DPA Submissions

DPA welcomes the explicit requirement for regional spatial strategies to consider risks arising from natural hazards and areas vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

We welcome the introduction of the Natural and Built Environment Bill and support the principles of the legislation aimed at developing a more proactive and protective environmental planning and protection regime for Aotearoa New Zealand.

DPA have made a submission on the Human Rights (Incitement on Grounds of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill. This Bill proposes that the Human Rights Act be amended to protect religious groups from hatred-inciting speech, but not other groups such as the queer community, women and disabled people.

DPA cautiously supports the overall focus of the budget policy statement with the strong proviso that disabled people’s rights are upheld in the delivery of the stated goals.