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Restores New Zealand citizenship to people born in Western Samoa between 1924 and 1949. [11] Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2024 2024/109-1: 10 December 2024 Urgent legislation banning greyhound dogs from being killed while the Government takes action to phase out greyhound racing in New Zealand by ...
On 9 August 2022, Labour passed legislation repealing the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act with the support of the allied Green Party and Te Pāti Māori. In response, the opposition National and ACT parties vowed to reinstate three-strikes legislation if they won the 2023 New Zealand general election. [14]
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, commonly known as the Treaty Principles Bill, is a government bill [1] promoted by David Seymour of the ACT New Zealand party. It aims to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and put them to a nationwide referendum for confirmation. [ 2 ]
On 23 October, the Government passed new resource management legislation to ease the "regulatory burden" on the country's farming, mining and other primary industries. [239] On 31 October, Trade Minister McClay confirmed that New Zealand had reached a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). As part of the ...
This is a list of acts passed during the 53rd New Zealand Parliament (25 November 2020 onwards), the second parliament of the Sixth Labour Government of New Zealand (2017–2023). For lists of earlier acts, see Lists of acts of the New Zealand Parliament. The 2020 speech from the throne outlined the government's legislative priorities for the ...
New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension Legislation Amendment Act 2020: 2020/36: 24 July 2020 New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Act 2020: 2020/37: 24 July 2020 Education and Training Act 2020: 2020/38: 31 July 2020 Corrections made under the Legislation Act 2012. Education and Training Act 2020: 2020/38: 31 July 2020
The Gangs Act 2024 is an omnibus bill that seeks to reduce the harmful behaviours caused by criminal gangs and to disincentivise gang membership. It makes displaying gang patches a criminal offence, creates new dispersal powers to stop gang members for gathering in a public area for seven days and create a new non-consorting order which bans specified gang offenders from consorting with each ...
The Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act 2022 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand that bans conversion therapy practices that seek to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. [1] The Bill passed its third and final reading on 15 February, receiving royal assent on 18 February 2022. [2]