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What contractor or consultant engagements, if any, are currently active across any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible, where the individual contractor or consultant is being paid at a rate exceeding $200 per hour, listed by department or entity, role or engagement description, daily or hourly rate, and contract start date?

Answered Question 9633 (2026)
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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What contractor or consultant engagements, if any, are currently active across any department or entity for which the Minister is responsible, where the individual contractor or consultant is being paid at a rate exceeding $200 per hour, listed by department or entity, role or engagement description, daily or hourly rate, and contract start date?

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for the Environment

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached tables which provide a breakdown of active contractor or consultant engagements at the Ministry for the Environment and the Environmental Protection Authority exceeding $200 per hour.

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