Submissions

We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the Ministry's discussion document, Review of the Financial Reporting Act Part II. Read more

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has released five papers that are part of a review of the government’s role in the domestic food sector. The fifth paper, Principles and Possible Methods for a Cost Recovery Framework (the Cost Recovery Paper), states that its purpose is to “propose principles and possible methods for a cost recovery framework for domestic food safety that will determine the funding of functions undertaken by the regulator or on its behalf and who will fund those functions” (p 5). Read more

This paper was prepared by Capital Economics Ltd for the Local Government Forum. Read more

In this submission, section 2 reviews the BPS's objectives. Section 3 discusses whether the fiscal strategy in the BPS is consistent with those objectives and touches on problems of regulation. Read more

The minister of energy has invited interested parties to comment on new matters raised in the Report, and other relevant matters that have not been the subject of earlier submissions or are not reflected in the Report. In particular, the minister has sought comments on the Report's recommendation that a targeted control regime comparable to that applied to electricity lines businesses under Part 4A of the Commerce Act 1986 should be applied to gas pipeline businesses. Read more

We are writing in response to the invitation to submit comments on the Oil Security report that was prepared by Covec and Hale and Twomey (‘the Report’) and released on 14 December 2004. We agree that the government faces an international relationship problem. Read more

In our view the Draft Report's recommendation that the government engage with the International Energy Agency (IEA) directly over oil security issues is sensible. We consider that the government will be able to do this more effectively if it gathers more information about willingness to pay and if it approaches the issues in a structured manner, using the framework for evaluating regulatory proposals in the Cabinet Manual. Read more

The Draft Report provisionally recommends that the termination of voice calls on a non-third generation (3G) cellular mobile telephone network should be regulated on a cost basis. It does not recommend regulation of 3G mobile services. Read more

This submission on the report of the Savings Product Working Group (the SPWG) is made by the New Zealand Business Roundtable, an organisation comprising primarily chief executives of major New Zealand business firms. 1 The purpose of the Business Roundtable is to contribute to the development of sound public policies that reflect overall New Zealand interests. Read more

The Business Roundtable has taken a close interest in superannuation issues and has contributed to all government reviews undertaken since the mid-1980s. Government policy on superannuation is a significant issue for superannuitants, people of working age and the wider community. Read more

The foreshore and seabed should generally be publicly owned with open access, subject to existing private rights.

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The Forum considers that local authorities should restrict themselves to their core business of providing local public goods and performing its regulatory activities in an efficient manner. Read more

We have several specific concerns with the bill that are worth highlighting (see section 4 of the NZBR submission). Read more

Our submission focuses on the Council's proposed spending and revenue, and its rating policy, particularly the issue of the business differential. Read more

The New Zealand Business Roundtable Submission on the officials' issues paper, 'Taxation of Non-controlled Offshore Investment in Equity'. Read more