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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What submissions, if any, has she received from stakeholders, academics, or civil society organisations in the last three months opposing the removal of the wellbeing objectives from public finance legislation?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What is the rationale, if any, for amending the requirement to publish a tax expenditure statement?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence in the last month, if any, has she or her office had with the Minister for Local Government regarding the fiscal sustainability of any specific local authority?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on the financial position of Wellington City Council, including any risk of Crown intervention or support?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What is the Crown's legal or fiscal exposure, if any, if a local authority were unable to meet its debt obligations?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, local authorities are currently assessed as being in or at risk of financial distress?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Has she requested any advice on whether the current Reserve Bank single mandate is sufficient to protect employment outcomes during the present period of economic slowdown?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence in the last month, if any, has she received from economists, academics, or industry groups advocating for or against reinstatement of the Reserve Bank dual mandate?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Has she requested any advice on the economic literature assessing whether a Reserve Bank dual mandate improves monetary policy outcomes over the long run?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 23 March 2026, by title and date?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 23 March 2026, by title and date?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 23 March 2026, by title and date?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 23 March 2026, by title and date?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on the fiscal impact of emigration — particularly the departure of skilled New Zealanders — on the Crown's long-term tax revenue base?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What modelling, if any, has she requested on the fiscal consequences of a significant reduction in net migration, including impacts on GDP growth, tax revenue, and labour supply?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What is the fiscal impact, if any, of recent decreases in net migration on demand for public services including health, education, and housing?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What communication, if any has she or her office had in the last three months with Moody's, S&P, or Fitch?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on the credit rating implications of the current fiscal strategy?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What evidence, if any, has she received on how financial markets responded to the removal of the employment objective from the Reserve Bank's mandate?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence, if any, has she had with the Governor of the Reserve Bank regarding the effectiveness of the previous dual mandate?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Has she requested any advice on whether reintroducing an employment objective to the Reserve Bank's mandate would be beneficial in the current economic environment?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What international comparisons, if any, has she received on how dual-mandate central banks performed relative to single-mandate central banks during the 2021–2023 inflationary period?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What counterfactual analysis, if any, has she requested about whether inflation may have been lower had the Reserve Bank dual mandate not been in place during the COVID-19 period?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on the use of asset sale proceeds for debt reduction versus capital reinvestment?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on how credit rating agencies might assess a programme of Crown asset sales?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on mixed-ownership models, such as partial privatisation, for any Crown-owned company since taking office?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  How does New Zealand's current Crown asset portfolio compare with that of comparable OECD countries?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on the role of wholesale pricing and supply chain margins in driving retail grocery prices in New Zealand?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence, if any, has she received in the last three months from the major grocery retailers — Woolworths NZ or Foodstuffs — regarding pricing practices, costs, or profitability?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on the impact of grocery price inflation on low-income households and food insecurity rates in New Zealand?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 16 March 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 16 March 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 16 March 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 16 March 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 16 March 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 16 March 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 16 March 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 16 March 2026, by title and date?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What evidence, if any, has she received on whether the Reserve Bank dual mandate contributed to the Reserve Bank holding the Official Cash Rate lower for longer during 2020–2021?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Has she requested advice, if any, on the decision to remove the employment leg of the Reserve Bank dual mandate in 2023, including any cost-benefit analysis?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What modelling, if any, has she received on what unemployment rates might have looked like during 2018–2023 under the Reserve Bank single inflation mandate?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested on whether the employment objective of the Reserve Bank's dual mandate influenced interest rate decisions differently than a single inflation mandate would have?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she requested evaluating the performance of the Reserve Bank's dual mandate — targeting both inflation and maximum sustainable employment — during the period it was in force from 2018 to 2023?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence, if any, has she or her office had with any member of TVNZ following any TVNZ news item she or her office considered inaccurate or unfair in the last six months?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence, if any, has she or her office sent to any member of the TVNZ Board expressing a view on how any story involving her, her office, or the Government should be reported?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence, if any, has she or her office had with the Chair of the TVNZ Board specifically regarding the performance or conduct of any TVNZ journalist or presenter?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence, if any, has she or her office had with any member of the TVNZ Board regarding the political balance or impartiality of TVNZ's news coverage?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What correspondence, if any, has she or her office had with any member of the TVNZ Board regarding the coverage of any specific policy, Budget, or fiscal announcement made by the Government?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Further to her answer to written question 6696 (2026): how many candidates were contacted on 8 August 2025, if any?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Further to her answer to written question 6696 (2026): how many of the candidates shortlisted on 8 August 2025 refused the opportunity, if any?