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Accident Compensation (Interest on Instalment Plans) Amendment Bill

Hon Matt Doocey

This bill retrospectively validates the ACC's past practice of charging debit interest and provides an explicit legal authority for the ACC to continue to charge debit interest.

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Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Bill

Hon Andrew Hoggard

The objective of this bill is to support a legally compliant and welfare-focused transition for New Zealand pig farmers beyond the current expiry date for regulations 26 and 27 of the Animal Welfare (Care and Procedures) Regulations 2018 of 18 December 2025.

Appropriation (2023/24 Supplementary Estimates) Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes to individual appropriations contained in The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2024.

Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations contained in The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2025.

Appropriation (2024/25 Supplementary Estimates) Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes to individual appropriations contained in The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2025.

Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Hon Nicole McKee

This bill aims to support public safety outcomes by improving compliance with the Arms Act 1983. It does this by simplifying the regulatory requirements for non-pistol shooting clubs and ranges and changing some of the requirements in relation to inspections.

Arms Bill

Hon Nicole McKee

This bill repeals and replaces the Arms Act 1983 to provide for greater protection of public safety, simplify regulatory requirements, and improve compliance.

Bail (Electronic Monitoring) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This Bill amends the Bail Act 2000 to clarify that the court may authorise EM assessors to approve a defendant who is granted bail with an electronic monitoring (EM) condition to be absent from their EM address for court-authorised purposes.

Broadcasting (Repeal of Advertising Restrictions) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill repeals section 81 of the Broadcasting Act 1989 to remove the restriction on broadcast television advertising on Sunday and Anzac Day mornings, and television and radio broadcast advertising on Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.

Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

The single broad policy implemented by this omnibus bill is to align New Zealand's legislation with the Budapest Convention in a way that is consistent with human rights obligations, in order to enable New Zealand to accede to the Convention.

Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Bill

Hon Chris Penk

This bill is an omnibus bill intended to reduce the time and cost of building a granny flat by permitting small stand-alone dwellings up to 70 square metres to be built without a building consent if certain conditions are met.

Business Payment Practices Act Repeal Bill

Hon Andrew Bayly

This bill repeals the Business Payment Practices Act 2023 and revokes its secondary legislation.

Climate Change Response (2050 Target and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Hon Simon Watts

This bill amends several components of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, including the biogenic methane component of the 2050 emissions reduction target.

Contracts of Insurance Bill

Hon Andrew Bayly

This omnibus bill seeks to enable consumers and businesses to effectively protect themselves against risk, while minimising costs and impacts on insurers' willingness to provide insurance in New Zealand.

Corrections Amendment Bill

Hon Mark Mitchell

This bill aims to improve rehabilitation, reintegration, and safety outcomes for the people the Department of Corrections manages in prison..

Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill

Hon Scott Simpson

This bill aims to simplify and streamline the effective regulation of financial services by aligning both the regulator and aspects of the regulatory model for consumer credit with that under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, as well as making other improvements to ensure the legislation is clear and proportionate.

Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill seeks to strengthen New Zealand's criminal law to better prevent and respond to foreign interference targetting New Zealand.

Crimes Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill amends the Crimes Act 1961 to strengthen consequences for certain crimes and meet commitments in the National/New Zealand First coalition agreement.

Crimes Legislation (Stalking and Harassment) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill creates a new offence of stalking and harassment to ensure the harm victims experience is recognised and the offenders prosecuted effectively.

Crown Minerals Amendment Bill

Hon Shane Jones

This bill amends the Crown Minerals Act 1991 to remove the ban on new petroleum exploration permits beyond onshore Taranaki, improve investor confidence in the New Zealand petroleum sector, and increase regulatory efficiency of the Crown minerals regime

Customer and Product Data Bill

Hon Scott Simpson

The purpose of this bill is to establish an economy-wide framework to enable greater access to, and sharing of, customer and product data between businesses.

Customer and Product Data Bill

Hon Scott Simpson

The purpose of this bill is to establish an economy-wide framework to enable greater access to, and sharing of, customer and product data between businesses.

