Mentions of Manukau City Council in New Zealand Parliament debates

Manukau City Council has been mentioned in 63 parliamentary debates since November 2005.

Valedictory Statements 4 Oct 2011

Hon JIM ANDERTON ... the leader of the party by the end of the next week. At the tender age of 27 I stood for, and was elected to, the Manukau City Council, together with my then socialist colleague Roger Douglas. We set about the public purchase of large tracts of land on ...

Budget Debate 8 Jun 2011

JAMI-LEE ROSS ... previous speaker from the Labour side of the House was my old friend Su’a William Sio, with whom I served on the Manukau City Council several years ago, for about 4 years of our political lives. Back when I knew Su’a on the Manukau City Council he was a ...

Hamilton City Council (Parana Park) Land Vesting Bill

In Committee 9 Mar 2011

PHIL TWYFORD ... and that we could see a different local government entity. We saw this situation recently with George Hawkins’ Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill. It was passed in this House at its first reading and then very ...

Local Government and Environment

Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill—Report-back Date 10 Aug 2011

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS When will the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill be reported back to the House?

Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill—Submissions Received 10 Feb 2011

PHIL TWYFORD How many submissions were received on the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill?

Child and Family Protection Bill

Second Reading 9 Sep 2010

SIMON BRIDGES ... that happening in this country and we should not be complacent about it. On another tangent, I note George Hawkins’ Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill. Although his bill has lots of practical issues to be sorted ...

Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill

First Reading 8 Sep 2010

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... time, but he will not do it very successfully next time; in fact, he might be further down National’s list. When Manukau City Council developed its first bill it thought some real progress would be made, and, to be sure, the first reading attracted ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... a lot of time and a lot of work by a council to bring a local bill before the House. I thank the officers of the Manukau City Council for their efforts. I thank the people of Manukau City who have contacted me about this bill.

Dr PAUL HUTCHISON Thank you for the opportunity to speak on the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill. I congratulate the Hon George Hawkins on sponsoring the bill on ...

SU’A WILLIAM SIO It is my pleasure to rise to support the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill in respect of street prostitution. I think it is important for ...

KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI It is my pleasure to stand and speak on the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill, which was introduced by the Hon George Hawkins. The bill aims to ...

TE URUROA FLAVELL Kia ora, Mr Deputy Speaker. Kia ora tātou katoa. I take just a brief call on the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill to state where the Māori Party sits. We are aligned as a party in ...

KEVIN HAGUE ... committee in the hope that a better bill may emerge. Today I stand to say that the Green Party does not support the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill. However, some of our members believe that there would be value ...

H V ROSS ROBERTSON ... concern all and sundry. This evening I stand with and for the people of my electorate, and I will vote to support the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill going to a select committee at its first reading. The bill is ...

Dr CAM CALDER I rise to speak in support of this local bill, the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill, which has been submitted by my colleague the Hon George Hawkins ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... view, because I believe that addressing that issue is very important. I thank even those people who spoke against the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill. When we have legislation that deals with local problems, then I ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... which shows what a dangerous life it is to be on the streets. When we analyse what is happening, we hear a council, Manukau City Council, asking for help. The community that Manukau City Council represents is asking for help. Perhaps the real answer is to ...

First Reading 8 Sep 2010

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to ...

First Reading 8 Sep 2010

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to ...

Public Works (Offer Back of and Compensation for Acquired Land) Amendment Bill

Second Reading 21 Jul 2010

LOUISE UPSTON ... of the intent behind the bill, but they raised serious concerns from a wide range of quarters, whether they were the Manukau City Council, the Wellington City Council, groups such as Federated Farmers and Vector, or airports such as Auckland Airport. I ...

Policing (Involvement in Local Authority Elections) Amendment Bill

First Reading 23 Jun 2010

CARMEL SEPULONI ... My colleague George Hawkins was talking earlier about the example of one of those five councillors, Alf Filipaina, a Manukau City councillor. Clayton Cosgrove had another example from his area. I have to agree with both of those members, and especially with ...

Second Reading 23 Jun 2010

KEITH LOCKE ... the original bill came up I had a chat to Alf Filipaina, whom I know well. He is a serving officer who was on the Manukau City Council. He is a great chap and a great community constable, and has done tremendous things. If we look just at him and how he ...

Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill

In Committee 2 Jun 2010

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... as a result of this new structure. Currently, the association has targeted rates, which are collected by the Manukau City Council. From those targeted rates, it is able to plan its year ahead and its activities. One of the association’s most ...

PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA ... controlled organisations have been put forward, spurious as they are. We have already heard one speaker refer to Manukau City Council and its 40 existing council-controlled organisations. This bill is about fixing infrastructure and uniting all the ...

In Committee 1 Jun 2010

SUE KEDGLEY ... including Waitakere City Council, which is one of the most innovative councils in New Zealand, and, likewise, Manukau City Council. We have replaced them with 21 local boards. Other members have commented on the fact that these local boards have no ...

Second Reading 27 May 2010

DAVID CLENDON ... had built a unique character identity for the west, which was having some very good, positive, and ongoing outcomes. Manukau City Council succeeded, in the face of some really serious social and economic challenges, to meld together the very diverse ...

JOHN BOSCAWEN ... School, said to me that he agreed with the concept of council-controlled organisations. He told me that the Manukau City Council, which he is mayor of, had over 40 council-controlled organisations. Mr Len Brown told me that it was a concept he ...

Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill 2010

Second Reading 17 Nov 2010

SU’A WILLIAM SIO The Manukau City Council made a submission on the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill and opposed it. I will give members some reflection ...

First Reading 4 May 2010

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... who are putting rates up by 11 percent or more this year, whereas someone in a nearby council, Daniel Newman of Manukau City Council, tells me that that council’s rates are going up by around 3.8 percent. So people were looking for some consistency, ...

Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 17 Feb 2010

SUE KEDGLEY ... seven perfectly well-functioning city councils will simply cease to exist. Councils like Waitakere City Council and Manukau City Council—which are amongst the most innovative, the best supported, and the most successful councils in this land—will disappear ...

Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill

Third Reading 20 Oct 2009

CAROL BEAUMONT ... laws in place in Manukau City, looking at overt and covert police tactics, working with partner agencies such as the Manukau City Council and the Department of Corrections, working with affected local business owners and residents, and trying to develop new ...

Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill

Third Reading 17 Sep 2009

JOHN BOSCAWEN ... culture from the Māori submitters, the formality of the Māori submissions, and the karakia at the beginning when the Manukau City Council presented its submission. That council’s submission was just one of many submissions to start the proceedings in a very ...

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... The Ōtara ward is a ward of only 35,000 people and about 25,000 voters. Two councillors represent that ward on the Manukau City Council, and, yes, I was elected from that ward. I became the deputy mayor because I was elected by the councillors of the ...

In Committee 16 Sep 2009

Hon RODNEY HIDE ... any Auckland council ever. I also point out that the issue has come before the various councils of Auckland—including Manukau City Council, Waitakere City Council, and North Shore City Council—and those councils have consistently voted down having Māori ....

In Committee 16 Sep 2009

CATHERINE DELAHUNTY ... to get on to local councils. Some of that leadership for change comes from Tāmaki, from Waitakere City Council and Manukau City Council. Manukau City Council, in particular, has been strong on te Tiriti dialogue and cultural recognition. That is not to ...

Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS ... Clevedon. These are genuine communities of interest, and they would all be able to make better decisions than the old Manukau City Council did. That is why I push for 30 boards rather than 20 boards—in Manukau there are at least six communities, and probably ...

JOHN BOSCAWEN ... heard evidence in Papatoetoe, in the heart of Manukau City, and we heard that there are three Māori councillors on Manukau City Council now. They were not reserve seats; they won their seats fair and square. I tell Mr Hughes that we also heard that ...

CARMEL SEPULONI ... New Zealander out there using the parks and the libraries, and getting free access to swimming pools because the Manukau City Council makes good revenue from not having sold its public assets. Those are not the things that the National Government is ...

Second Reading 15 Sep 2009

Hon TAU HENARE ... he is the big bee. They think Len Brown will fix the problem, so they will support him. Where was Len Brown in the Manukau City Council? Where was Bob Harvey in the Waitakere City Council? In fact, where was Andrew Williams in the North Shore City Council?...

Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill

In Committee 9 Sep 2009

DAVID SHEARER Auckland City Council could change it, if it wanted to. Manukau City Council is for it, North Shore City Council is for it, and in 2007 Rodney District Council voted it back in. Why is this ...

