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What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 30 March 2026, listed by agency, title and date received? and 1 other question

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    Rachel Brooking

    Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

    12504

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    What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 30 March 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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    Lan Pham

    List MP · Green Party

    12791

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their office received, if any, during the week beginning 30/03/2026, by title and date?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister responsible for RMA Reform

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In my capacity as the Minister Responsible for RMA Reform, I received the following documents in the week beginning 30 March 2026: Ministry for the Environment: 30/03/2026 - 26-BRF-00663 - Tūwharetoa (Taupō Waters and Waikato River) Accord Ministerial Forum 1 April 2026 1/04/2026 - 26-BRF-00706 - Meeting with Aquaculture New Zealand 1/04/2026 - Planning System Transformation Programme and Wider Portfolio Dashboard 2/04/2026 - Final RMA Reform, Environment and Climate Change Weekly Updates week ending 3 April 2026 It is not in the public interest to release five further titles as they remain under active consideration. [[TITLES WITHHELD: 1/04/2026 - 26-BRF-00710 - Selwyn District Council withdrawal of requests to investigate provisions in the Partially Operative Selwyn District Plan (active consideration) 1/04/2026 - 26-BRF-00493 Fwd: Joint briefing on the upcoming release of Our Freshwater 2026 report (was not provided to the Minister) 1/04/2026 - 26-BRF-00743 Environment Bill update 2/04/2026 - 26-BRF-00690 - Transitioning to the new Planning System - Transitional National Rules (active consideration) 30/03/2026 - 26-BRF-00722 - Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill - Ministerial decisions to inform Departmental Reports (departmental report hasn’t been presented/released – active consideration)]]