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Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
Question
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What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 15 June 2026 , including location, event description, and attendees?
Answered by
Hon Penny Simmonds
Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education
Answer
My office receives a significant volume of invitations and meeting requests across all of my ministerial portfolios and responsibilities. To identify and collate every event or meeting declined during the specified period, including locations, descriptions, and attendees, would require substantial manual review of records and correspondence. I do not consider it to be in the public interest to divert ministerial or departmental resources to undertake that exercise.