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Bills Open for Public Submission – Core Issues
Public Works Amendment Bill – Efficiency at the Cost of Rights
This bill expands compulsory acquisition powers while narrowing objection rights, weakening judicial oversight, and diluting protections for Māori land. Administrative speed and infrastructure delivery are prioritised over consent, proportionality, and Te Tiriti obligations.
“Public works must not become a vehicle for dispossession.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 27 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Emergency Management Bill (No 2) – Preparedness or Permanent Powers?
The bill entrenches extraordinary executive powers with insufficient sunset clauses. Emergency governance risks becoming normalised beyond genuine crises.
“Emergency powers should expire — not settle in.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 03 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Budget Policy Statement 2026 – Discipline or Austerity?
The statement prioritises fiscal restraint over social investment and prevention. Long-term wellbeing and equity outcomes are subordinated to narrow balance-sheet targets.
“Budgets reveal values more than speeches do.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 04 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Commerce (Promoting Competition and Other Matters) Amendment Bill – Competition in Name Only?
Despite strong rhetoric, the bill fails to meaningfully address market concentration and pricing power. Structural dominance remains largely untouched.
“True competition challenges power, not just behaviour.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 04 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill – Reform or Reset Without Consent?
These bills centralise planning authority while diluting local democracy and iwi partnership. Environmental protection is reframed as a negotiable balance rather than a duty.
“Nature does not negotiate with economic targets.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 13 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Arms Bill – Public Safety or Expanding Criminalisation?
The bill expands offences and enforcement powers without addressing root causes of violence. Law-abiding owners face increased compliance with limited evidence of safety gains.
“Control without context breeds resentment, not safety.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 16 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Crimes Amendment Bill – Protection or Overreach?
This bill broadens criminal liability using vague thresholds. It risks unintended criminalisation and inconsistent enforcement.
“Criminal law should be precise, restrained, and rare.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 16 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill – Safety Delayed Again?
Ongoing extensions prioritise cost avoidance over public safety. Risk is deferred rather than reduced, particularly in lower-income areas.
“Delay is a policy choice with consequences.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 16 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Infrastructure Funding and Financing Amendment Bill – Innovation or Hidden Debt?
The bill expands off-balance-sheet financing mechanisms with limited transparency. Long-term risk is shifted onto communities without democratic oversight.
“Who pays later matters as much as who builds now.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 20 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
Inquiry into the 2025 Local Elections – Learning or Narrative Control?
The inquiry risks framing democratic disengagement as a technical issue rather than a trust failure. Structural causes may be sidelined.
“Democracy fails when people stop believing it hears them.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 27 February 2026 – 11:59 pm
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Agreement to Establish the Pacific Resilience Facility – Solidarity or Financialisation?
While framed as climate resilience, the agreement lacks enforceable community safeguards. It risks debt-driven responses that undermine Pacific sovereignty and indigenous leadership.
“Resilience must be built with communities, not on them.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 21 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Telecommunications Amendment Bill – Connectivity or Control?
This bill expands regulatory and ministerial power over telecommunications infrastructure with insufficient privacy, proportionality, and civil liberties safeguards. It risks normalising surveillance-capable systems through infrastructure law rather than democratic mandate.
“Infrastructure power is political power.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 14 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Telecommunications and Other Matters Amendment Bill – Technical Fixes, Hidden Reach?
Framed as technical alignment, this omnibus bill bundles unrelated provisions in ways that reduce parliamentary and public scrutiny. Executive enforcement powers are expanded through legal and technical complexity rather than transparent policy debate.
“Complexity is often where accountability disappears.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 14 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Meteorological Services (Acquisition and Policies) Legislation Amendment Bill – Public Science for Sale?
This bill risks commercial and ministerial capture of publicly funded weather and climate data. Public safety, scientific openness, and long-term resilience are subordinated to pricing discretion and executive control.
“Weather data is public safety infrastructure.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 14 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill – Streamlining or Standardising Children?
The language of system reform masks a shift toward centralisation, compliance, and market-style governance. Local decision-making, professional judgment, and relational education are displaced by metrics, contracts, and executive control, weakening genuine Te Tiriti partnership.
“Education is a relationship, not a production line.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 14 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Racing Industry (Closure of Greyhound Racing Industry) Amendment Bill – Ethics Without Transition?
Although addressing animal welfare, the bill lacks binding, funded guarantees for the long-term care of displaced animals and affected workers. It relies on administrative assurances rather than enforceable protections.
“Ending harm requires responsibility, not abandonment.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 09 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill – User Pays or Public Burden?
Framed as funding reform, this bill shifts transport costs onto users while failing to ring-fence revenue for equitable public transport outcomes. It risks regressive impacts on low-income and rural communities and entrenches road-user charging without transparent accountability.
