The Regulatory Standards Bill aims to improve the quality of regulation in New Zealand. The Ministry for Regulation received almost 23,000 submissions on the bill - about 80% in t ...

The ACT Party fought to have a Treaty of Waitangi clause stripped out of amended education legislation - but was overruled.

The Regulatory Standards Bill has drawn surprisingly strong opposition. Is it down to the bill's significance, or David ...

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has warned that the Regulatory Standards Bill could stymie progress in enabling ...

Analysis: If the Government decides to seize Methanex's gas or levy a tax on Google or retrospectively change rules on ...

Deputy PM hits back at criticism of his flagship bill, defending it against claims it breaches Treaty of Waitangi principles.

Monday 23 June 2025 marks the closing of the select committee submission period on the controversial Regulatory Standards ...

“I do not acknowledge, believe or trust that the Regulatory Standards Bill won’t give corporations more power… It’s shocking, ...

The Regulatory Standards Bill presented by ACT Party leader David Seymour is complex, but the heart of the matter is about how the rules and regulations that we all live by are put together, and ...

Documents released to Greenpeace Aotearoa under the Official Information Act reveal that both the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Treasury have joined the growing list of bodies issuing strong ...

New Zealand's parliament has handed record suspensions to three Indigenous Māori MPs after they performed a haka to protest a controversial bill last year. Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi ...