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Question 35961 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Police

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My office and I send and receive numerous correspondences with a wide range of people in the course of executing the Government’s priorities, I do not consider it in the public interest to ask my staff to spend the time required to list…

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Question 35967 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Associate Minister of Police

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None.

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Question 35971 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Karen Chhour

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence

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None.

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Question 35977 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Racing

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None.

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Question 35983 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Regional Development

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Staff in my office receive and reply to a large volume of physical and electronic correspondence on a daily basis. To identify, classify and list all physical and electronic correspondence would impede the operation of my office which is…

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Question 35989 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Revenue

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None.

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Question 35995 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Mark Patterson

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rural Communities

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As Minister for Rural Communities, none.

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Question 35998 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Minister for Seniors

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None.

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Question 36004 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Social Development and Employment

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None.

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Question 36010 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

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None.

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Question 36014 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister for Social Investment

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I and my office engage in correspondence with about a wide variety of matters, and this is not categorized in the way the Member has asked. Collating this would require substantial staff resources and thus cost to the taxpayer. I do not…

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Question 36015 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

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None.

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Question 36016 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Veterans

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None.

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Question 36017 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Whānau Ora

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None.

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Question 36018 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister for Women

Answer

As Minister for Women, none.

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Question 36019 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

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None.

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Question 36021 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Justice

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None.

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Question 36022 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Mark Patterson

List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister for Regional Development

Answer

As Associate Minister for Regional Development, none.

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Question 36023 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Media and Communications

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None.

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Question 36024 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Disability Issues

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None.

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Question 36025 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions

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None.

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Question 36026 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

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As Minister for Rail, we have no responsibility for statements made in a general debate, so none. The Minister for Rail was pleased to hear the Minister of Foreign Affairs say on 5 August 2026 that he “stand[s] by our decision to approve…

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Question 36027 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Tourism and Hospitality

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None.

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Question 36028 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Minister for Hunting and Fishing

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None.

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Question 36029 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Associate Minister for ACC

Answer

As Associate Minister for ACC, none.

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Question 36030 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Minister for Trade and Investment

Answer

In my capacity as Trade Minister, I have received one email. For Invest New Zealand, none. For New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, none.

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Question 36031 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Minister for the South Island

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None.

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Question 36032 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister for Economic Growth

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I and my office engage in correspondence with about a wide variety of matters, and this is not categorized in the way the Member has asked. Collating this would require substantial staff resources and thus cost to the taxpayer. I do not…

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Question 36033 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Ethnic Communities

Answer

I regularly receive correspondences from members of the public on a range of topics. I do not see it as a good use of time to list these for the Member.

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Question 36034 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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I am advised that correspondence my office receives is not categorised by topic. Accordingly, the information requested is not available in an easily reportable format. It would not be a good use of taxpayer-funded staff’s time to collate…

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Question 36035 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

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None.

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Question 36036 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Sport and Recreation

Answer

My office and I send and receive numerous correspondences with a wide range of people in the course of executing the Government’s priorities, I do not consider it in the public interest to ask my staff to spend the time required to list…

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Question 36037 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for State Owned Enterprises

Answer

I am advised that correspondence my office receives is not categorised by topic. Accordingly, the information requested is not available in an easily reportable format. It would not be a good use of taxpayer-funded staff’s time to collate…

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Question 36038 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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As Minister of Transport, I have received no such correspondence.

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Question 36039 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Associate Minister of Transport

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None.

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Question 36040 (2026)

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Minister for Youth

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None.

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Question 36041 (2026)

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister of State for Trade and Investment

Answer

As Minister of State for Trade and Investment, none.

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Question 36042 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister for ACC

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None

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Question 36043 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

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None.

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Question 36045 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Space

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None.

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Question 36046 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology

Answer

I and the members of my office have received none.

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Question 36047 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister for Auckland

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None.

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Question 36048 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister of Defence

Answer

None.

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Question 36049 (2026)

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister for the Environment

Answer

As Minister for the Environment, none.

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Question 36050 (2026)

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS

Answer

None.

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Question 36051 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Pacific Peoples

Answer

None.

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Question 36052 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

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None.

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Question 36053 (2026)

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister of Statistics

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None

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Question 36054 (2026)

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

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None.

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Question 36055 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

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    What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Attorney-General

Answer

None.