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Fifty-second Parliament

Tuesday, 7 November 2017


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The Fifty-second Parliament opened at 11.00 am on Tuesday, 7 November 2017 in the City of Wellington pursuant to a Proclamation, dated 26 October 2017, issued by Her Excellency the Governor-General.

Commission for opening of Parliament

Mr David Williams, Acting Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, announced the arrival of Her Majesty’s Commissioners. The Bar was raised and the Commissioners took their places at the head of the Table.

The Right Honourable Dame Sian Elias, Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Chief Justice of New Zealand, the Chief Commissioner, said—

Members of the House of Representatives:

Her Excellency the Governor-General not thinking fit to be present here this day in person, has been pleased, in relation to the opening of the Fifty-Second Parliament of New Zealand, to cause Letters Patent to be passed under the Seal of New Zealand, constituting us,

The Right Honourable Dame Sian Elias, Dame Grand Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit, Chief Justice of New Zealand,

The Honourable Sir Mark Andrew O’Regan, Supreme Court Judge, and

The Honourable Dame Ellen Dolour France, Supreme Court Judge

to be Her Majesty’s Commissioners to do all things in Her Majesty’s name necessary to be performed at the opening of this Parliament. This will more fully appear by the Letters Patent themselves which must now be read.

The Letters Patent were then read by the Clerk of the House of Representatives as follows:

PATSY REDDY

Elizabeth The Second, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith:

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING!

Whereas, by a Proclamation made on the 26th day of October 2017, Our Governor-General of New Zealand, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, GNZM, QSO, proclaimed that the Parliament of New Zealand should meet in the parliamentary precincts in the City of Wellington at 11.00 am, on the 7th day of November 2017:

And Whereas Our said Governor-General does not think fit to be present at the opening of the said session:

Now, know that We, trusting in the discretion, fidelity, and care of Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor

Dame Sian Elias, Dame Grand Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit

and Our Trusty and Well-beloved

The Honourable Sir Mark Andrew O’Regan, Knight Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit, and

The Honourable Ellen Dolour France, Dame Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit

do by these presents give and grant unto them, or any two of them, full power in Our name to open the said Parliament in Our behalf, and to do all things necessary to be done in Our name, or in the name of Our Governor-General of New Zealand, in and about the opening of the said Parliament, commanding also all whom it concerns to meet in the said Parliament, and that the said

The Right Honourable Dame Sian Elias

The Honourable Sir Mark Andrew O’Regan, and

The Honourable Ellen Dolour France

or any two of them diligently attend in the premises, at the opening of the said Parliament.

In Testimony Whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, at Wellington on the 26th day of October in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Seventeen and in the 66th Year of Our Reign.

Witness Our Trusty and Well-beloved The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, Chancellor and Dame Grand Companion of Our New Zealand Order of Merit, Principal Companion of Our Service Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Realm of New Zealand.

By Her Excellency’s Command

JACINDA ARDERN

The Proclamation summoning Parliament was then read by the Chief Commissioner as follows:

PATSY REDDY, Governor-General

A PROCLAMATION

Whereas, by Proclamation published on 22 August 2017, the Parliament of New Zealand was summoned to meet on 23 November 2017:

And whereas I have thought fit to summon it to meet on an earlier day:

Now, therefore, pursuant to section 18 of the Constitution Act 1986, I, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand, summon the Parliament of New Zealand to meet in the parliamentary precincts in the City of Wellington, at 11.00 am on 7 November 2017.

Given under the hand of Her Excellency the Governor-General, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, on 26 October 2017.

JACINDA ARDERN, Prime Minister

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

The Chief Commissioner then said—

Members of the House of Representatives:

We have it in command from Her Excellency the Governor-General to inform you that on 8 November 2017 at 10:30 am, Her Excellency the Governor-General will declare to you in person the cause of her summoning this Parliament to meet.

But since it is necessary that a Speaker of the House of Representatives be first chosen, Her Excellency requests that you, members of Parliament, now proceed to choose one of your members to fill that high and important office, and that having chosen that person, you present that person at 1:45 pm, today, 7 November 2017 at Government House at Wellington for Her Excellency’s confirmation.

The Commissioners then withdrew.

Clerk authorised to administer oath or affirmation

A Commission from Her Excellency the Governor-General to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, authorising him to administer the oath or affirmation required by law to be taken or made by members of the House was read as follows:

Pursuant to section 11 of the Constitution Act 1986, I, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby authorise you,

David Martin Wilson

Clerk of the House of Representatives

to administer to members of Parliament the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to Her Majesty The Queen required to be taken or made by every such member before that member shall be permitted to sit or vote in the House of Representatives.


Authorised

PATSY REDDY

Governor-General

26 October 2017

Members sworn

David Wilson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, having laid on the Table the lists received from the Chief Electoral Officer of the names of members returned to serve in the present Parliament, administered the oath or affirmation to the following members:

