PETITIONS, PAPERS, SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Three petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Carlo Jaminola requesting that the House urge the Government to grant international qualified nurses (IQN) who have obtained their annual practicing certificate a 3-year open work visa, and limit the flow of IQN coming to New Zealand

petition of Shinichi Yamada requesting that the House urge the Government to advocate that the Japanese Government stops running 12 nuclear reactors in the southern part of Japan

petition of Maher Nazzal requesting that, on behalf of NZ All Out for Gaza, the House urge the Government to join South Africa’s International Court of Justice case against Israel, sanction Israel and their supporters violating international law, recognise Palestinian statehood, and increase humanitarian aid funding to the United Nations Relief & Works Agency.

Those petitions stand referred to the Petitions Committee. Ministers have delivered 13 papers.

Government responses on the:

report of the Environment Committee on the petition of Hannah Blumhardt

report of the Environment Committee on the petition of Lydia Chai

petition of Seiji Tonouchi

2023-24 annual reports:

Network for Learning Limited

New Zealand Conservation Authority

Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust

Whakaata Māori

erratum to the New Zealand Film Commission annual report 2024

2024-2028 strategic intentions for the Social Investment Agency

2024-2028 statement of intent for Pharmac

2024-2025 amendment to the statement of performance expectations for the Electricity Authority

report to the Ministry for the Environment on New Zealand’s first emissions reduction plan: Amendment 2024, and Our journey towards net zero: New Zealand’s second emissions reduction plan 2026-30, and the Technical Annex.

I present an optional protocol to the convention against torture report of the Ombudsman on examination of the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989. Those papers are published under the authority of the House. Fifteen select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.

Reports of the Environment Committee on the:

petition of Aaron Joyes

petition of Brigitte Sistig

petition of James Hita

petition of Niki Gladding

report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Knowing what’s out there: Regulating the environmental fate of chemicals

report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Wellbeing budgets and the environment: A promised land?

report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Environmental reporting, research and investment: Do we know if we’re making a difference?

report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Estimate of environmental expenditure 2019/20: Method and results, October 2022

reports of the Justice Committee:

District Court (District Court Judges) Amendment Bill

petition of Josiah Tualamali’i: Inquiry into solutions for youth justice

petition of Sunny Kaushal

review briefing on the 2022-23 annual review of the Serious Fraud Office

reports of the Petitions Committee:

petition of Epilepsy Waikato Charitable Trust

petition of Public Health Association New Zealand

report of the Social Services and Community Committee on the petition of Joseph Griffen

reports of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee:

Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill

report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.

The bills are set down for second reading. The Report of the Attorney-General, Reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, and the review briefings are set down for consideration. The Clerk’s been informed of the introduction of a bill.

The Land Transport Management (Time of Use Charging) Amendment Bill, introduction.