Member's Day

Today is a member's day. First up is a local bill, the Rotorua District Council (Representation Arrangements) Bill, which is intended to bypass the requirements of the Local Electoral Act to allow a hybrid ward structure with Māori wards in Rotorua. The end result doesn't seem undemocratic - 30% of Rotorua's voters are on the Māori roll, and 30% of the seats would be in the Māori ward - and I expect the bill to be sent to select committee for examination.

After that, there's the last speech of the second reading of Nicola Willis' Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, and the second readings of Ricardo Menéndez March's Human Rights (Disability Assist Dogs Non-Discrimination) Amendment Bill and Tāmati Coffey's's Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Bill. If the House moves quickly, it might make a start on the first reading of Simeon Brown's racist fog-horn Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill. There's still plenty of first readings stacked up, so there won't be a ballot tomorrow.