Question Time 21.5.2024

1. Avocadö Princess to the Prime Omelette AP 7, PO 5 'legacy of misery and financial mismanagement' - Luxon on Labour No-cause evictions ... ducking the question' 'Will he guarantee that nobody will be made homeless?' - ö waffle ... 'thats means no' - Gary $10 billion investment $20 billion in increased assets - Gary spruiked that during the question. 'The mating call of the landlord' - Gary. 🤣
   

2. Miles Anderson to Nicola Willis MA 5, NW 5 Operating allowance = less than $3.5 billion. I have no idea what that means. 'Allowances are a net concept' 'Tax relief in the Budget will be fully funded through savings' - Nicola 'Does anyone believe that?' - Gary
   

3. Chippy to the Prime Omelette C 6, PO 5 State houses ... more ducking by the Omelette. 'More children growing up in motels' - Omelette How many of those are your kids? - Amanda 'Privatisation' - Gary 'He [the Omelette] is deliberately misleading the House' - Chippy 'We want to see more social housing in New Zealand' - Prime Omelette. Bishop picked up on this theme in a later question.
   

4. Katie Nimon to Chris Bishop KM 4, CB 6 .. he spoke well, despite the message. 'I'm listening for the words: "build new houses" - Gary He never said them, but Kieran McAnulty did in a supplementary. Kāinga Ora has appointed a new CEO, beginning on June 4. 'We do not believe that state housing can provide for all New Zealanders' - Bishop
   

5. Barbara Edmonds to Nicola Willis BE 7, NW 6 Tax cuts question. 'Our tax relief won't require extra borrowing' - Nicola 'Smug and smarmy' - Gary, reiterating that Nicola has never won a Wellington electorate, despite trying in a few different ones. 🤣 Barbara: why tax cuts instead of reducing job loss? Because she's rich - Amanda re: Nicola's trust fund. 'Shifting the burden to future taxpayers' - Barbara. Nicola is speaking well today, but she's selling the same old bullshit.
   

6. Kahurangi Carter to Karen Chour KC 5, KC2 4 Section 7AA, which was to become a recurring theme. Kahurangi got off to a nervous start, but adjusted well. 'This might undermine trust [in OT]' - Chour Then David Seymour got stuck into the wording of the question, which suggested that it would 'cripple' trust in OT. That wasn't from the report itself, but from a news article. Brownlee ruled that it was ok, so that's a rare instance where he's ruled in favour of the Greens (or any left party). Winston was out of order every time that he spoke today, and we saw him chatting with some anti-mandate type on the tiles. 'Not based on their race' - Chour. That sounded a bit like a dogwhistle. Another farce of a question! way too many points of order.
   

7. Tim Costley to Simeon The Stoat TC 5, SB 6 Roads of Regional Significance. 10 of those, on top of the two Roads of National Significance. 'The Government have made tough choices' - The Stoat 'They expect someone else to carry out their shitty ideas' - Gary.
   

8. Dr. Megan Woods to Chris Bishop MW 6, CB 6 Wind farm consent... fast-track question in disguise. 'Litigating something that happened in the early 2000's' 'The single biggest obstacle to decarbonisation ... is our planning system' - Bishop. 'They're using wind farms as a smokescreen for coal mines' - Gary. 'Scheme to the regime' - Megan Woods. Good rhyme.
   

9. Joseph Mooney to Mark Mitchell JM 4, MM 5 Strike Force Rapter... 'a laser focus on the disruption and enforcement of gangs' 'Our police officers are an extension of our communities' - Mitchell
   

10. Willow-Jean Prime to Karen Chour WJP 6, KC 5. More on Section 7AA. 'This is about making sure we're putting our young people first' - Chour. The House completely exploded after this statement, with both sides of the aisle mouthing off. Willow-Jean pointed out a lack of iwi engagement.
    

11. Laura Trask to The Pink Skull LT 5, DS 6 A patsy question. 'Charter schools are back' - Skull. The Pink Skull was in racetrack announcer mode today, rattling off figures. 'What about the evidence from NZ?' - Gary, while the Pink Skull was reciting the same Stanford evidence from the AM show.
    

12. Rawiri Waititi to the Prime Omelette RW 9, PO 4 Rawiri was really on today! Lots of fire. Section 7AA, then state housing... The Prime Omelette said something that riled people up, but Hansard isn't up to that question yet, and I didn't write it down. 'Only drunk people believe you' - Gary on the Omelette Rawiri then moved onto no-cause evictions, asking if they were pro-renters. 'We have a supply problem' - Omelette. 'It's going to increase house prices' - ö, interjecting. 'How many homes do you own?' - Gary.