Mentions of Hamilton City Council in New Zealand Parliament debates
Hamilton City Council has been mentioned in 30 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Westpac New Zealand Bill 2010
Second Reading 4 May 2011
STUART NASH I am quite saddened that I missed the climax to David Bennett’s career: being thanked for the passing of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. It is a crowning achievement, with which he will be able to go to the electorate and ...
Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill
Third Reading 4 May 2011
DAVID BENNETT I move, That the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill be now read a third time. I am sure that members of the House have been looking forward ...
SUE MORONEY ... pleasure to rise and speak to the third reading—it seems like an awfully long time to get to the third reading—of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. First of all, I take the opportunity to congratulate the Hamilton City Council on its ...
SUE MORONEY ... legislation to go through the House I think, so my congratulations go to David Bennett on that. I just note that the Hamilton City Council will be very pleased at the passing of this bill. It has been uncontroversial, but it vests the land in the council as ...
SUE MORONEY Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker. I am so pleased you are listening, because this is a very important issue for the Hamilton City Council, which has brought forward this bill to get flexibility around this piece of land. This is positive legislation for the ...
SUE MORONEY Mr Bennett should talk to Hamilton City Council, and he will find that the budget the council has for development levies it expected from new developments has ...
SUE MORONEY ... but, of course, we knew how to plan for economic growth, and this Government does not. Therefore, we have got Hamilton City Council in exactly that situation where the ratepayers are going to have to foot an 8 percent increase in their rates because ...
SUE MORONEY What it has to do with the bill is that here we are with the Hamilton City Council trying to get something positive happening in its city, and it is succeeding. Unfortunately, though, the bill will not ...
SUE MORONEY ... giving people a choice of transport options and options that work for the future. In closing, I congratulate the Hamilton City Council once again. I pledge my party’s support, and my personal support also, for the passing of the Hamilton City Council (Para...
CHRIS AUCHINVOLE I rise with the other speakers—nicely, I am pleased to note, from both sides of the House—in support of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. It is great to have arrived at the third reading; it really is. First of all, I pay ...
CHRIS AUCHINVOLE ... the level of consideration given to these items. I come back to the actual intention of the bill. I thank the Hamilton City Council for bringing this bill forward. We heard five submissions on the bill from people who were really serious about it. One ...
Hon NANAIA MAHUTA I am happy to speak on the third reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I am sure that when David Bennett introduced the bill to the House, he did not think ...
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... to you, Mr Assistant Speaker; I cannot thank you enough. To follow up on the trend of the speeches, I support this Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill in the final stage of its journey. Following on from the address of that member, Nanaia ...
Dr CAM CALDER It is a great pleasure to rise and speak on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. Philanthropy is the performance of charitable or benevolent acts. Like the quality of ...
KRIS FAAFOI It is an honour to speak to the third reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. The bill has been colourful both in terms of the debate in this House and the length ...
NICKY WAGNER It is my pleasure to support the third reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. As we have heard, the bill is to vest Parana Park in the Hamilton City Council as a ...
NICKY WAGNER ... of Hamilton. But now it is time to update and modernise the legislation by which Parana Park is administered by the Hamilton City Council. I think it is time to do that. I support this bill.
DAVID SHEARER It is a real pleasure to speak on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. We have had some very good moments in the House discussing this bill. People watching ...
TIM MACINDOE ... to move the second reading, I now have the enormous privilege today of ending this debate on the third reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. Just last Monday, which was Anzac Day, I wandered through Parana Park on my way to ...
... and used by Captain Hamilton during the Waikato campaigns and the Battle of Gate Pa were subsequently gifted to the Hamilton City Council, and it is a significant exhibit at Te Whare Taonga O Waikato, the Waikato Museum, which is located just across the ...
In Committee 23 Mar 2011
DAVID SHEARER ... on this clause everybody was on the edge of their seats, waiting to hear what I was going to say further on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I have been so looking forward to this bill coming back to the Committee of the whole ...
