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

Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira requesting that the House halt the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act and urge the Government to protect Māori customary interests in the marine and coastal environment

petition of Tanya Waikato requesting that the House urge the Government to cancel the contract with the School Lunch Collective and reinstate contracts with local providers.

Those petitions stand referred to the Petitions Committee. Ministers have delivered 33 papers.

2024-25 annual reports of:

Education Review Office

Remuneration Authority

Ministry of Social Development

Southern Response

Land Information New Zealand

Department of Conservation

Crown Irrigation Investments Ltd

Executive Board for the Elimination of Family Violence and Sexual Violence

Ministry of Health, together with the Cancer Agency and non-departmental appropriations

Independent Children’s Monitor

Inland Revenue

Department of Internal Affairs

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, together with the Prime Minister’s statement under section 222(3) of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Office of the Judicial Conduct Commissioner

Ministry of Justice, together with the Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana: Te Tari Whakatau and non-departmental appropriations

Ministry for Women

New Zealand Customs Service, together with the Border Chief Executive Board and non-departmental appropriations

Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children

Parliamentary Counsel Office

Ministry for Primary Industries, together with non-departmental appropriations

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, together with the National Emergency Management Agency and non-departmental appropriations

Public Service Commission

Ministry for Regulation

Serious Fraud Office

Social Investment Agency

Te Puni Kōkiri

Ministry of Transport

reports on non-departmental appropriations for 2024-25 of:

Media and Communications portfolio, Energy portfolio, Social Development and Employment portfolio, and the Tourism and Hospitality portfolio in Vote Business, Science and Innovation

Ministry of Education, Ngā Ara o te Mātauranga: The pathways of education 2024, incorporating New Zealand Schools: Ngā Kura o Aotearoa and WorkSafe’s Statement of performance expectations 2025/26.

I present the annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman. Those papers are published under the authority of the House. Ten select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.

Report of the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee on the review briefing on the 2023/24 annual review of the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited

report of the Education and Workforce Committee on the petition of NZEI

reports of the Environment Committee on the:

Game Animal Council (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill

report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, How ministers and officials developed the first emissions reduction plan - and how to do it better next time

reports of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the:

Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Amendment Bill

Public Finance Amendment Bill

reports of the Justice Committee on the:

briefing into the Justice Cluster

Legal Services (Distribution of Special Fund) Amendment Bill

report of the Petitions Committee on the petition of Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand.

The bills are set down for second reading and the review briefing, report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, and the briefing into the Justice Cluster are set down for consideration. The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of three bills.

Telecommunications and Other Matters Amendment Bill, introduction

Meteorological Services (Acquisition and Policies) Legislation Amendment Bill, introduction

Telecommunications Amendment Bill, introduction.

Those bills are set down for first reading.