minister. She will be totally exonerated from the claims.
My
My question is to the Minister of
Can
Can I first of all thank that member for such a wonderful question. I'm
so pleased
for such a wonderful question. I'm
the member is so interested in this Government's
Government's employment initiatives. So to answer the first part
of the question, absolutely I'm confident
in our Mana in Mahi
programmes which aim to
aim to help young New Zealanders into real jobs and ensure they gain
valuable, sought after skills and
qualifications. To address the
second part of the question, since
phase one of Mana
in Mahi was announced in August we have received
an overwhelming response from small
to medium sized employers who
indicated they wanted to
participate in the programme. I will be working
closely with the Hon Shane Jones and
the PGF to support our people with
Kia ora, Mr Speaker. Supplementary. Is it bringing mana in mahi
to support an
support an employer who has gone through hell over the last
few weeks and wants to get on with the job and
does he think the employee
might also have gone
does he think the employee might
may be the responsibility of Mr Iain
responsibility of this minister. A point of order. I asked in my
primary about Mana in Mahi and
have been careful
been careful actually to go through and check it off
against the responsibilities of
responsibilities of the portfolio responsibilities which are
around the function of the labour market.
Then the member asked a question
on industrial relations
industrial relations in the supplementary. I don't think it
was. What message does he think it sends
to young people who are looking
for work when an employer with all the
power is supported and
believed ahead of an
Well,
Well, that's not a good message. Supplementary. Does he believe
supporting an employer over a
victim, without having read
an incident report, and relying just
on the word of an employer, brings mana
to mahi and improves
labour market
for my previous ruling. What has the response been from
employers following the launch of phase 1 of
Mana in Mahi. I'm happy to inform
the House today that so far during
phase 1 of Mana in Mahi,
employer contacts created. The
range of negotiation that is taking
place ranges from general interest
and eligibility queries through to
finalising cracks. Wellington
Hospital group and receivo are two
contracts signed and we are
in contract negotiations with three
regional employers and
two national employers. There are a mix of
training organisations,
training organisations, associations and recruitment agencies. To finish
off, we will be making
a further announcement over the next few weeks
alongside Downer Construction sir
in alongside Downer Construction sir
alongside Downer Construction sir in Auckland. Would he expect
in his Mana in Mahi
programme that an employer is in an incident with an
employee that they might actually
apologise to that
employee that they might actually
again, it's not the minister's again, it's not the minister's
responsibility. Point of order. A
point of order. The
question was actually in the context of an
employer in the Mana in
Mahi programme in which the minister is
responsible. Yes and the minister
is responsible for the programme and
for the support of
the programme, the financial support of
the programme, he is not
responsible for the industrial relations part of
it. That is the responsibility of Mr
order. In this instance, would the minister be responsible for the
expectations and outcomes from
the expectations and outcomes from
the
Speaking to the point of order... No, I have dealt with the point of
order. I just want to check for
the future if I'm asking a question. The
member can have a go. If in the
future we have an incident
with young people in one of the Mana
in Mahi programmes and there
is incidents with the employer and
they have placed young people in it,
will we not be
have placed young people in it, will
That will be, in the end, a matter for the Government as
to who answers the question. My expectation
would be, if it is an industrial
relations matter, the Government
would transfer to it the minister
for workplace relations but that is
their decision, not
mine. Supplementary.
their decision, not mine. Supplementary. In his mana to Mahi
programme does he expect the young
people that are placed
in that programme to be safe and be
under all
all imemployment relations
Absolutely. Before I get the member Absolutely. Before I get the member
to ask the question I will inform
the house that this question is
substantially shorter
substantially shorter and more direct than that that was submitted.
And I'd like members who are
submitting questions to
consider making sure that they do
not have unnecessary material as
part of them and to make sure that they are not
attempting advertising banners by
way of parliamentary question.
attempting advertising banners by way of parliamentary question. Paul
Eagle.
My
My question is to the Minister of Housing and
steps, if any, is the Government taking to ensure Housing New Zealand
is a landlord focused
on tenant
On
On Friday
On Friday the Government announced that it will legislate new social
objectives for Housing New Zealand.
These objectives will require
These objectives will require