DAVID SHEARER ... dairy farm in the middle of central Hamilton. I suspect that it includes the house that is currently occupied by the Hamilton City Council grounds staff. They occupy one corner of the park and use it to administer the park. Perhaps that is the answer, but I ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY For a moment there I thought the member in charge of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill might be rising to his feet, but thank you, Chairman Roy, for giving me the call on ...
SUE MORONEY I am very pleased to stand in support of clause 8 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, which has been brought in in the name of the Hamilton City Council—
SUE MORONEY ... I am particularly pleased to stand in support of this part of the bill, because I think that in the time since the Hamilton City Council drafted this legislation, the clause has become even more pertinent. As my colleague Iain Lees-Galloway pointed out, it ...
SUE MORONEY ... has lost $4 million in the development contributions that it had budgeted for in this financial year, and that is for Hamilton City Council alone. That tells us that economic growth has dropped so badly in Hamilton that there is just no development going on ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK I rise to take a very short call on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Bill. Those of us in the Chamber 2 weeks ago will remember that we had a lengthy debate about this bill ...
SUE MORONEY I hoped that Mr Macindoe would make a full contribution on a bill that is important to our city, The Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, but perhaps he will have something to say on clause 9. I certainly hope he does have ...
SUE MORONEY ... just finished debating, I must say that we were all in support of it because it did not put unnecessary costs on the Hamilton City Council. As I described in my previous contribution, it is a city council—and I am sure it is not alone in this—that is ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY Before I get on to my contribution on clause 9 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, I would like to clarify some statements I made during the debate on clause 8. I have ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... to the Lowest Bidder so They Can Make the Money Out of It) Bill”. That is what would be going on. Thank goodness the Hamilton City Council has brought this bill to the House! The member is doing a fine job of representing his local electorate and bringing ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK I will take a short call on clause 9 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I was hopeful that the member in the chair, David Bennett, would rise to speak. This ...
KELVIN DAVIS I will take a quick call on clause 9 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. Although we have treated with jocularity this whole issue of where the 0.4 of a ...
DAVID BENNETT ... take a short call to resolve some of the issues that have vexed the Committee over the last few days in regard to the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. But, first of all, I thank everyone for their great interest in Parana Park, Hamilton. ...
DAVID BENNETT I seek leave to table, first of all, the email from Alex Kay, Leeanne O’Brien, and Kemble Pudney, from the Hamilton City Council, regarding the definition, and also the entry in the computer freehold register under the Land Transfer Act 1952, which ...
SUE MORONEY ... to the Registrar-General of Land, once this bill has become an Act, to “issue a new computer register in the name of Hamilton City Council for the land;”. We on this side of the Chamber wanted to be assured that the description of the land was accurate ...
SUE MORONEY ... go ahead and vote for this clause. It will be on the basis, however, that the drafting error—the Act is called the “Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Act 2010”—is corrected before we come to the third reading, which I know we are all looking ...
SUE MORONEY Well, this is it. It looks as if we will be wrapping up the Committee stage of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I could not let clause 10 go without coming back to the main purpose, which is the ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... built up when it was in private hands, by George Parr and his family, and then it was handed over to the public. The Hamilton City Council has maintained that asset and built it up so that it is part of the Hamilton community and will be part of the community’...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... this National Government. George Parr was a man of vision, a man with a plan, and the man who gave Parana Park to Hamilton City Council. He is the man whose legacy we are, in a way, drawing a line under with clause 10, which repeals the Hamilton City (Paran...
In Committee 9 Mar 2011
SUE MORONEY Thank you very much, Mr Chair, for the opportunity to speak on clause 1 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, which is the title clause. The title of the Act will be the Hamilton City Council (Paran...
SUE MORONEY ... in the chair to clarify that point. We want to get it right. We are passing this legislation on behalf of the Hamilton City Council, and as a Hamilton-based member of Parliament I want to ensure that we get the detail right. Although I am not the ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY It is a great pleasure to rise and participate in the Committee stage on clause 1 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill 2010. I suppose some of the confusion may arise because the year 2010 in the title is ...
DARIEN FENTON It is a great pleasure to take a call on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I acknowledge the member in the chair, David Bennett. I have sat in that chair and I ...