“Revenue mechanisms shape behaviour — and inequality.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 08 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Building and Construction Sector (Strengthening Occupational Licensing Regimes) Amendment Bill – Safety or Gatekeeping?
While presented as consumer protection, this bill raises barriers to entry, centralises control, and favours large operators over small, Māori, and regional tradespeople. It risks credential inflation without addressing systemic construction failures.
“Licensing should protect skill — not entrench power.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 08 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Building and Construction Sector (Self-certification by Plumbers and Drainlayers) Amendment Bill – Trust or Conflict of Interest?
This bill expands self-certification without adequate independent oversight, creating conflicts of interest and weakening consumer protection. Liability risks are shifted onto homeowners rather than addressed through robust inspection regimes.
“Self-certification without scrutiny is deregulation by stealth.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 08 January 2026 – 11:59 pm
Life Jackets for Children and Young Persons Bill – Safety or Overreach?
Presented as a “simple safety measure,” this bill in fact duplicates existing Maritime Rules, removes parental and skipper discretion, and imposes a one-size-fits-all national mandate on families already practising safe behaviour. It replaces local authority, judgement, and Te Tiriti-based decision-making with centralised regulation that adds no proven safety benefit.
“Good safety law supports families and communities — it does not replace them.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 11 December 2025 – 11:59 pm
Why this Bill is unnecessary and overrides family and community authority | Read the full submission
Financial Markets Conduct Amendment Bill – Transparency or Concealment?
Presented as a “simplification” of climate reporting, Amendment Paper No. 446 in fact legalises unsubstantiated climate statements, removes independent verification, and exempts most major companies from disclosure entirely. These changes weaken financial-market integrity and enable high-pollution and extraction industries to operate without scrutiny.
“A disclosure system that permits concealment is not transparency — it is corruption by design.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 4 December 2025 – 11:59 pm
Why this Amendment enables concealment and weakens accountability | About Scott Simpson | Read the full submission
Redress System for Abuse in Care Bill – Redress or Restriction?
Presented as a framework for justice, this Bill in fact creates exclusions that deny redress to many survivors, protects the Crown through legally hollow apologies, and contradicts the Royal Commission’s survivor-centred recommendations. Those most harmed by State care — especially Māori and care-experienced survivors who later offended due to trauma — face new barriers instead of recognition.
“Redress cannot heal when it begins by excluding the very people the State harmed.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 26 November 2025 – 11:59 pm
Why this Bill restricts redress and protects the Crown | About Erica Stanford | Read the full submission
Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill – Fast-track or Fast-bypass?
Marketed as a fix for supermarket prices, this Bill in fact weakens environmental safeguards, reduces public and Māori participation, and expands ministerial influence over project approvals. It speeds up development by slowing down scrutiny — and hides systemic restructuring behind a popular issue.
“Fast-track should never mean bypassing the safeguards that protect people and place.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 17 November 2025 – 2:00 pm
Why this Bill expands power and weakens safeguards | About Chris Bishop | Read the full submission
Local Government (Auckland Council) (Transport Governance) Amendment Bill – Democracy or Direction from Wellington?
Presented as “greater accountability”, this Bill in fact recentralises Auckland’s transport under ministerial control, gives ministers voting power over local plans, and allows vetoes on Auckland’s own road and funding decisions. It replaces one unaccountable body with another — and calls it reform. While it promises efficiency, it mainly entrenches political control and silences local democracy.
“Localism without power is illusion.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 09 November 2025 – 11:59 pm
Why this Bill centralises power and weakens Auckland’s voice | About Chris Bishop | Read the full submission
Inquiry into Performance Reporting and Public Accountability – Accountability or Illusion?
Framed as a “review of reporting frameworks”, this inquiry exposes how New Zealand’s performance system has become fragmented, opaque, and short-term. Instead of connecting public money to public value, it produces thousands of pages that few can interpret. True reform requires a Performance and Accountability Act, independent outcome verification, and Treaty-centred reporting that makes government results visible and fair.
“Accountability without clarity is illusion.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 29 October 2025 – 11:59 pm
Why reform is essential to restore trust | Read the full submission
Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Bill – Validation or Violation?
Presented as a “transition for farmers”, this Bill quietly legalises practices a court already ruled unlawful, delays welfare reform until 2035, and removes independent checks from animal-welfare law. It uses legal wording to hide a political act — rewriting history instead of fixing cruelty. While it claims to “support welfare”, it mainly protects industry interests and weakens the rule of law.
“You cannot make justice by declaring illegality valid.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 October 2025 – 5:00 pm
Why this Bill rewrites the law and delays change | About Andrew Hoggard | Read the full submission
Taxation (Annual Rates for 2025–26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Bill – Simplification or Favouritism?
