Joshua Perry hands over his disabled rights petition to Michael Woodhouse to present to Parliament. Since last year, petitions can either be in the traditional sheets of paper format or can be signed electronically through Parliament's website. Notwithstanding that, and whichever way the health select committee decides on the petition, expect procedures around meeting health service delivery requirements to be tightened up. On the same day, Invercargill-based Labour list MP Liz Craig presented a petition from Karl Thomas which calls for consistent sentencing guidelines for animal abuse cases. The local Bill to bring into effect changes to its water scheme, brought by Central Otago-based NZ First list MP Mark Patterson, was uncontroversial and should have been passed swiftly.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 24, 2019 16:33 UTC