DARIEN FENTON OK, so where did “Hamilton” come from? Why is it in the title clause, why was that not considered, and why has the Hamilton City Council not changed its name? It is a very, very important question. I am also interested in the name “Parana”. My colleague ...
TIM MACINDOE ... had the great privilege of moving on behalf of the member for Hamilton East the second reading of this most important Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill when he was absent on Government business. Some members opposite on that day indicated ...
PHIL TWYFORD It is a rare pleasure to take a call this afternoon in this debate on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. In commenting on the bill’s title clause I raise a question about the Hamilton City ...
PHIL TWYFORD —around the use of the words “Hamilton City Council” in the title of this bill is that the region could very quickly end up being amalgamated and that we could see a ...
Hon NANAIA MAHUTA ... such as the one Mr Twyford commented on is a very real prospect for the Waikato region, a number of reserves across Hamilton City Council, the Waikato District Council, and Waipā District Council will need to retain their special significance, which is why ...
DAVID SHEARER I will take a brief call on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. Though Tim Macindoe is not here at the moment, I thank him for his explanation of how ...
DAVID SHEARER ... I imagine that the same thing applies to land inside Hamilton. This park is a piece of land that is well used. The Hamilton City Council wants it to be protected. The bill has been brought to the House by David Bennett—and I congratulate him on doing that—on...
DAVID BENNETT I will take just a short call to thank all members for their interest in the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill tonight, and especially the Labour members and National members who have said such ...
JACINDA ARDERN ...rea—and I am a former constituent of his, as it so happens. Perhaps that is the reason why I felt moved to speak on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, and specifically on the bill’s title. I grew up in Morrinsville, and I like to ...
MOANA MACKEY ... cut off by the bell. It is the idea of “passive recreation”. I was also very interested to read that this part of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill—[Interruption] Trevor should shut up. I was interested to read that ...
MOANA MACKEY ...creation” in the report back to the House if he is not prepared now to tell us what it is, and assure us that the title Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill is appropriate for the provision of passive recreation? As my colleague Jacinda Ardern ...
MOANA MACKEY It may not be a Government bill, but this may be the way of getting things through in another way. We do trust the Hamilton City Council, but, of course, we are going through some very interesting debates in the House at the moment around the vesting of ...
Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... that colleagues have made, because I have been held up in meetings. But as David Bennett, the member in charge of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, and his colleague from Hamilton West know, Parana Park is an area that I do know ...
The CHAIRPERSON We are considering the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. We are just about to commence debate on clause 2, the commencement—a very narrow ....
SUE MORONEY Yes, this debate is on the commencement clause—clause 2 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. The commencement clause states: “This Act comes into force on the day after the date ...
SUE MORONEY ... that this bill must be the pinnacle of David Bennett’s career and, perhaps, of Tim Macindoe’s. It is great for the Hamilton City Council to bring this bill forward, but in the grand scheme of things, compared with what this Parliament ought to be dealing ...
CHRIS HIPKINS I am happy to take this call on the commencement clause of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. It is, in fact, my first call on the bill. I wanted to take a call on the commencement ...
CHRIS HIPKINS ... it. It does not say that this bill will come into force on the day that a Minister determines, or the day that the Hamilton City Council determines. It is very clear: it comes into force on the day after the Governor-General signs it. The democratic ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY The commencement clause contained in the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill states: “This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... way for it to come into power—is excellent and entirely appropriate. This bill is not a Government bill. It is a Hamilton City Council local bill. The council is working on behalf of its people and making sure that this legislation comes into force ...
DARIEN FENTON ... about our contributions in the next little while. I am happy to take a call on clause 2, “Commencement”, of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill 2010, which states: “This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it ...
SUE MORONEY ... One of those is the meaning of the word “council” as it is used in this bill. Clause 3 states: “Council means the Hamilton City Council”. I reflect on a comment made earlier by my colleague Phil Twyford, who made a very good point about whether we are ...
SUE MORONEY ... It would state that every time we read the word “council” in this bill, which will become an Act, it would mean Hamilton City Council. I for one am not in favour of forced amalgamations in my region at all, and I have been really clear on that. In fact,...
