Ardern said the Government is already working on modern slavery legislation.
“Labour and the Government already have a position that we do need to do more on slavery and in fact, it was part of our election manifesto.”
She said an advisory group has been established within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to help support the potential update of legislation.
“We need to make sure that when we’re looking at modern slavery legislation that we get those settings right just generally and so we do want to make sure that we use the input of those who will likely be affected by the law and that’s what that advisory group is all about – helping us get that right, because it affects supplychain and so on.”
Ardern said New Zealand does not import organs from any country except as part of donor arrangements with Australia.
“We have raised, as a Government, the issue of organ transplantation, with China, and we have sought updates on this issue and policy reforms for consent and transparency. So this is something that we’ve raised at that level.”
