How much in total, if any, was spent on renumeration of Crown appointees in the Minister's departments, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2025-26 financial year?

Answer

Board member remuneration is usually publicly disclosed in the annual reports of the relevant organisation. For example, with Crown entities as required by the Crown Entities Act 2004, annual reports are tabled in the House and made publicly available on entity websites. I am advised by Te Puni Kōkiri that Crown appointees to the Māori Land Court Rules Committee were paid $5,240 (GST exclusive), Crown appointees to Te Roopū Whakahaere were paid $16,812.50 (GST exclusive), and Crown appointees to an Independent Technical Advisory Group were paid $132,162.99 (GST exclusive) in the 2025-2026 financial year.