Business Committee

No other business currently before the committee.

Commerce Committee

• Briefing on regulatory framework in the domestic dairy market

• Inquiry into the price of milk (13 Sep 2011)

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Transpower New Zealand Limited: Managing Risks to Transmission Assets

• Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Evaluating Solar Water Heating: Sun, Renewable Energy and Climate Change

2011/12 financial reviews

• Financial Markets Authority

• Radio New Zealand Limited

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Commerce

• Vote Communications

• Vote Consumer Affairs

• Vote Energy

• Vote Tourism

Education and Science Committee

• Inquiry into Pacific languages in early childhood education (25 Jun 2012)

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Education sector: Results of the 2011 audits

• Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Crown Research Institutes: Results of the 2011/12 audits

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Education

• Vote Education Review Office

• Vote Science and Innovation

• Vote Tertiary Education

Finance and Expenditure Committee

• Briefing on the Treasury’s Long-term fiscal statement 2013

• Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2013

• Fiscal Strategy Report 2013

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Draft Annual Plan 2013/14

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Inquiry into Aspects of ACC’s Board-level Governance

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Inquiry into decision by Hon Shane Jones to grant citizenship to Mr Yang Liu

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Inquiry into the Government's decision to negotiate with SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited for an international convention centre, February 2013

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Roles, responsibilities, and funding of public entities after the Canterbury earthquakes

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Financial Stability Report, May 2013

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Statement, June 2013

• Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the year ending 30 June 2013

• Twelfth biennial conference of the Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees (ACPAC), Sydney, Australia, 10 to 12 April 2013

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Audit

• Vote Canterbury Earthquake Recovery

• Vote Economic Development

• Vote Finance

• Vote Revenue

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

• Briefing from the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs

• Briefing into United Nations reform

• Briefing on Afghanistan

• Briefing on outcomes of the South Pacific Forum

• Briefing on the defence relationship between New Zealand and the United States

• Briefing on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

• Briefing on the International Criminal Court and the Kampala Amendment on the Crime of Aggression

• Briefing on the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia

• International treaty examination of the Protocol to the 2007 World Wine Trade Group agreement on requirements for wine labelling: Concerning alcohol tolerance, vintage, variety, and wine regions, Brussels, 22 March 2013

• Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on New Zealand Defence Force: Progress with the Defence Sustainability Initiative

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Customs

• Vote Defence

• Vote Defence Force

• Vote Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Vote Official Development Assistance

• Vote Veterans' Affairs - Social Development

Government Administration Committee

• Briefing from the Remuneration Authority

• Inquiry into the performance in the previous financial year, and the current operations of Drug Free Sport New Zealand

2011/12 financial reviews

• Drug Free Sport New Zealand

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage

• Vote Internal Affairs

• Vote Office of the Clerk

• Vote Ombudsmen

• Vote Pacific Island Affairs

• Vote Parliamentary Service

• Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet

• Vote Sport and Recreation

• Vote State Services

• Vote Statistics

• Vote Women's Affairs

Health Committee

• Briefing on District Health Board initiatives designed to meet the health target of shorter stays in emergency departments

• Briefing on English language proficiency tests with reference to non-English speaking health professionals seeking registration in New Zealand

• Briefing on New Zealand Health Innovation Hub

• Briefing on prostate cancer

• Briefing on the External Review of Maternity Care in the Counties Manukau District

• Inquiry into improving child health outcomes and preventing child abuse with a focus from preconception until three years of age (04 May 2012)

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Health sector: Results of the 2010/11 audits

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Health sector: Results of the 2011/12 audits

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Health

Justice and Electoral Committee

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Attorney-General

• Vote Courts

• Vote Justice

• Vote Parliamentary Counsel

Law and Order Committee

• Briefing on Joint Thematic Review of Young Persons in Detention

• Briefing on policing and prisons in Canterbury

• Briefing on policing and prisons in Canterbury

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, New Zealand Police: Enforcing drink-driving laws, February 2013

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Corrections

• Vote Police

• Vote Serious Fraud

Local Government and Environment Committee

• Briefing on a matter relating to the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Auckland Council: Transition and emerging challenges, December 2012

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Department of Conservation: Prioritising and partnering to manage biodiversity, December 2012

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Local government: Results of the 2011/12 audits

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Matters arising from the 2012-22 local authority long-term plans

• Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation into the status and management of the longfin eel

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Conservation

• Vote Environment

• Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Māori Affairs Committee

• Briefing on Damien and George Nepata and their entitlement to compensation

• Briefing on Kōhanga Reo

• Briefing on tobacco control and Maori

• Inquiry into the determinants of wellbeing for Maori children (16 Mar 2012)

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Māori Affairs

• Vote Treaty Negotiations

Officers of Parliament Committee

No other business currently before the committee.

