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Bill Easing Small NZ Firms Hits Peters’ Resistance

6/30/2026

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The bill will consider reforms that relax rules for organisations with fewer than 20 employees, covering about 97 % of New Zealand businesses.
NZ First leader Winston Peters will vote on the bill, calls it “dead on arrival,” and says he will not collapse it.
The coalition agreement obliges him to follow the Act-National deal that adds a “critical risks” definition making high-consequence hazard management duty for firms under 20 staff.

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Story summary

The bill will consider reforms that relax rules for organisations with fewer than 20 employees, covering about 97 % of New Zealand businesses.
NZ First leader Winston Peters will vote on the bill, calls it “dead on arrival,” and says he will not collapse it.
The coalition agreement obliges him to follow the Act-National deal that adds a “critical risks” definition making high-consequence hazard management duty for firms under 20 staff.