The Justice Committee has decided a list of submitters who will be invited to make oral submissions on the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill. This is the primary list of invitees. Further names will be selected to fill gaps if submitters decline the invitation, cannot be contacted, or are unable to be scheduled due to limited availability.
List of submitters to be invited to make oral submissions
Please see appendix 1 at the end of this media release for the list of submitters to be invited. The list is made up of submitters nominated by each party.
The committee has published this list to inform the public about its work, and to give clarity to submitters who have contacted the committee asking if they will be invited to make an oral submission. We appreciate that some submitters will be disappointed not to have the opportunity to speak to the committee. The committee has sought to take a balanced approach to its hearings by allowing each political party to influence how the 80 hours of hearing time is used. If you have not been selected to be invited, we thank you for your understanding and for taking the time to make a written submission.
Lists of scheduled submitters
The list of submitters for each hearing will be published on the Submitters List page on the Parliament website in the days leading up to hearings.
Official coverage of hearings
Live-streamed official coverage of the hearings will be available on the Parliament website here.
On-demand official coverage is made available within one to two days of the hearing and can be found on the committee’s Vimeo page here.
Publication of written submissions
On Monday, 10 February, the committee intends to publish the submissions of those submitters that have been invited to make oral submissions. The submissions of submitters scheduled to make submissions on Friday, 7 February are intended to be published at the start of hearings on 7 February.
Published submissions are available on the Parliament website.
