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What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with Five Eyes countries about the US call to lift Defence spending to 3.5 percent of a country's GDP by date and title? and 2 other questions

Answered 28098, 28493, 28741 (2026)
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    Teanau Tuiono

    List MP · Green Party

    28098

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with Five Eyes countries about the US call to lift Defence spending to 3.5 percent of a country's GDP by date and title?

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    Chris Hipkins

    Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

    28493

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    What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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    Teanau Tuiono

    List MP · Green Party

    28741

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

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Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister

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As Prime Minister, I regularly request and receive advice from officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) on a range of matters. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling 210/6, I consider that the time and resources, and hence the expense, required to answer this question within the timeframe allowed for written parliamentary questions is not in the public interest. I am advised, however, that DPMC publishes a monthly list of titles of advice provided to me, by the middle of the month after the advice is provided: https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications. Some of the titles may not be released if, for instance, they relate to matters of national security, the provision of free and frank advice and/or active consideration. Furthermore, staff in my office may informally receive documents, including draft documents, from my officials in DPMC, from other agencies, and from other Ministers’ offices. This information is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the time frame.