Waka Toa Ora

Have your say for a healthy greater Christchurch: Make a submission

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.

Christchurch City Council consultations

• Planning for Hornby – closing date TBC.
• Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board Plan 2026-28 – closes Tuesday 31st March 2026.
• Chesterfields tree planting plan – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.
• Craighead Reserve tree planting plan – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.
• English Park tree planting plan – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.
• Erica Park tree planting plan – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.
• Mahars Park tree planting plan – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.
• Sabina Playground tree planting plan – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.
• Vaughan Reserve tree planting plan – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.
• Proposed sale of sections of Somerset and Antigua Reserves – closes Monday 6th April 2026.
• Hay Street renewal – closes Tuesday 7th April 2026.

Selwyn District Council consultations

• Draft Annual Plan 2026/27 – closes Sunday 26th April 2026.
• Upper Selwyn Huts Annual Plan 2026/2027 – closes Sunday 26th April 2026.

Waimakariri District Council consultations

• Woodend/Pegasus Area Strategy Review – closing date TBC.
• Draft Annual Plan 2026-27 – closes Monday 20th April 2026.

Hurunui District Council consultations

• Beach Users Survey – closes Tuesday 31st March 2026.

Kaikōura District Council consultations

• Wakatu Quay Joint Venture – closes Thursday 2nd April 2026.
• Economic Development Strategy Kaikōura 2075 – closes Thursday 2nd April 2026. 

Environment Canterbury consultations

• Draft Annual Plan 2026/27 – closes Monday 30th March 2026.

Ministry of Health consultations

• Proposed changes to the classification of vitamin D pursuant to the Medicines Regulations 1984 – closes Thursday 2nd April 2026.
• Verification Pathway for New Medicine Applications – closes Friday 10th April 2026.

Pharmac consultations

• Updating the Pharmaceutical Schedule for ambulance medicines, and tenecteplase for pre-hospital use – closes Thursday 2nd April 2026.
• Review of the Exceptional Circumstances Framework – closes Sunday 7th June 2026.

Ministry for Primary Industries consultations

• Organics Standard Notice: Tranche 3 – closes Tuesday 31st March 2026.
• Proposed options to improve the traceability of pigs and sheep – closes Sunday 5th April 2026.

Select Committee consultations

• Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (Trust Variation) Bill – closes Friday 3th April 2026.
• Employment Leave Bill – closes Tuesday 14th April 2026.
• Life Jackets for Children and Young Persons Bill – closes Wednesday 15th April 2026.
• Data and Statistics (Census) Amendment Bill – closes Wednesday 15th April 2026.
• Electoral (District Boundaries) Amendment Bill – closes Wednesday 15th April 2026.

Ministry of Education consultations

• Year 0 to 10 draft curriculum content – closes Friday 24th April 2026.
• Draft Te Marautanga o Aotearoa framework and Tau 0-10 wāhanga ako – closes Friday 24th April 2026.
• Christ the King School Burnside enrolment scheme amendment – closes Friday 24th April 2026.
• St Francis of Assisi Catholic School new enrolment scheme – closes Friday 24th April 2026.

Other government consultations

• Implementing an infringement scheme (use of fees and fines) to support mandatory data requests – closes Monday 6th April 2026 [Stats NZ].
• Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Levy Proposals – closes Friday 10th April 2026 (Ministry of Justice).
• Restricting three new Stockholm Convention persistent organic pollutants: chlorpyrifos, MCCPs and LC-PFCAs – closes Friday 17th April 2026 (Environmental Protection Agency).
• New assessment of the conservation status of freshwater invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand – closes Friday 12th June 2026 (Department of Conservation).