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Guide for Health Promoters
A guide for health promoters who work with community groups wanting to participate in the submission process.

2019 Submissions

Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill (Environment Select Committee) - July 2019
Kāinga Ora—Homes and Communities Bill (submission from Wellington Regional Healthy Housing Response Group) (Environment Select Committee) - July 2019
Drug Driving (Ministry of Transport) - June 2019
Ngauranga to Petone (N2P) Wellington to Hutt Valley Walking and Cycling Link (NZ Transport Agency) - June 2019
Proposal to widen access to pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine (Pharmac) - May 2019
Pre-consultation on Proposed Appearance Industry Bylaw (Joint submission with Hutt Valley DHB)(Hutt City Council) - May 2019
New Zealand Health and Disability System Review (Expert Review Panel) - May 2019
Public Health Bylaw (Wellington City Council) - May 2019
Public Health Bylaw (Joint submission with Capital & Coast DHB)(Wellington City Council) - May 2019
Planning for Growth (Wellington City Council) - May 2019
Proposed Wairarapa Class 4 Gambling and Standalone TAB Venues Policy (Joint submission with Wairarapa DHB)(Masterton District Council, Carterton District Council and South Wairarapa District Council) - May 2019
Te Atakura - First to Zero (Wellington City Council) - May 2019
Class 4 Gaming Machines and TAB Venues Policy (Porirua City Council) - May 2019
Alcohol Control Bylaw - Kilbirnie and Kelburn (Wellington City Council) - May 2019
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill (Health Select Committee) - April 2019
Wairarapa Consolidated Bylaw (Masterton District Council) - April 2019
Health Star Rating system - Draft Five Year Review report (MPConsulting | Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation) - March 2019
Electricity Price Review - letter of support (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) - March 2019
Strategic plan for early learning 2019-29 (Ministry of Education) - March 2019
Wellington Water Proposal (South Wairarapa District Council) - March 2019
Porirua Draft Growth Strategy 2048 (Porirua City Council) - February 2019

2018 Submissions

Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Bill (Health Select Committee) - December 2018
Alcohol Control Bylaw (Masterton District Council) - November 2018
Alcohol Control Bylaw 2018 (Porirua City Council) - October 2018
Alcohol Control Bylaw (Kāpiti Coast District Council) - October 2018
Reform of the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (Ministry of Housing and Urban Development) - October 2018
Healthy Homes Standards (Ministry of Housing and Urban Development) - October 2018
Alcohol Control Bylaw (Wellington City Council) - September 2018
Labelling of sugars on packaged foods and drinks (Food Regulation Standing Committee) - September 2018
Featherston Wastewater Treatment Plant (Greater Wellington Regional Council) - July 2018
Ruamahanga Whaitua Implementation Plan (Greater Wellington Regional Council) - July 2018
Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction (Government Inquiry Panel) - June 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Carterton District Council) - May 2018
Local Government (Community Well-being) Amendment Bill (Governance and Administration Select Committee) - May 2018
Residential Tenancies (Prohibiting Letting Fees) Amendment Bill (Social Services and Community Select Committee) - May 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Wellington City Council) - May 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Joint submission with Compass Health PHO) (Wellington City Council) - May 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Joint submission with Te Awakairangi Health Network) (Hutt City Council) - May 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Hutt City Council) - May 2018
Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (Ministry of Transport) - May 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Joint submission with Compass Health PHO) (Masterton District Council) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Masterton District Council) - April 2018
Future of Tax (Tax Working Group) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Joint submission with Te Awakairangi Health Network) (Upper Hutt City Council) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Upper Hutt City Council) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Greater Wellington Regional Council) - April 2018
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Renewal of Licences) Amendment Bill (No 2) AND Supplementary Order Paper No 14 (Governance and Administration Select Committee) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (South Wairarapa District Council) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Kāpiti Coast District Council) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Joint submission with Compass Health and Ora Toa PHO) (Porirua City Council) - April 2018
Draft Long Term Plan (Porirua City Council) - April 2018
Residential Intensification - Proposed District Plan Change 43: Residential and Suburban Mixed Use (Hutt City Council) - March 2018