Amy Juliet Adams

Kiri Lyndsay Allan

Virginia Ruby Andersen

Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern

Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi

Darroch Leicester Ball

Margaret Mary Barry

Andrew Bayly

David Allister Bennett

Paula Lee Bennett

Christopher Bishop

Simon Joseph Bridges

Simeon Peter Brown

Gerard Anthony Brownlee

David Scott Clark

Angela Maree Clark

Tamati Gerald Coffey

Jonathan Coleman

Judith Anne Collins

Elizabeth Dorothy Craig

Clare Elizabeth Curran

Marama Mere-Ana Davidson

Kelvin Davis

Jacqueline Isobel Dean

Matthew Maurice Doocey

Sarah Maree Dowie

Ruth Suzanne Dyson

Tahere Paul Eagle

Simon William English

Kristopher Faafoi

Andrew Hamilton Falloon

Christopher Francis Finlayson

Julie Anne Genter

Golriz Ghahraman

Paul Goldsmith

Allen Nathan Guy

Joanne Kowhai Hayes

Peeni Ereatara Gladwyn Henare

Harete Makere Hipango

Christopher John Hipkins

Brett John Hudson

Raymond Huo

William Wakatere Jackson

Shane Geoffrey Jones

Steven Leonard Joyce

Anahila Lose Kanongata’a-Suisuiki

Nicola Laura Kaye

Ronald Matthew King

Tutehounuku Korako

Barbara Joan Kuriger

Melissa Ji-Yun Lee

Denise Adrienne Lee

Iain Francis Lees-Galloway

Andrew James Little

Heather Janet Logie

Maria Josina Elisabeth Lubeck

Jo-Anne Marie Luxton

Timothy Harley Macindoe

Nanaia Cybele Mahuta

Trevor Colin Mallard

Jennifer Lyn Marcroft

Ron Stanley Mark

Tracey Anne Martin

Kieran Michael McAnulty

Todd Michael McClay

Ian Robert Flockhart McKelvie

Clayton Robert Henry Mitchell

Mark Patrick Mitchell

Todd Michael Muller

Stuart Alexander Nash

Alfred Ngaro

Damien Peter O’Connor

Gregory Eamon O’Connor

Simon David O’Connor

Kushmiita Parmjeet Kaur Parmar

Mark William James Patterson

Christopher Aidan Penk

Willow-Jean Prime

Shane Raymond Reti

Grant Murray Robertson

Jami-Lee Matenga Ross

Adrian Paki Rurawhe

Deborah Faye Russell

Eugenie Sage

Jennifer Teresia Salesa

Alastair Oliver Scott

Carmel Jean Sepuloni

David Breen Seymour

James Peter Edward Shaw

Scott Anthony Simpson

Aupito Tofae Sua William Sio

Nick Smith

Stuart Tayler Smith

Erica Stanford

Jamie Ross Strange

Chlöe Charlotte Swarbrick

Fletcher Hoporona Tabuteau

Janette Rose Tinetti

Rino Tirikatene

Anne Tolley

Philip Stoner Twyford

Louise Claire Upston

Timothy John van de Molen

Nicola Joanne Wagner

Hamish Richard Walker

Louisa Hareruia Wall

Duncan Alexander Webb

Melissa Heni Mekameka Whaitiri

Michael Philip Wood

Michael Allan Woodhouse

Megan Cherie Woods

Jian Yang

Jonathan Edgar Joseph Young

Lawrence Arden Yule

The members took their seats in the House.

Election of Speaker

Rt Hon Trevor Mallard was nominated by Hon Ruth Dyson and seconded by Adrian Rurawhe for election as Speaker.

Rt Hon Trevor Mallard was elected as Speaker.

Rt Hon Trevor Mallard took the Chair and the Mace was laid on the Table.

Honourable members then congratulated the Speaker-Elect.

Adjournment

At 12.27 pm the House adjourned.


Wednesday, 8 November 2017


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The House met at 10.30 am.

Prayers

0. Confirmation of election of Speaker

The Speaker reported that, accompanied by members, he had waited upon Her Excellency the Governor-General at Parliament House yesterday, when he addressed Her Excellency as follows:

Following Your Excellency’s request, the House of Representatives has elected me as Speaker and I now present myself for Your Excellency’s confirmation.

To which Her Excellency replied as follows:

Mr Speaker, it is with much pleasure that I confirm the choice by the House of Representatives of you as its Speaker.

I congratulate you on your election to this distinguished office, marking as it does the appreciation of the House of Representatives of your impartiality and ability.

The Speaker reported further that he also addressed Her Excellency as follows:

I thank Your Excellency for your confirmation of the choice made by the House of Representatives of me to be its Speaker.

I now, on behalf of the House, lay claim to all its privileges, and especially to freedom of speech in debate, to free access to Your Excellency whenever occasion may require it, and to the most favourable construction being put on all its proceedings.

To which Her Excellency replied as follows:

Mr Speaker, I confirm all the rights and privileges of the House of Representatives which have ever been granted. I assure you that the House of Representatives shall always have ready access to me, and that I will at all times place the most favourable construction upon its proceedings.

0. Speaker authorised to administer oath or affirmation

The Speaker reported that he had received an authorisation from Her Excellency the Governor-General to administer the oath or affirmation prescribed by law to be taken or made by members of the House:

Pursuant to section 11 of the Constitution Act 1986, I, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand, hereby authorise you,

The Right Honourable Trevor Colin Mallard

Speaker of the House of Representatives

to administer to members of Parliament the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to Her Majesty The Queen required to be taken or made by every such member before that member shall be permitted to sit or vote in the House of Representatives.


Authorised

PATSY REDDY

Governor-General

7 November 2017

0. Death of interpreter

The Speaker advised the House of the death on 12 October 2017 of Rangi McGarvey, who was a long-serving Te Reo Māori interpreter for the House and select committees.

The Speaker expressed on behalf of the House the sense of loss sustained and sympathy with the relatives of the late Rangi McGarvey.

0. Mihi

Hon Kelvin Davis, as the senior Māori member, gave a mihi.

A waiata was sung.

0. Summons to attend Her Excellency

Mr David Williams, Acting Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was admitted and delivered the following message from Her Excellency the Governor-General:

Mr Speaker

Her Excellency the Governor-General requests the immediate attendance of this honourable House in the Legislative Council Chamber.

Accordingly, the Speaker with the House, went to attend Her Excellency.

0. Her Excellency’s speech

The House being returned, the Speaker reported that, when the House attended Her Excellency the Governor-General this day in the Legislative Council Chamber, Her Excellency was pleased to make a Speech, the text of which was handed to him by Her Excellency.

He laid it on the Table and it states:

Honourable members of the House of Representatives

Tuhia ki te rangi

Tuhia ki te whenua

Tuhia ki te ngākau o nga tangata

Ko te mea nui

Ko te aroha

Tihei mauri ora!

E nga mema honore o te whare nei, te whare paremata o Aotearoa, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, kā nui te mihi ki a koutou.

It is a privilege for me to exercise the prerogative of Her Majesty the Queen and open the 52nd Parliament.

In September, New Zealanders cast their votes in the general election. After final results were announced on October 7, negotiations began towards the formation of a new government. That government has been formed by way of a Coalition Agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and the New Zealand First Party, and a Confidence and Supply Agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. The government took office when I swore in the Prime Minister the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Winston Peters, and other Ministers from the Labour, New Zealand First, and Green parties.

The government enjoys the confidence of a clear majority of members in the House of Representatives. It also enjoys the confidence of a majority of New Zealanders who voted in the general election. Its formation marks an important moment in the evolution of the mixed member proportional representation system – a system that was designed to ensure that governments could only be formed with the support of a majority of voters.

This new government was formed by negotiation – but it was a negotiation that allowed each party to remain true to its values and honour its core election commitments. This government will not be a government of parties acting separately, it will act clearly as one government in the best interests of all New Zealanders.

Honourable members.

The programme I will outline today is ambitious. It draws on the priorities of the parties. In the first 100 days, this government will put in place the building blocks for this programme of work.

This government is committed to major investments in housing, health, education, police, and infrastructure. The Government will protect the environment, create more jobs and lift the incomes of families to reduce child poverty, while running surpluses and paying down debt.

In the last nine years, New Zealand has changed a great deal. Ours is a great country still. But it could be even greater. In our society today, no one should have to live in a car or on the street. No one should have to beg for their next meal. No child should be experiencing poverty. That kind of inequality is degrading to us all.

This will be a government of inclusion. All who live in this country are entitled to respect and dignity; all are entitled to live meaningful lives; all are entitled to care and compassion. Everyone should have a roof over their head and be warm in winter. Everyone should have food and a table to put it on.

This will be a government of transformation. It will lift up those who have been forgotten or neglected, it will take action on child poverty and homelessness, it will restore funding to education and the health systems to allow access for all, it will protect the environment and take action on climate change, and it will build a truly prosperous nation and a fair society, together.

