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How many staff, if any, at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, since 27 November 2023, have been made redundant, broken down by month and by (a) voluntary redundancy and (b) all other forms of redundancy; and of those, how many have subsequently been appointed to a new role at the same agency, broken down by employment status (contractor, consultant, permanent, part-time), as at 5 June 2026?

Answered Question 26634 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • How many staff, if any, at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, since 27 November 2023, have been made redundant, broken down by month and by (a) voluntary redundancy and (b) all other forms of redundancy; and of those, how many have subsequently been appointed to a new role at the same agency, broken down by employment status (contractor, consultant, permanent, part-time), as at 5 June 2026?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Sport and Recreation

Answer

In total, six employees were made redundant at the Sport New Zealand Group between 27 November 2023 and 5 June 2026. A table of the months that these occurred is below. No employees who were made redundant have been re-hired. Sport NZ Group redundancies Month Number of redundancies April 2026 2 November 2025 1 July 2024 1 June 2024 2 Sport Integrity Commission redundancies 2025/26 Redundancies - 2 Voluntary redundancies - 0 Reappointments -0