2017 Submissions

Better Metlink fares consultation (Greater Wellington Regional Council) - September 2017
Public submissions to the five year review of the Health Star Rating system (Health Star Rating (HSR) Advisory Committee) - August 2017
A Strategy to Prevent Suicide in New Zealand: Draft for public consultation (Ministry of Health) - June 2017
Carterton Wastewater Treatment and Wastewater Management Facilities (Greater Wellington Regional Council) - June 2017
Wastewater Bylaw Review (Porirua City Council) - May 2017
Draft Local Alcohol Policy (Hutt City Council) - May 2017
Clean Water 2017 Package (Ministry for the Environment) - April 2017
Consultation on exposure draft of Hazardous Substances (Hazardous Property Controls) Notice 2017 (Environmental Protection Agency) - April 2017
Draft Water New Zealand Good Practice Guide for the Beneficial Use of Organic Waste Products on Land (Water New Zealand) - March 2017
Draft standard on testing and decontamination of methamphetamine-contaminated properties (Standards NZ) - February 2017
Consultation on further immunisation schedule changes (Pharmac) - January 2017

2016 Submissions

Proposal for EPA Notices for Hazardous Property Controls (Environmental Protection Agency) - November 2016
Proposed Control of Alcohol in Public Places Bylaw 2016 (Hutt City Council) - October 2016
Proposed amendments to the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (Ministry for the Environment) - October 2016
Policy Options for the Regulation of Electronic Cigarettes (Ministry of Health) - September 2016
Standardised Tobacco Products and Packaging Draft Regulations (Ministry of Health) - July 2016
Draft Wairarapa TAB Board Venue Policy (Masterton District Council) - June 2016
Draft Wairarapa Gambling Venue Policy (Masterton District Council) - June 2016
Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) (Government Administration Select Committee) - June 2016
Proposal to amend listings in the National Immunisation Schedule (PHARMAC) - June 2016
Porirua City Council 2016-17 Annual Plan (Porirua City Council) - April 2016
Next Steps for Fresh Water (Ministry for the Environment) - April 2016
Review of the Code for Advertising to Children and the Children’s Code for Advertising Food (Advertising Standards Authority) - April 2016
Hutt Road Cycle Path (Wellington City Council) - April 2016
Resource Legislation Amendment Bill (Parliament, Local Government and Environment Select Committee) - March 2016
International treaty examination of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) (Parliament, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee) - March 2016
Better Urban Planning (Joint submission with the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities) (NZ Productivity Commission) - March 2016
Trade Waste Bylaw 2004 Review (Wellington City Council) - February 2016
Taylor Preston Air Discharge Resource Consent (Greater Wellington Regional Council) - February 2016
Reducing harm from commercial sunbeds (Ministry of Health) - February 2016
Proposed Residential Tenancies Regulations for insulation and smoke alarms (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) - February 2016
Budget Policy Statement 2016 (Parliament, Finance and Expenditure Select Committee) – January 2016
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (Parliament, Social Services Select Committee) – January 2016 (Letter of support)

2015 Submissions

Compass Health PHO Draft Population Health Strategy - December 2015
Education Act update (Ministry of Education) - December 2015
New Zealand Health Strategy (Ministry of Health) - December 2015
Draft Pharmacy Action Plan (Ministry of Health) - November 2015
Upper Hutt Urban Growth Strategy review (Upper Hutt City Council) - October 2015
Census 2018 consultation (Statistics NZ) - July 2015 (Letter of support)
Masterton and Carterton Draft Local Approved Products Policy (LAPP) (Masterton and Carterton District Councils) - June 2015
New Zealand and the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (Ministry of Health) - June 2015
Carterton District Council Draft Long Term Plan - June 2015
Consultation on setting New Zealand’s post-2020 climate change target (Ministry for the Environment) - June 2015
South Wairarapa District Council Draft Long Term Plan - June 2015
Masterton District Council Draft Long Term Plan - May 2015
Porirua City Council Draft Long Term Plan - May 2015
Hutt City Council Draft Long Term Plan - April 2015
Kāpiti Coast District Council Draft Long Term Plan - April 2015
Upper Hutt City Council Draft Long Term Plan - April 2015
Greater Wellington Regional Council Draft Long Term Plan - April 2015
Wellington City Council Draft Long Term Plan - April 2015
Proposals for regulations under the Food Act 2014 (Ministry for Primary Industries) - March 2015
Social Housing Service Policy Review (Wellington City Council) - March 2015
Cross-sectoral ethics arrangements for health and disability research - consultation (National Ethics Advisory Committee) - February 2015
Kāpiti Coast Draft Local Approved Products (Psychoactive Substances) Policy (Kāpiti Coast District Council) - February 2015
Health (Protection) Amendment Bill (Parliament, Health Select Committee) - February 2015
Upper Hutt Local Approved Products Policy (LAPP) (Upper Hutt City Council) - February 2015
Greytown Wastewater Treatment Plant Resource Consent (Greater Wellington Regional Council) - February 2015
Consultation on Proposed Amendment to Regulations under the Medicines Act 1981 (Ministry of Health) - January 2015