This will be a government of aspiration. It aspires to make this a nation where all cultures and human rights are valued, where everyone can have decent housing and meaningful work, where education is free and good ideas flourish, where children live surrounded by creativity and love, and are encouraged to reach their full potential, and where we become world leaders on environmental issues and climate change.

This government aspires for this to be a country where all are accepted, no matter who they are, where they come from, how they live or what their religious beliefs are.

To do this, we must focus on what is most important to us and what unites and connects us. For we are all connected, and the way we live has an impact on others. And so, this government will take an approach that looks across all areas to truly understand the interconnections. This government knows that the economy cannot be looked at separately from its impacts on the environment and society.

Honourable members.

This government is committed to building a strong economy, to being fiscally responsible and to providing certainty. It will work within the Budget Responsibility Rules that include running sustainable operating surpluses across the economic cycle, reducing net debt to 20% of GDP within five years and keeping government expenditure as a percentage of GDP in line with historic trends. There will be a clear focus on sustainable economic development, supporting regional economies, increasing exports, lifting wages and reducing inequality.

This government will work with business to deliver shared prosperity for all. It will encourage the economy to flourish, but not at the expense of damaging our natural resources or people’s well-being.

New Zealand needs to measure success in new ways. We need to move beyond narrow measures and views of value and broaden the definition of progress. The economic strategy will focus on how we improve the wellbeing and living standards of all New Zealanders. As agreed between Labour and the Green Party, this government will develop a comprehensive set of environmental, social and economic sustainability indicators to better show how we are doing as a country.

There will be a progressive tax system where everyone pays their fair share, according to their means, so together we have the resources to provide quality public services for all New Zealanders.

The government will review the tax system, looking at all options to improve its structure, fairness and balance, including better supporting regions and exporters, addressing the capital gain associated with property speculation and ensuring that multinationals contribute their share. Penalties for corporate fraud and tax evasion will increase. Personal income taxes, taxes on the family home and GST will remain at the same rates as they are today.

As pledged during the election campaign, any significant decisions on tax changes will not take effect until the 2021 tax year.

Contributions to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund will resume immediately to help safeguard the provision of universal superannuation at age 65, and as part of the Agreement with New Zealand First, the government will introduce a new-generation SuperGold smartcard containing entitlements and concessions.

Building a truly prosperous country means sharing the wealth generated by our economy with a wider range of New Zealanders. As agreed in the coalition agreement between Labour and New Zealand First, the government’s 100 Day Plan includes a commitment to raise the minimum wage to $16.50 an hour from April 1, rising to $20 an hour by 2020. We must aspire to be more than a low wage economy.

Honourable members.

A shift is required to create a more productive economy. This government will support those who produce goods and services, export and provide decent jobs for New Zealanders. This does not mean increasing productivity through more people working more hours to increase outputs, while eroding our natural and social assets.

This means working smarter, with new technologies, reducing the export of raw commodities and adding more value in New Zealand. For example, by securing the supply for forestry processing, greater investment in fishing and aquaculture, increasing skills and training, and more research and development to add value to dairy and other products and to create new technologies.

Monetary policy will be reformed. The Reserve Bank Act will be reviewed, and a new objective added to include a commitment to maximising employment. The Bank’s decision-making processes will be changed so that a committee, including external appointees, will be responsible for setting the Official Cash Rate, improving transparency. Price stability will continue to be a focus, with the same inflation goals as now.

High quality trade agreements that benefit our exporters, at the same time as protecting New Zealand’s sovereignty, will be supported. This government will make sure New Zealand always retains the right to make laws in the public interest. This includes seeking to renegotiate the Trans Pacific Partnership to exclude investor state dispute mechanisms and avoid their inclusion in all future agreements. This government will also pursue new trade opportunities, including with Russia and its Custom Union partners, Europe and the United Kingdom post-Brexit.

The benefits of economic prosperity will be fairly shared with the regions, so people have the resources they need to deliver on their potential, wherever they live. This government will invest in regional infrastructure and broadband.

The coalition agreement between Labour and New Zealand First commits this government to a $1 billion per annum Regional Development (Provincial Growth) Fund. This includes significant investment in regional rail and other large capital projects. The future of the upper North Island Ports, including examination of whether Ports of Auckland should be moved to Northport, near Whangarei, will be considered as part of a wider ports strategy,

Some government services will be regionalised. The New Zealand Forestry Service will be re-established and located in regional New Zealand. This government is committed to a new planting programme, planting 100 million trees a year to reach a billion more trees in ten years. This New Zealand First initiative also connects directly to this government’s determination to take action on climate change.

Honourable members.

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing the world. If we do not urgently reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases, warming will disrupt the climate which our agriculture and other industries depend upon, and sea-level rise will affect our coastal cities, along with other profound changes.

New Zealand must do its part, as the cost of doing nothing is too high. This government will set a target of a Net Zero Carbon Emissions Economy by 2050, with legally binding emissions reduction targets and carbon budgets to keep New Zealand on track to this goal.

An independent Climate Commission will be established to recommend interim emissions reduction targets and provide advice, focusing on policy development and initiatives in transport, urban form, energy and primary industries.

This government will restore an effective pricing mechanism for climate pollution, with the Climate Commission to determine more details, including how to transition to 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2035, and how to bring agriculture into the scheme.

This government will support a just transition for workers in industries that need to reduce emissions, and it will support the creation of jobs in sectors that are carbon-free or carbon sinks, such as forestry. Farmers operating at best practice will be credited for emissions reductions.

The agreement between Labour and the Green Party also provides for up to $1 billion of new investment to be stimulated in low carbon industries by 2020, kick-started by a government-backed Green Investment Fund of $100 million.

This ambitious plan to take real action on climate change will involve all New Zealanders. This government will act as a role model, showing leadership by requiring State-owned enterprises and other government organisations to pursue low-carbon options and technologies, including electric vehicles for all Government vehicle fleets. Young people will be encouraged to take part in a Youth Climate Change Challenge.

There are other environmental challenges to be faced. This government is conscious of increasing pressure on our natural resources, as environmental pressure points are reached. It is clear New Zealand needs to improve the way it manages natural resources.

Our lakes and rivers need to be protected and restored, which can only happen if all water users and the government work together. The government will offer young people without jobs the opportunity to work to improve the health of this country’s waterways, with the aim of restoring them to a swimmable state within a generation.

Support will be given to regional councils to better monitor and control nutrients and sediments in waterways. The agriculture sector will also be assisted to improve water quality and to shift to more sustainable land uses, such as forestry.

Existing Crown investments in irrigation will be honoured, but government support for irrigation will not grow. Commercial users who profit from bottling water and exporting it overseas will pay a royalty. Action will also be taken on improving cities’ water quality, with higher water quality standards for both urban and rural areas.

Other environment initiatives include a commitment to minimising waste to landfill and a fund to take action on old tyres.

This government will increase funding for the Department of Conservation, to reduce the extinction risk for 3,000 threatened plant and wildlife species. More support will be given for National Science Challenges, including piloting alternatives to 1080 and countering myrtle rust and kauri dieback. There will be no new mines on conservation land.

