Notice Type
Parliamentary
Notice Title

Notification of Determination of the Precise Question at an Indicative Referendum

Pursuant to section 13 of the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, I give notice:

That Tricia Cheel, on behalf of Friends of Sherwood

  • has been approved to use, for the purposes of an indicative referendum petition, the wording determined in the paragraph below;
  • is the promoter of an indicative referendum petition in which the wording determined in the paragraph below is to be used;
  • has been approved to use a form for the purposes of the indicative referendum petition; and

That the wording of the specific question to be put to voters in the proposed indicative referendum is:

Should New Zealand stop using all cruel and inhumane poisons, such as 1080, brodifacoum, and PAPP, to kill wildlife, because these toxic substances inflict intense and prolonged, unjustifiable suffering on all animals, including native birds, pets, and livestock?

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of February 2019.

DAVID WILSON, Clerk of the House of Representatives.