Mentions of New Zealand Automobile Association in New Zealand Parliament debates
New Zealand Automobile Association has been mentioned in 46 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Road User Charges Bill
In Committee 5 Oct 2011
Hon NATHAN GUY ... an interest through the select committee process: obviously the agriculture and transport sector, the likes of the Automobile Association and the Motor Trade Association, and also the electronic service providers. So wide consultation is due to occur very ...
In Committee 4 Oct 2011
GARETH HUGHES ... would like to note, and I am quite proud to say, that the Green Party was the only party to score 10 out of 10 in the Automobile Association’s election ranking, because of our prioritisation on safer roads. Our plan would reduce congestion and deliver better ...
Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
In Committee 13 Apr 2011
Hon SHANE JONES ... It is not unreasonable for us to have a go. I know that advocates from sports clubs and from entities such as the Automobile Association will have a go at whichever Government might be in power over whether this is too heavy-handed, but we cannot trade on ...
LOUISA WALL ... starts to drive. I support the position of Federated Farmers, which will probably shock some people over there, the Automobile Association, and Students Against Drunk Driving, who totally oppose raising the minimum driving age because of the impact on their ...
Second Reading 6 Apr 2011
Hon SHANE JONES ... impose a disproportionately large penalty on our Māori men and women—youngsters. We already know, according to the Automobile Association statistics, that there is a different approach in relation to some of the skills and the orientations shown in the way ...
Hon SHANE JONES ... rules should not be changed. We recently heard from an Australian expert who came over. I met that person whilst the Automobile Association staged its conference down in Te Wai Pounamu, in Queenstown. That expert was very, very judicious, unlike the ...
Hon SHANE JONES ... because they cannot handle it. Who else might it have been? At the drop of a hat I would recognise that the Automobile Association is a very proud organisation capable of exerting a considerable level of influence, and its members are very open with ...
GARETH HUGHES I say to Mr Woodhouse that the Automobile Association is a really interesting point. The fact is that most of its members sign up to get its roadside assistance. I am not ...
MICHAEL WOODHOUSE ... caused an accident where they were at fault? Even in the Safer Journeys document, in which the Automobile Association produced some data to support their position that at this stage 0.08 should not be dropped, the Ministry of Transport ...
Alcohol Reform Bill
First Reading 11 Nov 2010
Hon JIM ANDERTON ... motor vehicles, make sure that intoxication will not prevent them from driving their cars and get one’s mates in the Automobile Association to back that position. The first page of the Law Commission report states: “Alcohol is a legalised drug with the ...
Whanganui Iwi (Whanganui (Kaitoke) Prison and Northern Part of Whanganui Forest) On-account Settlement Bill
Second Reading 7 Sep 2010
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA ... been replaced with “Whanganui”. Over the coming years “Whanganui” will subsume “Wanganui” in all legislation, on all Automobile Association signposts, and in the consciousness of all people. History will look back at the objection to changing the name ...
Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Bill 2009
In Committee 26 Aug 2010
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL
...ed: the Motor Trade Association, the Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers Association, the Motor Industry Association, the New Zealand Automobile Association, and Consumer New Zealand. That is not a full list, but it shows us the degree of stakeholder engagement in a really ...
... Trade Association, the Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers Association, the Motor Industry Association, the New Zealand Automobile Association, and Consumer New Zealand. That is not a full list, but it shows us the degree of stakeholder engagement in a really ...
Third Reading 26 Aug 2010
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL
... the Motor Trade Association, the Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers Association, the Motor Industry Association, the New Zealand Automobile Association, and Consumer New Zealand, amongst many others.
I think the importance of the process was that those particular major ...
... Trade Association, the Independent Motor Vehicle Dealers Association, the Motor Industry Association, the New Zealand Automobile Association, and Consumer New Zealand, amongst many others.
I think the importance of the process was that those particular ...
Tourism
New Zealand—Clean, Green Image 23 Mar 2010
Kelvin Davis What position does he believe guided tours of mines in the conservation estate will take up in the Automobile Association’s list of 101 places in New Zealand to visit?
