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What legal proceedings, if any, are currently being defended by any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible where the total claimed or estimated liability exceeds $1 million, listed by department or entity, the nature of the proceedings, the approximate value of the claim, and the current status?

Answered Question 9328 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What legal proceedings, if any, are currently being defended by any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible where the total claimed or estimated liability exceeds $1 million, listed by department or entity, the nature of the proceedings, the approximate value of the claim, and the current status?

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Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for the Environment

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I am advised there are no legal proceedings that are being defended by the Ministry for the Environment or the Environmental Protection Authority that have estimated liability exceeding $1 million.