{"id":70965,"date":"2025-06-19T14:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T02:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=70965"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:58:56","slug":"greenpeace-submits-against-the-regulatory-standards-bill-and-its-far-right-fringe-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/greenpeace-submits-against-the-regulatory-standards-bill-and-its-far-right-fringe-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace submits against the Regulatory Standards Bill and its far-right fringe ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa has today filed its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/publication\/greenpeace-submission-on-the-regulatory-standards-bill\/\">submission opposing the Regulatory Standards Bill<\/a> and calling for it to be rejected in full.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology-1024x819.jpg\" title=\"A cartoon titled &#039;The Regulatory Standards Bill Payment Plan&#039; shows David Seymour standing next to five men in suits holding a large cheque from the NZ Government for &quot;millions of taxpayer money&quot; with the words &quot;sorry for making you adhere to environmental and cultural protections&quot;, signed David Seymour. The men have badges that say Talley&#039;s BP and Fonterra. one has a sack of coal at his feet. Seymour is saying: I am proud to finally offer these big corporations a formal apology. For too long, they have felt harsh treatment and lost profits by being forced to adhere to &#039;environmental protections&#039;. Hopefully, this gesture of tax-payer money will be the first of many to help make things right.&quot;\" alt=\"A cartoon titled 'The Regulatory Standards Bill Payment Plan' shows David Seymour standing next to five men in suits holding a large cheque from the NZ Government for &quot;millions of taxpayer money&quot; with the words &quot;sorry for making you adhere to environmental and cultural protections&quot;, signed David Seymour. The men have badges that say Talley's BP and Fonterra. one has a sack of coal at his feet. Seymour is saying: I am proud to finally offer these big corporations a formal apology. For too long, they have felt harsh treatment and lost profits by being forced to adhere to 'environmental protections'. Hopefully, this gesture of tax-payer money will be the first of many to help make things right.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-70966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology-1708x1366.jpg 1708w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology-425x340.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/27297a3d-government-apology.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><div class=\"credit icon-left\"> \u00a9 YeehawBoys<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>The submission has pulled no punches, stating:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cDressed up in the language of freedom and liberty, this Bill promotes a fringe libertarian worldview that individuals and corporations are entitled to harm nature and others, and if restrictions are placed on them, then they should be compensated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThis ideology is fundamentally at odds with our nation\u2019s deeply-rooted values of fairness, care, and collective responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAt its core, this Bill is an attempt by a far-right politician to create a bill of rights for corporations, at the expense of the rights of New Zealanders, the rights of nature, and the rights of M\u0101ori guaranteed to them under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.\u201c<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIf enacted, it will, without doubt, erode environmental protection, lead to the extinction of precious native wildlife, and impair the Government\u2019s ability to take action on climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The Greenpeace Aotearoa submission goes on to warn that the Bill would open the floodgates for corporations to expect taxpayer handouts for any regulation that protects public health and the environment, or tries to manage the cost of living. It gives a series of chilling examples:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If rules were strengthened to prevent catastrophic oil spills such as the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the executives at BP oil would expect millions from the taxpayer.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic protections for our drinking water or lakes and rivers, would see Fonterra making complaints to an unelected regulatory standards board and expecting a public payout.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supermarket giants would expect compensation for any efforts to limit price gouging and bring down grocery prices.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offshore shareholders of multinational forestry companies would expect a payout for any new laws compelling them to prevent further deaths of New Zealand forestry workers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even the Tobacco industry would expect taxpayer dollars simply for efforts to save New Zealanders&#8217; lives and get us to a smoke-free reality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/publication\/greenpeace-submission-on-the-regulatory-standards-bill\/\">The full submission can be found here<\/a>. Greenpeace has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/submission-guide-regulatory-standards-bill\/\">mobilising its supporters to make submissions opposing the bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout  \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/greenpeacenz.typeform.com\/to\/ZmYqREO3?utm_source=greenpeace.org&amp;utm_medium=actioncallout&amp;utm_campaign=responsive\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/05\/b2b861d3-regulatory-standards-bill-submissions-1024x683.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\" title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div 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