A compilation of concise briefings on a small sample of issues that may be of interest to members of parliament over the next 3 years. The topics range from the Bill of Rights to income tax to cycling.

Includes

• Population: age and ethnicity
• Population: change
• Immigration
• New Zealand’s ranking on the OECD’s measures of well-being
• Women’s representation in Pacific Island parliaments
• Superannuation: qualifying ages in OECD countries
• Historical Treaty settlements
• Income tax rates
• Core Crown debt
• Law Commission: role and recent projects
• New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: options for reform
• Local government amalgamation
• Research and development
• Health indicators of child poverty in New Zealand
• Health and safety in the workplace
• Canterbury in numbers: the economic effect of the earthquakes
• Social effects of Canterbury earthquakes
• Housing issues
• Climate change agreements
• Freshwater quality in New Zealand
• Schools and students
• Merchandise trade Cycling
• One year in the Great War: commemorating New Zealand’s 1915