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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) that a total of seven workplace bullying cases have been referred externally since 2020. Data is not readily available for information prior to 2020. This is due to the way the…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

The information sought by the Member is not collated by the Ministry of Education in a way that is readily reportable in the timeframe available to respond to written parliamentary questions. From 2015 to 2025, no individuals were…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

The information sought by the Member is not collated by the Ministry of Education or the Education Review Office in a way that is readily reportable in the timeframe available to respond to written parliamentary questions. It would not be…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Education and the Education Review Office do not collate this information in a way that is readily reportable in the timeframe available to respond to written parliamentary questions. It would not be in…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the Minister of Education's response to written parliamentary question 2199 (2026) as the Ministry of Education’s data includes the Charter School Agency from its establishment on 1 July 2024.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the Minister of Education's response to written parliamentary question 2201 (2026) as the Ministry of Education’s data includes the Charter School Agency from its establishment on 1 July 2024.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • (matches this search)

    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the Minister of Education's response to written parliamentary question 2202 (2026) as the Ministry of Education’s data includes the Charter School Agency from its establishment on 1 July 2024.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • (matches this search)

    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the Minister of Education's response to written parliamentary question 2203 (2026) as the Ministry of Education’s data includes the Charter School Agency from its establishment on 1 July 2024.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the Minister of Education's response to written parliamentary question 2199 (2026) as the Ministry of Education’s data includes the Charter School Agency from its establishment on 1 July 2024.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the Minister of Education's response to written parliamentary question 2205 (2026) as the Ministry of Education’s data includes the Charter School Agency from its establishment on 1 July 2024.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for the Environment

Answer

The Environmental Protection Authority has not had any cases of workplace bullying since 2015. I am advised the Ministry for the Environment has had two cases that were referred to an external party since 2015. The cases were not…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 2213 (matches this search)

    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

  • 2216 (matches this search)

    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for the Environment

Answer

The Environmental Protection Authority has not had any cases of workplace bullying since 2015. I am advised the Ministry for the Environment has had one settlement agreed since 2015, at the value of $33,090. The bullying and harassment…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 2214 (matches this search)

    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

  • 2215 (matches this search)

    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

  • 2217 (matches this search)

    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

  • 2586 (matches this search)

    How many recorded incidences of workplace bullying, if any, have occurred in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has responsibility in…

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for the Environment

Answer

The Environmental Protection Authority has not had any cases of workplace bullying since 2015. The Ministry for the Environment has no allegations of bullying that have been upheld, and therefore no recorded incidences of workplace…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • (matches this search)

    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • (matches this search)

    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table.

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Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • (matches this search)

    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • (matches this search)

    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I am advised that, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the following alleged incidences of workplace bullying have been referred to external bodies in the period 2020 to 2026. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 It…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I am advised that, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in the period 2020 to 2026, the answer is none. It is not possible to provide a comprehensive answer for the period prior to 2020 within the timeframe for answers to Written…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I am advised that, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the following occurred in the period 2020 to 2026. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 It is not possible to provide a comprehensive answer for the period prior…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I am advised that, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the following occurred in the period 2020 to 2026. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 $43,810 $0 $0 $11,551.11 $0 $0 $0 It is not possible to provide a comprehensive answer…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I am advised that, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the following occurred in the period 2020 to 2026. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 None None Verbal warning Final warning None None None None It is not possible to…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I am advised that, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the following occurred in the period 2020 to 2026. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 It is not possible to provide a comprehensive answer for the period prior…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Hon Judith Collins

Member for Papakura · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB

Answer

I am advised that one case of workplace bullying has been referred since 2015.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Judith Collins

Member for Papakura · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB

Answer

I am advised that no individuals have been dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying since 2015.

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Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

Answered by

Hon Judith Collins

Member for Papakura · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB

Answer

I am advised that no payments have been made.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 2239 (matches this search)

    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

  • 2241 (matches this search)

    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

Answered by

Hon Judith Collins

Member for Papakura · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB

Answer

I am advised that no individuals have received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying since 2015.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

Matching question numbers: 2247 (2026), 2248 (2026), 2614 (2026), 2615 (2026), 2616 (2026), 2617 (2026), 2618 (2026), 2619 (2026), 2972 (2026), 2973 (2026), 2976 (2026), 2978 (2026)

  • 2240 (matches this search)

    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

  • 2243 (matches this search)

    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

  • 2244 (matches this search)

    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

  • 2245 (matches this search)

    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

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  • 2247 (matches this search)

    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

  • 2248 (matches this search)

    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

  • 2614 (matches this search)

    How many cases of sexual harassment were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Police, or other external authorities in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

