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Have St John and Wellington Free Ambulance undertaken fuel-disruption scenario exercises in the past three years, and if so, what were the key findings?

Answered Question 16966 (2026)
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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Have St John and Wellington Free Ambulance undertaken fuel-disruption scenario exercises in the past three years, and if so, what were the key findings?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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I am advised that ambulance services routinely test different scenarios that can disrupt fuel supply. I am further advised that they have up to date business continuity plans, which have been tested by recent weather events that isolated communities and disrupted fuel supply.