This government will take steps to improve our resource management system, with better spatial planning and better enforcement. An urban development agency will be introduced, and more emphasis placed on public transport and light rail.

This government will remove the Auckland urban growth boundary and free up density controls. New developments, both in Auckland and the rest of New Zealand, will be able to be funded through innovative new financing methods like infrastructure bonds. This government will also give Auckland Council the ability to implement a regional fuel tax.

To help ease pressures on our housing, infrastructure and public services, this government will make sure we get our immigration settings right. It will cut down on low quality international education courses and will ensure work visas issued reflect genuine skill shortages.

Housing is a top priority for this government. Action will be taken to address homelessness. State house sell offs will stop. And the State will take the lead in building affordable houses. Through its Kiwibuild programme, this government pledges to build 100,000 high quality, affordable homes over the next 10 years; half of them in Auckland.

A Housing Commission will work with the private sector, councils and iwi to cut through red tape, undertake major projects and ensure new, affordable homes are built rapidly.

This work will begin immediately, as part of this government’s 100 Day Plan. To boost the workforce, employers will be financially supported to train 4000 young people as apprentices, including on-the-job construction training.

High demand for housing will be dealt with by cracking down on speculators who are pushing prices out of reach of first home buyers. Foreign speculators will be banned from buying existing New Zealand homes. A comprehensive register of foreign-owned land and housing will be created, and the Overseas Investment Act will be strengthened.

The ‘bright line test’ will be extended, so income tax is paid on any gains from the sale of residential property bought and sold within five years. Speculators will also no longer be able to use tax losses on rental properties to offset tax on other income.

This government will make life better for renters. A ‘Rent to Own’ scheme will be developed. All rental properties will be required to meet standards for insulation, heating and drainage. Funding for home insulation in general will be boosted and a Winter Energy payment will be introduced for superannuitants and those receiving main benefits. This government aims to ensure that every New Zealander has access to a warm, dry, safe home.

Honourable members.

This government will address the social deficit in this country and it will start with children. About 290,000 children live in poverty in New Zealand, in many cases without adequate food, healthcare and housing. Poverty hurts everyone, but it hurts children the most. Every child should be able to grow up free from poverty. To show the importance of this issue, the Prime Minister the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern will take on the newly created role of Minister for Child Poverty Reduction.

Child poverty is a moral issue but it is also an economic one. Infometrics has estimated that poor investment in children in their early years costs the country between $6 billion and $8 billion per annum.

This government will put child poverty at the heart of government policy development and decision-making. It will establish targets to reduce the impact of child poverty and it will put these into law. A work programme will be put in place across all relevant areas of government to achieve these targets. Heads of government departments will be required to work together to deliver real reductions in child poverty.

To deliver genuine change for children, transparent mechanisms are needed to hold the government to account on poverty reduction. This government will also change the Public Finance Act so that, every Budget, New Zealanders will hear about how many kids have been lifted out of poverty and we can all see clearly what more needs to be done.

If we put child well-being at the heart of what we do, then the well-being of all New Zealanders will be lifted.

This government will invest in children and in families, increasing working for families, extending paid parental leave and bringing back the family benefit in the form of the Best Start package. This legislation will be introduced in the first 100 days, to take effect from July 1.

This government will repeal the tax cuts proposed by the previous government which would have seen $400 million a year going to the highest income earners. Instead, the government’s new Families’ Package will see 70 per cent of families with children better off, and will lift 30,000 more children out of poverty.

This government will ensure access to entitlements and remove excessive sanctions in the welfare system. But it will also go further. This government will consider the long-term changes which need to occur to our systems of welfare and employment and education, to look at how we value people, how we define decent employment and how we ensure people have sustainable incomes. It will eliminate the gender pay gap within the core public sector and encourage the private sector to do the same.

Honourable members.

One of the keys to better lives is education.

As well as being committed to increasing skills and training, this government will ensure our education system provides what is needed for the young people of New Zealand to do well in this rapidly changing world.

This government will revolutionise education by placing young people and their needs at the centre of the system and increasing funding at all levels. It will invest an additional $6 billion over four years in modernising our education system, including $1.8 billion to deliver more teachers, better professional development and more learning resources. This scale and focus of investment will be both transformational for the development of our future generations and will strengthen the economy.

It will remove or reduce financial barriers to access, by offering more funding to schools that do not charge fees, by making the first year of tertiary education free, with the intention of making the first three years free in future terms, and by increasing student allowances and living cost payments. Those tertiary education changes will come into effect from January 1 next year, as part of the 100 Day Plan.

This government will develop a 30-year strategic plan for education. It will support quality teaching and education that equips students for the 21st century. It will not include charter schools and will support high quality public education accessible to all.

It will end bureaucratic national standards and replace them with new forms of assessment that meaningfully reflect student achievement. It will ensure that all students have access to technology to support their learning, and it will ensure that every child with special needs and learning difficulties can participate fully in school life.

This government will modernise and re-develop a comprehensive system of careers advice and guidance that is integrated into learning and will ensure every student has a career plan that is regularly updated through their schooling.

This government will offer all high school students free driver training and financial literacy, as part of a toolkit giving all school leavers valuable practical skills.

It will pilot counsellors in primary schools, and it will rebuild outdated or unsuitable classrooms. It will grow the number of early childhood centres, and fund them to employ qualified and registered teachers.

It will support apprenticeships with incentives for employers to take on unemployed young people as apprentices. It will reinstate funding for night classes. And it will encourage lifelong learning.

Honourable members.

Health will also be a top priority. This government will restore funding to the health system to allow access for all. It will invest in the health system to provide the highest levels of care, support and treatment, wherever people live in New Zealand.

This government will put a real focus on primary health. GP fees subsidies will be increased to cut fees by $10 a visit, and the longer term funding system will be reviewed to ensure doctor visits remain affordable into the future. Free doctor visits will be extended to everyone under 14, with teen health checks for all Year 9 students. Seniors will be entitled to an annual free health and eye check as part of the new SuperGold Card.

Funding for alcohol and drug addiction services will increase, and drug addiction will be treated as a health issue. Medicinal cannabis will be made available for people with terminal illnesses or in chronic pain. As part of the Confidence and Supply Agreement with the Green Party, this government is committed to holding a referendum on legalising the personal use of cannabis at, or by, the 2020 election.

There will be a special focus on mental health. A ministerial inquiry into mental health will be set up and the Mental Health Commission will be re-established. A review of mental health and addiction services will identify gaps and what more is needed to better care for people.

New Zealand’s high suicide rate, especially for adolescents, is shameful. This government will increase resources for frontline health workers and will put more nurses in schools to make it easier for young people and others with mental health problems to get the help they need. Free counselling will be available for those under 25.

This government wants to foster a kinder, more caring society. This will involve government leading the way and facing up to its responsibilities and the legacies from the past.

There will be an independent inquiry into historical claims of abuse of children in State care with a view to learning lessons to ensure that policy is changed to minimise the risk of this happening in the future.