Local Government

Auckland—Local Government Reform, Rates 13 May 2009

Rahui Katene What response will the Minister make to Te Tiriti o Waitangi Committee o Manukau City Council, which has recommended that the royal commission’s proposals for Māori representation should be reinstated and ...

Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Bill

In Committee 16 May 2009

CHARLES CHAUVEL ... result of this reform. They might lose access to the fantastic services that are currently provided by the excellent Manukau City Council, of which my colleague Su’a William Sio was formerly the deputy mayor, and of which Len Brown is currently doing a fine ...

In Committee 14 May 2009

SUE KEDGLEY ... wiped out overnight?”. What is the problem with the Waitakere City Council, the North Shore City Council, and the Manukau City Council? What is the great evil that they have done? Their satisfaction surveys show an 80 or 90 percent satisfaction rate. ...

Hon JIM ANDERTON ... of South Auckland would want a say before they lose free entry to their swimming pools. Were any other members on the Manukau City Council that introduced free entry to swimming pools in Manukau City? Members are looking at one of the original members of ...

PHIL TWYFORD ... decision that it could not possibly justify trashing the existing local councils. It could not justify getting rid of Manukau City Council, North Shore City Council, and Waitakere City Council.

First Reading 13 May 2009

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ...) Bill guts—takes away—local government in Auckland as we know it. I feel as if I am standing to mourn the death of the Manukau City Council. If a farmer was to gut an animal, he or she would be very careful not to penetrate the intestines with the knife, ...

First Reading 13 May 2009

General Debate 29 Apr 2009

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... too long ago, the third was Sir Barry Curtis, and the present mayor is now Len Brown. The chief executive officers of Manukau City Council have numbered only three in 44 years. That gives an indication of the stability that the city has had. Those are men ...

Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... and, in my portfolio, things like building consents. At the moment, a builder in Auckland put in a consent to the Manukau City Council and got it through. He put the same consent into the Waitakere City Council and had it rejected. That is sheer madness. ...

Urgent Debates - Royal Commission on Auckland Governance—Government Response

Royal Commission on Auckland Governance—Government Response 8 Apr 2009

SUE KEDGLEY ... to wipe out very effective local councils. The Waitakere City Council is strongly supported by its community. The Manukau City Council is strongly supported by that city. Those councils will be simply wiped out with one fell swoop and replaced instead ...

PHIL TWYFORD ... gerrymandered system. Local democracy and local government are being gutted. Councils like Waitakere City Council and Manukau City Council have demonstrated over the last two decades just how efficient and effective local councils can be in promoting ...

Building Amendment Bill (No 2) 2008

First Reading 10 Mar 2009

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... of puff. A couple of weeks ago the Government had its big Job Summit. Just a few hundred yards down the road was the Manukau City Council. What are the council officers doing? They are suggesting that building consent and resource consent fees should be ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... as he likes but this bill will be available to people to speed up the process. What I am saying is that councils like Manukau City Council, which is putting up its rates by a disgraceful 3.9 percent, will have staff twiddling their thumbs. The Building ...

Policing Bill

Third Reading 28 Aug 2008

KEITH LOCKE ... officers who are on city councils at present and who do a good job. I personally know Alf Filipaina, who is on the Manukau City Council, and he is a very good constable who has done quite well as a city councillor, as well. The police have to be ...

In Committee 26 Aug 2008

CHESTER BORROWS ... Paper was presented until today. It is interesting to note that the person we all esteem highly—Alf Filipaina from Manukau City Council—has been spoken about in glowing references today, and Supplementary Order Paper 226 in the name of Annette King will ...

In Committee 7 Aug 2008

RON MARK ... back over the analysis of the submissions that were made, it is interesting to note who made those submissions. The Manukau City Council had a bit to say about the current principles and the issues of transparency, accountability, and decision making. The ...

Sale of Liquor (Objections to Applications) Amendment Bill

Second Reading 22 Sep 2010

Dr ASHRAF CHOUDHARY ... aspirations of, and is conscious of problems in, that community. A couple of weeks ago he spoke in the House on his Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill, a local bill. Very clearly, my background is one in which any ...

