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What additional payments, allowances, or expenses, if any — including but not limited to meeting fees, daily rates, travel, or accommodation — were paid to board or committee members of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by organisation, type of payment, and total amount, as at 8 June 2026?

Answered Question 27592 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What additional payments, allowances, or expenses, if any — including but not limited to meeting fees, daily rates, travel, or accommodation — were paid to board or committee members of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by organisation, type of payment, and total amount, as at 8 June 2026?

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Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister for the Environment

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As at 8 June 2026, the total additional payments paid as reimbursements to board or committee members on statutory bodies for which I am responsible since 27 November 2023, broken down by entity are: Environmental Protection Authority Board: $698,782 Freshwater Commissioners: $3,335 Marine Guardians: $37,304 Waste Advisory Board: $3,093 Te Awamutu Board of Inquiry: The Board has been in abeyance since August 2025. I refer the Member to my predecessor's response to written parliamentary question 46924 (2025). I refer the member to my response to written parliamentary question 27594 (2026) for the total board fees and daily rates paid to statutory bodies, by financial year.