SUE MORONEY ... he has rather a lot to say. We are binding ourselves to an interpretation where the word “council” always means Hamilton City Council. In years to come, that may not be the name of the council. It might change because a Government might force ...
KRIS FAAFOI Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak on clause 3 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, which aims to give more certainty to the people of Hamilton on the ownership and use ...
KRIS FAAFOI ... friend and colleague Sue Moroney will take me there. I believe that this bill will also give more certainty to the Hamilton City Council about the way it administers Parana Park. It is important to look at the history of the land and of the Hamilton City ...
KRIS FAAFOI ... of Hamilton started using it for passive recreation, and that is what is set down in the bill. I understand that the Hamilton City Council uses it for Anzac Day ceremonies to pay respect to our fallen soldiers, and for other festivals. As I was thinking ...
KRIS FAAFOI OK. Clause 3, “Interpretation”, defines the land itself and the council, Hamilton City Council, which will have administrative authority over this park. As I said before I was pulled up, we were wondering what kind ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK I am pleased to take a call on clause 3 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I will reflect on members opposite tonight, who look very agitated about the fact that ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK ... Order Paper yesterday on that bill that denies community access and public submissions. We will fight it over the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, and we will keep it going so the people of Hamilton know that we do not trifle with ...
DAVID SHEARER It is a pleasure to take a call on clause 3 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I want to look at the interpretation clause, which is what we are debating. There are ...
DAVID SHEARER ... read through the submissions very closely, trying to find out where the 0.4 of a hectare might be. I went through the Hamilton City Council submission, which I thought might have addressed where the 0.4 of a hectare had disappeared to, but I could not find ...
SUE MORONEY Clause 4 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill is the purpose clause. It is probably one of the two most substantive clauses of the ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... 4, “Purpose”, is the guts of what this bill is all about. The clause states that the bill vests the land in the Hamilton City Council as a recreation reserve under the Reserves Act 1977 and repeals the Hamilton City (Parana Park) Empowering Act 1958. I ...
PHIL TWYFORD ... Iain Lees-Galloway left off, in raising the question of why the choice has been made to make the subject of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill a recreation reserve and not a historic reserve. There were, among the submissions ...
PHIL TWYFORD ... To make it a historic reserve in this law would better recognise that. The Waikato Tree Trust felt that the Hamilton City Council has not adequately recognised the importance of these trees. It proposed that in the schedule of trees, the council go ...
DAVID SHEARER I want to pick up on what my colleague Phil Twyford was speaking about in relation to the purpose of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, which is set out in clause 4. I will address the issue he has just brought up. He ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK ... of examining any law that comes before the select committee. I will talk about clause 4, the purpose clause of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. My colleagues speaking previously have touched on whether the park should be a ...
SUE MORONEY Clause 5 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill is a very important clause. It is the clause that makes effectively null and void the ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... 5, as my colleague Sue Moroney has said, is somewhat like the purpose clause: it really gets to the heart of what the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill is about. It puts to rest, once and for all, the last will and testament of George ....
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... farmer shared with the community, and that is why he vested this land in his community and handed it over to the Hamilton City Council. This legislation solidifies that. It makes sure that George Parr’s legacy will be respected and honoured by the people ...
PHIL TWYFORD ... under the heading “Vesting of land in Council and related matters”, and it is a very, very significant clause in the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. Because of this clause, the land is freed of trusts and vested in the council. The ...
CHRIS HIPKINS I am delighted to take a call on clause 5 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, which is David Bennett’s proudest accomplishment in his tenure as the member of ...
KELVIN DAVIS ... Kua ngaro te mana i te mea, e huri ana te mana o tēnei wāhi whenua ki te kaunihera o Kirikiriroa, arā, ko Hamilton City Council. I ōku nei whakaaro, mehemea ko te ōhāki o ō mātou tūpuna ka mau tūturu rawa. Hōrekau mātou o Te Tai Tokerau e ...
KRIS FAAFOI ... ni. Malo to the Hon Hekia Parata, who requested that I speak a bit of Tokelauan before I address clause 5 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I would speak entirely in Tokelauan if we had a Tokelauan interpreter in the Chamber—at...
