Question Time 03.06.2025

Perhaps National could use their penchant for urgency to do some good and advance the Human Rights kaupapa that keeps me coming to Question Time? - Dakta's 75 now. Turned up with his dog, Buddy. Spent the first half eyeballing National, then switched to watch the second half from above them. Act and NZ First have switched ends. The Pink Skull is now sitting beside the Prime Omelette as the new Deputy Prime Minister. Round of standing applause for Jim Bolger's 90th birthday. - Hana raised a motion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tainui settlement. Brownlee denied it. - 1. Chloe to Prime Omelette CS 6, PO 4 The Omelette deliberately averted his gaze from me, but tried a few cheap shots nonetheless. 'The government's economic plan is working ... 240,000 new jobs in seven years ... maximum value for every dollar that we spend.' - Omelette. Kiwisaver contributions: the ultimate middle-class debate! 2. Chippy to Prime Omelette C 7, PO 3 'Most significant investment in learning support in generations' - Omelette. What about the $250 a fortnight from their 2023 election promises? 'I don't have the numbers with me' ... Labour's asserting that nobody has been paid that much, and quoted something to that effect. 'Pay parity still exists at ECE' - Omelette 'Pay tax on your summer house!' - Gary 3. McClure to Van Velden LM 4, BVV 4 Work safety. WorkSafe is being changed from an enforcement agency to an advisory body. 'WorkSafe are onboard with the changes' - Brooke. Lots of jargon, and a strange fixation on finding errant traffic cones. 4. Lu to Willis NL 4, NW 4 Investment boost. 'We lack the machinery etc. ... to lift NZ's capital stock' - Nicola. 5. Edmonds to Willis BE 6, NW 4 Pay equity. Nicola says that the billions of dollars were potential, as none of those claims had progressed to a point where the government was actively compensating people. Wage growth? 'Slightly lower, but starts from a higher place' - Nicola. 6. Weenink to Bish VW -, CB - Switched sides to see our political allies. 'Making it easier to consent a quarry or mine' - Bishop. 7. Unkovich to Jonesy TU 5, SJ 4 Energy security. Jonesy gave a questionable answer which became a long point of order. 'We are the first nation to transition from gas to imported coal ... ideological sludge doesn't make a good engine' - Jonesy. 'Pigs can fly' - Chloe. 8. Ayesha to Doocey AV 6, MD 3 Doocey stepping in for Slimeon, as someone that knows something about health. 'Our focus is on putting patients first' - Doocey. Only 1 in 10 got timely treatment for a heart attack at Middlemore. - Ayesha. $3.6 million request for support by Middlemore hospital was declined? No, it was a 'quality report sent to a quality committee' - Doocey. I think that means that it hasn't been signed off, but the left aren't hopeful. 9. Campbell to Stanford HC 5, ES 5 More about the learning support boost. 'Budget 2025 delivers a learning support coordinator' for every school with pupils from Year 0-8. 'Teachers are asking us for this support, and we are delivering it' - Erica. Early intervention has been boosted to the end of Year 1. 10. Marama to Omelette MD 7, PO 4 'Strong, growing economy' - Omelette. Child poverty? 'Cutting wasteful spending' - Omelette .. yes, that was part of his answer, though I've obviously taken it out of context. 'You're growing inequality' - Chloe. 11. Tinetti to Van Velden JT 6, BVV 3 WorkSafe. Brooke seemed prone to cherrypicking evidence. There was a lot of chatter about how we weren't as safe or as productive as Australia, without mentioning that Indigenous people barely have rights over there. 'My intention with this policy is worker safety ... not tick-box exercises' - Brooke. 12. Garcia to Potaka PG 5, TP 4 Removal of sustainable tenancies at Kāinga Ora. 63 tenancies terminated for disruptive behaviour, up significantly from the single-digit figures of previous years. 'Communities [were] living in angst and fear' - Tama. Rawiri got up to seek advice from the Clerk, but didn't put in a point of order.