Climate Change (Government Vehicle Procurement) Bill
First Reading 18 Nov 2009
JEANETTE FITZSIMONS ... Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy proposed to set a standard of 170 grams per kilometre. I looked up the Automobile Association’s magazine and found that 129 models are on the market in New Zealand now that meet that standard, which is the same ...
Vehicle Confiscation and Seizure Bill
In Committee 21 Oct 2009
CAROL BEAUMONT ... which was particularly profound in Christchurch, and from the submissions made by various organisations, such as the Automobile Association, the New Zealand Police, and the Police Association. In speaking to Part 3, I have to note that no submissions were ...
Sentencing (Vehicle Confiscation) Amendment Bill, Summary Proceedings (Vehicle Seizure) Amendment Bill, Privacy Amendment Bill - Third Readings
Third Readings 21 Oct 2009
DARIEN FENTON
... submitters are big organisations. One was the Police Association, as I have mentioned, and the other one was the New Zealand Automobile Association. It said that it did not favour crushing vehicles. It said that it was a Draconian measure motivated by revenge, ...
... are big organisations. One was the Police Association, as I have mentioned, and the other one was the New Zealand Automobile Association. It said that it did not favour crushing vehicles. It said that it was a Draconian measure motivated by revenge, ...
Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill
Third Reading 20 Oct 2009
DARIEN FENTON ... considered. All members, I am sure, who have any interest in road or transport safety, as I do, will have read the Automobile Association’s report, Saving Ourselves, and its submission on the transport safety consultation, Safer Journeys, ...
Second Reading 13 Oct 2009
DARIEN FENTON ... concerns about illegal street racing. It is a nuisance to people who live in those areas, and so on. I commend the Automobile Association for its very thought-provoking submission to the committee on this bill and the vehicle confiscation legislation. Its ...
Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill
Third Reading 28 Sep 2011
GARETH HUGHES ... mean? And what we are seeing is a philosophical debate. I do not see students associations as being like the Automobile Association—just providing a service. I see them more as a representative body, more akin to local government, or a local board at ...
Third Reading 28 Sep 2011
Hon HEATHER ROY ... free to choose whether they join an organisation that, as an incorporated society, has the same legal status as the Automobile Association or the SPCA. We do not force motorists to join the Automobile Association before they can own a car, or force pet ...
In Committee 3 Aug 2011
LOUISE UPSTON ... are entitled to have their choice, just like with any other organisation, whether it is a union, Greenpeace, or the Automobile Association. Voluntary membership does not stop those organisations from delivering the vital services that I know students ...
In Committee 23 Mar 2011
DAVID CLENDON ... able to enjoy them. Like many other New Zealanders and, indeed, other members in this House, I am a member of the Automobile Association. In the event that on a wet morning my car fails to start, I can phone for a nice man in a van to come and get me ...
First Reading 23 Sep 2009
Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS ... a residents association; they should be free to decide whether they should join the local tennis club or join the Automobile Association. Over time we have come to respect the importance of freedom of association. We in this House have ratified the ...
Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS ... are doing all right. If a students association wants to provide services to its members, it should go for it. The Automobile Association does it particularly well. Indeed, if students associations really do such an amazing job, then many students will ...
Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS ... could be given membership cards that allow them access to certain services free at the point of consumption. The Automobile Association does exactly that and so do the trade unions. Why is it beyond students associations? In the third place, many of the ...
Taxation (International Taxation, Life Insurance, and Remedial Matters) Bill
Third Reading 17 Sep 2009
AARON GILMORE ... That is the change to the GST treatment of loyalty points. Anybody can have a Fly Buys card, a BP rewards card, an Automobile Association rewards card, or whatever. This bill has some changes to the GST treatment of loyalties schemes. That might not mean ...
Road User Charges Amendment Bill
Second Reading 4 Aug 2009
MICHAEL WOODHOUSE ... on the bill. Consultation was sought. It was sought from an organisation that represents 1.2 million road users, the Automobile Association. It was also sought from the Bus and Coach Association and the Road Transport Forum, both of which are very large ...