  • 2615 (matches this search)

    What categories of workplace bullying allegations have been recorded in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has responsibility in connection…

  • 2616 (matches this search)

    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of sexual harassment in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

  • 2617 (matches this search)

    How many recorded incidences of workplace bullying, if any, have occurred in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has responsibility in…

  • 2618 (matches this search)

    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to sexual harassment in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

  • 2619 (matches this search)

    How many cases of sexual harassment resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

  • 2972 (matches this search)

    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of sexual harassment in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

  • 2973 (matches this search)

    What categories of sexual harassment allegations have been recorded in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has responsibility in connection with…

  • 2976 (matches this search)

    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of sexual harassment in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

  • 2978 (matches this search)

    How many recorded incidences of sexual harassment, if any, have occurred in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has responsibility in connection…

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised by Pharmac that the information requested for this period is not centrally held and would require a substantial manual collation exercise and divert staff from their core duties. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling 210-6, I…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

Answered by

Hon Judith Collins

Member for Papakura · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB

Answer

I am advised that no cases of workplace bullying have resulted in payments.

Corrected reply

Question 2246 (2026)

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Corrected reply: Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises that while it maintains a Case Management Register for employment‑related matters, the register has not historically been configured to record, in a reportable way, whether…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Since 2018, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has not dismissed any employee, required any individual to resign, or terminated their engagement, following a finding of workplace bullying. For Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Since 2018, no individuals within the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development have received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying. For Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Since 2018, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has made no payments of this nature. For Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, I refer the Member to my answer to WPQ 2246 (2026).

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

No such cases have arisen in the Office of the Associate Minister of Housing to date since 27 November 2023, when this Government was formed.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Since 2018, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has made no payments of this nature. For Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, I refer the Member to my answer to WPQ 2246 (2026).

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

Since 2018, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has recorded 8 instances of alleged or possible workplace bullying. All cases were resolved through a combination of resetting behavioural expectations, leadership training or…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

No such cases have arisen in the Office of the Associate Minister of Housing to date since 27 November 2023, when this Government was formed.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

No such cases have arisen in the Office of the Associate Minister of Housing to date since 27 November 2023, when this Government was formed.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

No such cases have arisen in the Office of the Associate Minister of Housing to date since 27 November 2023, when this Government was formed.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 2258 (matches this search)

    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

  • 2266 (matches this search)

    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

  • 2634 (matches this search)

    How many recorded incidences of workplace bullying, if any, have occurred in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has responsibility in…

  • 2635 (matches this search)

    What categories of workplace bullying allegations have been recorded in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has responsibility in connection…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

Answer

There have been no recorded cases of workplace bullying for the Infrastructure Commission or the National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Limited. Crown Infrastructure Delivery has recorded the following cases, all of which were…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

No such cases have arisen in the Office of the Associate Minister of Housing to date since 27 November 2023, when this Government was formed.

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What employment or engagement outcomes resulted from recorded incidences of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom the Minister has…

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

No such cases have arisen in the Office of the Associate Minister of Housing to date since 27 November 2023, when this Government was formed.

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Camilla Belich

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    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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None for the Infrastructure Commission, the National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Limited, or Crown Infrastructure Delivery. Regarding the Treasury, I refer the Member to the answer to Written Question 2220 (2026).

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Camilla Belich

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    How many individuals were dismissed, required to resign, or had their engagement terminated following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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None for the Infrastructure Commission, the National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Limited, or Crown Infrastructure Delivery. Regarding the Treasury, I refer the Member to the answer to Written Question 2219 (2026).

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total value of financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments relating to workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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Nil for the Infrastructure Commission, the National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Limited, or Crown Infrastructure Delivery. Regarding the Treasury, I refer the Member to the answer to Written Question 2221 (2026).

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Camilla Belich

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    How many cases of workplace bullying were referred to external investigators, mediators, the Employment Relations Authority, or other external bodies in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees,…

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs

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I am advised by the Department of Internal Affairs that 18 allegations of bullying were referred to external investigators between January 2015 and February 2026.

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Camilla Belich

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    How many cases of workplace bullying resulted in financial settlements, compensation payments, or ex gratia payments in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office holders for whom…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

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None for the Infrastructure Commission, the National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Limited, or Crown Infrastructure Delivery. Regarding the Treasury, I refer the Member to the answer to Written Question 2223 (2026).

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many individuals received formal disciplinary sanctions short of dismissal or termination following findings of workplace bullying in each calendar year since 2015 in relation to any staff, employees, secondees, contractors, or office…

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs

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I am advised by the Department of Internal Affairs that six formal disciplinary sanctions were undertaken following findings of bullying between January 2015 and February 2026.