First Reading 2 Jul 2008

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... limit the number of liquor outlets for quite some time. Two options have been presented to the community through the Manukau City Council. The first is to change the district plan. Our experience there has been that it is a costly, time-consuming process, ...

Budget Debate 28 May 2008

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... One has only to look back to an article in the Sunday Star-Times about staff numbers. In 2001 Manukau City Council had 792 jobs. Now, in 2006, it has 1,050. That is a 32.5 percent increase. The salary bill went from $40.3 million in ...

Finance

State-owned Enterprises—Government Policy on Sale or Retention 15 Apr 2008

R Doug Woolerton ... in New Zealand shareholders’ hands will ensure the continued flow of revenue in the order of $101.9 million to the Manukau City Council, the Auckland City Council, and New Zealand individual shareholders, rather than to the Canada Pension Plan?

Misuse of Drugs (Classification of BZP) Amendment Bill

Second Reading 5 Mar 2008

METIRIA TUREI ... than criminalising users and putting the control of these drugs into the hands of organised crime. We supported the Manukau City Council’s ban on party pills being sold at bottle stores, for exactly this reason. The council made a very good decision. This ...

Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill

Third Reading 19 Jun 2008

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... have any more of that. We will support the councils. Some excellent councils have worked on this issue. Obviously, Manukau City Council has been at the forefront, but so have Waitakere City Council, Auckland City Council, and especially one small council ...

PANSY WONG ...m) Bill—in Parliament today. Two years ago George Hawkins brought a bill to Parliament that had been started off by the Manukau City Council because it saw that graffiti was causing real problems. Graffiti is a sign of a society and the local community ...

PANSY WONG ...uck! He should say something worth remembering. Two years ago the Government ignored George Hawkins and his bill. The Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, sponsored by George Hawkins, foundered in the Local Government and Environment Committee ...

NANDOR TANCZOS ... on this issue. We acknowledge that, like many bills we oppose, this bill does one good thing in that it repeals the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Act 2008. That legislation was so bad that I am almost tempted to support this bill just to get ...

In Committee 17 Jun 2008

KATE WILKINSON ... million. That is not the private cost; that is the annual public cost to ratepayers. We heard, for example, that the Manukau City Council deals with about 300,000 tags a year, and that costs the ratepayers $1.2 million in that council district alone, and it ...

Second Reading 20 May 2008

Hon ANNETTE KING ... victim. I take this opportunity to signal my intention to introduce a Supplementary Order Paper to the bill. The Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Act was recently passed. I commend the Manukau City Council leaders for developing that Act, and ...

SIMON POWER ... intends to introduce a Supplementary Order Paper to repeal the legislation George Hawkins was in charge of, the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Act, during the Committee of the whole House. I think that is appropriate, in the sense that ...

JUDITH COLLINS The members of the House who are interested in this issue will recall that I often spoke on the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, which is now an Act, and which was first introduced by the Hon George Hawkins in November ...

CHESTER BORROWS ... has been raised in respect of this bill. At the time the commentary was prepared for the House in respect of the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, none of those issues were raised because, of course, at that stage we knew that we would be ...

First Reading 21 Feb 2008

PITA PARAONE ...) Amendment Bill. Before I go any further I want to make reference to the member’s bill introduced by Mr Hawkins, the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, because I have no doubt in my mind that if it had not come to this House, we would not be ...

PITA PARAONE ... announcement of it, I suspect that he and his council will support it. New Zealand First is still supportive of the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. I make the point that although I was not a voting member on the Justice and Electoral ...

Dr RICHARD WORTH ... reservations about it. A good point to start at, in looking at those reservations, is that this bill sits alongside a Manukau City Council local bill similarly dealing with the control of graffiti. That bill is at the Committee stage. There are significant ...

PANSY WONG ... to suddenly pretend that it will actually listen to the people, especially to the local representatives of the Manukau City Council! In Botany—an electorate I will fight vigorously for the privilege to represent in the coming general election—the No. ...

H V ROSS ROBERTSON ... decided to act now. Congratulations must go to my colleague the Hon George Hawkins, who championed the issue with Manukau City Council. Congratulations must go also to the Minister of Police and Minister of Justice, Annette King, who brought the issue ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... 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 problem. It has also been clearly ...

First Reading 21 Feb 2008

Hon ANNETTE KING ... than it does of any real artistic talent. This bill builds on previous thinking including that which led to the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, a local bill introduced by the Hon George Hawkins. I thank that member for bringing that ...

