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PHA Submissions
The PHA is actively involved in influencing public health policy. One way we do this is by making submissions to Select Committees, government departments and/or other government bodies to encourage evidence-based, sensible, and effective public health legislation and policy.
Our recent submissions are linked below.
2022
National Office
Submission on the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill February 2023
Submission on Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill August 2022
Submission on Water Services Entities Bill July 2022
Feedback on the proposed changes to the promotion and provision of healthy drinks in schools, June 2022
Submission on Taumata Arowai Consultation on Drinking Water Standards and Quality Assurance rules March 2022
Letter to Minister Kris Faafoi on Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act March 2022
Submission on Plain Language Bill March 2022
Branch Submissions
2021
National Office
Submission on the Māori Electoral Option consultation July 2021
Submission on the National and Built Environment Act July 2021
Joint Venture Family Violence Sexual Violence Consultation 29 June 2021
Letter to Hon James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change 28 March 2021
Drug Law Reform Open Letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Adern
PHA NZCPHM Water Services Bill March 2021
Climate Change Commission Consultation March 20212020
National Office
Local Government Rating of Whenua Māori Amendment Bill June 2020
PHA NZCPHM Taumata Arowai - Water Services Regulator Bill March 2020
Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill April 2020
New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill, April 2020
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, March 2020
Inquiry into 2019 Local Elections and Liquor Licensing Trust Elections, February 2020
Urban Development Bill, February 2020
Sexual Violence Legislation Bill, January 2020
Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Bill, January 2020
2019
National Office
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill, December 2019
Supplementary Order Paper 408 – Arms Legislation Bill, November 2019
Letter to PM asking NZ to pledge recommitment to UNCRC, October 2019
Proposal P1050 Pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages, October 2019
Action for Healthy Waterways, October 2019
Arms Legislation Bill, October 2019
Online Gambling Consultation, September 2019
Inquiry into Health Inequities for Māori, September 2019
Abortion Legislation Bill, September 2019
Smoke-Free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Bill, August 2019
Letter to Environment Canterbury, July 2019
Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill, July 2019
Health and Disability System Review, May 2019
Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill, April 2019
Comments on proposed gun law changes, April 2019
Budget Policy Statement 2019, January 2019
2018
National Office
Treasury Living Standards Dashboard: Monitoring Intergenerational Wellbeing, July 2018
Pregnancy warning labels on packaged alcoholic beverages, June 2018
Local Government (Community Wellbeing) Amendment Bill, May 2018
Abortion Law Reform, May 2018Government Policy Statement Land Transport, May 2018
Future of Tax: Submissions Background Paper, April 2018
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Renewal of Licences) Amendment Bill (2), April 2018
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, April 2018
Draft Guidelines for schools developing a firearms policy, April 2018Child Poverty Reduction Bill, April 2018
Letter on Health & Safety Reference Group - Firearms in Schools, February 2018
Submission on the Taxation (Neutralising Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Bill, January 2018
Branch submissions
Canterbury/West Coast branch - Reform of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 consultation, October 2018
Wellington branch - Greater Wellington Regional Council Long Term Plan 2018 January 2018
2017
National Office
Government Policy Statement on land transport for 2018/19 – 2027/28 (GPS2018), March 2017
Letter of support for Domestic Violence Victims' Protection Bill, March 2017
Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill, February 2017
Proposal to ban plastic microbeads in personal care products, February 2017
Replacing the New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy 2011-2016, February 2017
Policy options for the regulation of e-cigarettes, September 2016
New Zealand Health Research Strategy Discussion Document, July 2016
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, January 2016