Mentions of Southland Times in New Zealand Parliament debates
Southland Times has been mentioned in 25 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Valedictory Statements 29 Sep 2011
Hon HEATHER ROY ... and that he had been asked to pay. We agreed to swap bills when I was next in the south. We duly did so, and a Southland Times photographer kindly immortalised the moment for us. Just for the record, despite constant speculation,...
Social Development and Employment
Unemployment—Minister’s Statement 22 Mar 2011
Hon PAULA BENNETT It is very good, to the point where just a few days after the meeting Mayor Frana Cardno of Southland was quoted in Southland Times as saying: “We congratulate central government for recognising the importance of our youth programmes …”.
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 27 Jul 2010
Hon LUAMANUVAO WINNIE LABAN ... Southland to lodge a case with the Human Rights Commission about cuts to home help in Southland, as reported by the Southland Times today. It comes after a huge number of stories about how the cuts are impacting on our elderly right ...
Finance
Economy—Monetary Policy Statement Projections 16 Mar 2010
Hon BILL ENGLISH ... audience of over 200 people at the Invercargill Working Men’s Club. The other day I saw a photo on page 15 of the Southland Times showing the Hon David Cunliffe addressing about six people at the same venue.
Health
Neurosurgery Services—Dunedin Hospital 5 Aug 2010
Hon Pete Hodgson ... when you make judgment on it, Mr Speaker, please consider that it is very, very funny. I seek leave to table today’s Southland Times cartoon.
Health Services—Minister’s Statements 24 Mar 2010
Hon Ruth Dyson I seek leave to table a third document, which is the letter to the Southland Times that I referred to in my first supplementary question from Lisa Gray in relation to her mother’s home support cuts.
Mr SPEAKER Can I check whether that letter was published in the Southland Times?
Health Services—Access 25 Feb 2010
Hon Ruth Dyson It is Mr Peter Harding, an 81-year-old Invercargill man, as reported in the Southland Times yesterday.
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 5 Aug 2009
Hon LUAMANUVAO WINNIE LABAN ... theme I touched on in the general debate this afternoon, and that is care for the elderly. I quote a headline in the Southland Times: “Home support faces razor”. We all know that Tony Ryall’s razor is not blunt. That media release ...
General Debate 5 Aug 2009
Hon LUAMANUVAO WINNIE LABAN ... home-based support to our elderly while they are still able to remain in their own homes. In April this year the Southland Times reported in its headline: “Home support faces razor”, and we all know that Tony Ryall’s razor ain’t ...
Police
Police—Resourcing 24 Jun 2009
Hon Clayton Cosgrove ... note part of the drive to cut $21 million from their $1.5 billion annual budget. It is a 19 June 2009 report from the Southland Times.
Mr SPEAKER Leave is sought to table a report from the Southland Times. Is there any objection to that course of action? There is objection.
General Debate 8 Apr 2009
Hon PETE HODGSON ... that he would get himself out of his interests in New Zealand Aviation, and then, when she reported that in the Southland Times, he said she must have misunderstood him. Well, Mr Assistant Speaker Roy, you and I both know the ...
Social Assistance (Payment of New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran's Pension Overseas) Amendment Bill
First Reading 31 Mar 2009
SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... Review on 27 February this year stated: “Stopping super payment inevitable”. Another quote from the Southland Times on 25 February stated: “Key won’t rule out Super Fund suspension”. These kinds of headlines only ...
General Debate 16 Apr 2008
Hon MARYAN STREET ... is a vital part of the reforms. Insurers, like everyone, are in business to make a buck.” That was from the Southland Times in 1998. Let me just go back a little further to 1993, when an article written by Brent Edwards for ...
General Debate 20 Feb 2008
Hon JIM ANDERTON ... policy. How would he ever hold up his head in the areas in which he has walked before? What about Bill English? The Southland Times said: “When National Party finance spokesman Bill ambled across the paddock, Mr Key quickly told him ‘I...
Hon RUTH DYSON ... opposite to a different audience. He must think that we do not get the papers. He must think that nobody reads the Southland Times. Lesley Soper reads the Southland Times. She makes sure that we know what is in the ...
Agriculture
Meat Industry—Meat: The Future 30 Jun 2009
Mr SPEAKER Is this a press report from the Southland Times that the member is seeking to table? From when?
Mr SPEAKER Leave is sought to table a Southland Times press report from 15 February 2008. Is there any objection? There is objection.
Meat Industry—Restructuring 20 Feb 2008
Hon JIM ANDERTON I have seen one report from the Southland Times last Friday of a promise of a so-called “financial umbrella” to help meat companies form a megamerger. The “financial ...
Hon JIM ANDERTON I have seen none, because the analysis has obviously not been done; Mr Key just made the policy up on the spot. The Southland Times report states: “When National Party finance spokesman Bill English ambled across the paddock’’—presumably in his ...
Hon JIM ANDERTON The Southland Times gave us that report—
Tertiary Education
Tertiary Education—Funding 18 Dec 2007
Dr Paul Hutchison I seek leave to table the Southland Times article that states: “… Lesley Soper has accused Southern Institute of Technology chief executive Penny Simmonds of ‘gam...
Real Estate Agents Bill
First Reading 12 Dec 2007
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE ... openness, accountability, and independence. The media have picked up on these public concerns. I quote from the Southland Times: “It is almost a test of stamina to see whether the community can muster any sense of actual outrage, rather than just ...
Appropriation (Continuation of Interim Meaning of Funding for Parliamentary Purposes) Bill
Second Reading 13 Nov 2007
Hon DARREN HUGHES ... question time, they would not be spending the money. They would stop now. There would be no more advertising. The Southland Times would not carry advertisements that tell people where to go to see Eric Roy MP at a constituency clinic, because that ...
Environment
Hazardous Materials—Playgrounds, Sportsgrounds, and Parks 18 Jun 2009
... leave to table two documents. One is a statement made by Rt Hon Simon Upton on 15 October 1999 in an article in the Southland Times.
Water—Tradability 28 Mar 2007
Te Ururoa Flavell I seek leave to table an article from the Southland Times of 24 March 2007 in which NgāiTahu accused the Government of injecting fear into the community by suggesting that Māori...
Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill 2004
In Committee 15 Mar 2007
SANDRA GOUDIE ... of the things it covers is exempt organisations. In looking at that, I am reminded of a comment that was made in the Southland Times, a glib explanation from the Minister for Disability Issues, Ruth Dyson, in regard to the Disabled Persons Employment ...
Supplementary Estimates - Imprest Supply Debate
Imprest Supply Debate 20 Jun 2006
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... On 19 June Tony Ryall said we should spend more money to train doctors. On 13 June Jacqui Dean was reported in the Southland Times as saying that we just have to give the health boards more money so they can pay the doctors more. She said that if we ...
Taxation (Depreciation, Payment Dates Alignment, FBT, and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
In Committee 21 Mar 2006
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS ... what Mr Tisch talked about. But, of course, they might know a bit about racing, and the member does not. Even the Southland Times—way down in the far reaches of the deep south, which is a very forgotten territory, but no more when it comes to racing—...
Prime Minister
Energy, Transport, Climate Change Issues, Ministers—Confidence 21 Mar 2006
Rt Hon HELEN CLARK ... In respect of that particular station, I have passed no view on whether it should proceed. I actually told the Southland Times that itwas a commercial matter for the company.