This government will stand with the families of Pike River and reaffirm its commitment to safe workplaces. The Honourable Andrew Little, alongside the deputy Prime Minister, will be the Minister responsible for overseeing a safe re-entry of Pike River, where 29 people lost their lives in 2010. This is not just about those men and their families. It is about all working people, and the right to return home safe to loved ones at the end of the day.

As part of keeping our society safe, this government intends to add another 1800 new police officers over the next years and will investigate a volunteer rural constabulary programme. Community law centre funding will increase and a Criminal Cases Review Commission will be established. Family violence networks, including Women’s Refuge and Shakti, will get more funding.

This government will foster a more open and democratic society. It will strengthen transparency around official information. It will undertake an independent review to enhance the integrity of the electoral process and enrolments, ensure Parliament’s processes reflect MMP, and that the make-up of parliament continues to reflect the expressed preference of voters.

Honourable members.

This government is proud to have the most Māori and Pacific Island cabinet ministers of any New Zealand government; with eight Māori and four Pacific Island ministers.

When our forebears signed the Treaty of Waitangi more than 170 years ago they did so in a spirit of cooperation.

Whatever else that agreement might have meant, it was supposed to bring opportunity and mutual benefit for tangata whenua and settlers alike. It was supposed to provide a place for all peoples in this country.

Instead what followed was a long process of colonisation, in which one of the treaty partners acquired most of the power and the resources, and the other was sidelined.

For almost 40 years, New Zealand has been addressing past injustices. Most of New Zealand’s major iwi are now involved in treaty settlements. This government is committed to bringing others to completion as quickly and fairly as it can.

It is time to start considering what the treaty relationship might look like after historical grievances are settled. To consider how we, as a nation, can move forward in ways that honour the original treaty promise.

A promise of a nation in which Māori values – diverse as they are – stand in their rightful place alongside those of European New Zealanders and other more recent arrivals.

A nation in which manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga and whanaungatanga inform our decision-making.

A nation in which fairness and equality of opportunity are not just aspirations but facts. And a nation in which all communities are empowered.

This government looks forward to working with Māori communities and with other New Zealanders to support them to pursue their aspirations for better health, better housing, and better education for their rangatahi.

It will review the Whānau Ora delivery model so it can achieve its full potential. It will work with hapū and iwi and Māori organisations to ensure that Māori have fair and equal access to housing and opportunities for home ownership.

It will support the teaching of te reo Māori in schools. And it will strengthen programmes to enhance Māori educational achievement.

Honourable members.

People will always be at the heart of this government.

New Zealand has a great opportunity now to become a kinder, more caring and confident nation. This will take courage. We will have to do things differently. But it is possible, if we include each and every person, in each and every town and region of New Zealand.

This government invites you all to join us in creating a better future together. A future with a fair and unified New Zealand, where the wellbeing of all New Zealanders is at the heart of all we do.

Because, after all, what is the most important thing in the world?

He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

0. Government motionsBattle of Passchendaele—centenary

Resolved, That this House note the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele in the First World War, and remember the loss of 843 New Zealand soldiers in one day, 12 October 1917—the blackest in New Zealand’s military history (Hon Ron Mark).

Black Ferns—2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup victory

Resolved, That this House congratulate Captain Fiao’o Fa’mausili and the Black Ferns on winning the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup with a 41 to 32 win over England in the final in Belfast, this being the fifth time the Black Ferns have won the Rugby World Cup (Hon Grant Robertson).

0. Petitions

The presentation of two petitions was announced.

0. Papers

Twenty-four papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.

0. Business of the HouseGovernment motion—appointment of Deputy Speaker

Resolved, That Hon Anne Tolley be appointed Deputy Speaker (Hon Chris Hipkins).

Government motion—appointment of Assistant Speaker

Resolved, That Munokoa Poto Williams be appointed Assistant Speaker (Hon Chris Hipkins).

Government motion—appointment of Assistant Speaker

Resolved, That Adrian Paki Rurawhe be appointed Assistant Speaker (Hon Chris Hipkins).

Government motion—entities deemed to be public organisations

Resolved, That the Abortion Supervisory Committee, Air New Zealand Limited, Genesis Energy Limited, Meridian Energy Limited, Mercury NZ Limited, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand be public organisations for the purposes of the Standing Orders (Hon Chris Hipkins).

Government motion—reinstatement of business

Hon Chris Hipkins moved a motion to reinstate business.

Hon Simon Bridges moved the following amendment:

That the Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill and the Regulatory Standards Bill be reinstated.

Clayton Mitchell moved, That the question be now put. The Chairperson declined the motion.

Hon Iain Lees-Galloway moved, That the question be now put. The Chairperson declined the motion.

Michael Wood moved, That the question be now put. The Chairperson declined the motion.

Hon Iain Lees-Galloway moved, That the question be now put.

On the question, That the question be now put, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 58

New Zealand Labour 43; New Zealand First 8; Green Party 7

Noes 56

New Zealand National 55; ACT New Zealand 1

Resolved, That the question be now put.

On the question, That the amendment (Hon Simon Bridges) be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 56


Noes 58


Amendment not agreed to.

On the question, That the motion be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 58


Noes 56


Resolved, That the following business be reinstated as Orders of the Day:

Bills

Autonomous Sanctions Bill

Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill

Conservation (Infringement System) Bill

Customs and Excise Bill

Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill

Education (Public Good not Profit from Charter Schools) Amendment Bill

Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill

Electronic Interactions Reform Bill

Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill

Employment Relations (Restoring Kiwis’ Right to a Break at Work) Amendment Bill

End of Life Choice Bill

Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill

Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Orders) Amendment Bill

Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill

Food Safety Law Reform Bill

Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill

Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2)

Insolvency Practitioners Bill

Iwi and Hapū of Te Rohe o Te Wairoa Claims Settlement Bill

Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill

Legislation Bill

Local Government (Freedom of Access) Amendment Bill

Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 2)

Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill

Maritime Transport Amendment Bill

Military Justice Legislation Amendment Bill

Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill

Newborn Enrolment with General Practice Bill

Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill

Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki Claims Settlement Bill

Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Bill

Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill

Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Bill

Sentencing (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill

Sentencing (Livestock Rustling) Amendment Bill

Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill

Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2)

Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 3)

Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngati Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill

Te Pire Haeata ki Parihaka / Parihaka Reconciliation Bill

Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill

Trusts Bill

Orders of the day for consideration of the following:

Report of the Commerce Committee on the Briefing on the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Report of the Commerce Committee on the International treaty examination of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled

Report of the Education and Science Committee on the Briefing into the South Taranaki Reef Life Project

Report of the Education and Science Committee on the International Treaty Examination of the Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology, 2017

Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Controller and Auditor-General, Annual Plan 2017/18

Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Monetary Policy Statement, August 2017

Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Briefing on the United Nations Security Council

Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the International treaty examination of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus

Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Pacific Parliamentary Forum

Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Border security: Using information to process passengers

