Leave is sought to table it. Is there
Leave is sought to table it. Is
objection. INTERRUPTION Order! Question No. 3.
My
My question is to the Prime
of commitments his Government has made to achieve outcomes in 2040
or later, does he
think that his Government is addressing
important issues with
As
As I call
As I call the PM,
informed this answer may be longer than normal. Mr Speaker, yes,
including some issues that
are, by definition,
including some issues that are, by
have been, for instance, the first Government
Government in over 40 years to increase
increase benefits for families with children. We have
focused strongly on
on getting better results for children
children in our schools and more people receiving the
correct healthcare,
healthcare, including much higher immunisation rates. We've
strongly on supporting families who are
are on welfare to get them into work,
work, with the result that we now have 50,000 fewer children
living in
did in 2011. And the Government is focusing
focusing strongly on investing to suppon
support the growth of the economy, which means we now have
record levels
levels of infrastructure investment and
and building of houses. INTERRUPTION
INTERRUPTION Does he think the time it takes to
travel from the CBD
to Auckland Airport
is he proposing to wait 30 years to fix
is he proposing to wait 30 years to
and one of the reasons... INTERRUPTION
INTERRUPTION ..one
..one of the reasons is the major project
projectjust outside of the airport, designed to speed up exactly the
travel time
designed to speed up exactly the travel time. But we'll continue
work intensively with Auckland Council on the
basis of the common transport plan we now have, called
ATAP, and there will always be debate
are. The Government has focused strongly on getting Waterview open,
the CRL, which the taxpayer is paying over
projects designed to improve transport in Auckland. Order! Given
NZTA says traffic volumes
to Auckland Airport have risen by
a third in the last four years,
how long does
long does he expect the delays will get
get before he proposes delivering
the government officials who are working on it to
get that level of technical
of the next big steps, of course, will
will be the opening of Waterview, and she may
remember that this Government passed legislation that
ensured that it was consented within nine months, so
now it's completed. If we had stuck with the Labour
Party's legislation, the construction
construction on Waterview would be just
just getting going now. And in fact, it's now almost finished.
What recent steps has
the Government taken to address some
of the important issues facing
taken to address some of the
million package of 1,100 more police
to 151 towns and also made an announcement about a transition
to a higher age for national
I think the member asking the question
question used to support until they recently changed their minds.
Order! Will he do the same thing he
did with the City Rail Link and postpone
the growth and prosperity
of Auckland as long
as possible, before finally
finally conceding defeat and funding the infrastructure we so desperately
projects in Auckland and this Government has invested
in all the major projects. The CRL, of course,
is a taxpayer
subsidy to a project which is
responsibility of Auckland Council and,
and, three years ago, this Government saw fit
to pick up half the
project, and it is well underway. And
And over the next few years, we hope that the Auckland
City Council will have the same
level of commitment of resource
resource to transport projects in Auckland
Zealand Government does. Can he confirm that by the time
Auckland gets rail to
the airport under his plan, he'll be
86, I'll be 66, and Todd
INTERRUPTION Well, Mr Speaker... INTERRUPTION
Order! I
Order! I will now hear the answer. As I point out to
caught up with this, but the plan in Auckland
Auckland is one that has been generated by the
Wellington, and the Auckland City Council. Forthe
Council. For the first time ever, we have
have a common transport plan and, consistent
consistent with that, we're doing the northern corridor
the northern corridor improvement, the
the northern corridor improvement,
Kirkbride Road, the Southern MotonNay, the
MotonNay, it goes on and on. It's a
projects and one of the reasons it's hard
hard to get around Auckland is there's so much
road construction going on. But you can't avoid that.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. How is
the Government's solid and
stable management of the economy and
public services
management of the economy and public
INTERRUPTION Order! I have a point of order.
Mr Speaker, the primary question is
about the achievements in the year
2040 or later. I
about the achievements in the year 2040 or later. I think that
Mr Macindoe's question is about things
that are happening now, and actually it
it should relate to what's happening in 2040. Order, no,
have been given. That question is quite in order to be answered. Of
course, some of the results of the
Government's support for the
economy are quite immediate.
130,000 new jobs last year, lifting the minimum
campaign, I think, a few years ago
higher than that. But some of the impacts
just launched the new Ministry for Children,
Children, and that is designed to have
have an impact that is
first time a Government has taken that
that view of changing the life course of our
most vulnerable children, just
system for measuring the quality of fresh water has to
be adapted to fit with what
ecosystems and how long it takes water bodies to change. When his
Government doesn't want to
Government doesn't want to deliver rail
rail investment, or lower carbon emissions, or cleaner water
for decades, why is he so fond of
kicking every
kicking every kind of infrastructure deficit down
deficit down the road for Labour to
she would know that I think it's about 3 billion
has been invested in KiwiRail
KiwiRail and that's before you get to the very significant Metro
Rail veflts
veflts and I could go through the list
list of roading projects again for the
which are currently being consented. Waterview, which will be open
soon. Kirkbride Road, which
is holding the member up when she is
lecturetorification of rail in Auckland.
Auckland. The upgrade of the Wellington
answer to a conclusion. Very large infrastructure investment. Order!
Question No.
My
My question is to the Minister
he agree with the reported view
for Primary Industries that
that there is nothing wrong with the
with the fishing industry being
No,
No, the reported view is incorrect and Newstalk ZB has now changed the