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Order Paper - Opening of Parliament


Order Paper

WEDNESDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2011 The House meets at 11 am

ORDER OF BUSINESS (State Opening day)

BUSINESS IS AS FOLLOWS (a) The Speaker reports the Speaker’s confirmation in office and any other communication from His Excellency the Governor-General:

(b) The House awaits a message from the Governor-General requesting its attendance on His Excellency:

(c) On returning to the House, the Speaker reports to the House the Governor-General’s speech:

(d) The presentation of petitions and papers and the introduction of bills may be announced:

(e) Government notices relating to the appointment of the Deputy Speaker, Assistant Speakers and the reinstatement of business may be considered.

(f) The Address in Reply may be moved at 2.00pm

ADDRESS IN REPLY

Motion for an Address in Reply to His Excellency theGovernor-General’s Speech from the Throne Specified party leaders 30 mins each Members making maiden speeches 15 mins each Other members 10 mins each Whole debate 19 hrs

GOVERNMENT ORDERS OF THE DAY Wednesday, 21 December 2011 2

GOVERNMENT ORDERS OF THE DAY

1. Government Notice of Motion No 1 (Deputy Speaker to be appointed) 10 m speeches

2. Government Notice of Motion No 2 (Assistant Speaker to be appointed) 10 m speeches

3. Government Notice of Motion No 3 (Assistant Speaker to be appointed) 10 m speeches

4. Government Notice of Motion No 4 (Business reinstated) 10 m speeches 3 Wednesday, 21 December 2011

NOTICES OF MOTION GOVERNMENT

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1. Hon GERRY BROWNLEE to move, That Eric Wilbur Roy be appointed Deputy Speaker. (Lodged 20 December 2011)

2. Hon GERRY BROWNLEE to move, That William Lindsay Tisch be appointed Assistant Speaker. (Lodged 20 December 2011)

3. Hon GERRY BROWNLEE to move, That Harold Valentine Ross Robertson be appointed Assistant Speaker. (Lodged 20 December 2011)

4. Hon GERRY BROWNLEE to move, That the following business be reinstated:


Bills
Administration of Community Sentences and Orders Bill
Airports (Cost Recovery for Processing of International Travellers) Bill
Alcohol Reform Bill
Antarctica (Environmental Protection: Liability Annex) Amendment Bill
Arms Amendment Bill (No 3)
Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms and Import Controls) Amendment Bill
Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Bill
Biosecurity Law Reform Bill
Building Amendment Bill (No 3)
Building Amendment Bill (No 4)
Child Support Amendment Bill
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Bill (No 6)
Citizenship Amendment Bill
Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
Commerce Commission (International Co-operation, and Fees) Bill
Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill
Consumer Guarantees Amendment Bill
Consumer Law Reform Bill
Corrections Amendment Bill
Crown Entities Reform Bill
Crown Minerals (Protection of Public Conservation Land Listed in the Fourth Schedule)
Amendment Bill
Crown Pastoral Land (Rent for Pastoral Leases) Amendment Bill
Cultural Property (Protection in Armed Conflict) Bill
Customs and Excise (Joint Border Management Information Sharing and Other Matters)
Amendment Bill
Defence Amendment Bill
Depleted Uranium (Prohibition) Bill
Domestic Violence Reform Bill
Electronic Identity Verification Bill
Employment Relations (Rest Breaks and Meal Breaks) Amendment Bill
Employment Relations (Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Bill
Environment Canterbury (Democracy Restoration) Amendment Bill
Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Bill
Fair Trading (Soliciting on Behalf of Charities) Amendment Bill
Financial Markets Conduct Bill
Food Bill
Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill
Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2)
Game Animal Council Bill
Geneva Conventions (Third Protocol—Red Crystal Emblem) Amendment Bill
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill (No 2)
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill
Housing Corporation Amendment Bill
Human Rights Amendment Bill
Hutt City Council (Graffiti Removal) Bill
Identity Information Confirmation Bill
Inquiries Bill
Insolvency Practitioners Bill
International Finance Agreements Amendment Bill
Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Bill
Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill
Legal Assistance (Sustainability) Amendment Bill
Legislation Bill
Local Electoral Amendment Bill
Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill
Māori Trustee and Māori Development Amendment Bill
Marine Reserves (Consultation with Stakeholders) Amendment Bill
Marine Reserves Bill
Medicines Amendment Bill
Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Bill
Military Manoeuvres Act Repeal Bill
Mokomoko (Restoration of Character, Mana, and Reputation) Bill
National Animal Identification and Tracing Bill
Natural Health Products Bill
New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Amendment Bill
Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill
Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill
Ngai Tāmanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill
Ngāti Mākino Claims Settlement Bill
Ngāti Manawa and Ngāti Whare Claims Settlement Bill
Ngāti Pāhauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill
Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill
Non-bank Deposit Takers Bill
Patent Attorneys Bill
Patents Bill
Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (Redirecting Prisoner Compensation) Amendment Bill
Privacy (Information Sharing) Bill
Public Health Bill
Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill
Register of Pecuniary Interests of Judges Bill
Regulatory Reform Bill
Regulatory Reform (Repeals) Bill
Regulatory Standards Bill
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill
Road User Charges Bill
Royal Society of New Zealand Amendment Bill
Search and Surveillance Bill
Sentencing (Aggravating Factors) Amendment Bill
Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Waitaki Easter Trading) Amendment Bill
Smoke-free Environments (Removing Tobacco Displays) Amendment Bill
Social Assistance (Living Alone Payments) Amendment Bill
Social Security Amendment Bill (No 3)
South Taranaki District Council (Cold Creek Rural Water Supply) Bill
Southland District Council (Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy) Empowering Bill
Spending Cap (People’s Veto) Bill
Standards and Accreditation Bill
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2)
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3)
Student Loan Scheme Amendment Bill
Subantarctic Islands Marine Reserves Bill
Sustainable Biofuel Bill
Taxation (Annual Rates, Returns Filing, and Remedial Matters) Bill
Taxation (Income-sharing Tax Credit) Bill
Taxation (International Investment and Remedial Matters) Bill
Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill
Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill
Trustee Amendment Bill
Victims of Crime Reform Bill

