Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) - New Zealand Parliament

More documents

Recommendations

Info

3672 Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill 16 May 2009 limited by the legislation, rather than being left completely at large. We know that if it is left completely at large the National Government could make the same mistakes in respect of future representation in this new Auckland body—in terms of not achieving fair representation of the 1.4 million citizens of Auckland—as we have already seen in respect of the Families Commission this week. That is why I am so supportive of this amendment brought forward in the name of the Hon Shane Jones. Part 5 will make sure that these mechanisms work fairly for the people of Auckland by prescribing limits—instead of the absolute absence of limits in the current legislation—to give some direction as to what is fair representation in the future. It is important to note that this is not done just for the local tangata whenua in the narrow sense. The amendment does not say that these are only the people who have whakapapa back to the lands of these areas, and, therefore, have rights of representation. We know there are ethnicities and ethnic groups in the Auckland area—substantial groups within our democracy, but not strictly tangata whenua in that they cannot whakapapa back to an iwi showing land-based links—who will not have a voice on this new area. None the less these are representative or discrete groups of people who should have some voice if they are going to believe in the democracy that we have in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>. If these groups do not have a voice—if they find that their large percentage of population is effectively prevented from having a voice on this new council—they will not vote, and they will not believe in our democracy. They will have less faith not just in local government democracy, but in all of our political institutions, and that would be a bad thing. That is why new Part 5 sets out the mechanisms to ensure representation not just of that narrow group of land-linked tangata whenua, but of Māori more generally, and also of Pacific peoples. We know that the largest Polynesian city in the world, or rather the largest centre of population of Polynesian peoples in the world, is Auckland. Yet this bill in its current form does not recognise their right to a voice in Auckland. NATHAN GUY (Senior Whip—National): I move, That the question be now put. Hon MITA RIRINUI (Labour): Ā, tēnā koe kai te Heamana. Tū noa iho tēnei ki te tautoko ake i ngā kōrero, i te wero o taku hoa a Shane Jones tino Hōnore. Nāna i tū ake i roto i te Whare nei ki te tautoko nei nā i te kaupapa kei waenganui i a tātou. Nāna i kī mai rā kua takahia te mana o te iwi Māori o Tāmaki-makau-rau ki raro iho. Koi nā, e āhua tino raruraru ana mātou ki tēnā kaupapa a te tangata e noho nei ki tō taha, te Minita mō ngā Kaunihera-ā-Rohe. Nō reira, nā runga i tēnā kai te Heamana e tika ana kia tuku wero ki tēnā taha o te Whare, ki ngā mema Māori o tēnā rōpū, o tēnā rōpū, otirā, ngā rōpū katoa e huihui nei i roto i tēnei Whare, kia tū ake rā ki te whakapuare ō rātou whakaaro mō te kaupapa kai runga kai te tēpu i te mea rā, ko te mana o Ngāti Whātua. Ko ahau tēnei e tū atu nei kua takahia ki raro. Nā, ko te mana o Tainui o tēnei kua tū ake nei kua takahia ki raro. Ko te mana o te Kawerau-a-Maki, kua takahia ki raro. Pērā anō i te mana o Pare Hauraki, kua takahia ki raro. Kua takahia ki raro i te mea rā, ko tēnei pire e kīa nei me wahangū kōtou, me wahangū ki tēnei kaupapa. Korekau he mana kei waenganui i a koutou. Kua tuku atu te mana ki ngā rōpū paku āhua kiritea ngā tangata, mā rātou e tāhaetia i ngā taonga a Tāmaki-makau-rau ka hoko atu ki tāwāhi. Koinā te take e tū ake ai. Kua takahia hoki te mana o ngā iwi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ngā whanaunga mai i Hāmoa, i Tonga, i ngā Kuki Airana, i Whītī, mai i ēra motu katoa. Kua takahia ki raro. Nō reira, taku wero anō ki ngā mema Māori o ngā rōpū tōrangapū katoa, tū ake, tū ake ki te whakahē i te kaupapa kei runga ki te tēpū. Ki te Minita Poraka e noho nei ki tō taha, kua āhua hōhā a Tāmaki-makau-rau whānui tonu ki a ia. Nō reira mihi ana hoki ki ngā rōpū kua huihui nei i tēnei Whare. Otirā, kia kaha ki te tū ki te kōrero i ngā kōrero hōhonu, ngā kōrero whānui e pā nei ki te mana motuhake a