Dairy Industry Restructuring (Export Licences Allocation) 

Hon Todd McClay

This bill amends the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to change how dairy export quotas administered by New Zealand are allocated.

Defence (Workforce) Amendment Bill

Hon Judith Collins

This bill seeks to support the Chief of Defence Force in managing their workforce when New Zealand Defence Force civilian staff take industrial action, and to ensure that processes for authorising the Armed Forces to conduct the work of public service employees who are taking industrial action are fit for purpose.

District Court (District Court Judges) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill amends the District Court Act 2016 to increase the maximum number of District Court Judges that can be appointed at any time, from 182 full-time equivalents to 183 full-time equivalents.

Education and Training (Early Childhood Education Reform) Amendment Bill

Hon David Seymour

This bill amends the Education and Training Act 2020 and aims to improve the effectiveness of the early childhood education regulatory system for children and parents, and reduce the regulatory burden for service providers.

Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill

Hon Erica Stanford

This bill amends the Education and Training Act 2020 to give effect to new policy decisions and to make other minor and technical changes.

Education and Training Amendment Bill

Hon David Seymour

This bill amends the Education and Training Act 2020 to repeal the early childhood education network approval provisions, provide for a new type of school (charter school/kura hourua), and enable the Secretary for Education to make rules about attendance data.

Electoral Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill amends the Electoral Act 1993 to make electoral law and administration more modern, robust, and effective ahead of the 2026 general election.

Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Hon Mark Mitchell

This bill replaces the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 and gives effect to the Government's response to the Government Inquiry into the Response to the North Island Severe Weather Events.

Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill

Hon Brooke van Velden

This bill introduces the ability for employers to make pay deductions in response to partial strikes.

Employment Relations (Trial Periods) Amendment Bill

Hon Brooke van Velden

This bill amends the Employment Relations Act 2000 to enable businesses that have 20 or more employees to include a 90-day trial period in a new employee’s employment agreement.

Equal Pay Amendment Bill

Hon Brooke van Velden

This bill would adjust the process for raising and resolving a pay equity claim and amend the regulatory framework for parties to a pay equity claim to assess whether there is sex-based undervaluation.

Fair Pay Agreements Act Repeal Bill

Hon Brooke van Velden

This bill will repeal the Fair Pay Agreements legislation.

Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill

Hon Chris Bishop

This bill amends the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 to improve competition in the grocery sector and ensure the Act is operationally and procedurally efficient.

Fast-track Approvals Bill

Hon Chris Bishop

The purpose of this bill is to provide a streamlined decision-making process to facilitate the delivery of infrastructure and development projects with significant regional or national benefits.

Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill

Hon Nicole McKee

This is an omnibus bill with the single broad policy to reduce firearms crime and its impact on communities by enabling firearms prohibition orders to be made and monitored against a wider group of persons whose behaviour and actions pose a high risk of violence.

Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Hon Shane Jones

This bill amends the Fisheries Act 1996 to enable New Zealand to better meet its international fishing management and compliance obligations in relation to IUU fishing, and to improve the efficiency and clarity of the statutory provisions and associated decision-making processes.

Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Bill

Hon Todd McClay

This bill provides for the disestablishment of the registration system and all associated requirements for log traders and forestry advisers, and for the Ministry for Primary Industries to refund any fees or levies paid to MPI under the scheme and waive any fees or levies that are due but not yet paid at the time of commencement.

Game Animal Council (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill

Hon James Meager

This bill amends the Game Animal Council Act 2013 to ensure that there is no requirement to exterminate valued introduced species that have been designated as herds of special interest.

Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Bill

Hon Erica Stanford

This bill amends the Immigration Act 2009 to enable that Act to better meet its purpose by improving both the fiscal sustainability and the integrity of the immigration system.

Imprest Supply (Second for 2024/25) Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

This bill is required to ensure that the Government has sufficient supply to implement Cabinet decisions made or otherwise finalised after the contents of the 2024/25 Estimates were closed off and to meet contingencies in excess of the amounts provided in the Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill.