Petitions

Commerce Committee
Petition 2008/128 of Deborah Harcus on behalf of the Eden Terrace Business Association Inc
Petition 2008/132 of Genevieve McClean on behalf of the Save the Grey Lynn Post Office
Working Group
Petition 2008/134 of Allen Hair
Petition 2008/136 of Andrea Deeth
Petition 2008/137 of Duncan Macdonald
Petition 2008/142 of Johannes Jozef Rikkerink
Petition 2008/143 of Lois Griffiths and 382 others
Education and Science Committee
Petition 2008/139 of Judy Taligalu McFall-McCaffery and John McCaffery and 6,686 others
Finance and Expenditure Committee
Petition 2008/145 of Vaughan Gunson and 38,297 others
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Petition 2008/129 of Helen Kelly on behalf of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Government Administration Committee
Petition 2008/119 of Donald James Rowlands and 891 others
Health Committee
Petition 2008/148 of Geoff Annals on behalf of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Service
and Food Workers Union Ngā Ringa Tota
Local Government and Environment Committee
Petition 2005/168 of Metiria Turei
Petition 2008/135 of Sue Kedgley
Primary Production Committee
Petition 2008/45 of David Mark Wills
Petition 2008/117 of Neville Donaldson on behalf of SFWU Ngā Ringa
Petition 2008/146 of Sorrel Davies
Social Services Committee
Petition 2008/116 of Moana Jean Karika Rule
Transport and Industrial Relations Committee
Petition 2008/138 of George Laird
Petition 2008/140 of George William Stanley King and 40 others
Petition 2008/141 of Norman Harvey Wilkins
Petition 2008/147 of Geoff Houtman
Petition 2008/149 of Darryl Monteith on behalf of the Gisborne Rail Action Group
Petition 2008/150 of Vivienne Shepherd
Petition 2008/151 of Loretia Pomare on behalf of Save Kapiti and the Alliance for Sustainable Kapiti

2010/11 financial reviews referred to committees

Commerce Committee
Commerce Commission
Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited
Genesis Power Limited
Government Superannuation Fund Authority
Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
Kordia Group Limited
Meridian Energy Limited
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
Mighty River Power Limited
Ministry of Economic Development
New Zealand Post Limited
Public Trust
Securities Commission
Solid Energy New Zealand Limited
Takeovers Panel
Television New Zealand Limited
Testing Laboratory Registration Council
Transpower New Zealand Limited
Education and Science Committee
AgResearch Limited
Education Review Office
Industrial Research Limited
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited
Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
Learning Media Limited
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Science and Innovation
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited
New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
Finance and Expenditure Committee
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Financial statements of the Government of New Zealand for the year ended 30 June 2011
Inland Revenue Department
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Agriculture and Forestry
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Biosecurity
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Conservation
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Economic Development
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Education
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Energy
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Environment
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Health
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Housing
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Justice
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Labour
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Māori Affairs
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Māori Affairs (Whānau Ora)
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Official Development Assistance
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Research, Science and Technology
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Social Development
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Tourism
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Transport
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Youth Development
Office of the Controller and Auditor-General
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
The Treasury
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Ministry of Defence
New Zealand Customs Service
New Zealand Defence Force
Government Administration Committee
Archives New Zealand
Drug Free Sport New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
Ministry of Women’s Affairs
National Library of New Zealand
New Zealand Lotteries Commission
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Limited
Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
Office of the Ombudsmen
Parliamentary Service
State Services Commission
Statistics New Zealand
Health Committee
Ministry of Health
New Zealand Blood Service
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
Justice and Electoral Committee
Law Commission
Ministry of Justice
Parliamentary Counsel Office
Law and Order Committee
Department of Corrections
New Zealand Police
Serious Fraud Office
Local Government and Environment Committee
Department of Conservation
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Ministry for the Environment
New Zealand Walking Access Commission
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Māori Affairs Committee
Ministry of Maori Development
Primary Production Committee
Animal Control Products Limited
AsureQuality Limited
Land Information New Zealand
Landcorp Farming Limited
Quotable Value Limited
Social Services Committee
Department of Building and Housing
Housing New Zealand Corporation
Ministry of Social Development
Transport and Industrial Relations Committee
Accident Compensation Corporation
Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited
Department of Labour
Ministry of Transport
New Zealand Railways Corporation
New Zealand Transport Agency