SIMON POWER ... substantial steps towards dealing with the issue of graffiti. It is only now, after George Hawkins introduced his Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, that Labour has changed its tune. Labour voted for that bill at its first reading, but when ...

Hon PHIL GOFF ... local bill but a national bill, and we would need to cover the whole country for it to be effective. That is why the Manukau City Council bill, as well intended as it was, would never be an answer. I say to Mr Power that that is obvious to somebody of the ...

Hon PETER DUNNE ... speaker, with which I have some sympathy. United Future supported the proposal by Mr Hawkins on behalf of the Manukau City Council for special legislation to outlaw tagging in that city. We indicated to both the previous mayor and the current mayor ...

Business Statement 14 Feb 2008

GERRY BROWNLEE I wonder whether the Leader of the House can tell us whether the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill is likely to come up on the Order Paper, given the Prime Minister’s new commitment to rid ...

Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 13 Feb 2008

JUDITH COLLINS ... up with graffiti every day of their lives. By the way, why does the Labour Government not support George Hawkins’ Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill? Why is that? It is because George Hawkins is telling it right; graffiti is absolutely part ...

JUDITH COLLINS ... want to stop graffiti in Manukau. I represent the Papakura people, as well. I tell the member that we want to see the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill go through. We want to see it go through, we want it to be successful, and then we want to ...

Companies (Minority Buy-out Rights) Amendment Bill

First Reading 13 Dec 2007

JUDITH COLLINS ... of the company, so, instantly, he was given the word that he would be shifted on because the big shareholders—the Manukau City Council and others—would make sure that he is not the independent chairman. That is obviously a right; it is allowed under the ...

Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Bill

Third Reading 27 Aug 2008

DAIL JONES ... look at supporting New Zealand First. What does this legislation do to the people of Manukau? A submission from the Manukau City Council said: “Manukau City Council has studied the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Bill and opposes the intent on the ...

MARK BLUMSKY ... a big share of the burden—a bigger share than it probably deserved—and it has made a real difference. I say to the Manukau City Council—Mr Dail Jones mentioned Manukau, not me—that 25 percent of its population use those services but it provides only 3 ...

First Reading 19 Sep 2007

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... occasion to use the 11 organisations included in this bill. Yet the proposal is that this same region, through the Manukau City Council, will be expected to bankroll the funding of these organisations, providing 23 percent of the funds for the first year. ...

Dr RICHARD WORTH ... authorities are Rodney District Council, North Shore City Council, Waitakere City Council, Auckland City Council, Manukau City Council, Papakura District Council, and Franklin District Council. Two of those councils, Rodney and Franklin, have the ...

Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2)

First Reading 22 Aug 2007

DARIEN FENTON ... more actively involved in these processes, as we recently saw with the 7,000 submissions that were handed to the Manukau City Council calling for tighter restrictions on pokie machines. A campaign is now under way to cap the number of pokie machines in ...

Evidence Amendment Bill 2007

First Reading 19 Jun 2007

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... Almost half of Manukau City’s population—42 percent—is under the age of 25. A survey carried out by the Manukau City Council a few years back found that 39 percent of the youth respondents said that dealing with drugs and alcohol was a major ...

Prime Minister

Taito Phillip Field—Ingram Report 25 Jul 2006

Heather Roy ... of Taito Phillip Field’s impropriety, is the Prime Minister aware of Mr Field’s key role in the election to the Manukau City Council of the Labour ticket, including the election of his close associate Mr James Papali’i, who is today before the courts ...

Heather Roy ... as discussed in the Ingram report, is the Prime Minister aware of Mr Field’s key role in the election to the Manukau City Council of the Labour ticket, including the election of his close associate Mr James Papali’i, who is today before the courts ...

Rodney Hide ... Ministers was, while a Minister, the effective chairman—in practice though not in name—of the Labour ticket in the Manukau City Council elections that saw a fraudster elected to office; if that is not of concern—

Education

Schools—Property Projects 12 Mar 2009

Hon ANNE TOLLEY ... and building something and hoping that children would come, I have met with the City of Manukau Education Trust, with Manukau City Council, and with principals and asked them what they think will work for their communities. We do not dictate to communities ...