Invest New Zealand Bill

Hon Todd McClay

This bill would establish Invest New Zealand to promote increased overseas investment into New Zealand.

Judicature (Timeliness) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill is an omnibus bill intended to improve timeliness in New Zealand courts by maximising judicial resources.

Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Discount Scheme Repeal) Amendment Bill

Hon Simeon Brown

This bill is an omnibus bill that amends the Land Transport Act 1998 the Land Transport Management Act 2003, and various regulations, to end the Clean Vehicle Discount Scheme by 31 December 2023.

Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill

Hon Simeon Brown

This bill enables Clean Vehicle Standard targets for reducing CO2 emissions for 2025 onwards to be set in secondary legislation, and empowers a cost recovery scheme, which involves the collection of fees, to contribute to the costs of administering the Clean Vehicle Standard, to be set in secondary legislation.

Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill (No 2)

Hon Chris Bishop

The objective of this bill is to support the achievement of the annual carbon dioxide targets in the Clean Vehicle Standard and to reduce the costs that the Standard could impose on vehicle suppliers and consumers.

Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill

Hon Chris Bishop

This bill enables the rollout of random roadside oral fluid screening tests to better detect and deter drug-impaired drivers.

Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill

Hon Chris Bishop

This bill enables the rollout of random roadside oral fluid screening tests to better detect and deter drug-impaired drivers.

Land Transport Management (Repeal of Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment Bill

Hon Simeon Brown

The purpose of this bill is to terminate the Auckland regional fuel tax, and remove the legislative framework that allows new regional fuel taxes to be created.

Land Transport Management (Repeal of Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment Bill

Hon Simeon Brown

The purpose of this bill is to terminate the Auckland regional fuel tax, and remove the legislative framework that allows new regional fuel taxes to be created.

Legal Services (Distribution of Special Fund) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill would broaden the use of the Lawyers and Conveyancers’ Special Fund to include functions that enable, facilitate, or otherwise support the provision of community legal services.

Legal Services Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill would remove legal aid funding for a report or statement of a person called by an offender under section 27 of the Sentencing Act 2002.

Legal Services Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill would remove legal aid funding for a report or statement of a person called by an offender under section 27 of the Sentencing Act 2002.

Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Bill

Hon Simeon Brown

This bill establishes preliminary arrangements for local government water services delivery.

Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill amends the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 to define the applicable requirements for recognition of customary marine title and to alter aspects of the law that are expressed in certain judgments specified in the bill.

Meteorological Services (Acquisition and Policies) Legislation Amendment Bill

Hon Dr Shane Reti

The purpose of this omnibus bill is to allow for the acquisition of the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited (MetService) by the New Zealand Institute for Earth Science Limited (NZIES) and to require the NZIES to publish its access policy for observational weather data.

Misuse of Drugs (Pseudoephedrine) Amendment Bill

Hon David Seymour

The purpose of this bill is to change the classification of pseudoephedrine as a controlled drug, so that cold and flu products containing pseudoephedrine can be sold in pharmacies without a prescription.

Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Bill

Hon Judith Collins

The purpose of this bill is to manage national security and other risks to the national interest posed by ground-based space infrastructure through the enactment of a proportionate regulatory regime.

Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Hon David Seymour

This bill amends the Overseas Investment Act 2005 to reduce compliance costs and make decision making timelier, while also ensuring that the Government has the tools necessary to safeguard New Zealand's national interest, including its national security and public order.

Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Bill

Hon Dr Shane Reti

This bill disestablishes the Māori Health Authority.

Patents Amendment Bill

Hon Scott Simpson

This bill amends the Patents Act 2013 to apply stricter criteria for the grant of divisional applications filed under the Patents Act 1953, so that 1953 Act applications are examined in broadly the same way as 2013 Act applications.