General Debate 27 May 2009
Hon JUDITH COLLINS ... good, law-abiding people of Christchurch, the good, law-abiding people from one end of the country to the other, the Automobile Association, and the people who have to pick up the pieces—the St John’s ambulance staff and the police—they have to be supported. ...
Appropriation (2008/09 Estimates) Bill
Third Reading 6 Aug 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING ... But wait, there is more. Some of us remember, earlier this year, that Maurice Williamson made it clear, at the Automobile Association conference at Mount Cook, that climate change was a hoax as far as he was concerned. A few days later Lockwood Smith ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 29 Jul 2008
KEITH LOCKE ... particularly because of the petrol price increase. The price for motoring has now gone up substantially. The Automobile Association says costs have gone up over the last year by $614 per motorist for those who travel about 14,000 kilometres a year. ...
Land Transport Management Amendment Bill 2007
In Committee 1 Jul 2008
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... committees by road users. It was brought to our attention along the way by the Road Transport Forum and by the Automobile Association that their people pay for all of this, and I guess that is exactly right. It is the motorcar driver and the ...
COLIN KING ... be able to see that the ability of the local region is taken on board and that we are not stymied completely. The Automobile Association has recognised this area as the No. 1 priority. When trucks come off the State highway and turn into this particular ...
Second Reading 26 Jun 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING ... priority attached to activities when making decisions on the National Land Transport Programme. Groups such as the Automobile Association, the Road Transport Forum, and local government made strong submissions about the need to be involved in decision-making...
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... from that. I think it was a coming together of all the political parties, and the fact that organisations like the Automobile Association had campaigned so heavily for it. So there is that, and there are a whole lot of things with regard to the aligning ...
General Debate 2 Apr 2008
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL ... individual party members are not willing to say where they stand on the issue. When asked about climate change at the Automobile Association’s annual meeting last week Maurice Williamson refused to answer, saying he wanted to stay a member of the National ...
Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Bill
First Reading 18 Oct 2007
SANDRA GOUDIE
... am only just starting to look at a very, very small part of all of the different aspects relating to this bill.
The New Zealand Automobile Association Inc. also made some sensible recommendations, which have been reiterated here. It recommends doubling the duration of ...
... starting to look at a very, very small part of all of the different aspects relating to this bill.
The New Zealand Automobile Association Inc. also made some sensible recommendations, which have been reiterated here. It recommends doubling the duration of ...
Biofuel Bill
First Reading 16 Oct 2007
JACQUI DEAN ... imported cars—I am one of them—and having to pay more just because they own an older car is patently unfair. The Automobile Association of New Zealand put out a table on biofuel compatible cars, and notes some interesting things. The list applies only to ...
Energy
Biofuels—Compulsory Requirement 24 Jul 2008
Peter Brown Is the Minister aware of the submission made to the select committee by the Automobile Association, and, noting that the association represents one million - odd motorists in this country, can he advise whether ...
Hon DAVID PARKER The Automobile Association raised proper concerns about biofuels at some levels being incompatible with vehicles. It is clear that biofuels at ...
Biofuel—Prime Minister’s Announcements 15 Feb 2007
Peter Brown Is the Minister aware of the six possible concerns the Automobile Association has in regard to biofuels; if he is, will he comment on the first three, which revolve around price, vehicle ...
Hon DAVID PARKER Certainly. The concerns of the Automobile Association are proper; it has to protect the interests of its members. In respect of price, it is not expected that the price of ...
Transport Safety
Road Accidents—Young Drivers 14 Nov 2006
Gordon Copeland Is the Minister familiar with the call by the Automobile Association—with its 1.2 million members and associates—the Insurance Council, the Accident Compensation Corporation, and the ...
Budget Debate 24 May 2006
PETER BROWN ... hurts—reneged on that. And last year, in 2005, when Don Brash announced the National Party’s voting policy at the Automobile Association convention, he had the audacity to stand and say that Labour had closed the door on the transfer and had cancelled it. ...
