Customs and Excise (Tobacco) Amendment Bill

The purpose of this bill is to tighten border controls so as to reduce revenue evasion, increase Customs' visibility on imports, and to close off import channels used by smugglers.

Financial Reporting Amendment Bill

This bill was formerly part of the Accounting Infrastructure Reform Bill.

Taxation (COVID-19 Support Payments and Working for Families Tax Credits) Bill

The amendments proposed by this bill relate to the COVID-19 resurgence support payments scheme and to Working for Families tax credit settings.

Returning Offenders (Management and Information) Amendment Bill

This bill amends the Returning Offenders (Management and Information) Act 2015 to ensure that the principal Act continues to put all returning offenders in roughly the same position they would have been in had they offended in New Zealand. Accordingly, the New Zealand Police will be able to collect information from returnees to establish their identity and support future investigations, and parole-like conditions will be available if a returnee has been deported after a prison sentence.

Maritime Transport Amendment Bill

This bill makes miscellaneous amendments to the Maritime Transport Act 1994 that address several distinct policy objectives.

Moriori Claims Settlement Bill

This bill gives effect to certain matters contained in the deed of settlement signed on 14 February 2020 by the Crown and Moriori.

Oaths and Declarations (Members of Parliament) Amendment Bill

This bill amends the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957 to allow members of Parliament to make their oaths or affirmations of allegiance in languages other than English and te re Māori.

Secondary Legislation Confirmation Bill

The purpose of this bill is to prevent the revocation of certain instruments that, by virtue of the Act under which they are made, are revoked at a stated time unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament.

Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Amendment Bill

Appropriation (2021/22 Estimates) Bill

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 2022.

Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Bill

Employment Relations Amendment Bill (No 4)

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) Amendment Bill

This bill makes changes necessary for New Zealand to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (the CPTPP).

KiwiSaver (Oranga Tamariki Guardians) Amendment Bill

This bill will make it possible for any foster parent (or kin carer) to approach a KiwiSaver provider to open an account for a foster child in their care.

Register of Pecuniary Interests of Judges Bill

The purpose of this bill is to require judges to make returns of pecuniary interests to provide greater transparency and avoid conflicts of interest in the judicial role.

Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Objectionable Publications) Amendment Bill

Formerly part of the Objectionable Publications and Indecency Legislation Bill

Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Bill (No 2)

This bill is an omnibus bill and one of a package of three omnibus bills that contain amendments to legislation administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The policy objective of this bill is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective, efficient, and accord with best regulatory practice.

Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill

The purpose of this bill is to authorise the Auckland Council to make bylaws prohibiting the business of prostitution or commercial sexual services in specified public places.

Land Transport (Wheel Clamping) Amendment Bill

This bill amends the Land Transport Act 1998 to regulate the maximum fees charged by wheel clamp operators. This bill also makes it an offence for a person to charge more than the maximum fee or to fail to remove a wheel clamp.

Burial and Cremation Amendment Bill

Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Bill

Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

This bill amends the Resource Management Act 1991 to rapidly accelerate the supply of housing where the demand for housing is high. This will help to address some of the issues with housing choice and affordability that Aotearoa New Zealand currently faces in its largest cities.

Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill (No 2)

This bill amends the Electoral Act 1993 to remedy inconsistencies in its provisions about enrolment of sentenced prisoners that were introduced by the amendments in the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2020.

Taxation (Business Tax, Exchange of Information, and Remedial Matters) Bill

This taxation omnibus bill introduces amendments to the Income Tax Act 2007, the Tax Administration Act 1994, and the Student Loan Scheme Act 2011. The three main policy proposals in the bill are: changes to business taxation to make tax simpler; implementing the G20/OECD standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters; and changes to implement the disclosure requirements for foreign trusts recommended by the Government Inquiry into Foreign Trust Disclosure Rules.

KiwiSaver Budget Measures Bill

This Bill proposes to remove the $1,000 KiwiSaver kick-start contribution paid to all new enrollees in the KiwiSaver scheme, effective from 2 pm on 21 May 2015.