Sold as “simplification”, this Bill quietly hands more control to Inland Revenue, lets Ministers share taxpayer data across agencies, and changes tax rules after the fact. It’s full of technical wording that hides big shifts in power — away from Parliament and toward unelected officials. While the name suggests help for taxpayers, most of the real benefits go to large companies and government departments, not ordinary New Zealanders.
“Simplification must not become a cover for privilege.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 October 2025 – 11:59 pm
Why this Bill expands control and weakens privacy | About Simon Watts | Read the full submission
Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill – Hiding Costs, Hurting Small Businesses
Framed as “consumer protection”, this Bill bans visible surcharges — forcing all consumers to pay blended prices that hide real costs and disadvantage small merchants. It rests on contested data, grants sweeping delegated powers, and risks eroding transparency, fairness, and competition in New Zealand’s payment system. What appears as fairness is, in reality, a quiet shift from visibility to concealment — from open pricing to hidden burden.
“When truth in price disappears, fairness soon follows.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 12 October 2025, 11:59pm
Why this Bill hides costs and harms fairness | About Scott Simpson | Read the full submission
Summary Offences (Demonstrations Near Residential Premises) Amendment Bill – Criminalising Dissent Under the Mask of Privacy
This Bill is presented as a balance between privacy and protest, but it creates a new criminal offence for “unreasonable disruption” — a vague, subjective test that can be used to silence peaceful protest. It duplicates existing offences, introduces imprisonment for lawful assembly, and was drafted with no public or Māori consultation. What is framed as protection of privacy is, in truth, a quiet erosion of the right to dissent.
“When expression is filtered through comfort, democracy forgets its pulse.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 06 October 2025, 2:00 pm
Why this Bill threatens the right to protest | About Paul Goldsmith | Read the full submission
Defence (Workforce) Amendment Bill – Power Concentration Under the Guise of Efficiency
This Bill is presented as an “administrative clarification” for Defence workforce management, but in reality it centralises power in one Minister, weakens parliamentary oversight, and allows armed forces to replace civilian staff during lawful strike action. It erodes labour rights, blurs the boundary between military and civilian authority, and sets a dangerous precedent for executive overreach — all while omitting Te Tiriti and equity impact analysis. What is framed as flexibility is in fact a shift toward secrecy and militarisation of civilian functions.
“Democracy falters when power hides behind uniforms and silence.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 05 October 2025, 11:59 pm
Why this Bill erodes democracy and rights | About Judith Collins | Read the full submission
Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill – Omnibus Overreach Disguised as Tidying
This Bill claims to deliver small “regulatory fixes,” but in fact it bundles changes across land transport, maritime, and aviation law, masks substantive reforms as minor edits, expands closure and investigatory powers without safeguards, and shifts compliance to electronic-only in ways that risk exclusion. Oversight and consultation are weak, Treaty and equity impacts are ignored, and the result is erosion of clarity, accountability, and public trust.
“A tidy-up that hides real change isn’t tidy — it’s erosion.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 02 October 2025, 11:59pm
Why this Bill erodes transparency and accountability | About James Meager | Read the full submission
Carter Trust Amendment Bill – Rewriting a Will by Statute
This Private Bill overrides Charles Rooking Carter’s will to force a six-month wind-up, earmarks $50,000 to a single parish, hands the balance to the Carter Society without purpose lock-ups, and limits Public Trust’s liability to dishonesty/gross negligence while deducting undefined “reasonable expenses.” Oversight is after the fact, not before; the normal cy-près court pathway is bypassed; and ministerial checks on the Society’s rule changes are stripped away. This is not stewardship — it is legislative overreach that erodes donor intent, transparency, and public confidence in charitable bequests.
“When Parliament rewrites a will without independent guardrails, charity is the first casualty — and trust is the next.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 02 October 2025, 11:59pm
Why this Bill erodes donor intent and accountability | About Mike Butterick | Read the full submission
Antisocial Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill – Punishment Disguised as Safety
This Bill claims to deter dangerous behaviour, but instead it embeds mandatory vehicle forfeiture and destruction, expands pre-conviction seizure powers, compels registered owners to disclose identifying information under threat of forfeiture, and gives Police wide closure powers that can penalise residents and bystanders. What looks like safety reform is actually overreach that erodes rights, chills assembly, and disproportionately harms Māori, Pasifika, youth, and low-income communities.
“A law that punishes beyond its target ceases to protect — it erodes trust.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 30 September 2025, 1.00pm
Why this Bill erodes rights and fairness | About Chris Bishop | Read the full submission
Clean Vehicle Standard Amendment Bill (No 2) – Climate Loopholes Disguised as Flexibility
The Clean Vehicle Standard was meant to drive down emissions. This Bill instead extends carbon credit lifespans, removes barriers between new and used import credits, lets polluters borrow against the future, grants ministerial power to weaken standards by regulation, and even manipulates credits so one credit can equal two or half depending on transfer. What looks like technical adjustments is actually a rollback that delays action, hides emissions, and locks New Zealand into a dirtier transport future.
