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Annotated bibliography

Submissions 1967-2007

One of NACEW’s terms of reference is to make representations and submissions as appropriate to public bodes such as Commissions of Inquiry, subject to the approval of the Minister.

Submissions from 2006 are available on NACEW’s website. Submissions made prior to this date are available at Archives New Zealand.

This list of submissions has been prepared from NACEW’s annual reports. 

Annual Report Submission
1969
  • Royal Commission on Social Security
1970
  • Commission of Inquiry into Equal Pay
1973
  • General statement to Educational Development Conference
  • Child care services to Educational Development Conference
1974
  • Parliamentary Select Committee on Women’s Rights
1976
  • Task Force on Economic and Social planning
  • Domestic Purposes Benefit Review Committee
1977
  • New Zealand Planning Council’s publication Income Maintenance and Taxation: Some Options for Reform
1979
  • State Services Commission’s Working Group which reviewed early childhood care and education policy and administration
  • Family Proceedings Bill
1980
  • Maternity Leave and Employment Protection Bill
1981
  • Statutes Revision Committee on Human Rights Commission Act Amendment Bill
  • Labour and Employment/Accidents and Injuries Statistics Review Committee
  • Apprenticeship for Tomorrow
1982
  • Task Force on Youth Training
  • Commerce and Energy Select Committee on the Quarries and Tunnels Bill
  • Department of Labour concerning restructuring the District Employment Advisory Committees
1983
  • Energy Advisory Committee on 1982 Energy Plan, ‘Construction Workforce Demands and Implications’
  • Apprenticeship Bill
  • Department of Statistics on 1986 Census
  • Coal Mines Amendment Bill
  • Industrial Law Reform Bill
1984
  • Paper for Economic Summit Conference on ‘Women in the Labour Market: Social Equity and Economic Recovery’
  • Director General of Education on the Review of the Core Curriculum for Schools
  • Minister of Employment on the Review of Employment Subsidy Programme
  • Minister of Employment on proposed reservations to be made by New Zealand on ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
1985
  • Department of Social Welfare on the ‘Review of Childcare Funding’
  • Budget 1985 Task Force on the Budget 1985 Discussion Paper
  • Advisory Panel on Training and Employment Programme on ‘Skills for Young People’
  • State Services Amendment Bill (No 2)
  • Review of Mining Legislation
1986
  • Minister of Labour on the Industrial Relations Green Paper
  • Ministerial Task Force on Income Maintenance
  • Ministerial Task Force on Social Welfare Services
1987
  • Labour Select Committee on the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Bill
  • Minister of Education in response to the discussion booklet Further Education and Training: Who should pay?
  • Minister of Education in response to the discussion booklet Tertiary Education in New Zealand
  • Labour Select Committee on the Access Training Scheme
  • Royal Commission on Social Policy
1988/1989 [1]
  • Supplementary submission to the Royal Commission on Social Policy
  • Minister of Labour regarding the State Sector Bill
  • Minister of Education in response to the Report of the Taskforce to Review Education Administration
  • Minister of Labour in response to Towards Employment Equity the report of the Working Group on Equal Employment Opportunities/Equal Pay
  • Minister of Employment in response to the Report of the Working Group on Post-Compulsory Education and Training
  • Minister of State Services in response to the government proposals to extend membership of the State Services Commission
  • Minister of State Services regarding the review of the State Services’ Equal Employment Opportunities Unit
1989/1990 [2]
  • Minister of Labour regarding the Employment Equity Bill
  • Minister of Employment regarding women and non-traditional trades
  • Minister of Employment in response to discussion document on review of Disabled Persons Employment Protection Act 1960
  • Minister of Labour regarding review of Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
1990/1991
  • Working Group on implementation of Employment Equity
  • Employment Contracts Bill
  • NZQA discussion document ‘Designing the Framework’
1991/1992
  • Accident Rehabilitation and Compensation Insurance Bill 1991
  • Health and Safety in Employment Bill
  • Industry Training Bill
  • Amendments to the Human Rights Commission Act
  • Submission prior to release of the Issues Report of Task Force on Employment Policy and then a submission in response to the Issues Report
1992/1993
  • Human Rights Bill 1993
1993/1994
  • Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Trust Review
  • Report on Women’s Access to Industry Training presented to the Minister of Employment and to the Minister of Education
  • Prime Ministerial Task Force on Employment Policy
1994/1995
  • Two consultation meetings for women with Prime Ministerial Task Force on Employment Policy in conjunction with the Minister of Women’s Affairs [3]
  • Review of Accident Compensation Corporation
  • Pre-employment guidelines prepared by the Human Rights Commission
  • Review of Equal Employment Opportunities Trust
  • Review of the Holidays Act
  • Careers Information and Guidance Review
  • Prime Ministerial Task Force on Employment Policy
1995/1996
  • Ministry of Education on Capital Development Assistance for early childhood education
  • Careers Information and Guidance Review
1996/1997
  • Employment Strategy Implementation Steering Group on proposed employment policy changes
  • Ministry of Education on School Holidays and Term Dates
1997/1998
  • Social Services Select Committee on the Social Security (Work Test) Amendment Bill
  • Review of the Holidays Act 1981
  • Review of the National Qualifications Framework and Future Tertiary Education Policy
1998/1999
  • Employment Policy Changes and Benefit Reform
  • Paid Parental Leave Bill
  • Statistics New Zealand 2001 Census
  • Work and Income New Zealand regarding the Community Employment Group (CEG)
1999/2000
  • Employment Relations Bill to the Employment and Accident Insurance Legislation Committee
  • Social Services Select Committee on the Paid Parental Leave Bill
  • Minister of Social Services, Work and Income on changes to employment and benefit policy
  • Statistics New Zealand on the content of 2001 Census
  • Paid Parental Leave Bill
2000/2001
  • Annual review of minimum wage
  • ILO Maternity Protection Convention 2000 for the Employment Relations Service of the Department of Labour
2001/2002
  • Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Bill
  • Annual review of minimum wage
2002/2003
  • Annual review of minimum wage
  • Ministry of Social Development on research design of the Work, Family and Parenting Study
  • Ministry of Women’s Affairs Plan of Action for New Zealand Women
  • Response to Ministry of Women’s Affairs Next Steps to Pay Equity
2003/2004
  • Employment Relations Law Reform Bill
  • Annual review of minimum wage
2004/2005
  • Annual review of minimum wage
  • Proposed repeal of Equal Pay Act 1972
2005/2006
  • Annual review of minimum wage
  • Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Bill 2005
2006/2007
  • Annual review of minimum wage
  • Human Rights (Women in Armed Forces) Amendment Bill
  • New Zealand Curriculum: Draft for Consultation 2006
2007/08
  • Annual review of minimum wage
  • Caring for New Zealanders: Your life, your work, your say
  • Schools Plus policy 2008
  • Employment Relations (Breaks and Infant Feeding) Amendment Bill
  • Income Splitting for Families with Children: A government tax policy discussion document

[1] The annual report covers the period 1 January 1988 to 31 March 1989

[2] The annual report covers the period 1 April 1989 to 30 June 1990

[3] Women’s consultation: Advising the employment taskforce: Wellington and Auckland, July 1994. (1994). Wellington:Ministry of Women’s Affairs and National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women. 33 pp. Held at Department of Labour Library.  NACEW made submissions to the Task Force on Employment Policy.  In addition NACEW hosted two consultation meetings for women with the Employment Task Force in Auckland and Wellington with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. 

 

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