Report of the Government Administration Committee on the Inquiry into captioning in New Zealand

Report of the Health Committee on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, District health boards’ response to asset management requirements since 2009

Report of the Health Committee on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Mental health: Effectiveness of the planning to discharge people from hospital

Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Challenges facing licensing trusts

Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Visit of the Justice and Electoral Committee to Australia, 27 to 31 March 2017

Report of the Law and Order Committee on the Report from the Office of the Ombudsman, A question of restraint

Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, The state of New Zealand’s environment: Commentary by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Environment Aotearoa 2015

Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Climate change and agriculture: Understanding the Biological greenhouse gases

Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Investigating the future of conservation: The case of stewardship land, Update report

Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Inquiry into aspects of Auckland Council’s Westgate/Massey North town centre project

Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Local Government: Results of the 2015/16 audits

Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Taonga of an island nation: Saving New Zealand’s birds

Report of the Māori Affairs Committee on the Briefing on the Independent Review of Māori Commercial Fisheries Structures Under the Māori Fisheries Act 2004

Report of the Māori Affairs Committee on the Briefing on the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill

Report of the Māori Affairs Committee on the Inquiry into whanau access to and management of Tupapaku

Report of the Officers of Parliament Committee on the Briefing on the Controller and Auditor-General

Report of the Primary Production Committee on the Briefing from New Zealand Beekeeping Incorporated

Report of the Primary Production Committee on the Briefing on the connection between international consumers and New Zealand producers

Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Activities of the Regulations Review Committee in 2017

Report of the Social Services Committee on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Ministry of Social Development: How it deals with complaints

Report of the Standing Orders Committee on the Review of Standing Orders

Report of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee on the Inquiry into the future of New Zealand’s mobility

Report of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Immigration New Zealand: Delivering transformational change

Special report of the Māori Affairs Committee on the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill, te reo Māori version

and that the following bills be reinstated before the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee:

Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill

Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Bill

and that the following bill be reinstated before the Education and Workforce Committee:

Education (Tertiary Education and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

and that the following bills be reinstated before the Finance and Expenditure Committee:

Friendly Societies and Credit Unions (Regulatory Improvements) Amendment Bill

Taxation (Annual Rates for 2017–18, Employment and Investment Income, and Remedial Matters) Bill

and that the following bill be reinstated before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee:

Brokering (Weapons and Related Items) Controls Bill

and that the following bills be reinstated before the Governance and Administration Committee:

Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (No 2)

Thames–Coromandel District Council and Hauraki District Council Mangrove Management Bill

and that the following bills be reinstated before the Justice Committee:

Arbitration Amendment Bill

Courts Matters Bill

Crimes (Increased Penalty for Providing Explosive to Commit Crime) Amendment Bill

Criminal Records (Expungement of Convictions for Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill

Domestic Violence—Victims’ Protection Bill

Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill

Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Bill

and that the following bills be reinstated before the Māori Affairs Committee:

Heretaunga Tamatea Claims Settlement Bill

Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill

Ngāti Tamaoho Claims Settlement Bill

and that the following bills be reinstated before the Primary Production Committee:

Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill

Racing Amendment Bill

and that the following bills be reinstated before the Social Services and Community Committee:

Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill

Social Workers Registration Legislation Bill

and that the following question of privilege be reinstated before the Privileges Committee:

Question of privilege on the action taken by Maritime New Zealand in relation to the managing director of Maritime Management Services Ltd following her giving evidence to the Regulations Review Committee

and that the following business currently before select committees be reinstated and allocated to a select committee by the Clerk:

Inquiry referred to committee

Review of the operation of the Returning Offenders (Management and Information) Act 2015

International treaty examination referred to committee

International treaty examination of the Multilateral Convention to Implement tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting

New Zealand Bill of Rights reports referred to committees

Report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 on the End of Life Choice Bill

Report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 on the Local Government (Freedom of Access) Amendment Bill

Petitions referred to committees

Petition 2011/51 of Andrea Newman

Petition 2014/30 of Jenn Hooper

Petition 2014/60 of Andrew Mark Judd

Petition 2014/64 of Paul Thomas and Andrew Peters on behalf of Families of the Forgotten Fallen

Petition 2014/69 of Wiremu Demchick and 2,111 others

Petition 2014/76 of Catherine Delahunty

Petition 2014/78 of Grant C West

Petition 2014/89 of Corinda Taylor on behalf of the Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust and 1,740 others

Petition 2014/91 of Garth McVicar on behalf of the Sensible Sentencing Trust

Petition 2014/94 of Aaron Cross and 129 others

Petition 2014/98 of Samantha Lenik

Petition 2014/102 of Nicole Thornton

Petition 2014/105 of Judy Richards

Petition 2014/112 of Dr David Clark MP

Petition 2014/114 of Kyleisha Jade Foote

Petition 2014/117 of Andy Espersen and 261 others

Petition 2014/119 of Bob McCoskrie and 22,334 others

Petition 2014/121 of Tara Jackson on behalf of the New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society and Helping You Help Animals

Petition 2014/123 of Shelley Maree Ward and 6,258 others

Petition 2014/124 of Fadumo Aden Elmi

Petition 2014/125 of Hamish Hutchinson

Petition 2014/127 of Kristina Paterson

Petition 2014/129 of Phyl Phipps

Petition 2014/130 of Grant Robertson

Petition 2014/132 of Ian Reddy

Petition 2014/133 of Stephen Lasham on behalf of Aotea Sea Scouts

Petition 2014/134 of Lucy McSweeney

Petition 2014/135 of Ann Ruxton and 3,596 others

Petition 2014/136 of Anneleise Hall

Petition 2014/137 of Grahame John Smith

Petition 2014/138 of Grant Robertson

Petition 2014/139 of Margaret Jean Dynes

Petition 2014/140 of Kath Bier and Steve Joll

Petition 2014/141 of Catherine Wallace

Petition 2014/142 of Lauren Jack

Petition 2014/143 of Rosie McRobie

Petition 2014/144 of Sue Moroney

Petition 2014/145 of Michael Gibson

Petition 2014/146 of Tamina Kolthoff and Jessica Munn

Petition 2014/147 of Niki Bezzant

Petition 2014/148 of Danielle Mackay

Petition 2014/149 of Laura O’Connell Rapira

Petition 2014/150 of Michael Brian Arthur Clifford

Petition 2014/151 of Poto Williams

Reports of Officers of Parliament referred to committees

Report from the Office of the Ombudsman: Report on an unannounced inspection of Spring Hill Corrections Facility Under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989

Report from the Office of the Ombudsman: Report on an unannounced inspection of Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison Under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Commentary on He Tirohanga Mokopuna: 2016 Statement on the Long-Term Fiscal Position

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Energy sector: Results of the 2014/15 audits

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Inquiry into the Saudi Arabia Food Security Partnership

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Managing the assets that distribute electricity

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Managing the school property portfolio

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Ministry of Social Development: Using a case management approach to service delivery

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Reflections from our audits: Investment and asset management

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, The Auditor-General’s strategic intentions to 2025

Report of the Ombudsmen, An investigation into the Ministry of Education’s engagement processes for school closures and mergers

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Stepping stones to Paris and beyond: Climate change, progress, and predictability

and that the following petitions awaiting a government response be reinstated:

Petition 2014/15 of Anthony Roberts and 40 others

Petition 2014/51 of Gary William Roberts

Petition 2014/86 of Allyson Hamblett

Petition 2014/88 of Kim Robinson

Petition 2014/93 of David Shen on behalf of the Asian Pacific Charity Trust.

