Petitions, Papers, Select Committee Reports, and Introduction of Bills

Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Helen Paddison requesting that the House abolish the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 and urge the Government to shut down the mental health system

petition of Democracy for Myanmar Working Group New Zealand requesting that the House allow 1,000 refugees from Myanmar whose families are New Zealand citizens, residents, quota refugees, and asylum seekers to be resettled in New Zealand

petition of Dan Liu requesting that the House amend laws to allow anonymous birth, and assign funding for safe haven baby hatches

petition of Carl Smith requesting that the House find ways to allow people to enter businesses and public spaces without a vaccine pass

petition of Amy Skipper requesting that the House increase funding for public mental health services

petition of Ross Divett requesting that the House maintain the low-user electricity power tariffs

petition of Hana Pilkinton-Ching requesting that the House provide free public transport nationwide for community services card holders

petition of Michiel Badenhorst requesting that the House require ACC to allow exercise physiologists to register as health providers

petition of Ana Briggs requesting that the House require that employers be completely honest with applicants about why they don’t progress in a recruitment process

petition of Helen Paddison requesting that the House urge the Government to ensure no one is beaten in prison or treated unfairly

petition of Carmen Shanks requesting that the House urge the Government to publicly fund the medication Trikafta for people in New Zealand with cystic fibrosis, and

petition of Gerard Rushton requesting that the House urge the Government to expand access to meningococcal vaccines.

Those petitions stand referred to the Petitions Committee. Ministers have delivered papers.

Annual reports for 2021 of the:

Government Communications Security Bureau

Health Promotion Agency

New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, and

Northland District Health Board

He Puna Hao Pātiki: the 2022 investment strategy and associated erratum, and

Northland District Health Board annual plan 2021-22 incorporating the statement of performance expectations.

Those papers are published under the authority of the House. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation. There are quite a few.

Reports of the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee on the 2020-21 annual reviews of the:

Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited

New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited

New Zealand Post Limited

Broadcasting Standards Authority

Financial Markets Authority

New Zealand Tourism Board, and on the

Electricity Industry Amendment Bill

report of the Environment Committee on the 2020-21 Annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

reports of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the:

2020/21 annual review of the Pike River Recovery Agency

Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Monetary Policy Statement, February 2022

reports of the Governance and Administration Committee on the 2020-21 annual reviews of:

Statistics New Zealand

Department of Internal Affairs

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Office of Film and Literature Classification

Office of the Ombudsman, and on the

Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Bill, and

petition of Alan Thompson

reports of the Health Committee on the 2020-21 annual reviews of the:

Hawke’s Bay District Health Board

Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

New Zealand Blood Service, and

South Canterbury District Health Board

reports of the Justice Committee on the 2020-21 annual reviews of the:

Criminal Cases Review Commission, and

Serious Fraud Office.

reports of the Petitions Committee on the:

petition of Juan Pablo Proverbio

petition of Makahokovalu Pailate

petition of Philippa Cameron

petition of Shannon Parker, and

petition of Suzi Taylor

reports of the Regulations Review Committee on the examination of COVID-19 orders presented between:

1 March and 7 March 2022

21 December 2021 and 1 February 2022, and

23 February and 28 February 2022

report of the Social Services and Community Committee on the:

2020-21 annual reviews of the social services and community sector (Ministry of Social Development, Social Wellbeing Agency, Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Ministry for Women, New Zealand Lotteries Commission), and

briefings on the 2020/21 financial performance of the New Zealand Artificial Limb Service and the Social Workers Registration Board

reports of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee on the 2020-21 annual reviews of the:

energy sector (Genesis Energy Limited, Transpower New Zealand Limited, Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited, Mercury NZ Limited, Meridian Energy Limited), and

transport sector (Ministry of Transport—Te Manatū Waka, New Zealand Transport Agency—Waka Kotahi, City Rail Link Limited, Maritime New Zealand, Air New Zealand Limited, Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited, Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, KiwiRail Holdings Limited, New Zealand Railways Corporation, Transport Accident Investigation Commission).

The bills are set down for second reading. The reports of the Regulations Review Committee and the report on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Monetary Policy Statement are set down for consideration. The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of bills.

Fair Pay Agreements Bill, introduction.

Rotorua District Council (Representation Arrangements) Bill, introduction.

Those bills are set down for first reading.