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What board fees, if any, are currently paid to the chair and to each member of every board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, broken down by organisation, role, and annual fee, as at 8 June 2026?

Answered Question 27554 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What board fees, if any, are currently paid to the chair and to each member of every board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, broken down by organisation, role, and annual fee, as at 8 June 2026?

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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

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I am advised that for the Water Services Authority Board – Taumata Arowai: • Chair annual fee is $51,600 (from 1 October 2025). • Member annual fee is $25,800 (from 1 October 2025). For Water Services Authority – Taumata Arowai Māori Advisory Group: • Chair fee is $500 per day. • Member fee is $300 per day.