At 1.09 pm, the sitting was suspended until 2.00 pm.

0. Order of the day for Address in Reply

Tamati Coffey moved, seconded by Jo Luxton, and the question was proposed, That a respectful Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General in reply to Her Excellency’s speech.

Rt Hon Bill English moved the following amendment:

That the following words be added to the Address:

That in the context of a strong economy and strong government books the government be held to account for its progress based on improvements it delivers for New Zealanders beyond the impressive achievements of New Zealand in the last decade. They will be held to account for delivering economic growth faster than is forecast. The rate of job creation faster than it is occurring. Growing real wages faster than the last nine years. Reducing debt and maintaining surpluses and reductions in poverty and benefit dependence rates and those supported by the previous government’s Family Incomes Package and its programme of social investment. The Government will also be held to account on progress for lifting the number of new houses built and first home buyers assisted, lifting measured improvement in water quality, lifting Māori and Pacifica NCEA achievement rates, lifting numeracy and literacy levels in year 8, and reducing reoffending and substantiated child abuse.

0. Members sworn

Munokoa Poto Williams presented herself at the bar of the House, was called forward to the Chair by the Speaker, made the Affirmation of Allegiance required by law, and took her seat in the House.

Priyanca Radhakrishnan presented herself at the bar of the House, was called forward to the Chair by the Speaker, took the Oath of Allegiance required by law, and took her seat in the House.


Resolved, That the debate be now adjourned (Hon Phil Twyford).

0. Urgency

Hon Chris Hipkins moved a motion to accord urgency to certain business.


Ayes 60


Noes 55

New Zealand National 55

Resolved, That urgency be accorded the introduction, first reading, and second reading of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill.

0. Introduction of Government bill

The Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill was introduced and set down for first reading immediately.

0. First and second reading of Government billParental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill

Hon Iain Lees-Galloway moved, and the question was proposed, That the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill be now read a first time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a first time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 115

New Zealand National 55; New Zealand Labour 45; New Zealand First 8; Green Party 7

Noes 1

ACT New Zealand 1

Motion agreed to.

The Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill was read a first time and set down for second reading immediately.

The Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill was read a second time and set down for committee stage next sitting day.

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Thursday, 9 November 2017


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The House met at 2.00 pm.

Prayers

0. Business statement

Hon Chris Hipkins made a statement about the business of the House in the next sitting week.

0. Business of the House

The Speaker advised the House that the Minister of Housing and Urban Development had informed him that the Government, with the agreement of the member in charge, had adopted the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2).

0. Papers

Six papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.

The Speaker presented one further paper.

0. Select committee reports

The report on the recommended sitting programme for the remainder of 2017 was set down for consideration.

0. Oral questions

Twelve questions to Ministers were answered.


The House resumed the adjourned debate on the question, That a respectful Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General in reply to Her Excellency’s speech, and the amendment proposed to it.

0. Adjournment

At 6.20 pm the Speaker interrupted the debate, set it down for resumption next sitting day, and left the Chair.




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0. Members sworn

Rt Hon David Carter presented himself at the bar of the House, was called forward to the Chair by the Speaker, took the Oath of Allegiance required by law, and took his seat in the House.

Hon David Parker presented himself at the bar of the House, was called forward to the Chair by the Speaker, made the Affirmation of Allegiance required by law, and took his seat in the House.

0. Papers

Eleven papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.

The Speaker presented three further papers.

0. Government motionEarthquake, Kaikōura—first anniversary

Resolved, That this House mark the first anniversary of the Kaikōura earthquakes, acknowledge the resilience of the people of the region, and commit to continue our support for the repair and recovery process (Hon Kelvin Davis).

0. Oral questions



The House resumed the interrupted debate on the question, That a respectful Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General in reply to Her Excellency’s speech, and the amendment proposed to it.

Resolved, That the debate be now adjourned (Hon Grant Robertson).

0. Government orders of the dayParental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill and Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2)

The Speaker declared the House in committee for consideration of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill and the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2).

(In the committee)

30. Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill

Part 1 considered.

Kiritapu Allan moved, That the question be now put. The Chairperson declined the motion.


Kiritapu Allan moved, That the question be now put.


Ayes 61


Noes 57



The following amendment was put:

Amendment proposing to insert new clause 11A set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 2 (Sarah Dowie).

Resolved, That the amendment be agreed to.

The following amendments were put:

Amendments to Part 1 set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 3 (Hon Amy Adams).

On the question, That the amendments be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 57


Noes 61


Amendments not agreed to.

Resolved, That Part 1, as amended, stand part.

Part 2 considered.


Hon Nick Smith moved, and the question was proposed, That the Chairperson report progress.


Ayes 56


Noes 62

New Zealand Labour 46; New Zealand First 8; Green Party 7; ACT New Zealand 1

Motion not agreed to.

Kiritapu Allan moved, That the question be now put.


Ayes 61


Noes 57




Amendment to Part 2 set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 2 (Sarah Dowie).

Resolved, That the amendment be agreed to.

The following amendment was tabled:

Amendment proposing to insert new clause 17A set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 3 (Hon Amy Adams) ruled out of order as being inconsistent with a previous decision.

On the question, That Part 2, as amended, stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 117

New Zealand National 56; New Zealand Labour 46; New Zealand First 8; Green Party 7

Noes 1

ACT New Zealand 1

Resolved, That Part 2, as amended, stand part.

Resolved, That Schedule 1 stand part.

Resolved, That Schedule 2 stand part.

Clauses 1 to 4 considered.

At 9.55 pm the Chairperson left the Chair to report progress.

Reporting of bills

The Speaker resumed the Chair, and the Chairperson reported progress on the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill.

The Chairperson reported no progress on the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2).

The report was adopted and the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill set down for further consideration in committee next sitting day.

The Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) was set down for consideration in committee next sitting day.

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0. Papers

Two papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.

0. Oral questions




Resolved, That the debate be now adjourned (Hon Dr Megan Woods).

0. Government orders of the dayGovernment motion—sitting programme for remainder of 2017

Resolved, That, when the House rises on Thursday, 16 November 2017, the House adjourn until 2.00 pm on Tuesday, 28 November 2017, and that the sitting pattern for the remainder of 2017 be:

November 28, 29, and 30;

December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, and 21

(Hon Chris Hipkins).

0. Member’s motion

Jami-Lee Ross moved, That the order of the day for the committee stage of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill be discharged and that the bill be referred to the Education and Workforce Committee for consideration.


