The review will examine seven public law developments from 2013-2015: three statutory, two judicial, one statutory inquiry and one non-statutory inquiry. The topics are:

• the report of the Constitutional Advisory Panel • the Inquiries Act 2013 • periodic reviews of the security and intelligence agencies • the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Act 2013
• the Parliamentary Privilege Act 2014 • the question whether the Crown can be a fiduciary owing duties to Maori, and • the position of minor political parties that are excluded from televised election debates