u2019s not forget that one of those deckchairs actually completely collapsed\u2014it\u2019s completely broken. Phil Twyford sat in it and it collapsed. That\u2019s the KiwiBuild deckchair. Mr Mitchell, at the end, did note that this is a step in the right direction. Well, I tell you what, it\u2019s more of a shuffle to the left than any move forward. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000439\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022275c91f8-c6b8-42fd-b3ab-d8fc000dd41f\u0022\u003EI\u2019m not going to take too long on my speech today because what needs to be said has already been well canvassed by speakers before me, so I\u2019ll keep my contribution succinct and to the point. As my colleagues have pointed out and we\u2019ve touched on in previous speeches, all this bill does is merge Housing New Zealand, HLC, and the KiwiBuild unit, an unusual and a weak sort of cocktail mix of failures and one good performer. As Mr Scott Simpson mentioned in his speech before me\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000440\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002298dbeffa-e059-49d5-8bbf-579cbaead9a3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220a485e5b93e248c2abe57aaf58ca1c9f\u0022\u003EHon Scott Simpson\u003C/span\u003E: Very good speech.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000441\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022275c91f8-c6b8-42fd-b3ab-d8fc000dd41f\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224edd9cea91c644fd943d6ebb50d7e70a\u0022\u003EERICA STANFORD\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014very good speech\u2014the National Party is not fundamentally opposed to the creation of an urban development authority, but what we are not sold on is the idea of somehow merging these entities together, especially given the spectacular failure of KiwiBuild and the fact that the overwhelming majority of housing is developed by the private sector. The Labour-led Government took seven years to develop the failed KiwiBuild policy that they completely botched. They\u2019ve pushed social housing wait-lists to record highs; they\u2019ve failed to build houses that are in the right place, that are needed; and they\u2019ve kicked the can down the road for Resource Management Act (RMA) reform. Where Labour could be delivering meaningful reform in this area, with this bill, all they\u2019re doing is putting a fancy new bow around a few different agencies and giving it a new name. As Mr Scott Simpson mentioned, it\u2019s a cheap $2 present and it\u2019s not actually achieving much. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022275c91f8-c6b8-42fd-b3ab-d8fc000dd41f\u0022\u003EWhat we would suggest as a credible alternative is seriously tackling the RMA, which we all acknowledge needs overhauling. We need an RMA that brings building costs down, that has more effective and accessible planning rules, and, very importantly, that contains the right environmental protections. In contrast, this bill is just the same window dressing we\u2019ve seen that\u2019s typical from this Government, just like polytechnics\u2014bundle it all together and give it a new name, take the assets out of the stand-out performers, and, hopefully, that will magically, sort of, fix the weak ones. I am very pleased to oppose this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022 data-id=\u0022ca8d0f3fdec741c8994139769c6ee41a\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000443\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ca8d0f3fdec741c8994139769c6ee41a\u0022\u003EGARETH HUGHES (Green):\u003C/span\u003E Kia ora, Mr Speaker. Ng\u0101 mihi nui ki a koutou. Kia ora. The previous speaker, Erica Stanford, seemed to infer that the people talking about values in this debate were somehow negative. She was disparaging the use of values in Parliament. Now, I decry that, because I think we need more values in this House. Actually, when it comes to housing, the values this Government has\u2014which is that housing is a right for Kiwis; that people deserve to live in warm, dry homes\u2014that\u2019s not waffle; that\u2019s core Kiwi values, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m proud to be here voting in support of legislation in support of those values. If National wants to campaign against values in politics, go right ahead. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000444\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003EWhat this legislation is is housing leadership. What it\u2019s doing is setting the institutional framework, the foundation, of resolving the housing crisis that National left the country with. This is the foundation on which we can build the solutions, because while National was getting on with cynicism, you know, negative politics\u2014not actually proposing any solutions, mind you\u2014and spent nine years actually denying there was a problem, blaming other people for the problem, and then not actually addressing the problem, this Government\u2019s getting on and doing it. So this legislation is housing leadership. It\u2019s setting up the new entity K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities, which is not only going to build homes for Kiwis; it\u2019s going to house Kiwis in the State sector as well. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000445\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003ESo this new Crown entity, made up of Housing New Zealand, HLC, and parts of KiwiBuild, is going to set the leadership framework. With the Government policy statement embedded in the process to achieve it, it\u2019s going to get the Government working in a coordinated, collaborative fashion with private interests, with iwi, hap\u016B, with community providers. Look, it\u2019s going to take the Government, working with councils, iwi, hap\u016B, and private businesses, to actually\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000446\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022835e2caf5ce24a978cfdb979bcca1fff\u0022\u003EHon David Bennett\u003C/span\u003E: The Green excuses.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000447\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002258afd7cf7c124a6d8b32c81593933369\u0022\u003EGARETH HUGHES\u003C/span\u003E: It\u2019s somewhat ironic for the member Bennett to be talking about Green excuses, because what the Green Party\u2019s actually doing is getting on with the business of building homes, in conjunction with our Government partners. Something we\u2019re incredibly proud of is the work when it comes to rent-to-own. The $400 million package recently announced is going to make a real difference to Kiwis, because those Kiwis who don\u2019t have the money for expensive deposits are going to be able to work with the Government to develop the equity in the House through their rent. So we\u2019re incredibly proud. We\u2019re not making any Green Party excuses, Mr Bennett. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000448\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003EWhat we\u2019re going to see later on this term is legislation around urban development. What I\u2019m really particularly interested in is the role for the Housing New Zealand tenants. We know thousands of Kiwis are homed in State homes. Now, the previous Government, of course, I think sold off, was it, 6,000\u2014Mr Bennett? I\u2019m sure you can remind us\u2014in the midst of a housing crisis. Now, the new social approach this Government\u2019s taking, the social mandate, is making a real difference. I chair the Social Services and Community Committee, and earlier this year we saw the legislation to remove letting fees making a real difference for tenants in rental properties. There\u2019s legislation and processes supporting tenants. Now, what we saw under the previous Government was an absolute waste of taxpayer and private money when it came to that meth scandal. So this legislation is about housing Kiwis and getting on with the process of building houses for Kiwis in terms of planning consent, in terms of land, in terms of infrastructure and community services. