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Have Your Say On The Protocol To Amend The Agreement Between New Zealand And Singapore On A Closer Economic Partnership
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 12:22 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
Make a submission on the treaty examination by 11.59pm on Friday 29 May 2026. More >>
Have Your Say On The International Treaty Examination Of The New Zealand—India Free Trade Agreement
Thursday, 30 April 2026, 11:19 am | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
Under the Agreement, tariffs will be immediately eliminated from a range of goods exports including sheep meat, wool, coal and 95% of forestry and wood products. More >>
Have Your Say On The Military Decorations And Distinctive Badges (Modernisation) Amendment Bill
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 1:00 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The bill would also amend language in the Act to reflect that military service is no longer only undertaken by men. More >>
Call For Submissions On The Armed Forces Discipline Legislation Amendment Bill
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 6:12 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
Changes in the Bill would update aspects of the military justice system to improve its ability to deal with serious, complex or sensitive offending, and low-level offending. More >>
Call For Submissions On The International Treaty Examination Of Agreement To Establish The Pacific Resilience Facility
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 2:58 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Agreement establishes the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) as the first Pacific-owned and -led regional fund dedicated to building community resilience to the impacts of climate change and disasters. More >>
Have Your Say On The Defence (Workforce) Amendment Bill
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 3:00 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
Tell the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee what you think. Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Sunday 05 October 2025. More >>
Submissions Open For The Anzac Day Amendment Bill
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 4:45 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
This bill would amend the Anzac Day Act 1966 to cover conflicts and persons who have served New Zealand in past or future times of war or in warlike conflicts that are not currently covered by the Act. More >>
Submissions Open For The Customs (Levies And Other Matters) Amendment Bill
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 5:39 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
This omnibus bill would amend legislation administered by the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs), the Inland Revenue Department, and the Ministry for the Environment—the Customs and Excise Act 2018, the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985, and the Waste Minimisation ... More >>
International Treaty Examination Of NZ - UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 4:37 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The examination includes the national interest analysis and three side letters. More >>
Submissions Open For The International Treaty Examination Of The Agreement On Climate Change, Trade And Sustainability
Monday, 23 December 2024, 3:16 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The agreement seeks to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. More >>
Submissions Open For The International Treaty Examination Of The Agreement On Climate Change, Trade And Sustainability
Monday, 23 December 2024, 3:11 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Treaty is a regional fisheries agreement that seeks to provide access to Exclusive Economic Zones of Pacific Island Parties (PIPs) for United States tuna fishing vessels, in return for access fees paid to those PIPs. More >>
Submissions Open For The International Treaty Examination Of The Agreement On Climate Change, Trade And Sustainability
Monday, 23 December 2024, 3:03 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability seeks to deliver commercial opportunities for New Zealand’s economy, while addressing climate and sustainability challenges. More >>
Submissions Now Open On The International Treaty Examinations Relating To ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area
Thursday, 27 June 2024, 8:20 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is inviting public submissions on two related international treaty examinations. The two agreements are: • Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free ... More >>
Submissions Open On International Treaty Examinations Relating To The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity
Monday, 24 June 2024, 1:35 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is inviting public submissions on four international treaty examinations relating to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) and the accompanying National Interest Analysis. More >>
Have Your Say On The European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill
Friday, 2 February 2024, 12:37 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee has called for public submissions on the European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill. This bill proposes amendments to New Zealand law that are required to bring the Free Trade ... More >>
Submissions Invited On The Free Trade Agreement With The European Union
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 4:02 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is now inviting submissions on the international treaty examination of the New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement (NZ-EU FTA). This agreement would establish preferential trade arrangements ... More >>
Submissions Invited On Legislative Changes Regarding Mass Arrivals
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 1:30 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is calling for submissions on the Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill. This bill would provide changes to the management of an irregular maritime arrival (an arrival of migrants to New Zealand ... More >>
Submissions Open On New Zealand Joining International Solar Energy Organisation
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 2:36 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
Submissions are invited on the examination of an agreement which would enable New Zealand to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). The ISA is an inter-governmental organisation which aims to develop and share solar energy expertise to reduce global ... More >>
Submissions Invited On Agreement Between Chile & New Zealand Regarding Agreement For Trans-Pacific Partnership
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:46 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
The Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is now seeking submissions about the Side Letter to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to exclude Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) between New ... More >>
Have Your Say On The Inspector-General Of Defence Bill
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 5:39 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
This bill would establish the office of an Inspector-General of Defence. This was a recommendation of the Government Inquiry into Operation Burnham and other matters, which examined allegations of wrongdoing by the New Zealand Defence Force during ... More >>
