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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Is the Government considering appointing any entity as the sole or principal supplier of regasified LNG to the domestic market; if so, what entity is being considered?

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  What market model is being considered for LNG procurement, including whether supply would occur through a single buyer, a single importer, multiple importers, or direct contracting by market participants, if any?

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  What contract term is being considered for any government-backed LNG service agreement or offtake arrangement, if any?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  How many applications were received under each funding round for wood-energy aggregation facilities and wood-energy manufacturing facilities, how many were approved, and what total funding has been committed and paid out to date?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has the Minister received on whether the LNG procurement model will require long-term offtake agreements or take-or-pay commitments from generators or gas users?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  On what dates did EECA open and close the funding rounds for wood-energy aggregation facilities and wood-energy manufacturing facilities announced with the Wood Energy Strategy?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What targets or milestones has the Minister set for each of the six objectives in the Wood Energy Strategy for the period from 2025 to 2030?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister received advice on whether Genesis or any other party has modelled dry-year alternatives that are cheaper than an LNG import terminal; if so, what alternatives were identified?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  How many actions in the Wood Energy Action Plan released in October 2025 have commenced, how many have been completed, and how many are behind schedule?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What safeguards, if any, is the Minister considering to ensure imported LNG is used only for dry-year cover and does not displace investment in biomass or other firming options?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What assessment, if any, has the Minister made of the risk that importing LNG could link domestic gas prices to international LNG prices?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What evidence, if any, led officials to conclude that the Rankine option would have significant delivery risk relative to LNG procurement?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What assumptions, if any, did officials make about the time required to establish a biomass fuel supply chain for Huntly and to complete any required plant modifications or consents?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What biomass fuel price, supply-chain, transport, and storage assumptions, if any, were used in comparing a Huntly biomass option with LNG?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What assumptions were used to estimate the cost of the Rankine option in the LNG Cabinet Paper, including the basis for the estimated whole-of-life cost and per MWh insurance premium, if any?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What information, if any, has the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment received on the technical feasibility, cost, and timing of converting existing Huntly Rankine units to operate on biomass?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What generation configuration was modelled for the Rankine option in Annex 3 of the Cabinet paper Government Investment in Dry Year Risk Cover – Consideration of an LNG Import Facility, including location, capacity, fuel type, and expected…

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  As of today, how much, if any, unallocated funding, across all years, remains in the Community Renewable Energy Fund?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 4 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 4 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 4 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 4 May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 4 May 2026, by title and date?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 4 May 2026, by title and date?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 27 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 27 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 27 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 April 2026, by title and date?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has the Minister received regarding any risk that projects funded from the $200 million Gas Security of Supply fund will fail to reach commercial production, and what is the nature of that advice?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  How many jobs, if any, are expected to result from payments made from the $200 million Gas Security of Supply fund, and on what evidence is that estimate made?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What volume of gas, if any, is expected to be produced as a result of projects for which payments have been made under the $200 million Gas Security of Supply fund, and over what period?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Is the statement that the $200 million gas exploration fund is "fully subscribed" as reported on 1 May 2026 on BusinessDesk accurate, and if so, on what date did it become fully subscribed?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What is the total amount of the $200 million Gas Security of Supply fund that (a) has been committed under signed agreements, (b) has been committed under conditional agreements, (c) has been paid out?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What commitments or payments, if any, have been made from the $200 million gas exploration fund, broken down by the name of the entity to which the commitment or payment was made, the date of the agreement, the dollar amount, and the gas…

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Has he, or his predecessor, issued drafting instructions to the Parliamentary Counsel to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2010, and if so has this bill been introduced to the house?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Was a bid submitted for the Electricity Industry Act Amendment Bill to be passed before the election as part of the 2026 legislative programme?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Further to WPQ 13391 (2026), who was he meeing with in the "other meetings relating to fuel updates and commercial supply options" on 31 March, 1-2 , 4, 6-10, 13 and 15 April, and werre these meetings solely for the purpose of discussing…

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Further to WPQ 11403 (2026), please provide an itemised breakdown of the $42.289m total expenditure relating to programmes funded by the petroleum or engine fuel monitoring levy in 2024/25?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  Further to WPQ 11404 (2026) what is the value of the "prudential surplus" in the account as at 20 April 2026?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 13 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 13 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 13 April 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 13 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · 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 13 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?