Chris Penk

National Party MP for Kaipara ki Mahurangi

Bills

Building and Construction Sector (Self-certification by Plumbers and Drainlayers) Amendment Bill

The key purpose of this omnibus bill is to speed up the consenting process for, and building of, houses in New Zealand by reducing the number of inspections that must be completed for plumbing and drainlaying work.

Last activity 15 days agoPassedGovernment bill
Building and Construction Sector (Strengthening Occupational Licensing Regimes) Amendment Bill

The single broad policy of this bill is to strengthen occupational licensing regimes throughout the building and construction sector by improving their consistency, standards, and procedures.

Last activity last monthIn progressGovernment bill
Armed Forces Discipline Legislation Amendment Bill

The single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to make the military justice system easier to navigate and administer, to better enable command to focus on operational outputs.

Last activity last monthIn progressGovernment bill
Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill

This bill is to establish a more proportionate and risk-based regulatory system for managing earthquake-prone buildings that will regulate only high-risk building types in medium and high seismic zones.

Last activity last monthIn progressGovernment bill
Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Bill

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.

Last activity October 24, 2025EnactedGovernment bill
Public Works (Critical Infrastructure) Amendment Bill

This bill amends the Public Works Act 1981 to enable the delivery of critical infrastructure projects by using an accelerated process.

Last activity August 27, 2025EnactedGovernment bill
Veterans' Recognition Bill

This bill offers symbolic recognition of the service of members of the New Zealand Defence Force, who have left the defence force and whose service has qualified them for medallic recognition, by officially recognising them as veterans. It also provides further recognition to those veterans in the form of a military covenant.

Last activity August 14, 2025In progressGovernment bill
Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill

This bill seeks to respond to competition issues in the sector by amending the Building Act 2004 to remove barriers to overseas building products entering New Zealand's building product market and being used in New Zealand buildings.

Last activity April 7, 2025EnactedGovernment bill
Building (Earthquake-prone Building Deadlines and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

This bill extends remediation timeframes for earthquake-prone buildings by four years, with a limited power to extend deadlines by a further period of up to two years by Order in Council.

Last activity November 25, 2024EnactedGovernment bill
Annie Oxborough Birth Parents Registration Bill

This bill requires the Registrar-General to enter the details of Susan Mary Cox and Scott Geoffrey Sinel in place of the names of her adoptive parents, on the registration of the birth of Ann Joy Marshall.

Last activity August 23, 2023EnactedPrivate bill

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