This bill proposes amendment to empower the High Court to issue a public protection order to detain a person in a secure facility, when, at the end of a finite prison sentence or subject to the most intensive form of an extended supervision order, they pose a very high risk of imminent and serious sexual or violent reoffending.

This bill seeks to establish a full-time Disability Rights Commissioner within the Human Rights Commission, and make changes to the role and structure of the commission.

Formerly part of the Objectionable Publications and Indecency Legislation Bill

This bill amends the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, it contains a new Radio New Zealand Charter that results from a Parliamentary review required by the Act.