KRIS FAAFOI ...Hon—no, sorry. He is sitting in the Minister’s chair—David Bennett. I will take away the “Hon”! This bill allows the Hamilton City Council to use the land in the spirit in which the council and the people of Hamilton want to use it, and not necessarily ...
SUE MORONEY It is a pleasure to rise to speak to clause 6 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. This is an interesting clause because it not only declares the land to be a ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK I want to take a call on clause 6 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. It would be lovely also if Government members would take a call. They seem to be ...
DAVID SHEARER It is a pleasure to take yet another call on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. We are now considering clause 6, but in looking at clause 6 I realise that clause 7 of ...
KELVIN DAVIS ... of Hoturoa, the chief of the Tainui waka, to address the travesty of justice that is being perpetuated in the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill by it calling this park Parana Park. We do not know where that name came from. We ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY I will address some of the detail of clause 6 of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, which is all about the council being able to hold the land as a recreation reserve. ...
SUE MORONEY ... the close of play tonight the situation with regard to the missing land. Clause 8 is interesting, in that the Hamilton City Council is ensuring that it does not have any unforeseen financial liabilities as a result of having this land vested in it. It ...
SUE MORONEY ...’s increased GST by having this land vested in it. If only the rest of New Zealand had had the wisdom to see what the Hamilton City Council saw then. If other people had been able to look into the eyes of John Key when he promised not to increase GST and had ...
DAVID SHEARER We are coming towards the end of the debate on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, but I wanted to take a quick call on clause 8. As we pointed out before, clause 7 has ...
Second Reading 16 Feb 2011
TIM MACINDOE I move, That the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill be now read a second time. It is my great pleasure to open the second reading of this ...
TIM MACINDOE ... Speaker, and I thank the former member for Hamilton West. On behalf of the member for Hamilton East, I move that the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill be now read a second time. The city, and its representation, just gets better and ....
TIM MACINDOE ...terruption] I did not think this bill would be so controversial. The purpose of this bill is to vest Pārana Park in the Hamilton City Council as a recreational reserve, subject to the provisions of the Reserves Act 1977. The bill will repeal the Hamilton City (Pa...
TIM MACINDOE ... of our city, but it was not always available for its current purpose. The passage of this bill will enable the Hamilton City Council to more effectively manage and administer Pārana Park. It will also enable the council to proceed with possible future ...
TIM MACINDOE ... to clause 6 to indicate that the reserve be formally known as Pārana Park, and to reinforce the fact that the Hamilton City Council be the administering body of the reserve. I thank my colleague David Bennett for his work in sponsoring this bill. On ...
SUE MORONEY It is my pleasure to rise to support the second reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill 2010. I congratulate the member who has just resumed his seat, Tim Macindoe, on ...
SUE MORONEY ... I think I know where George Parr would put his vote in that instance. I take this opportunity to congratulate the Hamilton City Council on pursuing this legislation, because they have obviously seen a need to have more flexibility in their use of the land—i...
CHRIS AUCHINVOLE It is very pleasing to hear the previous speaker, Sue Moroney, being so positive in the whole approach to the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. This bill vests the area known as Pārana Park as a recreation reserve. In the first ...
PHIL TWYFORD I rise in support of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, which has been taxing the abilities of the Local Government and Environment Committee ...
PHIL TWYFORD ... Hamilton, and it is good to see this legislation pass through the House. The bill tidies up the legislative basis for Hamilton City Council’s ownership and administration of the park. I make a comment about clause 5, which makes the Pārana Park land no ...
SUE KEDGLEY ... every other party in this House in supporting this small but nevertheless very significant piece of legislation, the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. In particular, we would like to join the tributes for George Parr. It is interesting ...
SUE KEDGLEY ... It is fantastic that we can join with every other member of this House, completely unanimously, in supporting the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. We hope that Pārana Park will remain for another 80 years as a precious piece of open ...
RAHUI KATENE I am pleased to speak to the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill as a member of the Local Government and Environment Committee on behalf of the Māori ...
