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DAVID GARRETT (ACT) to the Minister of Justice: How much, if anything, did the taxpayer pay in legal aid for Graeme Burton to defend the recent charge of attempted murder, for which he was found guilty?
 
 
JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki) to the Minister of Trade: What steps has the Government recently taken to enhance New Zealand’s trade opportunities in Asia?
 
 
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Has he received advice on the UN Development Programme’s Human Development Report2009; and is he concerned that it positions New Zealand as having the sixth-biggest gap between rich and poor among countries with very high human development, with a similar inequality score to India and Russia?
 
 
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Does he accept the judgment of the report card released on 16 October 2009 by ActionAid that ranks New Zealand last out of 22 donor countries for the quality of its aid programme for hunger relief and sustainable agriculture; and what does he propose to do to improve New Zealand’s performance?
 
 
JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki) to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: What announcements have recently been made about encouraging philanthropic giving to the arts?
 
 
SANDRA GOUDIE (National—Coromandel) to the Attorney-General: Does he stand by his observation that “some people contend that the overall standard of the bar, and particularly the criminal bar, is not high enough in New Zealand” and is the reason why there are so many delays?
 
 
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Why did New Zealand vote in December 2008 against United Nations General Assembly Resolution 63/75 which called for an international agreement against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, and against Resolution 63/47 calling for measures for reducing nuclear danger; and will he instruct the delegation to support these resolutions if they are put forward again this year?
 
 
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki) to the Minister for Land Information: Pēhea te rahi o ngā whenua kua tangohia ai i raro i te ture Public Works arā, e hia te wāriu o aua whenua?
[How much land has been taken under the Public Works Act and what would be the value of the land taken?]
 
 
KEITH LOCKE (Green) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Has he received any advice on whether a law curtailing women’s rights in Afghanistan has been “brought into line with the expectations of the international community” as he was promised by Hamid Karzai; if so, what was that advice?
 
 
Hon SHANE JONES (Labour) to the Minister of Māori Affairs: Does he stand by his statement: “It’s definitely a sort of inherent sort of institutionalised racism, in that you’ve accepted one way of doing things, and not respected another cultural norm. They have no right to do that and we will oppose that. I’ll oppose that as a Minister of New Zealand’s Government”, and does he think that opposition to the Māori seats on the Auckland City Council is an example of “institutionalised racism”?