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This bill is required to ensure that the Government has sufficient supply to implement Cabinet decisions made or otherwise finalised after the contents of the 2024/25 Estimates were closed off and to meet contingencies in excess of the amounts provided in the Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill.
Last activity 9 months agoThis bill amends the Education and Training Act 2020 to repeal the early childhood education network approval provisions, provide for a new type of school (charter school/kura hourua), and enable the Secretary for Education to make rules about attendance data.
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Last activity 10 months agoThis bill seeks to prohibit the sale of gift cards with an expiry date of less than three years after the initial sale date.
Last activity 10 months agoThis 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.
Last activity 10 months agoThis bill establishes preliminary arrangements for local government water services delivery.
Last activity 10 months agoThis omnibus bill implements the single broad policy of increasing remote participation in court proceedings.
Last activity 10 months agoThis is an omnibus bill with the single broad policy to reduce firearms crime and its impact on communities by enabling firearms prohibition orders to be made and monitored against a wider group of persons whose behaviour and actions pose a high risk of violence.
Last activity 10 months agoThis bill seeks to restore protections afforded to Kiwisaver members by the Employment Relations Act 2000 before it was amended by the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2008. It aims to ensure that workers cannot be discriminated against because they are members of a Kiwisaver scheme or a complying superannuation fund.
Last activity 11 months ago