RAHUI KATENE ... wonder of the Waikato awa is indeed worthy of our support, and to this end we support the second reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill.
Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS For the reasons outlined by the mover of the second reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, ACT is very happy to support this bill.
NICKY WAGNER I too rise to support the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, sponsored by our very excellent MP for Hamilton East, David Bennett. Pārana Park, ...
Hon TREVOR MALLARD I initially was going to make a relatively brief speech on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill in support of it, but there have been a number of comments made that have frankly given ...
Chris Auchinvole Because Hamilton City Council presented the bill and it was the name of the bill that they selected.
Hon TREVOR MALLARD It is fine to say that Hamilton City Council presented the bill in this form, but we are Parliament. We make the decisions as to what legislation we pass, and to ...
Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... right. He thinks he is still a county councillor, but now he is a parliamentarian. It may be that the people of the Hamilton City Council are OK, but they do not dictate to us what we pass. They have a right to make a suggestion. But to say to that member ...
NIKKI KAYE I am very pleased to speak on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I will make just a couple of comments in response to some of the Opposition members’ ...
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY It is a pleasure to stand and speak on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill and to congratulate—
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY ... interests of a small number of very wealthy people, many of whom are from overseas. But this particular bill, the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, reinforces and reassures the public ownership of that property. Of course this is not ...
Dr CAM CALDER It is a great pleasure to rise and speak on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I am delighted to observe that it enjoys wide support around the House. Such support ...
First Reading 16 Jun 2010
DAVID BENNETT I move, That the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill be now read a first time. We intend to send this bill to the great Local Government and ...
DAVID BENNETT ... for rental and it was not used for the specific purpose for which it was intended in the original vesting with the Hamilton City Council. She noted: “There is a paddling pool and a barbecue, which the Girl Guides use a great deal. An outdoor stage has ...
DAVID BENNETT I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. When I moved this bill, I did read “I move that the Hamilton City Council” in that first line. I may have used “we” later in the speech, but the first line, which is the appropriate one, I did ...
SUE MORONEY It is my pleasure to rise to support the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill 2010 at its first reading. I want to say at the outset that Labour will be supporting ...
Dr PAUL HUTCHISON It gives me great pleasure to take a call on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. It is a wonderful thought that Labour members are lining up to support this Government-s...
Hon Trevor Mallard The Hamilton City Council is the sponsor.
Hon Trevor Mallard No, we’re supporting the Hamilton City Council.
Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... been enjoyed by many people and many children for years. Hopefully, that will be the case for years to come. The Hamilton City Council certainly supports this bill fully. The bill will update the legislation to allow the council to more effectively ...
Hon NANAIA MAHUTA I speak in favour of sending the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill to a select committee, to ensure that in the fullness of time those more expert in the ...
SUE KEDGLEY The Green Party joins with all other parties in this House in supporting the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill, and in thanking George Parr, 80 years on, for his extraordinary generosity and far-sight...
SUE KEDGLEY ... as well as places for people to recreate. I was just a little concerned when David Bennett was talking about the Hamilton City Council’s plans to develop this park. It has not been spelt out exactly what is intended in that development, but we will be ...
RAHUI KATENE ... make reference to that important precedent established by Waikato-Tainui as I believe it is directly relevant to the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. To the people of Waikato-Tainui, the river is indeed a taonga tuku iho, the treasured ...
LOUISE UPSTON I am pleased to stand in the House, along with other Waikato-based MPs, to speak to the first reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. It reminds me of another bill recently before the House, which was also unanimously ...
CAROL BEAUMONT It is a great pleasure to rise and join colleagues in speaking in support of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. Members might be wondering why I, as an Auckland-based MP, am speaking on this bill. I ...
TODD McCLAY It is a pleasure to rise and speak today on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill. I thank the previous speaker, not only for her kind words about the member of ...
JACINDA ARDERN All of my colleagues are very eager to speak on the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill because of all the important issues that are raised within it. I am not sure whether ...
DAVID BENNETT It has been a pleasure to raise the first reading of the Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill in the House today, and it has been a pleasure to hear the many tributes from members ...
Walking Access Bill
In Committee 24 Sep 2008
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... Hence again, strategically, we could have the Walking Access Commission working with the Waikato District Council, Hamilton City Council, and other agencies on this issue. Frankly, we are losing views bit by bit on some of the road along New Zealand’s ...
First Reading 15 Apr 2008
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... mayor of Hamilton. I praise Doug Woolerton too. He gave a very good example. Even in the urban area—albeit it was a Hamilton City Council matter—there were two issues. One was in regard to the Awatere Avenue section of the Waikato River walkway and the ...
Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill
In Committee 2 Apr 2008
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... and community, and certainly my own community of Hamilton City—especially with the work that we are doing in the Hamilton City Council—have been huge catalysts for the bill, and also for the Stop programme that is being developed. I also pay tribute to ...
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... take the opportunity again, in the context of this bill, to pay tribute to people like Olly Te Ua, a member of our Hamilton City Council staff, and other members of the Hamilton City Council for their excellent work. We have to say that we cannot see this ...
Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill
In Committee 17 Jun 2008
KATE WILKINSON ... it is estimated that a further $5 million is being spent by the private sector. We were advised that the cost to the Hamilton City Council was in the vicinity of $500,000, and that the cost to Wellington City Council ratepayers was about $600,000. The ...
First Reading 21 Feb 2008
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... this bill was the strong pressure that we received in representations from the Hamilton and Waikato communities. The Hamilton City Council, along with the Manukau City Council, has been crystal clear in terms of identifying this issue as a significant social ...
Policing Bill
First Reading 19 Feb 2008
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... role of the New Zealand Police in Hamilton. I look forward to receiving local government submissions on the bill. The Hamilton City Council, for example, has an excellent relationship locally with the police—and I know Councillor John Gower will agree with ...
Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 13 Feb 2008
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... around 18 Hamilton schools. I want to say that I, Sue Moroney, and Dianne Yates, working very closely with the Hamilton City Council, lobbied the Minister of Transport very hard to get this programme in the city of Hamilton. I really want to pay ...
Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN ... gone from here. She will not be back. She lost her seat, and what is even worse, she could not even get back on the Hamilton City Council at the last local body elections. That is what name recognition and meeting the voters actually did for her. But the ...
Land Transport Management Amendment Bill 2007
First Reading 6 Nov 2007
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... the Minister of Transport’s central government agencies, our regional government agency—Environment Waikato—and the Hamilton City Council. I acknowledge the work that local government and my good colleagues Mark Burton, Sue Moroney, Dianne Yates, and Nanaia ...
Public Transport Management Bill
First Reading 16 Oct 2007
SUE MORONEY ... throughout New Zealand as well. The area that I am most familiar with is Hamilton, and I do want to congratulate the Hamilton City Council and also Environment Waikato on their recent very good initiatives, such as the free city shuttle bus, that have made ...
DAVID BENNETT ... in the Waikato region. The trouble is that 85 percent of its services cover just Hamilton City, which is within the Hamilton City Council’s boundary. So there is an eternal debate going on between the regional council and the city council over who should ...
Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 13 Sep 2007
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... compliment the Health Committee on the work it did. Hamilton has an excellent water supply. I take my hat off to the Hamilton City Council. It does a wonderful job.
Major Events Management Bill
Third Reading 23 Aug 2007
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... can only encourage Tourism New Zealand and other bodies to get behind this major event. A huge bouquet must go to the Hamilton City Council, and in particular to its chief executive, Michael Redman, who at that time was the mayor of our city, for his ...
Local Government
Local Government—Council Sizes 18 Jul 2007
John Carter In view of that answer, what is the Minister’s reaction to the statement made by the Hamilton City Council—not me—that it has identified 60 pieces of legislation that impose compliance costs on local government without ...
Budget Debate 23 May 2007
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... this country. Talking of positive events, as the member for Hamilton West I made a submission a few days ago to the Hamilton City Council draft annual plan and its 10-year plan. I took the opportunity at that meeting to pay great tribute to the outgoing—now ...
