Submissions: Have your say for a healthy greater Christchurch
Waka Toa Ora provides a way to share submission opportunities across our networks. Submissions are an effective way for communities to have their voice heard when local and central government are considering proposals which affect where we live, work and play.
Below are a number of consultations which are now open for comment. This list is not exhaustive, as there are many government and other agencies which consult on a regular basis. New items added since last week have been highlighted in bold.
Please contact Te Mana Ora Submissions Coordinators if you become aware of other consultations that would be of interest to Waka Toa Ora signatories (submissions[at]cdhb.health.nz). It can then be included in the next bulletin.
- Percival Street renewal – closes Sunday 22nd February 2026.
- Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board Plan 2026-2028 – closes Sunday 8th March 2026.
- Private Plan Change 18: Hendersons Residential – closes Monday 9th March 2026.
- Beach Users Survey – closing date TBC.
- Parking and Traffic Bylaw 2026 – closes Monday 9th March 2026.
- Review of Northern Pegasus Bay Bylaw – closes Friday 6th March 2026.
- Improving public transport for Selwyn: Feedback on Rolleston to City routes six-month trial – closing date extended to Thursday 5th March 2026.
- Proposed extension of the abbreviated procedure for new medicine applications and section 24(5)(a) notifications – closes Friday 13th March 2026.
- Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard – closes Sunday 16th March 2026.
- Proposal to widen access to brentuximab vedotin for the treatment of systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma – closes Thursday 19th February 2026.
- Proposal to list a range of personal protective equipment from multiple suppliers – closes Thursday 26th February 2026.
- Changes to how the Pharmaceutical Schedule will work – closes Friday 13th March 2026.
- Proposed changes to the kava food standard – closes Friday 27th February 2026.
- Commercial fishers landing exception: Pelagic sharks – closes Friday 27th February 2026.
- Organic Notice: Recognised Entities, Verification and Evaluation (Tranche 2) – closes Monday 2nd March 2026.
- Draft guidance for self-assessable changes to agricultural chemical and veterinary medicine trade name product registrations – closing date extended to Sunday 15th March 2026.
- Proposed options to improve the traceability of pigs and sheep – closes Wednesday 8th April 2026.
- Draft National Public Transport Harm Reduction Guidance – closes Friday 27th February 2026.
- Draft Guidance and Requirements for Public Transport Safety and Security Monitoring and Reporting – closes Friday 27th February 2026.
- Proposed removal of Average Fleet Age requirement from the Requirements for Urban Buses in New Zealand – closes Monday 2nd March 2026.
- Targeted speed limit reviews in Canterbury – closes Friday 6th March 2026.
- Inquiry into the 2025 Local Elections – closes Friday 27th February 2026.
- New Zealand’s capability in quantum technology – closes Monday 9th March 2026
- Year 0 to 10 draft curriculum content – closes 24th April 2026.
- Draft Te Marautanga o Aotearoa framework and Tau 0-10 wāhanga ako – closes Friday 24th April 2026.
Other government consultations