- Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill, some comments about the Bill are available here, see pages 27 to 32 - deadline is Friday, 13 April 2012
- Defence Amendment Bill, some comments about the Bill are available here - deadline is Friday, 13 April 2012
- Submissions on the Mixed Ownership Model Bill, some comments about the Bill are also available here, pages 12 to 15 - deadline is Friday, 13 April 2012
- Submissions on SOE privatisation (mixed ownership model), some resources are available here - deadline is 22 February 2012
- UN NGO Consultation on the relationship between human rights and the environment, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - deadline is Friday, 10 June 2011
- UN NGO Consultation on the Right to Peace, UN Human Rights Council, closing date is Friday, 27 May 2011
- Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, closing date is Friday, 19 November 2010
- Foreshore and seabed: government proposals and consultation document - submission deadline is 30 April 2010
- Review of armed forces - have your say, do we really need them? - submission deadline is 24 August 2009
- Feedback due: 'Pakeha' in the next Census? - the deadline for feedback is Monday, 25 May
- Submissions due: Foreshore and Seabed Act Ministerial Review - the deadline for written submissions is Tuesday, 19 May 2009; for oral submissions, please refer to the relevant section in the action alert
- Universal Periodic Review: NGO submissions on the government's draft Universal Periodic Review report - the deadline is Tuesday, 17 March 2009
- Universal Periodic Review: submissions on the NZ government's human rights record - deadlines are: Thursday, 23 October 2008 for joint NGO submissions; Monday, 10 November 2008 for single NGO submissions
- Immigration Bill - links to analysis and comment on the Bill, and information about how you can make a submission on it, are available on this web page -
closing date is Friday, 2 November 2007
- Submissions: Education Curriculum and the Treaty of Waitangi - closing date is 30 November 2006
- Submissions on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill - closing date is 20 October 2006
- 2006 DICK NZ Awards: call for nominations - closing date is 29 September 2006
- Submissions on Treaty claims deadline - closing date is 18 August 2006
- Violence against children - repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act: submissions on the Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill, deadline 28 February 2006
- 2005 DICK NZ Awards: call for nominations - final closing date is 16 September 2005
Information on NZ Day Bill submissions, deadline 29 July 2005
Civil Union Bill - information about the Bill and making a submission on it is on available here; deadline 6 August 2004
Act now! Foreshore and Seabed Bill Submissions, June 2004
Act now! Submissions on 'Foreshore and seabed: protecting public access and customary rights', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 29 September 2003
Submissions on 'Foreshore and seabed: protecting public access and customary rights', 18 August 2003 - deadline 3 October 2003. More information is available here.
Submissions on the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms) Amendment Bill - deadline for submissions is 13 June 2003. The HSNO Amendment Bill will allow for open field trials and commercial releases of GE crops. For more information check out this website; and you can download a simple submission as a Word document here.
Submissions on the Counter Terrorism Bill - deadline for submissions is 9 May 2003. For more information check out the NZ terrorism suppression legislation index page.
Submissions on the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms) Amendment Bill - deadline for submissions is 15 November 2002. The HSNO Amendment Bill will allow for open field trials and commercial releases of GE crops. For more information check out this website (scan down the page until you reach the relevant text); you can download a simple submission as a Word document here. The official Public Discussion Paper 'Improving the Operation of the HSNO Act for New Organisms; Including Proposals in Response to Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification' is available here.
Submissions on the practicality of 'coexistence' between GE and non-GE production - deadline for submissions is 15 November 2002. Information about making a submission is available on-line here. A useful article 'GM Contamination Inevitable if NZ Adopts GM Agriculture' is avaliable in the list of publications on the Sustainability Council of NZ website.
Submissions to ANZFA Re Irradiating Fruit- deadline for comments is 7 August 2002. More information about this is available on the Sustainable Wellington website
Plant Variety Rights and Patent Acts under review, PMA/Arena - deadline for submissions is 26 July 2002
Striking the Balance: Your Opportunity to Have Your Say on the New Zealand Court System - deadline for comments is 12 July 2002(Note: from the front page of the Law Commission website click on 'News' then click on 'The Law Commission's preliminary paper Striking the Balance: Your Opportunity to Have Your Say on the New Zealand Court System')
Inquiry into Australia's relationship with Papua New Guinea and other Pacific island countries, PMA, 25 June 2002 - deadline is 8 July 2002.
Police search and seizure inquiry, closing date 30 June 2002
Submissions due: Anti-terrorism legislation, closing date 30 November 2001 - for updates on the legislation, see Human rights (Aotearoa/New Zealand) index page
Submissions due: GCSB Bill, closing date - 30 June 2001.
Submissions due: International Treaties Bill, Closing date - 31 March 2001.
Submissions due: NZ Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill.Final deadline - 15 February 2001.
Submissions due: Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) No 85 to the Crimes Amendment Bill (no 6) Closing date - 9 February 2001.
Submissions due: Re-evaluation of the Human Rights Protections in New Zealand Report Closing date - 9 February 2001.
Submissions due: Cannabis Inquiry Closing date - 7 February 2001.
Submissions due: Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, Closing date - 1 December 2000.
Submissions due: VUW Women's Studies. Closing date - 24 November 2000.
Submissions due: Review of the Police Complaints Authority.
Nominations due: Roger Award 2000. Closing date - 31 October 2000.
Submissions due: Draft Report on Traditional Knowledge, World Intellectual Property Organization. Closing date - 30 October 2000.
Messages due: Saying No to militarism and war, PMA/WILPF, Send a message to the message board, 17 October 2000.
Submissions due: Singapore Free Trade Agreement Deadline 25 September.
Online reponses due: Australia bans UN human rights inspections.
Submissions due:Inquiry into the role of human rights in foreign policy. Closing date - 31 July 2000.
Submissions due: Draft Strategy: Violence Prevention. Closing date - 28 July 2000.
Submissions due: Inquiry into the Resourcing of Tertiary Education. Closing dates - 21 and 24 July 2000.
Comments due: Draft copy of the First Periodic Report of the NZ Government on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Closing date - 15 July 2000.
Submissions due: Human rights for all or only for some ? PMA, Closing date - 7 July 2000.
Submissions due: International Criminal Court Enabling Legislation. Closing date - 30 June 2000.
Submissions due: Inquiry into NZ's Economic and Trade Relationship with Australia. Closing date - 16 June 2000.
Call for Inquiry into the Criminal Intelligence Service, May 2000.
Submissions due: Same-Sex Couples and the Law. Closing date - 30 April 2000.
Submissions due: Peaceful Protest. Closing date - 7 April 2000.
Submissions currently due