Consultations — have your say

Give feedback on a bill before Parliament

Before a law is passed you can give your views on it — called making a submission. You can do this online.

Consultations listing

You can give local and central government feedback on their plans before they make decisions.

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Open Government Partnership NZ: National action plan 2016-18 mid-term self-assessment

The State Services Commission is seeking your feedback on progress with actions to support open government.

• National Action Plan development
• Peer exchange
• Summary of implementation
• Commitment 1: Open Budget
• Commitment 2: Improving official information practices
• Commitment 3: Improving open data access and principles
• Commitment 4: Tracking progress and outcomes of open government data release
• Commitment 5: Ongoing engagement for OGP
• Commitment 6: Improving Access to Legislation
• Commitment 7: Improving policy practices
• Open Government in New Zealand
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Feedback on the National Action Plan

Vinyl records and legal deposit consultation

This consultation seeks input from publishers or representatives of publishers, on the terms and conditions relating to format, public access or other matters to be included, when vinyl records are explicitly brought within the scope of the legal deposit regime.

This survey is now closed to submissions.

• About legal deposit
• Appendix A – The e-Docs Notice
• Appendix B – Extracts from the Act
• Have your say
• Published submissions

Information sharing about gangs

Information Sharing Agreement between the New Zealand Gang Intelligence Centre Agencies for the purpose of reducing gang-related harm to individuals and society in general.

This survey is now closed to submissions.

Information sharing between Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Social Development

A government discussion document.

This survey is now closed to submissions.

Proposed changes to birth, death, marriage and civil union fees

The Department of Internal Affairs invites your feedback about proposed changes to Births, Deaths and Marriages fees, and about proposed fees for the appointment and annual renewal of marriage and civil union celebrants.

This survey is now closed to submissions.

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• Fees for Births, Deaths and Marriages products
• Current fees: new security measures
• Current fees: changing celebrant market
• Current fees: account deficits, cost pressures and IT systems
• Managing cost pressures to date
• Principles for assessing fee options
• Options: status quo
• Options: equal increase in fees
• Options: simplified fee structure
• Risks, costs and benefits of options one and two
• Other options considered and not progressed
• Implementation, monitoring, evaluation and review
• Appendix A: Schedule of proposed fees
• Appendix B: Cost components
• Appendix C: Forecast costs for products and services
• Appendix D: Comparison to Australian BDM products and services
• Consultation feedback

Archives 2057 Discussion Document

Archives New Zealand needs to plan for the long term to ensure that the record of government is available to New Zealanders now and in the future. Your input will help Archives develop a long-term strategy.

This survey is now closed to submissions.

• Opening
• Current state
• Potential future state
• Strategic focus area 1
• Strategic focus area 2
• Strategic focus area 3
• Glossary
• Public meetings
• Feedback on Archives 2057 Discussion Document

New Zealand’s Open Government Partnership self-assessment report

First National Action Plan 2014-2016
Draft: September 2016
This survey is now closed to submissions.

• Section 1. Introduction and background
• Section 2. National Action Plan process
• Section 3a. Implementation of National Action Plan commitments
• Section 3b. Implementation of National Action Plan commitments
• Section 3c. Implementation of National Action Plan commitments
• Section 3d. Implementation of National Action Plan commitments
• Section 4: Conclusion, other initiatives and next steps

Open Government Partnership Action Plan

This survey is now closed to submissions.

• Draft background for OGP NAP development / consultation
• Introduction
• What we learned
• Going forward
• Context
• Provide your input
• Published submissions

Should the New Zealand Government adopt the International Open Data Charter?

This survey is now closed to submissions.

• Provide your input
• Moderation policy
• Published submissions

Reducing dog attacks – share your thoughts

This survey is now closed to submissions.
Many people are concerned about the harm caused by dog attacks. This survey is a chance to let the government know your thoughts on how the number of attacks could be reduced.

• Published submissions

National Library of New Zealand: Positioning for the future

This survey is now closed to submissions.
The National Library of New Zealand has released its Draft Strategic Direction to 2030 and is interested in your feedback. Comments are open until 31 August 2016.

• One knowledge network
• A nation of readers
• Words as taonga
• Published submissions p. 1
• Published submissions p. 2
• Published submissions p. 3
• Published submissions p. 4
• Published submissions p. 5
• Published submissions p. 6
• Published submissions p. 7
• Published submissions p. 8
• Published submissions p. 9
• Published submissions p. 10
• Emailed submissions

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