Flat Bush—Education Restructuring 29 Jun 2006

Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... sector representing the parents of the children who were heading in that direction, community groups, and the Manukau City Council. Fourteen organisations or groups, and 25 individuals, made written submissions. That is hardly ministry-driven ...

New Zealand Council of Law Reporting Amendment Bill

In Committee 4 Apr 2006

MARK BLUMSKY ...not! Gosh, it is very different from the bills I have that are in front of the select committee I am on now, like the Manukau City Council’s double act on prostitution reform and graffiti. The reading of the graffiti legislation, one would suggest by ...

Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill

Third Reading 16 Apr 2008

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill be now read a third time. This bill has been around this Parliament for some little while. ...

H V ROSS ROBERTSON Kia ora tātou nō reira te Whare, and welcome. In addressing the issue of graffiti and the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill I believe that it is important first of all to acknowledge the individuals who have been ...

PANSY WONG I am delighted to take a short call in this debate on the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. I was just reflecting on the generosity of the Mayor of Manukau, Len Brown. When he ...

RODNEY HIDE ... much rubbish spoken in this House in such a short time, in my brief time in this parliamentary debating chamber. The Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill is rubbish. The only reason that political parties are jumping up and down in support of it ...

... the families.] I am grateful for the opportunity to speak today to the third reading of the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. First of all, as I have always done during the course of the debate on this bill, I declare ...

... valid points to make. I also say that the Māori Party can understand the motivation for having such a bill as the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. We can understand the feelings of people as they see their homes, paths, and maybe walls ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER I rise to speak on the third reading of the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. I join with previous speakers, including, I think, Judith Collins and Pansy Wong, in ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... the Law and Order Committee and the Stop Tagging Our Place (STOP) initiative will dovetail very, very neatly with the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. As I have said before, and as the select committee itself has done, I strongly applaud the ...

MARK BLUMSKY It is nice to have the chance to speak again on the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. I see Mr Gallagher leaving the House. [ Interruption] I welcome him back. I took the ...

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... that hover over those families quickly dissipate. I rise to make a small contribution to the third reading of the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. Before doing so, I say to members of the House that I am a Manukau resident. I am also a ...

SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... graffiti. The funding for graffiti reduction was a constant matter of debate in the council meetings. I am aware that Manukau City Council, when it considered whether to approach this House through the Hon George Hawkins, did not make the decision lightly; ...

In Committee 2 Apr 2008

JUDITH COLLINS ... electorate MP, along with our other colleague Ross Robertson, on this bill of George Hawkins, and to help the Manukau City Council take a stand against graffiti. I really thank the Committee for the ability to have a wide-ranging debate about this, ...

JUDITH COLLINS ... organisation that I know the electorate MPs all support. We have those people out there working hard, and the Manukau City Council working hard. We even have Work and Income occasionally helping out with things. We do everything we can to help, and ...

H V ROSS ROBERTSON First of all, at the outset, I acknowledge the work that my parliamentary colleagues have done in supporting the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. In particular I acknowledge my colleague of long standing George Hawkins for his 18 years ...

MARK BLUMSKY ... streets of Wellington, I cannot believe how much graffiti is taking off and is becoming uncontrolled. I know that the Manukau City Council has spent millions of dollars on fighting graffiti. The Wellington City Council is now spending hundreds of thousands ...

PANSY WONG ... who live down there, because it gives the impression that it is a city full of problems. I want to congratulate the Manukau City Council. That is why it took up the initiative and said it wants to focus on beautifying the city. One has pride living in a ...

... think it is appropriate that I acknowledge him, seeing that he has announced his stepping down as Deputy Mayor of the Manukau City Council, which this bill is all about. I have no doubts that Mr Sio will have a lot of thoughts pertaining to this bill. I ...

Dr RICHARD WORTH ... We are faced with a most curious irony here. As I understand it, the Government plans to support the passage of the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill tonight. That is a strange and quirky outcome in the context of the deliberations that took ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER ... our prayers are with Tumu Pūtaura’s family at this time. This bill is very appropriate in terms of coming from the Manukau City Council. I take the opportunity to acknowledge the presence in the Chamber of Su’a William Sio, who is now the former Deputy ...

Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE Before I talk briefly about the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill I will, firstly, pay tribute to George Hawkins. If people listen to members on the other ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... out the next day that I am a kidnapper. But never mind. I would like to explain why the Māori Party opposes the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. We oppose the bill mainly because of the reference to giving the police extra powers. I do ...

MARTIN GALLAGHER I rise to take another call on the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. I want to acknowledge that contribution by George Hawkins, and I want to acknowledge the ...

RON MARK ... in this House listening. Specifically, the work that the Hon George Hawkins has done thus far with this bill, the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, is an indication that some people are listening. The reason I mention Lindy Palmer is ...

CHESTER BORROWS ... work. He has taken a local initiative that came out of Manurewa and has brought it to this House in the form of this Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. What really annoys the Government is the fact that it never wanted to back the bill—it ...

In Committee 12 Mar 2008

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... from Manukau, I think without exception, have supported this bill and their council. This is a cry from the Manukau City Council for some help. I also acknowledge people like the Reverend Mark Beale, who worked very hard with the Manukau ...

JUDITH COLLINS I am a Manukau City ratepayer, and as such I completely support the Manukau City Council in its attempts to try to deal with this absolute vandalism that goes on in Manukau and other areas of New Zealand. I ...

H V ROSS ROBERTSON ... I say: “Well done, Sir Barry. Your leadership is acknowledged this evening as we debate this bill, your bill, the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill.” Tagging and etching with a sharp instrument cost this country millions of dollars every ...

TAITO PHILLIP FIELD ... as I spoke earlier on the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill, it would be rather remiss of me not to speak on the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. Graffiti is not a problem that is unique to Manukau; it is a problem throughout New ....

The Chairperson reported the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill with amendment and progress on the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill.

Second Reading 27 Jun 2007

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill be now read a second time. I think this bill has come to this Parliament because of the ...

JUDITH COLLINS ... follow that concession speech. It was a concession speech, because this Labour Government did not want to support the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill, even though it was being brought to the House by George Hawkins.

JUDITH COLLINS ... on to local government. I think that is a real shame. Local council rates keep going up, although I have to say that Manukau City Council has been pretty good in trying to keep its increases under some level of control. But the council has said that it is ...

Hon PHIL GOFF ... I know how seriously he takes it, I know the effort he has put into it, and I know that he works closely with the Manukau City Council. That council regards him as an excellent local member, unlike the member for the Clevedon electorate. I also want to ...

Hon PHIL GOFF There she goes. She absolutely makes a fool of herself—in her electorate and in Parliament. I applaud Manukau City Council for its initiative. I think there is a lot in the bill that needs to be picked up and worked with, but it needs to be ...

JOHN CARTER ... the Local Government and Environment Committee says: “The Local Government and Environment Committee has examined the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill and recommends that it not be passed.” Let us have a count up. How many National people are ...

PITA PARAONE ... I do so in this case. Why? Because I am a resident of Manukau City and I pay rates. If I do have a criticism of the Manukau City Council, it is over the level of rates it is charging me. Having gone through this process as a non-voting member of the ...

... them, into their lives, and let them see beyond that horizon, then we will achieve something.” But what does the Manukau City Council do? Put in a bill to ban graffiti! Yeah, man, forward thinking! Not! So we thought we would look around ourselves, to ...

DAVE HEREORA I take this opportunity to take just a short call in this debate. I stand in support of this Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill going through its second reading. I start by using those famous words by Sir Barry Curtis: “I...

First Reading 7 Dec 2005

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to move that the bill be ...

JUDITH COLLINS Perhaps I should declare an interest in this bill, because I am one of the ratepayers of the Manukau City Council. I am very pleased to be able to support this bill, and to say to Mr Hawkins that I do not think it is so controversial;...

PITA PARAONE ... the costs associated with the problems that this bill intends to address. While I am speaking, I want to remind the Manukau City Council that although it feels great about discussing such issues with elected members of Parliament, it does have one or two ...

NANDOR TANCZOS ... bill opens a very interesting door to all kinds of weird and arbitrary powers that will now become available to the Manukau City Council. The bill introduces an age restriction. Both George Hawkins and Judith Collins talked about the fact that an age ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... to that later. I want first to look at the problem of graffiti. I am aware of the concerns that have prompted the Manukau City Council to take up this matter in the House. Indeed, as a local member I am aware that there are concerns, shared by ...

