Written questions

Asked by

Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

• For each kiwi death recorded by the Department of Conservation since 2017, if any, what cause of death was recorded, broken down by year and cause?

Asked by

Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, kiwi held or handled under a permit or authorisation issued by the Department of Conservation have died in each year since 2017; and in how many of those cases was the death reported to the Department within the timeframe…

Asked by

Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, kiwi deaths have been recorded by the Department of Conservation in each year since 2017, broken down by year and by taxon?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• Does he accept Queenstown Lakes District Council's claim that its Proposed District Plan and Spatial Plan will provide capacity for approximately 108,000 additional homes compared with projected demand of around 24,000 homes over the next…

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• Has he considered Otago Central Lakes advocacy for inclusionary zoning as a mandatory value capture mechanism to ensure a share of the value created through growth is retained for affordable housing?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What evidence, other than the media report citing the NZ Agricultural Drone Association relied on in its aide-mémoire MFR2026-026 of 10 February 2026, does the Ministry for Regulation hold on the number, mass and operating profile of…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What quantified estimate of economic benefit from enabling agricultural drone use does the Ministry for Regulation hold to set against the Civil Aviation Rule Part 102 compliance costs of $180,000 to $240,000 sector-wide annually estimated…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What advice, if any, does the Ministry for Regulation hold on the requirements applying in Australia to agricultural drones between 25 and 150 kilograms, including any operator certificate, remote pilot licence, registration or…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What consultation, if any, did the Ministry for Regulation undertake with the Civil Aviation Authority and the Director of Civil Aviation in the course of its work on the regulation of agricultural drone operations, and on what dates did…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Which aviation organisations, if any, as distinct from farming, horticultural and forestry organisations, did the Ministry for Regulation consult in the course of its work on the regulation of agricultural drone operations, and on what…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What advice has the Ministry for Regulation provided to Ministers on the regulation of agricultural drone operations, listed by title, date and tracking number, including aide-mémoire MFR2025-288 and aide-mémoire MFR2026-026?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• 40908

  What advice, if any, has he received on the interaction between the notification pathway for agricultural drone operations announced on 20 August 2026 and the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Agricultural Compounds and…

• 40909

  What advice, if any, has he received on whether the notification pathway for agricultural drone operations announced on 20 August 2026 is consistent with New Zealand's obligations under international civil aviation conventions, as referred…

• 40930

  What written advice, if any, has he received identifying safety risks arising from permitting agricultural drone operations on the basis of prior notification to the Civil Aviation Authority, as announced in his statement of 20 August 2026…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• 40910

  What quantified estimate, if any, does he hold of the costs of the agricultural drone regulatory changes announced on 20 August 2026, including the cost to the Civil Aviation Authority of receiving and monitoring notifications,…

• 40911

  What quantified estimate, if any, does he hold of the economic or productivity benefits of the agricultural drone regulatory changes announced on 20 August 2026, and what is the source, author and date of that estimate?

• 40912

  What maximum mass will apply to drones operating under the notification pathway for agricultural drone operations announced on 20 August 2026, what operations will be permitted beyond visual line of sight, at night, in controlled airspace,…

