free goals. Together we can do this thing and we will achieve Brett or
Woods. Watching members op Sydney is like watching part 3 of a movie
series that should never have
been made. You sit there with
the cushion, cringing behind it
because you know it is tired, it is out of
New Zealand and it just lacks any
kind of vision. That's right, as
New Zealand and it just lacks any kind of vision. That's right, as my
It is the ep it mee of jumping the shark. This Government is nine years
in the making. What we are seeing in
speeches is it
is interesting listening to the
general debate speeches where you see the lines get
speeches where you see the lines get
refined. I notice that Government
refined. I notice that Government
members have now stopped saying
they are delivering for
all New are delivering for all New
Zealanders. That's largely because
Zealanders. That's largely because
obviously their polling is showing
obviously their polling is showing
that is not what people believe,
because this is not
a Government because this is not a Government
that is delivering for
all New Zealanders. This is not
a Government where people are better off. This
is a Government where people are crying
out for housing. This is a
out for housing. This is a
Government where people need more from their health system and this is
from their health system and this is
a Government where people need
this is a country where people need more from their education system. Mr
Speaker, the train crash that
we are seeing opposite starts
at the top. What we are seeing is
a party headed by a leader that has no vision and
is losing credibility with the
New Zealand public. He is also losing
moral authority. You only need to
have a look at the Barclay affair.
The story changes every day.
Today again in question time we saw a man
who thinks it is credible that a PM,
the leader of our country, so
called, can stand up
and basically plead the fifth time and time again.
He won't front up, he
won't take responsibility. That is not
leadership and what we need. What we
have, Mr Speaker, we heard
the minister responsible for
housing talking about housing. This
Government needs to realise we have
people living in cars. News flash,
a car is not a home. It has
four doors in the main and that is not
a home. That is not a place I want to see
New Zealanders calling home.
We see a Government that in the middle of a
housing crisis is continuing with
the ideological agenda to flog off
state houses. In Christchurch,
they are wanting to sell
2,500 state houses in one of the consortiums
that's been shortlisted to buy
those houses has been accused of human
rights breaches on
Manus Island. This is the kind of people that
this Government thinks is
capable of running our social housing. That's
the one that Alfred narrow isn't
fronting up and
the one that Alfred narrow isn't Ngaro isn't fronting up
and threatening to take away
their funding if they happen to say a word
out of line about the
Government's absolute failure when it comes to
absolute failure when it comes to
housing. We do have a
plan. We certainly have a plan for how many
houses we are going to build in the
Hutt Valley and I can tell
you there will be more affordable
options. We do not think that we can
keep shutting New Zealanders out of
housing like this Government
does. Their plan in the Hutt Valley just
shows that they have given up on
affordable housing for a generation
of New Zealanders.
affordable housing for a generation of New Zealanders. Labour will
build houses. We have a housing crisis in
New Zealand and when you have a
housing crisis, news flash,
you need houses, and that is exactly what
Labour will deliver through
its KiwiBuild programme. When
I'm out and about in my electorate
in Wigram, when I am on the
door swept, when I am out meeting people,
when I'm on the phone, the number 1 issue
that is raised with me is mental
health. This is a Government that is
absolutely letting down
the country and the people of Canterbury when it
comes to mental health. You only had
to listen to the Minister
of Health slipping and sliding in
questions today in response to Dr David
Clark about what they were doing. We have
a population that
has Ben left traumatised by a series of
events and the latest event to traumatise
them is the funding pulling that
this Government is doing in the area
of mental health. It is an
absolute dereliction of duty when
it comes to the people of Canterbury and
their wellbeing
the people of Canterbury and their dereliction
the people of Canterbury and their wellbeing and it is something this
Government will be judged by, by
the people of Canterbury on 23
people of Canterbury on 23
September. This is a
Government that is not delivering for
all New Zealanders. It is
a Government that is facing a crisis in housing
and is
is facing a crisis in housing and health and education and it is
out of ideas.
health and education and it is out of ideas. Alfred Ngaro. In is a
of ideas. Alfred Ngaro. In is a
Government that is delivering for
all New Zealanders. For
all New Zealanders. The member can
stress and train, they can yell,
and they can try and make it sound like it is
plausible, the member talked about
a plan. Let's talk about
their plan. What was their plan. Their own
leader turned up and said it was