How to make a submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill

The Regulatory Standards Bill is open for submissions NOW. Please make a submission. It is really, really important. PLEASE do it.

You have until 1:00pm on 23 June 2025.

And if you make a submission, please help your friends and family to make a submission too. Here’s how to do it!

This bill is the twin to the garbage Treaty Principles Bill. So much so that you can use your submission for that bill as the template to this one. It has been described as: The ‘dangerous’ bill flying under the radar and “arguably one of the most regressive and dangerous Bills ever considered”.

Don’t believe me? Believe everyone else then:

• How the Regulatory Standards Bill gives companies more rights than the public
• Parliament’s law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill
• The RSB Has Changed — But the Minister Didn’t Say How
• Democracy Denied: Te Pāti Māori Slam Govt for Silencing Māori and Tangata Tiriti on the Regulatory Standards Bill
• Regulatory Standards Bill inflicts ACT’s far-right principles on Aotearoa
• Government’s Regulatory Standards Bill to cost $20m per year
• ‘Treaty Principles 2.0’ – law experts concerned by regulatory bill
• The ‘dangerous’ bill has been updated, but how?
• Thousands of Regulatory Standards Bill submissions not read by ministry
• Regulatory Standards Bill will lead to 'inappropriate, dangerous' powers, claimants say
• Waitangi Tribunal recommends 'immediate halt' Regulatory Standards Bill for 'meaningful consultation' with Māori
• The dangers in the Regulatory Standards Bill
• How the Regulatory Standards Bill could leave taxpayers on the hook
• The Regulatory Standards Bill is Seymour’s next power grab

So what should you do? Make a submission. It’s easy:

1. Click here before 1:00pm on 23 June 2025. Remember: Submissions are publicly released and published to the Parliament website. Don’t call David Seymour an unseasoned steak even though he is one - they’ll just ignore your submission.
2. You’ll be asked I/We wish to make the following comments. Share anything you like but be clear about your opposition. For example: “I oppose the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill. It prioritises big business over people and the environment. Instead, we need regulations that protect New Zealand’s resources, our whānau, and future generations.”
3. I included statements like: “It gives far too much power to its architect Minister for Regulation David Seymour” and “This bill has been rejected three times already” and “Taxpayers are put at risk of having to pay the losses of a corporate's profits resulting from legislation even if that legislation protects workers or the environment or the public.”
4. Where it says I/We wish to make the following recommendations clearly state that you think the Regulatory Standards Bill 2021 and its proposed updates should be rejected. Make sure you also address referendums because Seymour has a boner for them. Eg. “There is no need for this bill and it should not go to an expensive and unnecessary referendum.”
5. Submit. Then: Celebrate! You did your bit to stand up against greedy corporates and exploitative business, protect future generations, our precious whenua, and our values as a country.

Want more info?

Here is an amazing Regulatory Standards Bill tool created by , Dr Ryan Ward and associates.

Just click on the sector you’re interested in and get started.

Use this tool to think about how this bill will affect the areas of society you care about or work in. The more thoughtful the submissions, the harder it will be to dismiss them.

I encourage you to follow Tania Waikato on Instagram and Facebook - she has created amazing resources for making submissions. She also runs the Regulatory Standards Bill Facebook group which is a great resource.

• 50 Submission ideas on the Regulatory Standards Bill [pdf]
• Complaint email for Parliament website crashing
• Kill the Regulatory Standards Bill website
• Regulatory Standards Bill slides [pdf]
• Resources for submission on Regulatory Standards Bill

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In solidarity and liberation,

Emily

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