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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?]
 
General Debate 26/08/2009
 
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Attorney-General) : Mr Jones was slow off the mark this afternoon, but he proved once again that empty vessels make the most noise. That is the same Mr Jones who said that he and the Labour Party did not support Māori seats for Auckland. But I do not want to waste my time on Mr Jones.
 
 
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”?
 
 
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage): I move, That the Cultural Property (Protection in Armed Conflict) Bill be now read a second time. New Zealand ratified the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict on 24 July last year. The convention was established in response to the widespread destruction of cultural property during the Second World War. It provides for the protection of things like movable property, such as works of art, manuscripts, books, scientific collections, and archives; monuments and archaeological sites; museums and libraries; and centres containing a large amount of cultural property.
 
General Debate 05/08/2009
 
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Attorney-General) : I will tell the House about two really inspirational events I have attended in the last few days—not just the National Party conference.
 
 
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Attorney-General) : I move, That the Limitation Bill be now read a first time. At the end of this debate, I intend to move that the bill be referred to the Justice and Electoral Committee.
 
 
PAUL QUINN (National) to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: What progress is the Government making towards its goal of settling historical Treaty of Waitangi claims?
 
 
Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I move, That the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time.

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi o Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika, he rā nui, he rā tino whakahirahira tēnei. Kei te mihi atu ki a koutou i runga i te aroha me te harikoa, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

[To the authorities, languages, and people of Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika, this is a great and magnificent day. I greet you with affection and happiness; greetings, greetings, and greetings to you all.]

I acknowledge those iwi who form Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika: Te Ātiawa, Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Tama, and other iwi from the Taranaki region. I welcome those who have travelled from Taranaki and throughout the Wellington region and are here in the gallery today to listen to this third reading.

This bill is the final settlement of all the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of those represented by the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust. They are claims that relate to the Port Nicholson Block, which lies within the Wellington and Hutt Valley areas. The bill gives effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement that settles the historical claims of Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika in the Port Nicholson Block.