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000449\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003ENow, something the Green Party has been pushing incredibly strongly as well is not only the rent-to-own scheme but the importance of energy efficiency and sustainability in housing developments in New Zealand, not only State but council and private. Now, I know Minister Twyford\u2019s talked about Homestar 6, which is a wonderful development. We need to be ramping up those energy efficiency standards because not only is it going to save money in the long term\u2014in the short term as well\u2014but also it\u2019s about protecting our environment, utilising our resources more efficiently. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000450\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003ESomething the Green Party is going to continue to push for is ramping up private rental standards. Gee, it was nearly 10 years ago when I drafted the first legislation to set a minimum standard for rental properties. I toured some of the houses, the private rentals, in Auckland and Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch. Some of the worst I saw, of course, were in Dunedin, which I think were houses that should have been condemned but were rented out for profit by private landlords. So we\u2019re going to continue to push for that. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000451\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003ENow, there\u2019s a great deal of innovation, and I know Minister Woods recently was at a prefabrication facility, noting the rapid cost reductions you can see from prefabrication. That\u2019s going to be part of the solution. Obviously, tiny houses is a topical issue which has been gathering quite a lot of media attention, and I\u2019ve seen some media reporting\u2014actually, academic journals\u2014that have said that New Zealanders have amongst some of the largest houses in the entire world. What I think is important is, actually, that we get the right size houses for Kiwis, and for some, smaller homes are not only more affordable, more sustainable, but more desirable too, because they can live in inner-city locations. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000452\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003EI was recently in the United Kingdom, where I met with officials from Exeter City Council. Now, there I was incredibly inspired because they\u2019re building all of their council homes to a passive house standard. Now, passive houses are most identified with the German housing market. I believe they\u2019re mandatory in Austria. I met some of the tenants in Exeter who were raving with happiness about the state of their passive houses, because triple-glazed windows meant there was zero condensation, they didn\u2019t actually require any artificial heating, the mechanical ventilation meant that there was a constant clean airflow, the tenants were healthier, they were happier, the homes were quieter, and they were almost zero cost to heat. I think passive houses is something that\u2019s gaining much more attention in the New Zealand housing market, and it\u2019s a good example of how the State can not only use its power\u2014and I know it\u2019s happening with the procurement, and this legislation is going to advance that even further\u2014but also in Exeter was stimulating private developers because they wanted to make sure they could match that great standard. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000453\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003EWhile I was there I also met with the former Welsh Minister that instituted the One Planet Development scheme. Now, there, with tight planning and urban - rural boundary rules, they instituted this law change called the Well-being of Future Generations Act, which actually meant, with the One Planet Development, that if people were self-building, were using sustainable materials, were able to track and demonstrate how they were reducing their carbon, as well as having a business on the property\u2014so of course there was lots of horticulture, lots of agricultural enterprises\u2014they were actually able to develop the properties, which was quite hard in rural Wales. For me, it was a good example of how we\u2019re going to need more innovative solutions. National, for too long, sat on their hands. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000454\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255bb390e-f6c3-498c-bbf6-ea1a8fc993c7\u0022\u003ENow, what we need is leadership, which we\u2019re seeing in this legislation. What we need is innovation, which is what you\u2019re seeing with this Government\u2019s actions. What we need is more sustainable energy efficiency, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing with this Government. So the Green Party is incredibly proud to be supporting this legislation. It\u2019s a great step forward, a foundation on which to build on, and while there\u2019s going to be a lot of legislation and action to come in the future, this is just the start. Kia ora koutou.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022 data-id=\u00224dd21149fa2e40bf912e820f775d6811\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000455\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00224dd21149fa2e40bf912e820f775d6811\u0022\u003ESIMEON BROWN (National\u2014Pakuranga):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker, and thank you for the opportunity to take a call on the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000456\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003ENational opposes this piece of legislation for a number of reasons but, first and foremost, because this is a piece of legislation which, simply, does nothing. Simply, it just rearranges the deckchairs; merges a few Government departments. It seems to be something which could have easily been put together by one of those working groups. They\u2019ve got 300-and-something. It\u2019s also bereft of any ambition. There is no ambition in this at all, and this is a Government which has failed on housing and has failed on its ambition. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000457\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003EThey came into the election, saying they were going to build 100,000 houses. There\u2019s no mention of 100,000 houses anywhere in this piece of legislation. Now they\u2019ve said, \u201CWe\u2019re not even going to have a target. We\u2019re just going to build as many as we can.\u201D Well, they\u2019ve managed to build 286 in\u2014how long?\u2014two years since they came into office, and that\u2019s simply a failure for the New Zealanders that they say they\u2019ve got so much compassion for.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000458\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003EThe other point is that this bill is half-baked. This bill actually requires a companion bill to be introduced later in 2019 to give this new mega-housing bureaucracy the ability to have some of the powers that I hope it\u2019s going to have. Well, where is that piece of legislation? When\u2019s it coming to the House? And what is it actually going to do for housing? This is a half-baked piece of legislation. They can\u2019t even do their housing policy by putting it all in one piece of legislation and bringing it to this Parliament and asking Parliament to look at this issue as a whole. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000459\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002255d0b7a4-a2c9-4c38-9b77-475311a48a89\u0022\u003EThe real issue that this Parliament needs to be addressing is the reform of the Resource Management Act, which this Government has simply kicked down the road with another working group, seeking to put that issue on the back-burner, when they should have come into Government and actually looked to address the issues they said they wanted to address. This is a Government without any vision, without any ambition, and it is failing to deliver for New Zealanders; whereas the private sector is out there building tens of thousands of houses every single year. This Government has run out of ideas within only two years of coming to office. We will not support this bill. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u0022cdb4a4e5a661415f9cf4ed4fa8a3a026\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000460\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022cdb4a4e5a661415f9cf4ed4fa8a3a026\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe)\u003C/span\u003E: This is a split call. [Interruption] Order! This is a split call\u2014five minutes, Kiritapu Allan.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022 data-id=\u0022550ac7a97c6440a593049c6e36881ded\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000461\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022550ac7a97c6440a593049c6e36881ded\u0022\u003EKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E E Te Mana Whakaw\u0101, tuatahi, ka nui aku mihi ki a koe e te p\u0101. Ki a r\u0101tou ng\u0101 uri o Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi kua haramai nei ki t\u0113nei Whare m\u014D te h\u014Dnore o te p\u0101nui tuatahi o \u0101 r\u0101tou pire. Heoi an\u014D, ka huri ake ki t\u0113nei pire.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000462\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E[Mr Speaker, firstly, I would like to acknowledge you, sir; and them, the descendants of Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi who have arrived here to this House for the honour of the first reading of their bill. However, I turn to this bill.]\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000463\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003EI quite enjoy this session. It\u2019s the last sitting session in the afternoon at the end of the sitting week, and it\u2019s always quite a vibrant feel in the House. The House gets a little vocal. I think that we are all a little vocal this afternoon, on this bill in particular, the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill, because this bill here is one critical step change in what this side of the House needs to do in order to fix up the nine long years of absolute mess that the previous Government left for this side of the House to go about fixing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000464\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003ENow, before I turn to the substance of the bill, I want to acknowledge the Hon Phil Twyford. The Hon Phil Twyford has been the absolute architect of housing reform in New Zealand. The Hon Phil Twyford has stood sturdy amongst storms often conjured up by the Opposition on baseless claims, because the reality is that they have to deflect and detract for nine long years of absolute insufficient and inadequate action on absolutely anything. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000465\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003EIn fact, what was their legacy in housing, if I may recall? Well, I can tell you that we all remember, for example, in my little area, the East Coast\u2014what\u2019s their legacy? Was it building homes, Mr Speaker? No, sir, it was not. It was selling down State houses\u2014something that this side of the House thinks is an absolutely critical feature. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000466\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003ENow, as I turn to the bill, the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill, I want to acknowledge that this bill does many things, but, in particular, it brings together, or converges, three entities that are responsible for various components of housing here in New Zealand. So we are bringing together Housing New Zealand, which is the largest, I guess, landlord in the country, with the intention of it becoming the best landlord in the country, under this new Crown entity, K\u0101inga Ora. We\u2019re also bringing in the KiwiBuild Unit and we\u2019re also bringing in HLC Ltd. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000467\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003EAs the Hon Phil Twyford has said in his previous remarks about the intentions for why we are bringing these three entities together under this new Crown entity, it is to ensure that we are lessening the duplication of the roles that have been\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000468\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022919a8e8d-afaf-4342-ad6f-71cbb6024544\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00223a0b2cc6940d4437a8c1c799048a7e57\u0022\u003EClayton Mitchell\u003C/span\u003E: The duplication\u2014I agree.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000469\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022556421c472c94ad7a0402395beb44632\u0022\u003EKIRITAPU ALLAN\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014exactly\u2014played by multiple agencies. This side of the House is committed to efficiency. This side of the House is committed to doing the things that nobody else did for nine long years under the previous Government. We are tackling the long-term problems that this country faces here, and we\u2019re doing that in this particular way by ensuring that those families\u2014look, there are 68,000 State homes\u201468,000 homes\u2014managed by Housing New Zealand at the moment. Now, there has been a somewhat troublesome\u2014well, in my patch they actually do a blooming good job, but what the intention is here\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000470\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022a67e282ca4c04670a538f806f47756cc\u0022\u003EHon David Bennett\u003C/span\u003E: What are you saying\u2014what are you saying?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000471\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022560758a0cabf46ea954fd05fd6d633d2\u0022\u003EKIRITAPU ALLAN\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014is to ensure\u2014I\u2019d love Mr Bennett to get up and have a good yarn, because I think that he\u2019d like to really give us his views on housing in the Waikato, because it\u2019s pretty miserable, as I understand, because of that lot and what they didn\u2019t do. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000472\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003EBut, look, in addition to establishing the Crown entities, this bill is also ensuring that there will be a Government policy statement on housing and urban development. Now, this is going to be a very powerful Crown entity, once it gets up on track. We know that this is the first piece of legislation that gives it the bones. The second piece of legislation that\u2019s coming into the House this year will give it the substance, the meat on those bones. But we know that this is going be an incredibly powerful entity that will transform the face of housing here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Again, I must tip my hat to the Hon Phil Twyford for being steadfast in the face of adversity. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022 data-id=\u0022b26a4e6386214992bf2c818c918cf746\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000473\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022b26a4e6386214992bf2c818c918cf746\u0022\u003EHon DAVID BENNETT (National\u2014Hamilton East):\u003C/span\u003E We have heard a lot of rubbish in this House this afternoon from those lefties, around housing. The reality New Zealanders need to know about housing is that their own homes now are at risk because of the economy that they have created, that they will be losing equity in their homes from the day that left-wing Government got elected, and now they will be in a situation where they\u2019re probably going to have a loss of their own home. That will be the legacy of the Labour Party in housing: thousands of New Zealanders that had owned their own home that lose their own home under a Labour - Greens - New Zealand First Government. That\u2019s what the legacy will be from that member. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000474\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003EThere is one member over there\u2014he\u2019s Mr Phil Twyford, who, you know, has been the face of housing for the Labour Party. He designed this great policy that they were going to have, called KiwiBuild. He became the Minister to implement it and he couldn\u2019t do it\u2014he couldn\u2019t do it. He had to lose his job, and he\u2019s going to lose his transport job in the next few months as well, because he can\u2019t do that either. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000475\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003EHe has to go sack the board of New Zealand Transport Agency because he can\u2019t do it\u2014he can\u2019t build the trains that he was talking about. He\u2019s a failure. He\u2019s just a failure. And some people in life have just got to recognise that they\u2019re a failure, and he is one and he should just resign. Let someone like Kiri have a go. I\u2019m sure she\u2019d be much better.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000476\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220665f33f35974f8c89f2a8644acd0f21\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe)\u003C/span\u003E: Mr Bennett, this bill is what\u2019s on the Table. Speak to it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000477\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022256a52db0ed54edfaf7acc19541a409f\u0022\u003EHon DAVID BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: Well, it is\u2014it is, because this is his legacy: KiwiBuild, which is going to get merged. They\u2019re going to merge something that doesn\u2019t exist. There\u2019s no KiwiBuild homes, so how can you merge it? It won\u2019t need Commerce Commission approval, will it. Ha, ha! It\u2019s so small. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000478\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003EThis is just another example of Labour trying to cover their tracks for their own inefficiencies and failures. There\u2019s nothing of substance in this bill. It\u2019s just trying to rearrange and make it look like they\u2019re entities and that housing has been dealt with under this Government, when it hasn\u2019t. It is just a smokescreen for the New Zealand public and that\u2019s all we get from this Government. It\u2019s all soft politics. It\u2019s all smokescreens. There\u2019s no actual reality. There\u2019s no actual delivery. There\u2019s nothing that they actually can do. I want to see one of those members from the other side come up and say how many people in two years they have taken out of living on the streets and into housing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000479\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a8cab3e3-b023-4ce7-9f4b-2c4137029057\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00227de7163a317147b5a37ecaf9f54fae37\u0022\u003EKiritapu Allan\u003C/span\u003E: Thousands!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000480\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022efd60e8607ea4910a6fce1e22ee9adb5\u0022\u003EHon DAVID BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: No, give me the number\u2014give me the number. I don\u2019t want \u201Cthousands\u201D; I want actually to know the number\u2014because the Prime Minister promised that, in her first winter, there would be nobody living on the street.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000481\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022996ecf26f49c4ff3859da4438982af4c\u0022\u003EHon Phil Twyford\u003C/span\u003E: No, that\u2019s not what she said.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000482\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00222ad4ce3485264a619dbb0502f0b14f16\u0022\u003EHon DAVID BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: What did she say, then?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000483\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022cbc37df2-57ae-4536-94ed-a2e39eecd585\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00220af1ce8741004eeb9228c01145002265\u0022\u003EHon Phil Twyford\u003C/span\u003E: No one needs to be living on the streets.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000484\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022eaf79431-1033-44f1-a633-22633da52c0d\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022500090520abd4e49b49af01ed2d62178\u0022\u003EHon DAVID BENNETT\u003C/span\u003E: \u201CNobody needs\u201D\u2014OK. \u201CNobody needs to be living\u201D\u2014that is the smoke and mirrors. This is what this legislation is\u2014\u201CNobody needs\u201D. Well, do something about it. You\u2019ve had all that time and done nothing\u2014done absolutely nothing. Tell me the number. If you\u2019ve done something, tell me the number. You won\u2019t be able to give me a number. I bet you, the next speaker comes up and says, \u201CNobody needs to be living on the street,\u201D and \u201CThere were thousands of people looked after.\u201D But give me a number\u2014give the New Zealand public a number for what you\u2019ve done in two years. You can\u2019t, because there is no number, because you\u2019ve been a failure, just like this bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022 data-id=\u0022c1a33ec5b54248bb882ee18ab3c961d6\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000485\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022c1a33ec5b54248bb882ee18ab3c961d6\u0022\u003EANAHILA KANONGATA\u2019A-SUISUIKI (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Six thousand State houses were sold under National. If you do the maths\u2014if you do the maths\u2014he wants a number, so I\u2019ll give him numbers. Nine years of National: 6,000 State houses sold. That\u2019s 365 days a year. You do the maths: 6,000 divided by 9; then you divide that by 365\u20141.82 houses a day, State housing, that was sold by that Government, sold by the National Party. One\u2014almost two\u2014State house a day was sold by that Government. I want to actually give another set of numbers: 2,206 State houses have been built by this Government. Yesterday was the 82nd anniversary of the first State house, built by a Labour Government, by the Hon Joseph Savage. My mother was born in 1936. She was a year old when they built the first State house at 12 Fife Lane.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000486\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EThe reason why I go to numbers is because what we are proposing is a solution to solve what National have left us, which is a mess\u2014to solve the mess that National has left us. Let\u2019s do the maths\u2014let\u2019s do the maths\u201482 years ago, the first State house was built; in the two years that this coalition Government has been in place, we have built 2,203 State houses. What does that work out to? That works out to almost 2\u00BD State houses a day that we\u2019ve built since we\u2019ve come into Government. What did National build? Well, they sold 6,000 State houses. How many State houses did they actually build in the nine years? It was 338. In nine years, National built only 338 State houses\u2014338, that is.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000487\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00222aa0b524-c38d-45aa-bd5b-99c5927085f4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002297b650b885b144e5b401f134b8a28351\u0022\u003EHon Clare Curran\u003C/span\u003E: Shame!\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000488\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f6c06af8e4434f2cb71f9ec8101a1185\u0022\u003EANAHILA KANONGATA\u2019A-SUISUIKI\u003C/span\u003E: Shame! Shame on them.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000489\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EIf they want numbers, we\u2019ll give them numbers: 800 families were affected by the P decisions that that side of the House made\u2014a sniff of P and what they did was dislocate 800 families. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Ng\u0101ti Hinerangi, who were here earlier this afternoon. It\u2019s over a hundred years or so that they have been fighting the fight to get to this House to talk about what rightfully should be theirs, and we are giving it to them in fractions. Last nine years of the National Government, 800\u2014800\u2014families were affected, dislocated, became homeless. I don\u2019t know how many years that will affect them, and there is no settlement for that to happen, for those 800 families to receive some sort of apology from that side of the House. That\u2019s what we call no-heart leadership\u2014no, National, no plans.