also been a blow against democracy, especially with the Green
Party misleading the public on
their crucial you turn in
supporting the
Question
Question No.8.
My
My question is to the Minister of
confidence in Pauline Kingi leading the independent enquiry into the
process around the
appointment of Mr Wally Haumaha as Deputy Commissioner
Cue
In
In light
In light of Dr Kingi ecredentials, the information provided to
me by the Dept of
Internal Affairs, her work history and
her signed declaration that she had
no conflict or perceived conflict, then yes.
However, it is with regret that I
have to inform the House that
Dr Pauline Kingi advised
the Government just before I came to the House
that she is going to stand down from
the inquiry and to the appointment
process for a Deputy
Commissioner of police. Ever since she was
appointed to the role, she has been the
subject of political attack.
Rubbish! Those have been attacks
on
attacks on her reputation and her legal
attacks on her reputation and her her
attacks on her reputation and her legal qualification. She has a
28 year career in public
service. She was asked to perform a
public duty and yet became the subject of
an undue and
The Government has accepted her resignation and will
commence the process to find a replacement.
Will she now assure the House that the Government will run a
credible and independent inquiry that is not
run by someone who has endorsed
the subject of the inquiry 23
times on
description of conflict 2.38 'questions op judgement and degree
description of conflict 2.38 arise when considering friends
and other associates. However, in
our other associates. However, in
our view, it is unrealistic
to expect the member or
official to have absolutely no connection with
or knowledge of the person
concerned. New Zealand is a small and
interconnected society. So
for example we consider that simply
being acquainted with a
person or having worked with them or having
had official dealings with
them will not usually create
I also remind the member that the process by
I also remind the member that the
The process by which Dr Kingi was selected as
selected as the chair of the inquiry was the process that was created by
the National Government in 2009 and
amended by the National Government
in 2013.
amended by the National Government
How has she let herself and the How has she let herself and the
Government get into a position where
they appointed to lead
an independent inquiry, someone who
has close connections to the subject of
close connections to the subject of
the inquiry and who has
endorsed him 23
the inquiry and who has endorsed him
take issue with the member around close connections. I
would actually ask the member to prove that
with regard to...
Order! I ask the member to prove it
Order! I also draw the member's attention to the
fact that LinkedIn...
LinkedIn... Order! The member will resume her seat. I have, I think,
three times asked by calling
order asked the Leader of the Opposition
to effectively tone
down the volume and now we have an out
of order interjection as well. This is
an important matter. Someone's
reputation
important matter. Someone's
and I think the House owes it, in these
these circumstances, to hear them or to be able to hear
the minister and with that sort
of yelling, people won't. I will just remind, I think,
for the fourth time, in the last two
days, the Leader of
the Opposition to cease interjecting involving me.
So just with regard
to LinkedIn, again, advice has been received from
MsKingi resigned because of disgusting accusations from the
Opposition that
Opposition that impinged her integrity based on a LinkedIn,
which is a social media account, which has
been shown, and advice
has been received, does not meet the
threshold of conflict.
Order! I am very close to the member and I can't hear her. Mainly, I
think, because Opposition
members barracking is coming through my
think, because Opposition members barracking
No, I'm first of all going to have the Shadow Leader of the House
apologise. She was
parway through the answer and I didn't hear the
end of it. Supplementary
question. Supplementary question. Should
people who have offered to fill
a public office be the subject
of ituperation, defamatory statements
and comments and have their
integrity challenged
and comments and have their integrity challenged purely for
a
opinion, no. Chris Bishop. Did the opinion, no. Chris Bishop. Did the
minister ask Pauline Kingi to resign
as chair of the inquiry or
did she resign
as chair of the inquiry or did she venal
as chair of the inquiry or did she
any opportunity to have any any opportunity to have any
conversations with MsKingi. All
interactions with MsKingi have
been dealt
interactions with MsKingi have been interactions
interactions with MsKingi have been dealt with by
the Dept of Internal Affairs. Supplementary. Will she now
order an inquiry
into the order an inquiry into the
appointment process around the chair
of the independent inquiry
leading an independent inquiry into the
appointment of Mr Wally Haumaha as
Deputy Commissioner of
appointment of Mr Wally Haumaha as
the member might know, no single member can make a decision
about an inquiry. That would
be something that would have to be
taken to Cabinet and all of Cabinet
would have to make a decision. Question
have
have to make a decision. Question No.9.
My
My question is to the Minister of Research, Science
What progress has been made on the implementation of a Research and
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