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Read the Full Youth Parliament 2010 Hansard Report Sixth Youth Parliament, 2010 NEW ZEALAND YOUTH PARLIAMENT Parliamentary Debates (HANSARD) 7 July 2010 MEMBERS OF THE SIXTH YOUTH PARLIAMENT OF NEW ZEALAND 7 JULY 2010 Speaker—HON DR LOCKWOOD SMITH Assistant Speaker— HON RICK BARKER Abdul-Rassol, Thoraya ..............................................List Maharaj, Thomas............................................Hutt South Abera, Seina............................................................Mana Mann, Siale...................................................North Shore Admore, Sylvie..............................................Helensville Markie, Alice................................................... Northcote Ali, Nadia........................................................ Pakuranga Mathers, Bethany....................................................... List Allen, Portia...............................................................List McCourt, Rory........................................................... List Anderson, Jordan .................................................. Napier McDonald, Jack......................................................... List Baker, Tihema............................................................List McKinnon, Lydia ...................................................... List Balle, Phoebe.............................................................List McKnight, Edward ............................................... Epsom Bell, Callum...............................................................List Mihaere, Javier .......................................................... List Biel, Rawiri.......................................... Hauraki-Waikato Morris, Kātene........................................ Te Tai Hauāuru Borrie, Ella.......................................................... Waitaki Muggeridge, Paige................................... New Plymouth Bowden, Emily ....................................Clutha-Southland Mutu, Te Niiwai ......................................Te Tai Tokerau Brown, Hazzel ...........................................................List Nassery, Shameela..................................................... List Brown, Tay-Jana....................................................Taupō Nyman-Ambrose, Lisa .............................................. List Campbell, Jill.................................... Wellington Central O’Donnell, Johny ...................................................... List Carpenter, Benjamin ..................................................List Oh, Sarah................................................................... List Chamberlain, Joseph............................Christchurch East Ormsby, Turei-Haamiora ...........................Te Tai Tonga Chen, Lynn ................................................................List Packer, Brittany......................................................... List Clemens, Billy ................................Christchurch Central Pahulu, Vainga .................................................... Tāmaki Colley, Allanah..........................................................List Parata Gardiner, Rakaitemania.................................. List Coutts, Andrew..........................................................List Parata-Walker, Hineteariki ...................... Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Crabb, Justine ............................................................List Porteous, Ben.......................................................Rodney Cribb, Denise Matariki ...................................... Waiariki Power-Gordon, Gareth .............Taranaki - King Country Curran, Katya.............................................................List Pratt, Natasha............................................................. List Currie, Mark ............................................ Dunedin North Price, Cameron .......................................................... List Dam, Lincoln .....................................................Te Atatū Quansah, Rebecca...................................................... List Darroch, Sarah ...........................................................List Rampal, Akash .......................................................... List Dixon, Cory ............................................... Bay of Plenty Robertson, Georgia........................................... Rangitata Donnelly, Lorna.........................................................List Robinson, Timothy.................................................... List Duthie, Kerri..................................................... Papakura Ropeti-Iupeli, Marietalini .................................. Māngere Eggers, Amanda.........................................................List Rumbold, Anna ........................................................Ilam Ellison, Talia............................................ Dunedin South Sankaran, Sharanya ................................................... List Faitele, Roberta............................................... Manurewa Schouten, Fleur..................................................... Nelson Farley, Tessa..................................West Coast - Tasman Scott, Maxwell........................................................... List Gera, Kieren..........................................................Ōhariu Sharma, Sunil ..................................................Waitakere Gilchrist, Hayley........................................................List Singh, Hannah ..................................................... Selwyn Halligan, Amy................................................... Kaikōura Singh, Monisha..........................................Maungakiekie Hamer-Adams, Anna ...........................Palmerston North Sua, Giovanna .......................................... Manukau East Hansen, Lisa ................................................... Wairarapa Summerlee, Alexander .............................................. List Hari, Neelam......................................................... Hunua Tapsell, Tania ..................................................... Rotorua Harvey, Joshua................................................. Mt Albert Tautari, Tony Joseph ................................................. List Hawley, Michael....................................... Hamilton East Torrance, Chelsea.............................................Rimutaka Henry, Carolyn ................................................Northland Tuatini, Kataraina...................................................... List Hingston, Benjamin ...................................................List Tullett, Holly ............................................... Waimakariri Holmes, Camilla .................................................Waikato Vijayakumar, Shruthi ..................................... Mt Roskill Illing, Kelsey .............................................................List Walsham, Joel ................................................ New Lynn Jacob-Sauer, Cameron ...............................................List Watling, Jack............................................................. List Jago-Ward, Caleb ................................................... Ōtaki Webster, Eden .................................... Tāmaki Makaurau Jones, Nathan......................................................Wigram Welsby, Kieran.......................................................... List Joseph, Vishakham .........................................Whangarei Welsh, Shaun...................................................Rangitīkei Kaushal, Shail............................................................List Whitefield, Robert ..................................................... List Kendall, Abbey...................................... East Coast Bays Wiseman, Caitlin ..........................................Coromandel Kennedy, Christopher ................................................List Xulué, Joseph .......................................................Botany Keren, Ben.................................................................List Zhang, Jenny ............................................................. List Kershaw, Brittany.............................................. Tukituki Zhou, Jiaxin...................................................Whanganui Kruger, Stuart ............................................... Invercargill Zwaan, Rick............................................................... List Kumar, Benazir.................................................Port Hills Lai, Hannah ...............................................................List Lambert-Ehu, Freeman ............................Hamilton West Li, Meaghan...............................................................List Lucas, Danielle .................................................Tauranga Lucas, Emma .................................................. East Coast Lusk, Harry................................................................List MacDonald, Amelia...................................................List Maclean, Danielle ................................Auckland Central MacLeod, Alasdair ........................................... Rongotai 7 Jul 2010 Questions for Oral Answer 1 PRINCIPAL OFFICERS Clerk of the House of Representatives—MARY HARRIS Clerks at the Table—LOUISE SPARRER, CATH ANYAN, ELIZABETH WOOLCOTT WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2010 Mr Speaker took the Chair at 11 a.m. Prayers. QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS Youth Affairs, Ministry—Funding
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