NZ Government Aims to Tackle 49 Reforms in Its First 100 Days

Published on December 5, 2023

Forty-nine actions in 100 days is the ambitious commitment of the incoming National Party-led coalition government in New Zealand. Sworn in on Nov. 27 after three weeks of three-party coalition talks, new Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said that Parliament will sit until Christmas to begin pushing through the changes. Parliament traditionally adjourns on the Wednesday of the final week of the year, but the National Party wants to run right until Friday, Dec. 22. Moves on Infrastructure The government will move to repeal two new laws passed only recently, covering the planning process for all forms of development from a single house to a major infrastructure project, and replace them with the law that they, in turn, replaced—the Resource Management Act (RMA)....

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