16 May 2009 Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill 3673 te iwi Māori. Nō reira, e Hone tēnā koe. Otirā, āhua hōhā ki tō tumuaki rā ki a Tariana, hara mai ki roto i te Whare i nanahi, ka tuku i tana wero ki ā mātou ka kī mai rā, ē, āhua taurekareka noa iho a kōtou kōrero e Reipa. Kai te tino whakahe ki tēnā wero i te mea rā, mātou o tēnei taha ka tuku wero ki te Kāwanatanga kia āta whakaarohia, kia āta whakarongo ki ngā nawe, ki ngā pōrarurarutanga kua horahia nei i roto i te Whare. Kīhai i te whakarongo. Nō reira, nāna nā Tariana i kī ai, ē, āhua taurekareka noa iho ngā wero, ngā kōrero katoa o te Rōpū Reipa. Ē, kai te tū a Reipa ki te tautoko i ngā iwi katoa o Tāmaki-makau-rau. Ko wai a ia ki te kī mai, kai te āhua korotake noa iho ngā kōrero? Hon Trevor Mallard: I raise a point of order, Mr Chairperson. We have not had the interpretation. The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Well, I did pause. Is there to be a interpretation? [An interpretation in English was given to the House.] [Thank you, Mr Chairman. I rise to endorse the statements and the challenge set down by my colleague the Hon Shane Jones. He stood up in this House to support the matter in our midst. He stated that the authority of the Māori people of Auckland has been trampled upon. We are troubled by that, a matter that the person seated by you, the Minister of Local Government, created. Because of that, it is right that we challenge that side of the House, the Māori members of each party, and, indeed, all parties gathered here in this House, to stand up and express their views on the matter that is on the Table about the authority of Ngāti Whātua. As a descendant of Ngāti Whātua, I say that the authority of this one standing before you has been trampled upon. As a descendant of Tainui, as well, my authority has been trampled upon again. Kawerau-a-Maki’s authority, just like Pare Hauraki’s authority, has been trampled upon, because this bill states that in respect of this matter you collectively must remain silent. You have no authority at all. It has gone to smaller groups whose members are somewhat fair in colour and who will steal Auckland’s resources and sell them offshore. That is my reason for standing up. Trampled upon as well is the authority of the people of the Great Ocean of Kiwa, of the Pacific, those from Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Fiji, and all those islands. My challenge once again, therefore, is for Māori members of all political parties to stand up and oppose the matter on the Table. To the Minister seated at your side, Mr Chairman, Auckland at large is somewhat weary of him. And so I acknowledge the parties gathered here in this House. Be staunch and address us at length and in depth about Māori independence. Greetings to you, Hone. I find your leader Tariana a bit of a bore. She came into the House yesterday and stung us by saying: “Labour, all your challenges and talk amount to nothing.” We reject that taunt entirely, because we on this side are challenging the Government to really consider and think through the complaints and concerns being presented in the House. The Government is not listening. So for Tariana to say that all of Labour’s talk and challenges amount to nothing is being somewhat extreme. Labour is actually standing up in support of all the people in Auckland. Who is she to tell us that what we have stated is pointless?] Hon MITA RIRINUI: I thank the interpreter for his very close description of what I said. I would like to summarise one particular point. I was very offended—and I have to say this while Hone Harawira is in this Chamber—by the comments made by the Hon Tariana Turia yesterday. She came to this Chamber and described as vexatious Labour’s efforts to have the Government recognise the needs of the Auckland people and allow them to have a say in this process. That is absolutely ridiculous. If that member cannot
Page 1:
First Session, Forty-ninth Parliame
Page 5 and 6: 16 May 2009 Local Government (Auckl
Page 55: 16 May 2009 Local Government (Auckl
Page 103 and 104: 16 May 2009 Local Government (Tamak
Page 105 and 106: 16 May 2009 Local Government (Tamak
Page 107 and 108:
16 May 2009 Local Government (Tamak
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
16 May 2009 Local Government (Auckl
Page 121 and 122:
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Page 143 and 144:
Index to 13 May 2009 (continued on
Page 145 and 146:
HIPKINS, CHRIS— Bills— Local Go
show all

Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) - New Zealand Parliament

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?