JUDY TURNER I rise on behalf of United Future to speak to the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill. I say at the outset that we will be supporting the first reading of this bill in response ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... for their contributions. I do not agree with all of them, but I think the vast majority of them believe that the Manukau City Council should have its day before the select committee, and I think that is very important. I know that there are concerns in ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Local Government and Environment Committee consider the Manukau City Council (Control of Graffiti) Bill.

Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill

Second Reading 11 Oct 2006

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill be now read a second time. Mr Assistant Speaker, you will know, as indeed I do, ...

JUDITH COLLINS ... and we get no help from central government—nothing more than the bare minimum. For the select committee to tell the Manukau City Council, and its brave Mayor Sir Barry Curtis, that it is supposed to work with central government, somehow, to find local ...

STEVE CHADWICK I am pleased to take a turn on the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill because I chaired the Local Government and Environment Committee. I will not be ...

PITA PARAONE ... Assistant Speaker. I stand on behalf of New Zealand First, and I say from the outset that we will be supporting the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill. I also want to declare a vested interest, by virtue of the fact that I am a ...

SUE BRADFORD The Green Party welcomes the recommendation of the Local Government and Environment Committee that the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill not be passed, and we will vote accordingly. This is not because we want to ...

Dr PITA SHARPLES ... The location of my electorate office is Hunters Corner, the site where the street workers who are targeted in the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill gather. I have seen sex workers, whakawahine, and trans-gender people going about ...

GORDON COPELAND This bill, the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill, has come back to Parliament because Manukau City has a very real problem with ...

TIM BARNETT I am very proud to speak in the second reading of the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill. My credentials for doing that are that I was the sponsor of the Prostitution ...

Dr PAUL HUTCHISON Thank you for the opportunity to speak on this Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill. First, I acknowledge George Hawkins for having the courage to bring in this ...

MARK BLUMSKY ... August 2007 review. I sure as heck hope—and I am sure it will happen—that all of those who made submissions on the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill will make submissions on the review process. I first of all decided on the ...

MOANA MACKEY I rise to take a call on the Manukau City Council (Control of Prostitution) Bill. I have to say I agree with the previous speaker that we all understand that the ...

First Reading 7 Dec 2005

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS I move, That the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to move that the bill ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... being drawn into the world of street prostitution, and that was highlighted in a recent television investigation. The Manukau City Council contends that such soliciting makes people feel uncomfortable and unsafe, creates unwanted attention, and is a general ...

GEORGE HAWKINS The Manukau City Council has committed itself to trying to do something about the problem of street prostitution. It has already invested ...

Hon DAVID CARTER The National Party will support the referral of the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill to the Local Government and Environment Committee. I fully agree with the words ...

Hon DAVID CARTER ... I also invite other city councils, all around New Zealand, that are striking similar problems to those recognised by Manukau City Council to come forward with local bills. I invite Ashraf Choudhary to cast a vote this time. Members should not be pressured ...

PITA PARAONE ... to oppose that legislation, for the very reasons that previous speakers have talked about. Although I commend the Manukau City Council for sponsoring this bill, I find it very ironical that it asked one of the very members who supported the original ...

PETER BROWN ... we would not have to be dealing with this bill tonight, I suspect. But we are dealing with it, and I compliment the Manukau City Council on saying that it has a problem and that it wants to address it. I say to members that, sooner rather than later, this ...

SUE BRADFORD ... want to make it very clear that the Green Party will not be supporting this bill. We think it is a disgrace that the Manukau City Council, which is often socially progressive on other issues, should scapegoat sex workers in this way and try to unilaterally ...

GORDON COPELAND ... for its first reading. I want to begin by extending my congratulations to Sir Barry Curtis and the members of the Manukau City Council for actually sitting down and asking some serious questions about the problem of soliciting for prostitution that is ...

GEORGINA BEYER ... a local bill. My colleague George Hawkins has quite rightly, as a local member, brought it forward on behalf of the Manukau City Council. That is why I am happy to support the referral of the bill to the select committee. I certainly cannot promise that I ...

Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... enable wider public debate to inform the work of the Prostitution Law Review Committee. It does not matter that the Manukau City Council’s motivation may, in the eyes of some people, be wrong. What is important is that the council has its day before the ...