Submission Archives
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill Submission
JANUARY 27, 2016
This Bill will amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 to require smoke alarms and insulation in residential rental properties, and other tenancy improvements.
Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) Submission
JUNE 23, 2016
This Bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 with the purpose of ensuring that every rental home in New Zealand meets minimum standards of heating and insulation.
Cross-party Homelessness Inquiry Submission
AUGUST 17, 2016
This inquiry was launched by Labour, Green and Māori Parties after National MPs turned down Opposition requests for a Parliamentary select committee inquiry into the issue.
Further Submission to Plan Change 94B – Papakāinga – Whangarei District Council
AUGUST 23, 2016
Phase One of the Whangārei District Plan's Papakāinga policy became operative on 28 April 2011. Applications for Papakāinga currently require a resource consent as a discretionary activity. The existing provisions have not been formally utilised since they became operative. 94B represents Phase Two of Council’s Papakāinga policy.
Plan Change 94B – Papakāinga: Proposes to amend provisions relating to papakāinga developments in the Whangarei District Plan. The purpose of PC94B is to provide opportunities for Māori land owners to develop and live on their ancestral land and to develop guidelines and standards for the papakāinga development plan process.
Plan Change Hearing Statement of Evidence – PC 94B – Papakāinga – Whangarei District Council
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Phase One of the Whangārei District Plan's Papakāinga policy became operative on 28 April 2011. Applications for Papakāinga currently require a resource consent as a discretionary activity. The existing provisions have not been formally utilised since they became operative. 94B represents Phase Two of Council’s Papakāinga policy.
Jade Kake and Kaumātua Fred Sadler presented on behalf of Te Matapihi at the Plan Change hearings, held at Toll Stadium Whangarei, Monday 21 November 2016.
Click here to view all plan change documents on the Whangarei District Council website.
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (No 2) Submission
This bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 to address issues related to liability for damage to rental premises caused by a tenant, methamphetamine contamination in rental premises, and tenancies over rental premises that are unlawful for residential use.
The Bill passed its First Reading on 4 July 2017 and was been referred to the Local Government and Environment Committee for consideration. Submissions on the bill closed at midnight on 22 August 2017. The Bill will now progress to Select Committee stage.