sitting week. Question No.2.
It
It was not while the question was being asked but rather while
it was being answered. I take
the member's word. Question No.2.
being
being answered. I take the member's word. Question No.2.
My question is to the
Does she stand by all of her
Government's
Mr
Mr Speaker, yes.
Mr Speaker, yes. Is she aware that under her
under her Government, 60,000 people have been on strike
in just 10 months, compared to 30,000 in the
previous
months, compared to 30,000 in the
acknowledge that because that Government couldn't
Government couldn't resolve the nurses pay dispute that we did
have a situation we needed to resolve
and, Mr Speaker, it took
this Government doubling that offer that
that party last made in
office, acknowledging the
that nurses had, the understaffing and under resourcing and that is how
we got to a successful
resolution after nine long years of neglect.
With teachers contemplating
strikes, does she intend to spend the next two years avoiding any
responsibility and not
actually
Order! Settle down, please. Paula Bennett... Well, the Rt Hon PM, that
is a warning. I have to say, I find
that line of questioning a bit rich
given the first offer made by
this Government is double what that
last Government allowed teachers to
work
acknowledge that we have been left, and teachers have
been left, carrying the neglect of nine years
under resourcing of teacher
aides and support and we have rectified
some of that in the last budget. We
scrapped National Standards,
we've doubled some of the
funding that they receive on an operational
they receive on an operational
level. We acknowledge the
issues that teachers striked and marched
on today. We are working with them to
fix the problems we inherited. Then
why did her Government prioritise
tertiary policy that isn't delivering any extra students
over additional funding for teachers
pay and the other issues
First of all, that is not correct. Second of all,
one of the issues that we have are barriers
to learning. One of the first people I
met after that announcement was made
was someone who was
entering into tertiary education to
be a primary school teacher off the back
of our announcement. We have a shortage of
teachers. We are barriers to
learning because
teachers. We are barriers to
because of cost. We are addressing both of those issues. Supplementary
question. Just to get this
patently clear, what term or years of recent
politics were the teachers today
on the forecourt of
parliament specifically saying they are
last nine years. I ask again, why did her
last nine years. I ask again, why
policy that isn't delivering any extra students over additional
funding for teachers' pay.
Order! The PM will sit down. I saw what I'm taking to be a response. Am
Was the member responding to a similar... He just muttered. I am
hearing some people saying
yes and some people saying no. The Rt
Hon Gerry Brownlee will, I'm
sure, help me. I think what the Leader of
the Opposition was doing
was suggesting to Grant Robertson that
this is not instruction time. first of all, I
will ask the
Hon Grant Robertson, did he do
did he do a finger pointing
point of order. I will hear Simon point of order. I will hear Simon
Bridges first. I was anticipating an
answer from the ventriloquist.
Right, that member will now
stand, withdraw and apologise. I withdraw
withdraw and apologise. I withdraw
Mr Hipkins. Mr Hipkins will now stand, withdraw and apologise. I
apologise for calling the
Leader of the Opposition a chauvinistic pig.
the opposition will have an extra five questions.
five questions. That withdrawal will now be made in
accordance withstanding orders. I withdraw and
withstanding orders. I withdraw and
apologise. We go back and I will ask
Simon Bridges to ask
his question again because I can't remember what
it was. Then why did her
Government
hasn't delivered a single extra student over additional funding
for
Finance, for those who are interested in what he muttered,
said
substantially on that answer because in the last budget we prioritised
funding for 1,500
more teachers. We gave a
funding for 1,500 more teachers. We
funding. We provided the first core ECE funding increase in
nearly a decade. We tripled learning support
that is called prioritising that is called prioritising
education. It is called prioritising
education. It is called prioritising
children. If that side of the House
thinks that
thinks that everything that was brought to parliament's forecourt
today was all about us, then
where were they on the steps of
The Rt Hon Winston Peters. Can I ask the PM, does the fees free tertiary
policy uptake show some positive
trends and if so
could she leak that information to the
indeed it does. We have seen an increase in uptake
and one of the issues we had is we inherited
a declining enrolment across our
tertiary education providers, which
we are turning around.
tertiary education providers, which we are turning around. Why on Monday
did her Government prioritise
hundreds of millions of dollars
more funding for new trees than it has
for the entire primary
school teacher wage
for the entire primary school
that pay settlement happened to be that pay settlement happened to be
double to what that Government
double to what that Government
invested in the sector but I'd also
say that that announcement
wasn't just about the 1,000
and possibly 2,000 jobs it would create, it
was also about the environment, it was
about erosion and according to
some of the ads the National Party
have put out I am told the Leader of
the Opposition cares about the
environment. I am
yet to see any proof
environment. I am yet to see any
is allowed in response to the type of questions that the
Leader of the Opposition asked. A point of order.
A point of order. What
was anything other than straight about the
to that he looks at the tapes. Good grief! Why on Monday did
her Government prioritise hundreds of
millions of dollars more for trees
than for the primary school
teachers' settlement, when
they're protesting outside
teachers' settlement, when they're
pointed out, that initial offer, because we are in the middle of a
negotiation, was still double
what that last Government put
into teacher salaries. It is not the only
issue that we, of course, are
discussing with them. They with
discussing their
discussing their workload,
development, all issues that weren't prioritised by the last Government.
prioritised by the last Government. Does she agree
with Labour leader Jacinda Ardern who said
Does she agree with Labour leader
direct question around fair pay agreements and I stand by it.
agreements and I stand by it. Question No.3.
agreements and I stand by it. Question No.3.
My
My question is to the
Does he have confidence in the Government's management
of the New Zealand
Yes.
Yes. What
Yes. What does it say about the economic management of New
Zealand that the projections of
the Reserve Bank, The Treasury,