Primary Production Committee

• Briefing from the grain and seed industry

• Briefing on loans known as swaps and their effect on primary industry

• Briefing on Molesworth Station

• Briefing on new import health standards for pork

• Briefing on the future of Maori Agribusiness

• Briefing on the sheep milking industry

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Ministry for Primary Industries: Preparing for and responding to biosecurity incursions

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Food Safety

• Vote Lands

• Vote Primary Industries

Privileges Committee

• Question of privilege concerning the agreements for policing, execution of search warrants, and collection and retention of information by the NZSIS

• Question of privilege concerning the defamation action Attorney-General and Gow v Leigh (29 Oct 2012)

Regulations Review Committee

• 2012 Activities Report

• Briefing on Local Government infringement fees

• Briefing on regulation making powers in transitional provisions in bills

• Briefing on the Legislation Act and its effect on the Regulations Review Committee

• Building (Definition of Restricted Work) Order 2011 (SR2011/317)

• Complaint regarding the Canterbury Earthquake (Building Act) Order 2011 (SR2011/311)

• Complaint regarding the Civil Aviation Charges Regulations (No 2) 1991 Amendment Regulations 2012

• Complaint regarding the New Zealand Teachers Council (Conduct) Rules 2004 (SR2004/143)

• Complaint regarding the Offences Fee contained in the Amendment to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board (Fees) Notice 2006

• Orders in Council made under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011

• Orders in Council made under the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010

• Road User Charges (Transitional Exemption for Certain Farmers’ Vehicles) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/10)

Social Services Committee

• Briefing into long-term caravan park and motor camp accommodation

• Inquiry into boarding houses in New Zealand (24 Jun 2011)

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote Housing

• Vote Senior Citizens

• Vote Social Development

Standing Orders Committee

No other business currently before the committee.

Transport and Industrial Relations Committee

• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Transport sector: Results of the 2011/12 audits

2013/14 Estimates

• Vote ACC

• Vote Employment

• Vote Immigration

• Vote Labour

• Vote Transport

Business Committee

No bills currently before the committee.

Commerce Committee

• Electronic Transactions (Contract Formation) Amendment Bill (27 June 2013, 15 November 2013)
• Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill (21 June 2012, 18 June 2013)
• Regulatory Standards Bill (18 August 2011, 28 February 2014)

Education and Science Committee

No bills currently before the committee.

Finance and Expenditure Committee

• Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Amendment Bill (14 June 2013, 13 September 2013)
• Public Finance (Fiscal Responsibility) Amendment Bill (14 February 2013, 4 June 2013)
• Taxation (Livestock Valuation, Assets Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Bill (7 February 2013, 7 June 2013)

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

No bills currently before the committee.

Government Administration Committee

• Lobbying Disclosure Bill (5 October 2012, 26 July 2013)
• Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Bill (18 May 2012, 28 June 2013)
• Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill (5 October 2012, 9 August 2013)
• Statutes Amendment Bill (15 February 2013, 11 June 2013)

Health Committee

• Psychoactive Substances Bill (1 May 2013, 14 June 2013)

Justice and Electoral Committee

• Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill (13 February 2013, 4 June 2013)
• Joint Family Homes Repeal Bill (7 September 2012, 19 August 2013)
• Register of Pecuniary Interests of Judges Bill (31 August 2012, 23 July 2013)

Law and Order Committee

• Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill (13 June 2013, 20 September 2013)

Local Government and Environment Committee

• Conservation (Natural Heritage Protection) Bill (28 February 2013, 8 August 2013)
• Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill (29 November 2012, 27 June 2013)
• Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill (29 February 2012, 1 July 2013)
• Resource Management (Restricted Duration of Certain Discharge and Coastal Permits) Amendment Bill (29 November 2012, 14 August 2013)
• Resource Management Reform Bill (28 February 2013, 11 June 2013)
• Subantarctic Islands Marine Reserves Bill (14 February 2013, 4 June 2013)
• Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill (4 April 2013, 20 August 2013)

Māori Affairs Committee

• Māori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Māori) Amendment Bill (2 May 2013, 23 July 2013)
• Mokomoko (Restoration of Character, Mana, and Reputation) Bill (6 December 2012, 31 May 2013)

Officers of Parliament Committee

No bills currently before the committee.

Primary Production Committee

• Fisheries (Foreign Charter Vessels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (28 March 2013, 21 June 2013)

Privileges Committee

No bills currently before the committee.

Regulations Review Committee

No bills currently before the committee.

Social Services Committee

• Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill (30 May 2013, 26 July 2013)
• Social Housing Reform (Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Amendment) Bill (27 June 2013, 1 October 2013)

Standing Orders Committee

No bills currently before the committee.

Transport and Industrial Relations Committee

• Land Transport (Admissibility of Evidential Breath Tests) Amendment Bill (21 December 2012, 24 September 2013)

Description

The report investigates the way "state of the environment" reporting is carried out in New Zealand, and recommends changes that will improve its quality and usefulness.

Description

In May 2007 changes to the format of Estimates and other information presented with Appropriation bills were proposed by the then Minister of Finance. The proposed changes (some of which have now been implemented) were presented to the Finance and Expenditure Committee for review and comment, in accordance with the requirements of the Public Finance Act 2004.

Description

This report covers aspects of the results of auditing Auckland Council’s planning document, Auckland Council’s Long-term Plan, 1 November 2010 – 30 June 2019, which became its long-term plan on 1 November 2010.

Description

The Update includes Treasury's overall economic forecasts and the forecast financial statements of the Government, along with the implications of Government financial decisions.