Public Finance (Fines Collection Costs—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill amends the Public Finance Act 1989 to increase from 10% to 14% the percentage the Crown retains (as fines collection costs) from amounts of fines recovered for offences prosecuted by or on behalf of local authorities and other organisations.

Public Finance Amendment Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

This bill amends the Public Finance Act 1989 with changes intended to support fiscal transparency, strengthen fiscal responsibility, and improve the practical operation of the Act.

Public Works Amendment Bill

Hon Chris Penk

This bill amends the Public Works Act 1981 to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and clarity of land acquisition, objections, and compensation functions in the Act.

Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Bill

Rt Hon Winston Peters

This bill amends the Racing Industry Act 2020 to prohibit the destruction (by any means) of greyhounds registered with New Zealand Greyhound Racing Association Incorporated (GRNZ), unless it is done by a veterinarian for a reason specified in the greyhound euthanasia policy of GRNZ or by a person acting under the authority of any other legislation

Racing Industry Amendment Bill

Rt Hon Winston Peters

This bill amends the Racing Industry Act 2020 to extend the existing land-based monopoly that TAB New Zealand has for racing and sports betting to include online-provided gambling, to maintain and improve the long-term financial sustainability of the racing industry.

Rates Rebate Amendment Bill

Hon Simon Watts

This bill is intended to provide financial support for low-income SuperGold Card cardholders who may otherwise face financial hardship due to high rates bills.

Regulatory Standards Bill

Hon David Seymour

This bill aims to reduce the amount of unnecessary and poor-quality regulation by increasing transparency and making it clearer where legislation does not meet standards.

Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

The policy objective of this omnibus bill is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective, efficient, and they accord with best regulatory practice.

Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

The policy objective of this omnibus bill is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective, efficient, and they accord with best regulatory practice.

Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

The policy objective of this omnibus bill is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective, efficient, and that they accord with best regulatory practice.

Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

The policy objective of this omnibus bill is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective, efficient, and that they accord with best regulatory practice.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Economic Objective) Amendment Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

This Bill amends the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 2021 to remove the maximum sustainable employment objective from the economic objectives in the Act, and provide the Reserve Bank with a single economic objective of achieving and maintaining price stability.

Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill

Hon Chris Bishop

This bill reverses some changes made to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 with the aim of removing barriers to rental supply and incentivising property owners to rent their properties via the private rental market.

Resource Management (Duration of Consents) Amendment Bill

Hon Chris Bishop

This bill amends the Resource Management Act 1991 to address resource consents that will expire before the enactment of legislation that replaces that Act.

Resource Management (Extended Duration of Coastal Permits for Marine Farms) Amendment Bill

Hon Shane Jones

This bill extends the current duration of all coastal permits currently issued under the Resource Management Act 1991 authorising aquaculture activities by 20 years, but not beyond 2050.

Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Bill

Hon Chris Bishop

This bill repeals the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 and the Spatial Planning Act 2023.

Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Bill

Hon Simeon Brown

This bill provides for light electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to pay road user charges from 1 April 2024.

Secondary Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 2)

Hon Chris Bishop

The Bill's purpose is to prevent the revocation of certain secondary legislation that, by virtue of the Act under which it is made, will be revoked at a stated time unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament.

Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill amends the Sentencing Act 2022 to strengthen the consequences of offending and ensure offenders take personal responsibility for the harm they cause.

Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This bill amends the Sentencing Act 2022 to strengthen the consequences of offending and ensure offenders take personal responsibility for the harm they cause.

Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill

Hon Nicole McKee

This omnibus bill reinstates the legislative regime for sentencing repeat serious offenders known as the three-strikes law.

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill

Hon Casey Costello

This bill amends the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 to remove the changes made by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 that relate to retail reduction, limiting nicotine levels in smoked tobacco products, and introducing a smokefree generation.

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No 2)

Hon Casey Costello

This bill seeks to strengthen the regulatory framework for vaping to better protect young people by amending the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990.

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill (No 2)

Hon Casey Costello

This bill seeks to strengthen the regulatory framework for vaping to better protect young people by amending the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990.

