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What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 18 May 2026 , including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered Question 20338 (2026)
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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 18 May 2026 , including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

Answer

My office receives a significant volume of invitations and meeting requests across all of my ministerial portfolios and responsibilities. To identify and collate every event or meeting declined during the specified period, including locations, descriptions, and attendees, would require substantial manual review of records and correspondence. I do not consider it to be in the public interest to divert ministerial or departmental resources to undertake that exercise.