“A true standard drives real change. A loophole only changes the numbers.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 26 September 2025, 11:59 pm
Why this Bill erodes climate action | About Chris Bishop | Read the full submission
Review of Standing Orders 2026 – Constitution Eroded by Procedure
Presented as efficiency and modernisation, this review entrenches Executive dominance, weakens select committee scrutiny, sidelines Te Tiriti o Waitangi, enables abuse of urgency, and silences public voice. What appears to be procedural housekeeping is in fact constitutional erosion — reshaping the very rules that decide whether Parliament serves the people or the Government of the day.
“Standing Orders are the constitution at work. When they privilege speed over scrutiny, the public pays the price.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 25 September 2025
Why this review erodes scrutiny and voice | About Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand | Read our full submission
Kororipo Pā Vesting Bill – Return in Form, Erosion in Mechanism
Returning Kororipo Pā to Ngāti Rēhia as kaitiaki is right in principle. But this Bill achieves it by ousting court review, making an amendable deed effectively supreme over Parliament, disapplying conservation and planning safeguards, preserving Crown-era concessions and bylaws, and even allowing transfer of the fee simple away from Ngāti Rēhia. What looks like a simple return risks fragmenting Ngāpuhi’s settlement and constraining hapū authority from day one.
“A true return empowers guardianship. A legal shortcut only changes the lock.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 25 September 2025, 11:59 pm
Why this Bill erodes safeguards | About Paul Goldsmith | Read the full submission
Regulatory Systems (Internal Affairs) Amendment Bill – Erosion Disguised as Housekeeping
Framed as a “regulatory tidy-up,” this omnibus bill bundles sweeping changes across births, deaths, marriages, charities, gambling, censorship, identity, fire levies, inquiries, and archives. It extends executive discretion, weakens privacy, enables the sale or amendment of public records, and breaches Te Tiriti protections. What looks like administrative efficiency is in fact the quiet dismantling of safeguards that protect rights, taonga, and public trust.
“Archives are the spine of a free society – when governments can sell, amend, or conceal them, truth itself is put up for auction.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 24 September 2025, 11:59 pm
Why this bill erodes trust and taonga | About Brooke van Velden | Read our full submission
Constitution Amendment Bill – Altering the Rules of the Game
Framed as “tidy-up” continuity, this bill extends ministerial and under-secretarial power beyond parliamentary mandate, relies on weak caretaker conventions, and incentivises election delays. It makes foundational constitutional changes without full public mandate, bypassing the robust democratic process required for reform. The result: concentrated power, loopholes for unelected office-holders, and weakened public trust.
“A constitution is the people’s contract – it must not be rewritten in the backroom.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 15 September 2025, 1:00 pm
Why this bill erodes accountability | About Paul Goldsmith | Read our full submission
Electoral Amendment Bill – Democracy Narrowed by Design
Marketed as “efficiency,” the bill instead disenfranchises all sentenced prisoners, authorises roll changes without consent, validates irregularities by executive order, and politicises polling operations. It suppresses participation — especially Māori — and risks skewing outcomes against fair representation.
“Election law should protect the vote, not those in power.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 11 September 2025
Why this bill erodes democratic rights | About Paul Goldsmith | Read our full submission
Patents Amendment Bill – Corporate Lock on Innovation
Marketed as “technical harmonisation,” the bill instead rewrites rules retrospectively and embeds higher hurdles that favour large patent holders. It risks stifling small inventors, universities, and community innovators while narrowing public access to knowledge and essential technologies.
“Patents must serve fairness and innovation — not hindsight.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 4 September 2025
Why this bill undermines fairness and innovation | About Scott Simpson | Read our full submission
Education and Training (Early Childhood Education Reform) Amendment Bill – Market Before Children
Marketed as improving “effectiveness” and “reducing burden,” the bill instead centralises power in a Director of Regulation and reframes early childhood education as labour-market support. It expands intrusive data powers, permits delegation of core regulatory functions to private actors, and favours large commercial providers while eroding community-led, kaupapa Māori, Pasifika, and rural services.
“Education must serve children and communities — not markets.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 1 September 2025
Why this bill undermines child-centred education | About David Seymour | Read our full submission
Public Service Amendment Bill – Centralised Control Disguised as Reform
Marketed as improving “performance,” the bill recentres power in the Public Service Commissioner and Prime Minister’s Department. It politicises hiring, weakens staff protections, embeds secrecy powers, and expands immunities — shifting the public service away from neutrality and into ministerial alignment.