Ayes 56


Noes 61


Motion not agreed to.

0. Government orders of the dayParental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill and Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2)

The Speaker declared the House in committee for further consideration of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill and consideration of the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2).

(In the committee)

Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill

Clauses 1 to 4 considered again.

Hon Ruth Dyson moved, That the question be now put. The Chairperson declined the motion.

Hon Phil Twyford moved, That the question be now put.


Ayes 61


Noes 56



Resolved, That clause 1 stand part.




The Chairperson announced that the bill would be reported with amendment presently.


Clause 1 considered.

Hon Ruth Dyson moved, That the question be now put.


Ayes 61


Noes 57



On the question, That clause 1 stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61


Noes 57




Hon Iain Lees-Galloway moved, That the question be now put.


Ayes 61


Noes 57




Amendments to clause 2 set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 1 (Hon Phil Twyford).


Ayes 61


Noes 57


Amendments agreed to.

On the question, That clause 2, as amended, stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61


Noes 57


Resolved, That clause 2, as amended, stand part.


The Chairperson announced that the bill would be reported with progress.

Reporting of bills

The Speaker resumed the Chair, and the Chairperson reported the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill with amendment.

The Chairperson reported progress on the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2).

The report was adopted and the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill set down for third reading next sitting day.

The Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) was set down for further consideration in committee next sitting day.

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0. Members sworn

Gareth Hughes presented himself at the bar of the House, was called forward to the Chair by the Speaker, made the Affirmation of Allegiance required by law, and took his seat in the House.

Rt Hon Winston Peters presented himself at the bar of the House, was called forward to the Chair by the Speaker, took the Oath of Allegiance required by law, and took his seat in the House.



0. Oral questions


0. Papers

Thirteen papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.

The Speaker presented two further papers.



0. Adjournment





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0. Government motionsPrince Harry and Meghan Markle—engagement

Resolved, That the House congratulate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their engagement and wish them many years of happiness together (Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern).

World Rugby Awards 2017—Black Ferns’ success

Resolved, That the House congratulate our winners at the World Rugby Awards 2017, in particular the world-champion Black Ferns, team of the year, and first ever women’s team to take out that title (Hon Grant Robertson).

0. Member’s motionNew Zealand women’s suffrage—124th anniversary

Resolved, That the House mark the 124th anniversary, today, of the first time women voted in a New Zealand general election, following the signing by Lord Glasgow of the Electoral Act 1893 into law in September that year, making this country the first in the world to give all adult women the vote (Hon Paula Bennett).

0. Papers

Fifty-nine papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.

0. Select committee reports

The presentation of one report was announced.

The report on the Recommended sitting programme for 2018 was set down for consideration.

0. Oral questions



The House resumed the interrupted debate on the question, That a respectful Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General in reply to Her Excellency’s speech, and the amendment proposed to it.

On the question, That the amendment (Rt Hon Bill English) be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 57


Noes 63


Result corrected after originally being announced as Ayes 56, Noes 64.

Amendment not agreed to.

On the question, That the motion that a respectful Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 63


Noes 57


Resolved, That a respectful Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor-General in reply to Her Excellency’s speech:

Address from the House of Representatives

TO

Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, Chancellor and Principal Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Principal Companion of The Queen’s Service Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Realm of New Zealand.

YOUR EXCELLENCY—

WE, the House of Representatives, thank you for the speech addressed to us when you opened this Fifty-Second Parliament.

We assure you that the matters referred to in your speech will receive our careful consideration

Ko te tūmanako nei kia mahi tahi tātou katoa.

Resolved, That the Address be adopted.

Resolved, That Mr Speaker, accompanied by the Mover and Seconder and other members of the House, present the Address to Her Excellency the Governor-General at a place and time to be appointed by Her Excellency (Hon Chris Hipkins).

0. Government orders of the dayHealthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2)

The Speaker declared the House in committee for further consideration of the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2).

(In the committee)

Clause 3 considered again.

On the question, That clause 3 stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 63


Noes 57







Ayes 63


Noes 57




Ayes 63


Noes 57







Ayes 63


Noes 57




Ayes 63


Noes 57







Ayes 63


Noes 57




Ayes 63


Noes 57







Ayes 63


Noes 57




Ayes 63


Noes 57




Amendment proposing to insert new clause 8 set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 1 (Hon Phil Twyford).

On the question, That the amendment be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 63


Noes 57


Amendment agreed to.


Amendment proposing to insert a new Schedule set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 1 (Hon Phil Twyford).

On the question, That the amendment be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 63


Noes 57


Amendment agreed to.

The Chairperson announced that the bill would be reported with amendment.

Reporting of bill

The Speaker resumed the Chair, and the Chairperson reported the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) with amendment.

The report was adopted and the bill set down for third reading next sitting day.

Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2)

The Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) was read a first time and stood referred to a select committee (Hon Aupito William Sio for Hon Andrew Little).

Resolved, That the Governance and Administration Committee consider the bill.

Electronic Interactions Reform Bill

The Electronic Interactions Reform Bill was read a second time and set down for committee stage next sitting day.

Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 3)

Hon Andrew Little for Hon Chris Hipkins moved, and the question was proposed, That the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 3) be now read a second time.

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Prayers

0. Papers

Seven papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.


0. Oral questions


0. General debate

Rt Hon Bill English moved, and the question was proposed, That the House take note of miscellaneous business.

The motion lapsed.

0. Members’ orders of the dayFilms, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Orders) Amendment Bill

The House resumed the interrupted debate on the question, That the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Orders) Amendment Bill be now read a third time.

The Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Interim Restriction Orders) Amendment Bill was read a third time.

Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill

The Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill was read a third time.

Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Bill

The House resumed the interrupted debate on the question, That the Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a second time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 63


Noes 57


Motion agreed to.

The Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Bill was read a second time and set down for committee stage next sitting day.

Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill

Brett Hudson moved, and the question was proposed, That the Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.

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0. Papers

Seven papers were announced as published under the authority of the House.


0. Member’s motionIsrael—70th anniversary of recognition as State

Resolved, That we recognise the 70th anniversary of the Resolution 181 in the United Nations regarding the recognition of Israel as a State, and acknowledge that New Zealand was one of 83 countries and nations that voted for the motion, which set in train the international recognition of the State of Israel, which came into being on 14 May 1948 (Hon Alfred Ngaro).

0. Oral questions

Eleven questions to Ministers were answered.

0. Government orders of the dayGovernment motion—appointment of members to Parliamentary Service Commission

Resolved, That, pursuant to section 15(1)(d) of the Parliamentary Service Act 2000, the following members be appointed as members of the Parliamentary Service Commission: Hon Ruth Dyson, Gareth Hughes, Clayton Mitchell, Jami-Lee Ross, David Seymour.

Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill

The Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Bill was read a third time.


Hon Phil Twyford moved, and the question was proposed, That the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) be now read a third time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a third time, the votes were recorded as f

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