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How many financial settlements, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by organisation, total cost, and year, as at 5 June 2026? and 1 other question

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 26209

    How many financial settlements, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by organisation, total cost, and year, as at 5 June 2026?

  • 26217

    How many confidential settlement agreements, non-disclosure agreements or confidentiality clauses, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by organisation, total cost, and year, as at 5 June 2026?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

The Minister for Rail is a shareholding Minister in operationally independent companies. Any settlement entered between those companies and their employees, contractors, or office holders are between those parties, and are not matters for which shareholders are privy.