“A politicised public service serves politics, not the public.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 31 August 2025
Why this bill erodes neutrality and accountability | About Judith Collins | Read my full submission
Legislation Amendment Bill – Omnibus Power Grab
Bundles multiple law changes into a single bill, bypassing proper scrutiny of each measure. It centralises legislative control in the Attorney-General, expands exemptions from oversight, absolves the PCO of liability, and introduces fees and levies for law-making functions. Behind the guise of “tidying up” statutes, it enables quiet erosion of rights and parliamentary accountability.
“When many doors are opened at once, watch what slips through.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 28 August 2025
Why this bill erodes parliamentary safeguards | About Judith Collins | Read my full submission
Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill – Central Government Takeover of Councils
This bill hands Ministers and officials direct control over council rules and reporting, narrows the purpose of local government to “core services” and economic growth, and allows developers to shift infrastructure costs onto ratepayers. It erodes transparency, overrides local priorities, and converts councils into centrally directed delivery arms.
“Local government is not a branch office of central power — it is the community’s voice.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 27 August 2025
Why this bill takes over councils | About Simon Watts | Read my full submission
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Supervisor, Levy, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill – Centralising Control, Expanding Intrusion
This bill replaces multi‑agency oversight with a single supervisor under the Prime Minister’s authority, enables sweeping rule‑by‑notice changes, authorises entry into dwellinghouses, and introduces an industry levy steered by ministerial strategy. It weakens parliamentary control and civil safeguards.
“Efficiency without safeguards is a shortcut to abuse.” – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 21 August 2025
Why this bill centralises and intrudes | About Nicole McKee | Read my full submission
Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill – Centralising Control, Weakening Partnership
This bill rewires our health system — removing sector principles, diluting Te Tiriti mechanisms, embedding private providers, and centralising ministerial control. It weakens independent oversight and shifts focus from equity and partnership to political direction and target-chasing.
"Public health must be guided by equity, transparency, and genuine partnership — not centralised control and target-chasing." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 18 August 2025
Why this bill threatens public health | About Simeon Brown | Read my submission
#ProtectPublicHealth #DefendTeTiriti #HealthEquityNow #StopHealthErosion
Online Casino Gambling Bill – Normalising Harmful Gambling
This bill legitimises and expands one of the most harmful forms of gambling by creating a licensing regime for online casinos, permitting advertising, and allowing offshore operators into New Zealand’s market. It risks increasing addiction, debt, and social harm while making the government financially dependent on gambling revenue.
"Access to health and wellbeing is not served by legitimising harmful gambling products." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 17 August 2025
Why this bill threatens public health | About Brooke van Velden | Read my submission
#StopGamblingHarm #ProtectCommunities #GamblingReformNZ #PublicHealthFirst
Legal Services (Distribution of Special Fund) Amendment Bill – Diluting Justice Access
This bill weakens the Special Fund’s purpose by expanding ministerial discretion and allowing funds to be spent on vague “support” activities instead of guaranteed front-line community law services. It risks diversion of money away from those most in need, with no added transparency or Te Tiriti safeguards.
"Access to justice is not served by vague funding powers." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 14 August 2025
Why this bill threatens community legal services | About Paul Goldsmith | Read my submission
#ProtectLegalAid #DefendCommunityLaw #JusticeForAll #StopFundDiversion
Employment Relations Amendment Bill – Competitiveness at the Cost of Fairness
This bill dismantles core employment protections, removes grievance rights for higher-income earners, expands contractor loopholes, and weakens procedural fairness. It shifts New Zealand toward a “fire-at-will” culture that undermines job security for all.
"Employment law exists to prevent arbitrary power — not enable it." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 13 August 2025
Why this bill erodes worker rights | About Brooke van Velden | Read my submission
#ProtectWorkerRights #FairnessNotFireAtWill #StopMisclassification #DefendDueProcess
Online Harm Inquiry – Safety Framed, Freedom Endangered
This inquiry repackages digital censorship, state-corporate alliance, and vague threat narratives as “protection for youth.” It risks entrenching surveillance culture, silencing dissent, and outsourcing public policy to unaccountable tech actors.
"If the power to define harm isn’t shared — it will always be abused." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 30 July 2025
Why this inquiry threatens digital freedom | Read my submission
#FreedomNotFilters #ProtectSpeech #StopDigitalCensorship #YouthDeserveTruth
Immigration System Integrity Bill – Control Expanded, Rights Eroded
This bill disguises power centralisation, migrant surveillance, and fiscal extraction as “sustainability.” It turns immigration into a system of monitoring, monetisation, and ministerial override — not fairness or integrity.
"When the law sees you as a cost — you’re no longer protected by it." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 28 July 2025
Why this bill erodes rights and due process | About Erica Stanford | Read my submission
#NoSurveillanceState #RightsNotTags #StopThePowerGrab #TreatyAppliesToAll
Overseas Investment Amendment Bill – Sovereignty Sold, Scrutiny Silenced
This bill fast-tracks foreign acquisitions, merges protective tests, and hands unchecked power to Cabinet — all while ignoring Te Tiriti and public interest. It’s not oversight — it’s surrender.
