Summary of recent NZCCSS submissions
Here’s a summary of our policy team’s mahi over the last month, with links to the submissions.
Review of Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 – NZCCSS provided feedback on a range of aspects for the review of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. Of primary importance to us is that any changes must be both child-centred and informed by genuine, on-going, engagement with tamariki and rangatahi.
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Smokefree Environments Amendment Bill
NZCCSS unreservedly supports this amendment. Creating the first Smokefree generation for those born after January 1 2009 is aligned with our members mandate to protect the health and wellbeing of current and future tamariki.
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Child Support Notice Period Change
Broadly, NZCCSS supports removing the 10-working days’ notice requirement for information sharing between IRD and MSD for child support pass ons – as a means to avoid debt generation. We recommend other benefits / supplements / subsidies be treated similarly. We seek assurance that no families will be worse off through the introduction of this measure and that if any debt is inadvertently created, it will be written off.
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Grocery Sector Code of Conduct
NZCCSS welcomes a Code of Conduct for the grocery retailer sector. Our preference of proposed alternatives is Option 3, which provides greater flexibility for suppliers in terms of logistics, and for tikanga and Māori economic development. Also, we want to see reasonable revenue thresholds applied to retailers and we seek assurance that any transfer of compliance costs to consumers will be limited. Read more here >
Adoption Law Reform
NZCCSS supports the reform of Aotearoa’s adoption laws. We want to see resourcing made available to ensure that the process of adoption is child-centred and safe. We want to see the mana of birth parents upheld, along with the rights of children to their identity, information and privacy.
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