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000490\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EI want to take this opportunity. I\u2019m wearing a camellia in my right ear. This is from a place not far from here. It\u2019s 126 years since women got the vote here in this country, and I want to acknowledge all those women that have fought the good battle for us to be here, and we are now at our third woman Prime Minister. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the leadership of the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern in terms of being the Prime Minister for this time, for this era\u2014this era when we are building warm, dry homes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000491\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003ELet me come back to K\u0101inga Ora. I want to acknowledge the Minister, the Hon Phil Twyford, in terms of K\u0101inga Ora. The naming of this bill actually is the principal beginning\u2014that door that opens up on how we are doing things differently. K\u0101inga Ora, when I read it as a Tongan, I read it as thinking about everybody who lives in the House, outside the House, and in this motu. K\u0101inga Ora is about that.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000492\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EI want to quote the Hon Phil Twyford, from the speech he gave earlier this afternoon, because I think it describes what this is\u2014it\u2019s about a vision. It is about a vision on how we\u2019re going forward, not just for the next 30 years but beyond that. I quote: \u201CFor the first time, we will have a strategic direction \u2026 an overarching plan for housing [in New Zealand], and set out expectations and priorities for the whole sector, from local authorities to community housing providers, the private sector, K\u0101inga Ora itself, and iwi.\u201D If that is the beginning, the vision of this bill, then everything else that falls under it comes in with a good spirit and a good heart.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000493\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EI want to talk about what this bill will actually deliver. The bill delivers on the Government\u2019s new approach to State housing. I\u2019ve said before, we\u2019ve built over 2,000, but we\u2019re building more houses, and I\u2019ll come back and, maybe next year, know more numbers on what we\u2019ve been building in warm housing. So what this bill will do is legislate for Housing New Zealand to aim to sustain tenancies, provide warm houses, dry housing, treat tenants with respect, and social objectives.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000494\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EThere is a word that we use in this House all the time. People in this House use the word \u201Cvulnerable\u201D all the time. There is one thing that we share with every other human being on this planet, and that is that, when we lay our head down to sleep at night, when we close our eyes we are all vulnerable.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000495\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EBut for members of this House, we know that we\u2019ll wake up tomorrow, that we\u2019ve slept in a warm, dry room that\u2019s in a warm, dry home. Many in the nine years of National couldn\u2019t say that, because, where I live\u2014I live in Manurewa in South Auckland\u2014and it was becoming, in the nine years of National, normal to lay your head to rest on the pavement of the footpath of shopping centres outside takeaways. That was what National has left them. What K\u0101inga Ora will do is work in partnership with everybody in the sector to build something that every New Zealander, when they go to sleep at night, will not be vulnerable, because we are building warm, dry homes.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000496\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002257e41e9d-285b-4fb3-847d-a63820ae7137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022e164de5784de4c3c8859470daf1fc622\u0022\u003EChris Bishop\u003C/span\u003E: How\u2019s homelessness going for you?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000497\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022f5ce92e612e4400a8b3314204304e79f\u0022\u003EANAHILA KANONGATA\u2019A-SUISUIKI\u003C/span\u003E: Mr Speaker\u2014I can\u2019t hear what that person is saying, but what I want to\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000498\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002257e41e9d-285b-4fb3-847d-a63820ae7137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00224291bca88a2241fe926f1f239ca5e377\u0022\u003EChris Bishop\u003C/span\u003E: Tell us about the motels.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000499\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022dbaddbe1472f4e2aa012a0e0c1ac3def\u0022\u003EANAHILA KANONGATA\u2019A-SUISUIKI\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014know is\u2014I heard the member Chris Bishop saying, \u201CTell us about motels\u201D\u2014motels that were created by their Government, motels that they were having people\u2014those were their policies. I don\u2019t know why they\u2019re pointing fingers at us, when, actually, that\u2019s their legacy that they left. The legacy that they left was they had no plans. I\u2019ve said, many times, that people think the National Party can add, but they can\u2019t. Why? Let me quantify that statement. If you\u2019re selling State houses\u20146,000 State houses\u2014and if you\u2019re not helping other community providers build houses, people are being born in this country, people are coming into this country, people are living longer; what does that add up to? It adds up to the population, actually, over\u2014the National Party didn\u2019t have a plan for the population growth, for poorer New Zealanders who couldn\u2019t afford to do that. So I just want to do that. They could not do maths, because they were thinking with their pockets and not their hearts.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000500\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EAnyway, let me get back to K\u0101inga Ora. I am moved to hear the story of Mohi that talks about the collective group that helped him into a home in Hamilton. I am moved by that story, and that is the sort of story New Zealanders want to tell\u2014that when they\u2019re down, someone there is able to help them. When they\u2019re down and they\u2019re sleeping on the streets, and they feel like nobody\u2019s there, that\u2019s the role of Government: to provide warm, dry homes for its population. If you can\u2019t do that, then I actually don\u2019t know what that is.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000501\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002295945ace-51e8-4dbc-a0e3-c19f4ed99ed9\u0022\u003EI want to end my speech today by acknowledging all the women who are standing in the local elections. The voting papers are out today. I want to acknowledge the legacy: that 126 years that women have had the vote in New Zealand. I went to urge every woman out there to get out there and support every other woman that\u2019s standing, and vote\u2014vote, because that was fought for 126 years ago today. On that note, I commend this excellent, excellent bill to the House. M\u0101l\u014D.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022 data-id=\u0022afe289d98ce946c29dc9b25220957877\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000502\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022afe289d98ce946c29dc9b25220957877\u0022\u003EHon NATHAN GUY (National\u2014\u014Ctaki):\u003C/span\u003E Well, that was a fascinating contribution from that member. It sounded like a general debate speech, and she was imploring people to get out in the local body elections and vote. This is a rather interesting bill; the K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill. It went through the Environment Committee, and I\u2019m now sitting on the Environment Committee, and it\u2019s a very interesting committee. But when I came onto the committee, this bill had gone through. So I\u2019ve done a little bit of research for the House, so that those members over the other side that have been given speaking notes from the Labour research unit actually know what they\u2019re talking about. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000503\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022\u003ENow, this bill creates a Crown entity. It received about 86 submissions, so it\u2019s not a big bill. It\u2019s, really, a nothing bill; 44 submitters were heard in person, and a lot of the community organisations who are providing that very important community housing were concerned about this bill, that it was going to deal to them. But they learnt, in the select committee, it\u2019s not. So they left thinking, \u201CWhat is, really, the purpose of this bill?\u201D Well, the purpose of this bill, the nub of the issue, allows the Government to get hold of Housing New Zealand\u2019s balance sheet, to use it so that they can expand the portfolio. What we\u2019ve heard this afternoon is they\u2019ve bagged the National Party, \u201CThe National Government didn\u2019t do enough in housing\u201D, and they\u2019ve gone on and built I think it\u2019s about 2,000-odd State houses in the last couple of years. A lot of those were started under the National Government.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000504\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022\u003EOf course, what you don\u2019t hear from the other side of the House this afternoon, this two-word phrase; you don\u2019t hear KiwiBuild mentioned at all. Of course, when Labour campaigned, they campaigned saying they were going to build\u2014all their heads go down\u2014100,000 homes. Of course, we know that that hasn\u2019t occurred at all. Last count: 286 houses have been built under the Labour coalition Government. So over the last two years, just under 300 houses have been built under the banner of KiwiBuild, which is now termed \u201CKiwiFail\u201D. So what you haven\u2019t heard this afternoon from the Government benches is anyone talking about KiwiBuild, because it\u2019s such an embarrassment and disaster.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000505\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022\u003EI have heard a contribution this afternoon about the Government\u2019s vision for reforming the Resource Management Act (RMA). Well, actually, we did quite a bit in our nine years of Government\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000506\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00229439094e448141adb26763bd39a56a18\u0022\u003EHon Andrew Little\u003C/span\u003E: Ha, ha! Rubbish\u2014absolute rubbish.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000507\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u00226158f64234d64e47a19084199924087a\u0022\u003EHon NATHAN GUY\u003C/span\u003E: And Andrew Little pipes up. I was waiting for him to take the bait. Thank you, Minister, for taking the bait. What Andrew Little is not aware of is that we reformed the RMA, particularly to call in projects of national significance to a board of inquiry, for that process to occur within nine months. For those people in my electorate who are commuting out of Wellington this evening through to the wonderful K\u0101piti coast, they\u2019ll be driving on the K\u0101piti Expressway; a project that was called in through the reform of the RMA, and that went through a consenting process of nine months. My commuters\u2014\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000508\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022106966ef-8cc3-434a-9dbe-dd76b708c2a1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022202a7edbd6914824988898de03f95ae7\u0022\u003EHon Andrew Little\u003C/span\u003E: It had to be resealed twice. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000509\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022b47da6d9988349069b0af121d8da9186\u0022\u003EHon NATHAN GUY\u003C/span\u003E: \u2014Mr Little\u2014will be delighted to drive on Transmission Gully, which will open next year as part of the reforms that the National Government did to the RMA. What do we hear from the other side, from the Government? Well, they\u2019re going to reform the RMA. But hold on, it\u2019s a working group\u2014it\u2019s a working group. We wait for No. 312 working group to report back, and that won\u2019t occur until 2021. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000510\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002223de6bd3-0482-495d-88f4-7cc3f75d8442\u0022\u003ESo, in summary, this is really a nothing bill. It is confusing, it\u2019s going to create a Crown entity, it\u2019s not going to do much, and the big issue for New Zealand is to ensure that houses are built. This isn\u2019t going to deliver any more houses, because the private sector are calling out to the Government to make some changes, particularly to the RMA, and we\u2019re going to get into the election campaign\u2014here\u2019s my bet\u2014in the next sort of eight or nine months, and nothing will have happened under this Government to the RMA. They won\u2019t have reached out to Judith Collins, who\u2019s leading the charge for us. She smashed Phil Twyford on KiwiBuild. We\u2019re doing all the work so that we\u2019re not going to be in the position in 2020, if we get there in 2020, where we wouldn\u2019t have done the homework. It wouldn\u2019t be nine years of doing nothing, and not supporting our changes on the RMA. They\u2019ve been there two years and done nothing. This is a nothing bill, and we don\u2019t support it. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022 data-id=\u0022ef17c970adb2437cb79fc9128563baf9\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000511\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022ef17c970adb2437cb79fc9128563baf9\u0022\u003EDr LIZ CRAIG (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. Well, unlike that other member, I\u2019m actually proud to be part of a Government that\u2019s tackling the long-term challenges facing our country, and one of the biggest challenges we\u2019ve got is the huge mess in housing that was left by the previous Government. Certainly, down in Invercargill, where I live, we\u2019ve got lots and lots of people that are struggling to find decent housing, and, in particular, we\u2019ve got this acute shortage of State and social housing because of the huge number of sell-offs by the previous Government. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000512\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003ESo what this bill does is it does two key things: the first thing it does is it becomes a world-class public housing landlord, and then the second thing it\u2019s going to be doing is becoming the leading coordination of urban development projects. What we need is decent coordination in terms of housing and urban development, and we need a decent standard of rental housing to address this housing crisis. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000513\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EWhat I want to do today is just focus, first of all, on the role of a world-class public housing landlord, because I think for anybody that\u2019s ever been a tenant\u2014like myself\u2014what you really realise is that you\u2019re incredibly reliant on the decisions that are made by your landlord. The decisions about insulation, the decisions about whether you fix up those leaks and whether you do the maintenance\u2014all those basic, basic decisions. Do you put a heat pump in or not\u2014because the problem is that if you live in a crappy, cold, damp house, you live with those decisions every single day. You live with them when you put your child to bed at night and you live with them when you get up, freezing, in the morning and send them off to school, and that has huge consequences for kids for their health and for their wellbeing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000514\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003ESo, thankfully, our Government has put some decent rental housing standards in place that will put a bottom line in for many of those areas, and that\u2019s incredibly important. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000515\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u002257e41e9d-285b-4fb3-847d-a63820ae7137\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u0022bb279b13be3141e1a045c610dd033eff\u0022\u003EChris Bishop\u003C/span\u003E: That was our bill, thanks very much. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000516\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsBy\u0022 id=\u002285a4df80cdbb4d52a379bc5d023b63c4\u0022\u003EDr LIZ CRAIG\u003C/span\u003E: You put in the insulation, but our standards also include things like dampness, and they include things like thinking about what your clean-heat source is, so you can afford to turn on the heater. Over the next couple of years, a lot of the living standards of many, many tenants will be significantly improved, and so this is where the Government needs to be leading and setting the standard in terms of decent, quality housing for those people, for us\u2014for all of us. I think the thing we\u2019ve got, though, is that what this bill does is it legislates. So some of those social housing objectives that were recently introduced into Housing New Zealand\u2014what it is doing is it\u2019s legislating for those and putting those into law. Things like providing decent housing, being a fair and compassionate landlord, and helping to sustain tenancies\u2014those are some of the principles. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000517\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003ESo what this bill does is it talks about the operating principles that will be underpinning K\u0101inga Ora, and those operating principles are what the K\u0101inga Ora board will have to enforce. The first one of those is very, very simple: providing good quality, warm, dry, and healthy rental housing, a thing that many, many kids\u2014a whole generation of kids\u2014over the last decade, have missed out on. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000518\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EWhat I used to see in my old job was we used to see thousands of kids coming into hospital every year with respiratory infections, and many of those were from the poorer parts of town, where rental homes were substandard. What we were seeing was kids coming in with bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and bronchiectasis, which is permanent lung scarring. What these rental standards are doing, and what K\u0101inga Ora becoming a world-class landlord and providing warm, dry, healthy homes is doing, is that they will have a huge impact on many of those families. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000519\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003ESome of the other underlying operating principles include supporting tenants to be well-connected with their communities and to lead lives with dignity and the greatest degree of independence possible, and to sustain tenancies, so that you\u2019re not worrying about having to change houses all the time and changing schools for your kids, and the impact that that has\u2014so, some of those basic operating principles to underpin what we\u2019re doing. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000520\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EBut the other thing is thinking about ensuring that we\u2019ve got housing supply and that it meets demand, and so some of those other principles that this bill introduces is managing our housing stock prudently, including upgrading and managing it to ensure it remains fit for purpose. That\u2019s where the ball got dropped under the previous Government as well. So, many of our State houses got rundown, and so then we couldn\u2019t be proud as a Government, as a landlord, because of the state of those rental houses\u2014but also ensuring that housing developed is appropriately mixed, so you have communities, so you can have public, affordable, and market housing mixed together and creating the communities that people want to live in. So it\u2019s incredibly important to have these operating principles embedded into law.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000521\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EOne of the other things, I think, and this is where the zero carbon bill\u2014and we\u2019ve heard a lot of conversations about climate change over the last year. So what this talks about is operating in a manner that recognises the need to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. It also talks about that in the Government policy statement (GPS), which is also introduced by this bill, because what this bill does is it requires a strategic direction to be set out in terms of where we\u2019re going in housing and urban development.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000522\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003ESo what the bill, in Part 2, talks about is \u201CMinisters must issue a GPS on housing and urban development no later than\u201D\u2014it\u2019s 2021. So we\u2019ve got two years, from when this bill comes in, to have that Government policy statement which outlines our broader vision in terms of where we\u2019re going in housing. Basically, that needs to be reviewed every three years to make sure it\u2019s up to date. There\u2019s a whole range of things that the legislation sets out in terms of what needs to be in that, but there\u2019s one that says this must include a multi-decade outlook, because it\u2019s incredibly important that we don\u2019t just focus on what\u2019s in front of us. We need that broader vision because a lot of the building programme, a lot of what we\u2019re developing, will take time to bed in, and we need to know where we\u2019re going in the bigger picture.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000523\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EBut it also talks about how K\u0101inga Ora will recognise the need to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, because all around the country, what we\u2019ve got are huge infrastructure assets that are within one or two metres of sea-level rise. I think about down where we are in Invercargill. Our airport is at a very low level of sea level, and we\u2019ve got, around the country, many, many houses that while they may be higher than a couple of metres of sea-level rise, the roads that get to them aren\u2019t. The sewage plants that actually are going to be looking after those housing developments\u2014if they\u2019re at sea level, we\u2019ve got to be thinking about what we\u2019re doing there. So what this bill does is it says that within the Government policy statement, the Government must think about that broader vision in terms of where we\u2019re going in terms of mitigation and adaptation for climate change, which is incredibly important.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000524\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EThere\u2019s a range of other things that must be included in terms of this Government policy statement, in terms of looking at the overall direction and talking about what the other Government agencies need to be doing in this area, because I think what\u2019s really important is if you\u2019ve got other agencies and other people thinking about where they\u2019re going to be building their infrastructure, and what they\u2019re doing, they need to have a very, very clear idea of where the Government\u2019s going. I think that\u2019s what was highlighted in some of the submissions that came in with the Environment Committee. What they were talking about is having that sense of: if we know where the Government policy statement is going, and the Government has laid out its direction, that means that developers and others can get a sense of that and then they can plan accordingly.