"You don’t protect national interest by making it easier to sell the nation." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 July 2025
Why this bill endangers public assets | About David Seymour | Read my submission
#ProtectOurAssets #NoFastTrackSales #TreatyNotTrade #SeymourSellsUsOut
Game Animal Council Amendment Bill – Conservation Compromised
This bill rewrites the National Parks Act to protect invasive species, centralises decision-making in a single Minister, and opens our most sensitive public lands to political and recreational manipulation. It’s not conservation — it’s concession.
"You don’t preserve the wild by protecting the invaders." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 24 July 2025
Why this bill threatens biodiversity and law | About James Meager | Read my submission
#ProtectTheParks #NoTrophyZones #NatureNotNegotiable #GameOverMeager
Ports and Maritime Inquiry – Control Framed as Coordination
This inquiry positions ports as productivity assets while ignoring Treaty rights, community voice, and environmental integrity. It opens the door to privatisation, centralised control, and worker displacement — under the guise of “sector performance.”
"You don’t protect a nation by selling off its gateways." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 13 July 2025
Why this inquiry threatens public ownership | Read my submission
#PortsForPeople #ProtectPublicAssets #TreatyWaters #StopPortPrivatisation
Climate Change Response Bill – Forests Restricted, Pollution Protected
This bill caps climate-positive land use while shielding high-emissions agriculture. It imposes ballots, bureaucratic filters, and mapping hurdles — turning carbon sequestration into a privilege, not a right.
"You don’t fight climate change by handcuffing carbon sinks." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 07 July 2025
Why this bill undermines climate justice | About Simon Watts | Read my submission
#LetForestsGrow #StopLandControl #ClimateTruth #TreatyLandRights
Public Finance Amendment Bill – Nicola Willis’s Model: Wellbeing Out, Power In
This bill removes wellbeing obligations from fiscal policy, expands secrecy around risks, and centralises control over public funds — turning the Budget into a tool of numbers without people.
"A healthy balance sheet must include the health of its people." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 07 July 2025
Why this bill endangers fiscal justice | About Nicola Willis | Read my submission
#ProtectWellbeing #FiscalTransparency #TreatyMatters #StopMinisterialOverreach
Financial Markets Amendment Bill – Criminalising Ethical Banking
This bill forces financial institutions to serve all customers regardless of ESG or climate concerns — or face jail time. It punishes banks for refusing harmful industries and undermines responsible lending.
"You can’t legislate ethics out of finance without opening the door to corruption." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 04 July 2025
Why this bill enables harmful industries | Read my submission
#StopForcedFinance #EthicalBankingMatters #ClimateIntegrity #RejectBadBills
Valuers Bill – Restructuring Behind Closed Doors
Amendment 286 quietly rewrites the rules of land valuation — expanding board control, removing experience thresholds, and risking the politicisation of a crucial public-interest profession.
"A fair valuation system needs independence — not silent rewrites that serve hidden agendas." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 27 June 2025
Why this bill undermines valuation integrity | About the Minister | Read my submission
#DefendProfessionalIntegrity #ValuationMatters #StopRegulatoryOverreach #TreatyImpactsIgnored
Judicature (Timeliness) Legislation Amendment Bill – Efficiency Over Justice
Restricts access to civil claims, weakens appeal rights, and permits the quiet closure of coroners’ inquiries — all in the name of “timeliness.”
"Justice must be timely — but even more, it must be true, transparent, and accessible." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 25 June 2025
Why this bill erodes public justice | About the Minister | Read my submission
#AccessToJustice #StopSilentShutdowns #ProtectAppealRights #JusticeNotControl
Building and Construction (Small Stand-alone Dwellings) Amendment Bill – Deregulation Disguised as Housing Help
Removes building consent for small dwellings without defining the rules — opening the door to unsafe builds, council bypass, and silent regulatory creep.
"Consent can't be removed without clarity. Transparency is not optional — especially in law." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 June 2025
Why this bill removes vital safeguards | About the Minister | Read my submission
#ProtectConsent #StopQuietDeregulation #BuildResponsibly #ConsentMatters
Financial Markets Conduct Amendment Bill – Power Without Public Safeguards
Expands regulator powers while stripping away the checks that protect people’s rights, transparency, and Treaty-based accountability.
"Market control without public oversight is not reform — it's erosion." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 June 2025
Why this bill expands unchecked power | About the Minister | Read my submission
#StopUnaccountablePower #ProtectPublicOversight #TreatyMatters #NoToMarketCapture
Financial Service Providers Bill – Corporate Systems Prioritised
Reshapes regulation to favour financial institutions — reducing transparency and weakening fair dispute processes.