Education (Tertiary Reforms) Amendment Bill
First Reading 9 May 2007
DIANNE YATES ... and is about what actually gets things moving in the Waikato. Katolyst is the economic thinktank, basically, of the Hamilton City Council. One of Graham’s topics was the close relationship that has been built up between the university and its stakeholders. ...
Building (Late Consent is a Free Consent) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 25 Jul 2007
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... the consent within 20 working days, it will not be done properly. Well, is that not interesting? We spoke with the Hamilton City Council. It has 100 percent compliance, its fees are lower, and it is on time. I note that Hamilton’s good mayor, Bob Simcock, ...
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE ... get to that in a moment. But then he quoted the jewel in the crown of local authorities, the case winner for him, the Hamilton City Council, which he says is doing this, and he uses this as the only example in New Zealand that should win the argument ...
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE ... Government has put 3 million bucks into a system to address the core issues. The crowning jewel for this member was Hamilton City Council. Well, that has been torpedoed. His crowning jewel was his National Party policy. Well, Pat Seymour has put the sword ...
JACQUI DEAN ... to get consents. Interestingly, I was at a local government planning conference in Hamilton back in 2003 where the Hamilton City Council planners outlined their plan to become 100 percent compliant in dealing with Building Act requirements. That was back ...
First Reading 11 Oct 2006
Hon Dr NICK SMITH I seek leave to table the report from the Hamilton City Council, which has adopted this very policy, has been able to provide for all its building consents within the statutory time ...
BARBARA STEWART ... discontent, and that there are perceptions that there are unnecessary delays in processing building consents. We note Hamilton City Council has a scheme similar to that proposed here, with—as the Hon Dr Nick Smith said—a 6-day turn-around process. However, ...
Hon Dr NICK SMITH ... be a penalty for councils if they break the law. I again draw the attention of this House to the experience of the Hamilton City Council, because it has adopted this policy in its own area. It has been able to have 100 percent compliance. If we look at the ...
Communications
Internet Access—Government Initiatives 14 Sep 2006
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE I have seen a number of reports, including this statement from Hamilton City Council corporate group general manager, Mike Garrett, welcoming the $3.2 million of Broadband Challenge funding for that city’s...
Local Government (Rating Cap) Amendment Bill 2006
First Reading 26 Jul 2006
RODNEY HIDE ... Wellington City Council rates have increased by 20.5 percent, Christchurch City Council rates by 19.4 percent, and Hamilton City Council rates by 15.2 percent. The average increase in rates across the country is 7 percent per year. That sort of increase ...
General Debate 26 Jul 2006
RODNEY HIDE ... Wellington City Council’s rates have increased by 20.5 percent, Christchurch City Council’s by 19.4 percent, and Hamilton City Council’s by 15.2 percent. I ask members to think about how people on fixed incomes—particularly the elderly—are supposed to ...
Economic Development
Innovation and Regional Economic Development—Funding 14 May 2008
Hon PETE HODGSON ... Waikato’s business development services. This funding will be matched by $2.4 million of cash contribution from the Hamilton City Council. It is an excellent example of how Government can work together in partnership with local communities, even though the ...
Government Initiatives—Major International Events 22 Jun 2006
Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... investment that is occurring now. As far as public transport is concerned, in the rowing, I want to compliment the Hamilton City Council, which has taken the decision to provide free public transport to and from Hamilton for people who attend that event, ...
Budget Debate 23 May 2006
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... Alan Livingston from Waipā District for the very good and sound leadership they have shown. I acknowledge also the Hamilton City Council and councillor Dave MacPherson, who chairs the transport committee. There is so much about this Budget that I can be ...
Transport
Transit New Zealand—State Highway Funding 2 Mar 2006
David Bennett What reports has the Minister of Transport received from the Hamilton City Council regarding a breach of contract by Transit in its recently announced 10-year plan, due to the council having taken ...
Address in Reply 17 Nov 2005
DAVID BENNETT ... to the north. Completion of the Waikato Expressway as a non-tolled road within the next 10 years is paramount. The Hamilton City Council ring route road, the future industrial growth to the north-west, and the residential growth to the north-east all rely ...