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What legal advice, if any, did he seek on applying some reforms to existing contracts, but not others, with the proposed changes to The Retirement Villages Act; if so, by whom and when?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  • What legal advice, if any, did he seek on applying some reforms to existing contracts, but not others, with the proposed changes to The Retirement Villages Act; if so, by whom and when?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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I received legal advice on the application of changes to existing occupation right agreements (ORAs) from my officials at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in October 2025. I cannot release this advice as it is legally privileged.