International treaty examinations referred to committees
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
International treaty examination of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption
Reports of Officers of Parliament referred to committees
Education and Science Committee
Report from an Ombudsman on Complaints arising out of bullying at Hutt Valley High School in
December 2007
Finance and Expenditure Committee
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Local government: Improving the usefulness of
annual reports
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Managing freshwater quality: Challenges for
regional councils
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on the New Zealand Transport Agency: Delivering
maintenance and renewal work on the state highway network
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on The Treasury: Implementing and managing the
Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Transpower New Zealand Limited: Managing risks
to transmission assets
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on New Zealand Defence Force: Progress with the
Defence Sustainability Initiative
Māori Affairs Committee
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Government planning and support for housing on
Māori land, August 2011
Social Services Committee
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Home-based support services for older people
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Inquiry into the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and
Drainlayers Board

Other matters referred to committees

Privileges Committee
Question of privilege concerning the defamation action Attorney-General and Gow v Leigh

Other business

Orders of the day for the consideration of the following:

Government Notice of Motion No 3 (Misuse of Drugs (Classification of Tapentadol) Order 2011 and report of Health Committee)
Special Report of the Māori Affairs Committee providing te reo Māori translation for the Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill
Special report of the Local Government and Environment Committee providing the uncorrected transcripts from the hearings of evidence on the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill
Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Inquiry into the 2010 local authority elections
Report of the Health Committee on the Inquiry into improving New Zealand’s environment to support
innovation through clinical trials
Report of the Health Committee on the Inquiry into early detection and treatment of prostate cancer
Report of the Health Committee on the Briefing on the vision screening programme
Report of the Social Services Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on
Ministry of Social Development: Managing the recovery of debt
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and
Auditor-General on Guidance for members of local authorities about the Local Authorities (MembersInterests) Act 1968
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and
Auditor-General on Final audits of Auckland’s dissolved councils, and managing leaky home liabilities
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Matters arising from Auckland Council’s planning document
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and
Auditor-General on Local Government: Results of the 2009/10 audits
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the International treaty examination of the
Agreement between the Government of Hong Kong and the Government of New Zealand for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income
Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the International treaty examination of
the Protocol of Amendments to the Convention on the International Hydrographic Organization
Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Report from the Controller and
Auditor-General on New Zealand Customs Service: Providing assurance about revenue
Report of the Social Services Committee on the Visit of the Social Services Committee to Australia,
23–27 May 2011
Report of the Education and Science Committee on the Briefing on the review of special education
services
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report of the Parliamentary
Commissioner for the Environment on Evaluating the use of 1080: Predators, poisons and silent forests,
Petition 2008/47 of Mr P Findlay on behalf of the Thames Landcare Group and 3,107 others, and
Petition 2008/81 of Maureen Pugh
Report of the Health Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Progress in delivering publicly funded scheduled services to patients Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary
Commissioner for the Environment on How clean is New Zealand: Measuring and reporting on the
health of our environment
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-
General on Inland Revenue: Making it easy to comply
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-
General on Public entities’ progress in implementing the Auditor-General’s recommendations
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Proposed changes to the format of Estimates
and other information presented with Appropriation bills
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-
General on Central government: Cost-effectiveness and improving annual reports
Report of the Primary Production Committee on the Briefing on the 2011 Ballance farm environment
awards
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary
Commissioner for the Environment on Lignite and climate change: The high cost of low grade coal
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Report by the New Zealand delegation to the
Australia-New Zealand Scrutiny of Legislation Conference, Brisbane, 26–28 July 2011
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary
policy statement, September 2011
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Eleventh biennial conference of the
Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees (ACPAC), Perth, Australia, 27 to 30 April 2011
Report of the Standing Orders Committee on the Review of the Standing Orders
Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Briefing on Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal
Report of the Health Committee on the Briefing from the National Health IT Board Report of the Primary Production Committee on the Briefing on the Walking Access Commission’s public access mapping system
Interim report of the Social Services Committee on inquiry into boarding houses in New Zealand
Report of the Commerce Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the
Environment on Smart electricity meters: How households and the environment can benefit
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Complaint regarding the Resource Management
(Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SR 2009/73)
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Orders in Council made under the Canterbury
Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Activities of the Regulations Review Committee
in 2011
Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Inquiry into New Zealand’s
relationship with India
Report of the Commerce Committee on the Inquiry into finance company failures
(Lodged 20 December 2011)


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