Budget Debate 23 May 2006
DIANNE YATES ... 5 years, in addition to what is being spent now, is a very good step in the right direction. Simon Lambourne of the Automobile Association said that he thinks the Government deserves praise for this Budget. He said it was a fantastic Budget for transport, ...
MARTIN GALLAGHER ... proud of our great country, New Zealand? I now turn to the positive. “On behalf of New Zealand motorists, the Automobile Association congratulates the Government and Dr Cullen on the Budget 2006. There is now more money being spent on transport than ...
General Debate 3 May 2006
PETER BROWN ... out and buy smaller cars, as some people have suggested, because the loss of capital value is huge. I note that the Automobile Association has taken up this issue since the election. The Automobile Association is an organisation that represents over 1 ...
Human Tissue (Organ Donation) Amendment Bill
First Reading 3 May 2006
JUDY TURNER ... this means. This bill is long overdue. For years we have put up with the silly situation whereby upon going into an Automobile Association office to sign up for a driver’s licence, we suddenly, often unexpectedly, are faced with the chance to tick a box and ...
General Debate 22 Feb 2006
Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON ... although we have done our bit, but from just any other organisation one might wish to name: Federated Farmers, the Automobile Association, the regional councils, and a number of other organisations that are absolutely in a state of crisis—and the ...
Transport
State Highways—Safety Ratings 24 Jun 2010
Hon STEVEN JOYCE I am pleased that this morning I had the opportunity to release, in conjunction with the Automobile Association, the KiwiRAP star rating report. For the first time New Zealanders have access to a comprehensive star-based rating ...
Street Racing—Deterrents 27 May 2009
Hon STEVEN JOYCE ... themselves. The police have said that this new legislation will make a significant difference to the problem. The Automobile Association has welcomed the legislation, saying: “The legislative changes will send a very clear message to illegal street racers”....
Western Ring Route, Auckland—Progress 10 Apr 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING Last month I listened to the Opposition spokesperson on transport, Maurice Williamson, speaking at the Automobile Association conference. He said it was “a bloody disgrace” how little progress had been made in joining up Auckland’s roading ...
Hon ANNETTE KING At the Automobile Association conference the same Opposition spokesperson, before being slippery about his climate change beliefs, said that the ...
Hon ANNETTE KING At the Automobile Association conference, before Maurice Williamson—
Hon ANNETTE KING At the Automobile Association conference, before Mr Williamson refused to disclose his views about climate change, he said that the National Party ...
Carbon Emissions—Transport Sector 1 Apr 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING Last Friday I listened to National’s transport spokesperson, Maurice Williamson, talking to the Automobile Association’s annual meeting. When he was asked about climate change he refused to answer, saying he wanted to stay a member of ...
Vehicle Noise—Reports 5 Mar 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING ... push the objective noise-testing of vehicles that have modified exhaust systems. I have also seen a report from the Automobile Association supporting the 90-decibel limit being applied to newly imported vehicles but not to the existing vehicle fleet.
Road Toll—Trucking 11 Dec 2007
Jeanette Fitzsimons ... thorough study that the Minister proposes, when will she be consulting road users such as cyclists, pedestrians, the Automobile Association, and other ordinary motorists, rather than just the private trucking company stakeholders that form 55 out of the 61 ...
Drugs—Driving Under the Influence 9 Oct 2007
Hon ANNETTE KING I have seen a transcript of an interview with Simon Lambourne from the Automobile Association, who said that there is obviously a significant problem with drug-driving in New Zealand that needs to be addressed. I ...
Transit New Zealand—State Highway Construction Programme 16 Feb 2006
Hon Maurice Williamson Will one of the actions the Minister takes be to follow the advice of a number of august bodies, such as the Automobile Association, Federated Farmers, and others, who all yesterday asked the Minister to move over more of the dedicated petrol tax ...
Land Transport—Funding 13 Dec 2005
Peter Brown ... underfunded when the National Party was last in power, and has he read the Allen report commissioned by the Automobile Association that clearly indicates there are huge economic and social gains by investing in roading, and will the Minister follow ...