Social Assistance Legislation (Accommodation Supplement and Income-related Rent) Amendment Bill

Hon Louise Upston

This bill is an omnibus bill intended to address the double subsidisation of housing subsidies and ensuring households are treated more equitably when calculating housing subsidies, the income-related rent subsidy, or other assistance.

Social Security (Benefits Adjustment) and Income Tax (Minimum Family Tax Credit) Amendment Bill

Hon Louise Upston

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that income support responds to increases in the cost of living by indexing main benefits to changes in the Consumers Price Index and adjusting the minimum family tax credit.

Social Security (Mandatory Reviews) Amendment Bill

Hon Louise Upston

This bill amends the Social Security Act 2018 to introduce mandatory reviews to confirm whether clients are still eligible and receiving the correct rate of specified benefits.

Social Security Amendment Bill

Hon Louise Upston

This bill seeks to ensure the welfare system is focused on enhancing and extending welfare benefit settings to support people into employment and off benefits.

Social Workers Registration Amendment Bill

Hon Louise Upston

This bill makes policy and technical amendments to the Social Workers Registration Act 2003 to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the operation of the 2003 Act.

Social Workers Registration Legislation Amendment Bill

Hon Louise Upston

This bill seeks to delay the repeal of the experience pathway to 28 February 2028, to allow more time for the impacts of the extension of the pay equity settlement for social services across the government-funded sector to be realised.

Statutes Amendment Bill

Hon Nicole McKee

This bill consists entirely of amendments to Acts and is therefore an omnibus bill that may be introduced by virtue of Standing Order 266(1)(f)

Taxation (Annual Rates for 2024–25, Emergency Response, and Remedial Measures) Bill

Hon Simon Watts

The policy proposals in this omnibus bill set the annual rates of income tax for the 2024-25 tax year, aim at improving current settings within a broad-base, low-rate framework, and aim at improving the settings for tax administration, the GST regime, KiwiSaver, and social policy rules administered by Inland Revenue.

Taxation (Annual Rates for 2024–25, Emergency Response, and Remedial Measures) Bill

Hon Simon Watts

The policy proposals in this omnibus bill set the annual rates of income tax for the 2024-25 tax year, aim at improving current settings within a broad-base, low-rate framework, and aim at improving the settings for tax administration, the GST regime, KiwiSaver, and social policy rules administered by Inland Revenue.

Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill

Hon Nicola Willis

This bill gives effect to tax measures announced as part of Budget 2024, including adjusting the personal income tax thresholds and expanding eligibility to the independent earner tax credit.

Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill (No 2) 

Hon Nicola Willis

This bill amends the Income Tax Act 2007, the KiwiSaver Act 2006, and the Tax Administration Act 1994, to give effect to tax measures announced as part of Budget 2025.

Taxation Principles Reporting Act Repeal Bill

Hon Simon Watts

This bill repeals the Taxation Principles Reporting Act 2023

Telecommunications and Other Matters Amendment Bill

Hon Paul Goldsmith

This omnibus bill seeks to create an explicit extra-territorial effect for parts of the telecommunications regime to ensure that all telecommunications providers offering services to consumers in New Zealand are subject to relevant telecommunications regulatory obligations.

Therapeutic Products Act Repeal Bill

Hon Casey Costello

This bill repeals the Therapeutic Products Act 2023.

Waste Minimisation (Waste Disposal Levy) Amendment Bill

Hon Penny Simmonds

This bill amends the Waste Minimisation Act 2008 to broaden the scope of activities funded via the waste disposal levy, while maintaining a strategic link between the levy, waste, and environmental priorities.

Water Services Acts Repeal Bill

Hon Simeon Brown

This bill repeals the Water Services Entities Act 2022, the Water Services Legislation Act 2023, and the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Act 2023.

Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Bill

Hon Tama Potaka

The objective of this bill is to enable the Department of Conservation to regulate the incidental killing of wildlife that inevitably occurs during the carrying out of otherwise lawful activities.