Te Pāti Māori held a small protest about the Treaty Principles Bill, which was introduced during Question Time today. I rolled up around 1:10pm and saw a little bit before ducking down to the Cenotaph to have a sesh. A healthy number of the group came to Question Time. Gary said that moments like this are virtually the only time that the majority of the audience is Māori, while the House is a very hostile space for TPM the rest of the time. Some woman from the NSW legislature was sitting in the Speaker's Gallery. Kahurangi's Member's Bill about copyright and satire was also introduced. This Bill is intended to alter the Copyright Act 1994 so that copyright-protected works can be used for the purpose of satire. That's great news: joining the rest of the world. I don't really need that, but I'm guessing that the Dakumentary stirred up some shit. Probably the Prime Omelette moaning about me (as he often does). I reckon we're a great comedy pair: we're quite alike, but the subtle differences = leftie transvestite versus egg man. - 1. Marcroft to Peters JM 4, WP 4 US election 'will have a significant impact on New Zealand' - Winston. 'Two old men shouting at clouds' - Gary on Trump and Peters. Teanau: will he commit to not joining AUKUS? Winston waffled ... 'you're not paying attention' - Ricardo. Winston said something insulting to Ricardo, but I didn't write it down. 2. Julie Anne to Nicola JM 6, NW 4 Ferries. Potential cost impacts of cancelling the Hyundai deal ... 'the advice we received has been proactively published' - Nicola. Thousands more trucks on the roads if there are no rail-enabled ferries. 'magic carpet' - Gary's description of Nicola's solution. 'Decisions have not been made by Cabinet' - Nicola. 3. Edmonds to Willis BE 7, NW 4
'Letting inflation getting a grip on the economy was so damaging' - Nicola. 'Answer the question' - Gary. Treaty Principles ... not her responsibility. Barbara asked about the cost of the Select Committee process. 4. Campbell to Willis HC 5, NW 5 Core Crown revenue = $330 billion, but there's a $4.2 billion deficit. 'Driving growth is a really important part of the equation' - Nicola. 5. Ricardo to Upston RM 6, LU 3 Lifting 17,000 children out of poverty by 2026/2027. Yeah, right... 'I'm really proud of the government school lunch program ... I'm proud of Budget 2024' - Upston. 6. Verrall to Costello AV 6, CC 3 Gary loves this question. Said it was probably over people's heads, though. 'The member continues to fixate on old news ... headline-catching, misdirecting slogans' - Costello. 'She should be able to say who wrote it, and who provided her that document' - Ayesha. Winston jumped in with some really baffling supplementaries. Brownlee announced at the start of today that he hasn't ejected anyone yet, but he's getting really close. 7. Redmayne to Reti SR1 6, SR2 6 Breast cancer screening has been extended to women aged 70-74. 'I don't think it's an accident that they introduced the [Treaty Principles] Bill on a day when Te Pāti Māori had no questions.' - Gary. 8. Kieran to Potaka KMA 7, TP 4 What's happening to the people leaving emergency housing? 'All those [1254?] children were placed into warm, dry homes' - Tama 'How is homelessness a sign of success?' - Gary. 9. Van Der Molen to Mitchell TV 4, MM 4 3 Mongols members were arrested in Christchurch yesterday. Police attempting to prevent Mongols from entering the country. 'We are lucky in this country to have a world-class police force' - Mitchell. 10. Trask to McKee LT 5, MW 4 Money laundering is being made easier for small business by loosening the regulatory requirements and folding all the processes into the DIA, rather than three separate agencies. This was mentioned last week as well, I think. McKee said this was to 'reduce the high compliance costs,' but I got the distinct sense that this would also result in the small businesses filing less paperwork. 11. Peeni to Potaka PH 7, TP 3 'I stand by the Government and Cabinet's decision' - Potaka 'Do you stand by what you're doing to our nation?' - Debbie. The coalition is cutting jobs at Te Arawhiti. Helmut Modlik was in the Speaker's Gallery: he got up and gestured like he was brushing off his shoulder at Tama. His entourage revealed some protest signage under their shirts, and also walked off. It was quite theatrical. 12. Mooney to Potaka JM 5, TP 5 NZ's 11th great walk has been officially opened. As conservation minister, Tama has four goals: Targeting investment. Generating revenue. Strengthening relationships. Reducing green and red tape. And that's a wrap. Sorry it's late: my laptop is busted, so I can't take it around with me atm.
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