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000525\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003ESo I think this bill is incredibly important because, on the one hand, it sets out how we are going to be as a public landlord and the kind of principles that we want underpinning our role as a landlord. I think that had we had that over the past decade, the lives of many, many families would be significantly different, because we would\u2019ve thought about how we can provide warm, dry housing, but we also could\u2019ve thought about how we provide secure tenancies and how we can have those communities that kids want to grow up in and feel absolutely at home.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000526\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EIn that, we also need to know where we\u2019re going as a country\u2014what\u2019s our broader strategic direction? This is where, again, I look at the struggle we\u2019ve got with social housing down in Invercargill. Across all of Southland in the early 1990s, we had over 800 State houses, but just progressive sell-offs and we\u2019re down to under 400 just before the last election. We\u2019ve stopped the sell-offs and we\u2019ve started to rebuild more, but I don\u2019t know whether anybody actually thought about, consciously, what we were doing in that and then what would happen and the impact that would have on families.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000527\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00223c5917bd-9c2f-4bdf-af2f-b13cd1a2c8bb\u0022\u003EAnd, certainly, it\u2019s families that I meet now in my office, and all the agencies down in Invercargill also are actually working with. So it\u2019s incredibly important that we have that broader strategic direction so that we know where we\u2019re going and know what impact our policies are having and how they\u2019ll impact on our families and our community. So I\u2019m incredibly proud to be speaking on the third reading of this bill, because I think it\u2019s going to have a huge impact for good in terms of our country, in terms of our strategic direction on housing, in terms of our strategic direction on urban infrastructure, and I\u2019m very, very pleased to commend this bill to the House.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca id=\u0022d41deec5f51146c6a9838f7ff1b1b118\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 K\u0101inga Ora\u2014Homes and Communities Bill be now read a third time.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003EAyes 63\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand Labour 46; New Zealand First 9; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 8.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENoes 57\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp class=\u0022HpsDivision\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsItem\u0022\u003ENew Zealand National 55; ACT New Zealand 1; Ross.\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    \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=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000528\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubjectHeading\u0022 id=\u0022bd06dc0460784a9daea735cf7d143415\u0022\u003EEducation (School Donations) Amendment Bill\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000529\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsSubproceedingHeading\u0022 id=\u0022bc07c71ad54641798e9561443bfb7720\u0022\u003EThird Reading\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000530\u0022\u003EDebate resumed from 17 September.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u00229eef65cd-ce82-441c-af1b-954ea0782a04\u0022 data-id=\u0022f41fc3aabac34b099d750e9b740a72d4\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000531\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229eef65cd-ce82-441c-af1b-954ea0782a04\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u0022f41fc3aabac34b099d750e9b740a72d4\u0022\u003EJAN TINETTI (Labour):\u003C/span\u003E Thank you, Mr Speaker. Oh, here we go again: the last speaker of this particular bill will be going at the time that the House will close tonight\u2014never mind. I think this bill is an absolutely fabulous bill. As I said the other night, this bill might be a short bill, but it has huge positive implications for the sector\u2014[Interruption] Actually, I want to address that, because we\u2019ve got an Opposition that\u2019s laughing over there, because I said \u201Ca short bill\u201D. Actually, I wonder what their definition of a short bill is that they think that they have to laugh at that\u2014that it\u2019s two pages long, or what is it that they don\u2019t actually understand about the fact that the bill is a short bill?\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000532\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229eef65cd-ce82-441c-af1b-954ea0782a04\u0022\u003EThe fact is that they are actually opposing this bill on things that are actually out of the scope of this bill. I don\u2019t think they actually understand the bill as it\u2019s written at this moment. All of the previous speakers\u2019 opposition to the bill in this debate was about stuff that\u2019s actually not in the scope of this particular bill. I think the Opposition are actually very confused on this bill.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000533\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229eef65cd-ce82-441c-af1b-954ea0782a04\u0022\u003EThis particular bill is about the recovery of grants that are given to schools if they do unlawfully charge for donations to their parents. That is what this bill is about. It is not about the deciles that that Opposition is opposing this bill on. In fact, that is their main opposition: stuff that\u2019s not out of scope. It is scaremongering, because we did hear in the Minister\u2019s opening address on this third reading that this is only just the beginning. The deciles 1 to 7 part of the scheme itself, which isn\u2019t in this bill, is just the beginning. The next part and the next phase will be to engage with the deciles 8 to 10 schools to have them included in this when funding allows. So it\u2019s very interesting that we have an Opposition that is very confused about what is actually the content of this bill, even though we moved through it very, very clearly in select committee.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000534\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u00229eef65cd-ce82-441c-af1b-954ea0782a04\u0022\u003ENow, I\u2019ve actually really enjoyed engaging with principals around the country on this particular bill, both principals who are for it\u2014and the majority are because we have 70 percent of our principals and our schools that are actually going to be eligible to go into it: 70 percent. Again, I\u2019ll point that out to the Opposition that that\u2019s higher than 50 percent when we hear the Opposition saying the majority are against it\u201470 percent.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ca name=\u0022member\u0022 data-type=\u0022article\u0022 data-memberid=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022 data-id=\u00228cc6d63f65534694ad7a8511ad44ae7f\u0022\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000535\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsByToc\u0022 id=\u00228cc6d63f65534694ad7a8511ad44ae7f\u0022\u003EASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe)\u003C/span\u003E: I\u2019m sorry to interrupt the member, but this debate is interrupted\u2014[Interruption] Order! I\u2019m on my feet. This debate is interrupted and is set down for resumption next sitting day. The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 24 September 2019.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000536\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EDebate interrupted.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp id=\u0022id20190919499807f676c14d9f943738d13afdb3e7000537\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022HpsNormal\u0022 id=\u0022a434482b-7ac1-4862-9ce7-13e63289dee3\u0022\u003EThe House adjourned at 6 p.m.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n    \u003C/div\u003E\n  \u003C/body\u003E\n\u003C/html\u003E"