This bill amends the Fisheries Act 1996 and seeks to grow the value of seafood sector exports while continuing to ensure sustainability.

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

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.

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.

This bill makes changes to the Māori Fisheries Act 2004 to give effect to recommendations of Te Ohu Kai Moana, which conducted a review of settlement entities. The changes intend to give iwi a greater degree of rangatiratanga over their assets, improve benefits to all Māori, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.

This bill establishes the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission/Te Waihanga as an autonomous Crown entity, with the purpose of co-ordinating, developing, and promoting an approach to infrastructure that encourages infrastructure, and services that result from the infrastructure, that improve the well-being of New Zealanders.

This bill establishes a registration system for log traders and forestry advisers that strengthens the integrity of the forestry supply chain and supports a continuous, predictable, and long-term supply of timber for domestic processing and export.