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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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered Question 1668 (2026)
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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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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 period between 22 December 2025 and 1 February 2026 (inclusive), listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

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 aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports and other advice in the period 22 December 2025 to 1 February 2026: 15/1/26: Resource Management Reform, Environment and Climate Weekly Updates week ending 16 January 2026 20/1/26: 26-BRF-00066: HSNO Act Treaty clause review update 21/1/26: LG202610842: Proactive Release of Cabinet Material – Simplifying Local Government: Additional item – Cabinet Economic Policy Committee minute [ECO-25-MIN-0180] 21/1/26: LG202510594 Proactive Release of Policy Advice – Simplifying Local Government (14 briefings and AM) 22/1/26: 25-BRF-00189: Briefing: Plan Stop Exemption Advice 9 22/1/26: 26-BRF-00017: Briefing: Proactive release of BRF-6151: Replacing the RMA - Coastal Marine Area 22/1/26: 26-BRF-00023: Briefing: Proactive release of 3 documents related to historic management under the new resource management system 22/1/26: Resource Management Reform, Environment and Climate Weekly Updates week ending 23 January 2026 23/1/26: 26-BRF-00101: Meeting note: NICF February Hui pre-meet with Lead Ministers and Pou Chairs 29/1/26: BRF-7244: Proactive release of Cabinet Paper - Resource Management Reform Phase 2 National Direction - Approval to Consult and appendices. 29/1/26: 26-BRF-00081: Briefing: Proactive release of Cabinet material on the Resource Management (Duration of Consents) Amendment Bill 29/1/26: 26-BRF-00196: Meeting note: National Iwi Chairs Forum hui in Waitangi, February 2026 29/1/26: Resource Management Reform, Environment and Climate Weekly Updates week ending 30 January 2026 It is not in the public interest to release four further titles as they are under active consideration.