Ministry for Regulation

Quite surprised and upset about it, actually.

The advice given to the government by the Regulations Review Committee and by the report from the Ministry of Regulation and their own labelling review was that something's done about this, that they look at the country of origin labelling, especially on products like cured ham and bacon and pork, and the ministers decided not to progress it.

We don't quite understand why the reasonings that it's given we certainly disagree with.

Brent Clice encourages those who struggle to understand origin labelling to lodge complaints with the Commerce Commission.

Quite surprised and upset about it, actually.

The advice given to the government by the Regulations Review Committee and by the report from the Ministry of Regulation and their own labelling review was that something's done about this, that they look at the country of origin labelling, especially on products like cured ham and bacon and pork, and the ministers decided not to progress it.

We don't quite understand why the reasonings that it's given we certainly disagree with.

Brent Clice encourages those who struggle to understand origin labelling to lodge complaints with the Commerce Commission.

it

bizarre? There's been two separate government processes, one through the Regulations Review Committee and now through the Ministry for Regulation that have recommended this gets looked at.

And the minister has decided and told us that there's not enough evidence as to the scale of the problem.

You know, when 90% or 85% plus is imported bacon and ham presented in this way, I just can't quite comprehend how they've come to that conclusion other than they just can't be bothered dealing with it.

And the government has announced a raft of changes to the country's alcohol licensing regime.

The Ministry for Regulation has made nine recommendations, with the government accepting eight of these.

The recommendations include reforming alcohol licensing fees by removing annual fees, reducing renewal fees, and introducing inspection fees, simplifying license applications and renewal processes, and extending renewal periods for some alcohol licenses.

Regulation Minister David Seymour argued that bad regulation is killing business, saying if we are going to unlock New Zealand's potential, we need to let Kiwi businesses get on with business.

Hospitality New Zealand Chief Executive Christy Phillips said the Ministry for Regulation's recommendations would make a measurable improvement in how hospitality businesses interact with the regulatory system.

And a bill in the Spanish Parliament to grant citizenship to around 100,000 people from Western Sahara has been passed in the lower house and will now be sent on to the Senate for approval.

The territory of Western Sahara was a Spanish colony until 1977.

We'll end up with an octopus.

I think from the point of view of the Ministry for Regulation, I know there's people who say, oh, how can you have a bureaucracy to stop bureaucracy? But time and again, what they've proven is that when you have some embattled business or what we call a regulated party with multiple government departments regulating them, first of all, they don't know where to start.

And second of all, even if they did, they're very unlikely to complain because if you're regulated, you rely on having an easy life and a good relationship with your regulator.

You don't really want to tell them, to be honest, we think you're crap because that means they might start picking on you.

Now we're doing hospitality.

In the past, we've done telecommunications and even just the importation of veterinary medicines and agricultural products.

So that's the power of the Ministry for Regulation.

A, you can talk to them, and B, they're not actually a regulator themselves, but they can tell the rest of the government what to do.

it

bizarre? There's been two separate government processes, one through the Regulations Review Committee and now through the Ministry for Regulation that have recommended this gets looked at.

And the minister has decided and told us that there's not enough evidence as to the scale of the problem.

You know, when 90% or 85% plus is imported bacon and ham presented in this way, I just can't quite comprehend how they've come to that conclusion other than they just can't be bothered dealing with it.

This review

was done by the Ministry for Regulation.

Remember, that ministry was created to cut red tape and make government less complicated.

It's recommended creating a new agency and a new ministerial responsibility.