Land Transfer Amendment Bill

Local Electoral (Equitable Process for Establishing Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill

This bill would amend the Local Electoral Act 2001 to make the process by which territorial authorities and regional councils can establish Māori wards and Māori constituencies the same as the process by which territorial authorities and regional councils can establish general wards and constituencies.

Education (Strengthening Second Language Learning in Primary and Intermediate Schools) Amendment Bill

This bill aims to strengthen primary and intermediate schools’, including Communities of Learning, access to language learning through additional resources provided by the government to fund professional development, language specialists, and online resources.

Electronic Interactions Reform Bill

This bill is an omnibus bill that amends a range of legislation to enable digital interactions between individuals, businesses, and government agencies, and forms part of ongoing information management and digital transformation work in the State sector.

Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill

This bill requires the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to recommend the setting of mandatory regulation under section 29 of the Fair Trading Act 1986 prescribing a product safety standard for sunscreen products.

Crimes Amendment Bill

New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill

This bill provides for the assets and liabilities of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute to be transferred to Te Puia NZMACI Limited Partnership, and also provides for the partnership to continue to function in line with the institute’s current functions.

Te Pire mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o Matariki/Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill

The purpose of this bill is to establish an annual public holiday to acknowledge Matariki. This bill sets the dates for the Matariki public holiday from 2022 to 2052, and provides for future dates for the Matariki public holiday.

Construction Contracts Amendment Bill

This bill proposes amendments to the Construction Contracts Act 2002 concerning the disputes adjudication process.

Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill

This bill seeks to repeal and replace the current law relating to Māori land, to allow landowners, their whānau and hapū to improve the performance and productivity of their land.

Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill

This bill amends Part 2A of the Health Act 1956 by inserting a power for DHBs to make decisions and give directions about the fluoridation of drinking water supplies in their areas.

Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 5)

This bill's purpose is to prevent the revocation of certain subordinate legislation that by virtue of the Act under which it is made, is revoked at a stated time unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament. This bill relates to items of subordinate legislation made in the year ending on 30 June 2020.

Residential Care and Disability Support Services Bill

Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill

The purpose of this bill is to amend the Public Works Act 1981 to protect Māori freehold and Māori customary land from being acquired by a Minister or local authority for public works. This would mean that no Māori land can be taken without consent.

Accident Compensation (Cover for Mental Injury—Indecency Offences) Amendment Bill

Formerly part of the Objectionable Publications and Indecency Legislation Bill

Insolvency Practitioners Regulation (Amendments) Bill

Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill

This Bill amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. The Bill will introduce an exception and a statutory defence for terminally ill people to possess and use illicit cannabis and to possess a cannabis utensil; provide a regulation-making power to enable the setting of standards that products manufactured, imported, and supplied under licence must meet; and amend Schedule 2 of the Act so that cannabidiol (CBD) and CBD products are no longer classed as controlled drugs.

Imprest Supply (First for 2021/22) Bill

This bill will provide the sole financial authority from the start of the 2021/22 financial year until the Appropriation (2021/22 Estimates) Bill is passed.

Hineuru Claims Settlement Bill

This Bill gives effect to the Deed of Settlement, entered into by the Crown and Hineuru on 2 April 2015, for the final settlement of historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Hineuru.

COVID-19 Response (Urgent Management Measures) Legislation Bill

The single broad policy objective of this omnibus bill is to put in place the necessary arrangements in order to implement COVID-19 Alert Level 4, or where arrangements are essential to respond effectively to COVID-19.

Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill

This bill prohibits the Crown and its agencies from providing funds directly and indirectly to organisations that are run, administered or associated to gangs.

Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 3)

This bill amends the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to remove some regulatory requirements that are no longer necessary, support and encourage better environmental performance of the dairy industry, provide Fonterra with more flexibility to manage some aspects of its operations, and provide increased clarity on aspects of the regulatory regime for Fonterra and other dairy industry stakeholders.

Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Bill

This bill implements a settlement between the Crown, District Health Boards, providers of home and community-based care and support services, and certain unions on behalf of home and community-based care and support employees.

Consumers' Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill

The purpose of this bill is to enshrine in law consumers' right to know the country from which the food they are purchasing originated so that they can make informed purchasing decisions.

Artificial Limb Service Bill