"Fairness is not a market preference — it's a public right." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 June 2025
Why this bill favours corporations | About the Minister | Read my submission
#DefendPublicAccess #StopCorporateCapture #FairFinanceNow #NoToOpaqueSystems
Small Dwellings Bill – Consent Removed, Conditions Hidden
Lets buildings go up without consent — but hides the rules. Risks safety, transparency, and future misuse.
"Consent can't be removed without clarity. Transparency is not optional — especially in law." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 June 2025
Why this bill is dangerous | About the Minister | Read my submission
#ProtectConsent #StopQuietDeregulation #BuildResponsibly #NoBlankCheques #WatchThePattern
Credit Contracts Bill – Borrower Rights Gutted
Removes borrower protections. Replaces oversight with deregulated market tools. Prioritises lenders over people.
"Finance should serve people — not exploit them." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 June 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#DefendBorrowerRights #ProtectConsumers #NoToFinancialErosion #StopMarketCapture
Regulatory Standards Bill – Law by Minister, Not by Parliament
Gives Ministers power to rewrite rules behind closed doors. Overrides Parliament. Blocks courts. Ignores Te Tiriti. A full legal bypass dressed as “efficiency.”
"This isn’t a reform — it’s a regime. It lets Ministers write their own laws, answer to no one, and call it fair." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 June 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#StopDeregulation #NoToMinisterRule #ProtectPublicRights #TreatyMatters #DefendDemocracy #NoRubberStampLaws #EndExecutiveOverreach
Vocational Education Bill – Corporate Control in Disguise
Disbands Te Pūkenga, replaces Treaty partnership with industry boards. Shifts education from public good to private gain.
"This bill dismantles the heart of vocational learning." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 18 June 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#DefendVocationalEducation #TreatyPartnership #ProtectLearners #StopTheErosion
Public Works Bill – Land Grabs Disguised as Urgency
Redefines “critical infrastructure” to force land acquisitions. Caps compensation. Ignores Treaty protections. Silences Māori and local voices.
"This isn’t about infrastructure — it’s about eliminating resistance." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 13 June 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#StopLandGrabs #ProtectCommunityVoice #RespectTeTiriti #NoToMinisterialOverreach
Education and Training Bill (No 2) – Control Over Care
Forces schools to chase numbers, not care. Silences teachers. Ignores Māori unless it helps the state.
"A polite plan to turn schools into factories." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 12 June 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#StopEducationErosion #ProtectStudents #DefendFreedom #TreatyMatters
UAE CEPA Bill – Deals in the Dark
Lets UAE investors buy big NZ assets with no checks, no Treaty clause, no public say.
"This isn't trade — it's blind trust sold cheap." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 23 May 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#StopInvestorPrivilege #ProtectNZAssets #TransparencyNow #TreatyFirst
Juries (Age of Excusal) Bill – Dignity Denied
Pushes elders to serve past 65. Ignores age, health, and care duties.
"Let seniors rest — they’ve done their part." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 22 May 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#RespectOurElders #ProtectRetirementRights #DignityMatters
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Bill – Profit Over Pause
Lifts alcohol bans on sacred days. Undermines reflection and respect.
"Not every day is for drinking." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 22 May 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#KeepAnzacSacred #RespectTheDays #ProfitCanWait
Anzac Day Amendment Bill – History Rewritten
Expands Anzac Day to future wars. Turns memory into marketing.
"Anzac Day must honour real sacrifice — not slogans." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 22 May 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#KeepAnzacTrue #NoToFutureWars #TruthMatters
Employment Relations Bill – The Quiet Firing Bill
Legalises pressure-exits. Hides evidence. Gags workers.
"When workers are silenced, justice is lost." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 22 May 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#StopQuietFiring #FairWorkMatters #SpeakUp
Medicines Amendment Bill – Health for Sale
Fast-tracks foreign drugs. Blocks scrutiny. Serves pharma, not people.
"Our health is not for sale." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 19 May 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#StopMedicinesAmendment #PublicHealthFirst #SafeMedsNZ
Plain Language Repeal Bill – Silencing by Confusion
Ends the rule that government must speak clearly. Hurts access, hides truth, blocks understanding.
"No clarity, no trust. This repeal erases public voice." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 14 May 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#PlainLanguageNow #ClarityIsPower #StopTheRepeal #FairCommunicationNZ
Land Transport (Time of Use Charging) Bill – The Toll Trap
Charges drivers without fixing transport. Tracks movement. Hits workers and small business hardest.
"This isn’t smarter travel — it’s silent surveillance for profit." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 27 April 2025
Why this bill is harmful | About the Minister | Read my submission
#TollTrap #FairTransportNZ #PrivacyMattersNZ #StopTheToll
4-Year Term Bill – More Power, Less Accountability
Lets leaders extend their rule. Cuts voter voice. Weakens democracy.
"This isn’t stability — it’s a blank cheque for power." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 17 April 2025
#NoTo4YearTerm #KeepThemAccountable #DemocracyMatters #StopThePowerGrab
Referendums Framework Bill – Vote Rigging, Legalised
Gives government full control over referendums. Blocks fair questions. Silences citizens.
"A law that fakes fairness to control outcomes." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 17 April 2025
#DefendDemocracy #NoToFPP #LetThePeopleDecide #StopPowerGrabs
Auckland Future Fund Bill – Privatisation Pipeline
Enables asset sell-offs with weak oversight and no Treaty safeguards. Public wealth at risk.
"No checks. No voice. No future." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 8 April 2025
#NoAssetSellOff #ProtectOurFuture #TeTiriti #TransparencyNow
Right to Repair Bill – Too Much, Too Fast
Good idea, bad law. Overcomplicates repairs, raises costs, and hurts supply without protecting consumers well.
"Balance matters — fairness needs fixing too." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 3 April 2025
#RightToRepair #FairLegislation #ConsumerRights #BusinessImpact
Courts Amendment Bill – Secrets and Shortcuts
Reduces public access, hides jury processes, and expands unchecked powers. Justice without sunlight.
"Justice must be seen to be trusted." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 3 April 2025
#StopJusticeErosion #CourtTransparency #FairTrialRights #NoSecretCourts
Tribunals Amendment Bill – Power Without Balance
Expands government control, weakens legal safeguards, and risks privacy. A quiet takeover of justice.
"Streamlining shouldn't steamroll our rights." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 3 April 2025
#GovernmentOverreach #ProtectOurRights #JusticeReform #RuleOfLaw
Occupational Regulation Bill – Power Without Safeguards
Gives regulators more power with less oversight. Weakens industry standards, raises fines, and cuts accountability.
"It’s not reform — it’s unchecked control over every profession." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 1 April 2025
#StopPowerGrabs #ProtectConsumers #FairRegulation #PublicTrust
AML/CFT Amendment Bill – Overreach Disguised as Safety
Burden on small business, unclear penalties, weak privacy rules. No transition plan. High risk, low fairness.
"Fighting crime shouldn't crush trust or business." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 28 March 2025
#AMLReform #ProtectSMEs #PrivacyMatters #StopRedTape
Māori Purposes Bill – Control, Not Partnership
Centralises control over Māori governance. Legalises shady appointments. Shuts out rural voices.
"This bill speaks of support — but acts as suppression." – Ukes Baha
Submission deadline: 27 March 2025
#ProtectMāoriVoices #TeTiriti #StopOverreach #SelfDetermination
Customs Amendment Bill – Hidden Taxes, Heavy Hands
Raises levies, increases bureaucracy, and risks double-taxing. Bad for small business, worse for fairness.
"Another tax, dressed as reform — with no way out." – Ukes Baha
Submission date: 5 March 2025
#StopRedTape #FairTrade #ProtectSmallBusiness #NoToDoubleTax
Water Services Bill – Centralised Control, Local Silence
Takes water from local hands. Ignores Māori guardianship. Burdens communities with no real say.
"Water belongs to people, not power." – Ukes Baha
Submission date: 19 February 2025
#StopWaterCentralisation #MāoriStewardship #ProtectLocalVoices #TreatyOfWaitangi
BBNJ Treaty Agreement – Oceans for All, Not for Control
Risks global overreach on shared seas. Undermines Māori kaitiakitanga. Prioritises power over protection.
"Stewardship, not sovereignty, should guide the seas." – Ukes Baha
Submission date: 21 January 2025
#SharedOceans #BBNJAgreement #Kaitiakitanga #TreatyOfWaitangi
Climate, Trade & Sustainability Bill – Green Words, Risky Moves
Poorly designed. Undermines real sustainability. Ignores Māori voices. Promotes unstable, corporate solutions.
"Real climate care needs Indigenous wisdom and food security — not slogans." – Ukes Baha
Submission date: 15 January 2025
#ClimateJustice #MāoriGuardianship #TrueSustainability #TreatyOfWaitangi
Treaty Principles Bill – Rewrite by Force
Tries to fix in law what should grow in trust. Undermines partnership. Erodes Māori rights and public unity.
"The Treaty isn’t broken — but this bill would break its spirit." – Ukes Baha
Submission date: 13 January 2025
#HandsOffOurTreaty #CoDesignMatters #TruePartnership #WaitangiJustice
Regulatory Standards Bill – Deregulation in Disguise
Hands power to unelected boards. Prioritises profit over people. Cuts out Māori, community, and oversight.
"They call it efficiency. We call it erosion." – Ukes Baha
Submission date: 4 January 2025
#ProtectDemocracy #PublicWelfareFirst #NoToDeregulation #HonourTheTreaty