• 40914

  What assessment, if any, has been undertaken of the aviation knowledge and operational competency needed to conduct agricultural drone operations safely, what qualification, training or demonstrated competency will operators be required to…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What is the source of his statement of 20 August 2026 that certification for lower-risk routine drone operations "can take up to nine months and cost thousands of dollars", and what were the median and longest processing times, and the…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What meeting regarding agricultural drone regulation, if any, took place between him and the Agricultural Drone Association in the two weeks before 20 August 2026, on what date, who attended, and what record or aide-mémoire was prepared,…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• When were the Aviation Industry Association's concerns regarding the agricultural drone regulatory changes announced on 20 August 2026, including that agricultural drone operation is "not a low-risk activity that lends itself to hasty…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What meetings or consultations regarding regulatory options for agricultural drone operations, if any, took place between him, his officials, or the Civil Aviation Authority and each of the following before 20 August 2026, and on what…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• When was the Technical Advisory Group for the agricultural drone project under the Civil Aviation Rules Update Programme established, by whom, who are its members, and what are its terms of reference?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What matters is the Technical Advisory Group for the agricultural drone project under the Civil Aviation Rules Update Programme asked to provide advice on, and what matters relating to the regulation of agricultural drone operations is it…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What decisions, if any, had he taken regarding the use of a notification pathway for agricultural drone operations, the removal of Civil Aviation Rule Part 102 certification requirements, and pilot licensing requirements, before the…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Which Ministers agreed to the agricultural drone regulatory changes announced on 20 August 2026, on what date, and under what authority, if those changes were not the subject of a Cabinet or Cabinet committee decision?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What papers, if any, has Cabinet or any Cabinet committee considered relating to the regulation of agricultural drone operations, what is the title and date of each, and what is the reference number of any resulting minute?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What regulatory options for agricultural drone operations other than a notification pathway were assessed by officials, if any, including targeted changes to Civil Aviation Rule Parts 101 and 102 thresholds, a class exemption under…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• When, and on the basis of what advice, if any, was a notification pathway for agricultural drone operations adopted in place of broader reform of Civil Aviation Rule Part 137, which the Ministry for Regulation's aide-mémoire MFR2026-026 of…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What written advice, if any, has he received from the Director of Civil Aviation regarding the agricultural drone regulatory changes announced on 20 August 2026, on what date was it received, and did that advice support the approach…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• What reports, briefings, aide-mémoire or other written advice concerning regulatory options for agricultural drone operations did he receive between 1 April 2025 and 20 August 2026 from the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry for Cities,…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to Reply 38352 (2026), how does the Prime Minister's office define a "forthcoming Cabinet decision" for the purposes of Cabinet Manual compliance?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to Reply 38352 (2026), does the Prime Minister consider that ministers commenting publicly about forthcoming Cabinet decisions undermines the integrity of the Cabinet decision-making process?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• 40934

  Further to Reply 38352 (2026), how did the Cabinet Office become aware of the Minister's public statement?

• 40935

  Further to Reply 38352 (2026), has the Prime Minister imposed any disciplinary consequences, ministerial reprimand, or other sanction on the Minister for the public statement?

• 40936

  Further to Reply 38352 (2026), what response did the Prime Minister or Prime Minister's Chief of Staff send to the Cabinet Office email?

• 40937

  Further to Reply 38352 (2026), which Cabinet Manual provisions were cited in the Cabinet Office email as potentially breached by the Minister's statement?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Has the Government modelled the disposable household income of Te Toi Mahana tenants affected by rent increases; if so, what is the current average income?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• How many Te Toi Mahana tenants, if any, currently receive the Accommodation Supplement, Temporary Additional Support, Disability Allowance or other income assistance; by approximate numbers?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What assessment, if any, was made of Te Toi Mahana’s treatment of existing tenants before it was selected as a preferred Flexible Fund delivery partner?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Does any Flexible Fund agreement with Te Toi Mahana provide operating funding that enables Te Toi Mahana to receive market rent; if so, for how many homes and at what forecast cost?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

• Following Reply 36274 (2026), does the Minister consider diffuse nitrogen pollution from dairy farming degrading the quality of water from a drinking water bore to be an example of one party having an impact on the property rights of a…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• What technological progress, if any, has Crown Law made since the 2016 Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) review of “an organisation that is still highly paper based, as part of existing legal practice and not preparing for change”?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What briefings, reports, memoranda, emails or other written advice, if any, has the Minister received since 1 July 2025 concerning the Existing Tenant Support Fund, Housing Upgrade Programme-related rent increases or rental affordability…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• What lessons, if any, does the Government take from Crown Law’s Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) Self-Review in September 2016?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

• What advice, briefings, documents, or correspondence if any, did the Minister or any member of her office, receive on the Public Infrastructure Risk Management Scheme Development, since January 1st 2026 listed by title and date?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

• 40952

  When in the process of applying for emergency housing with the Ministry for Social Development do individuals get a case file created for their request?

• 40954

  What criteria, if any, does the Ministry of Social Development use to distinguish which requests for emergency housing are kept in their records?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

• How many case files, if any, since June 1st 2026 have been made by the Ministry of Social Development as a result of requesting emergency housing via phone calls; listed by month and region?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

• 40955

  How many calls, if any, since June 1st 2026 have been made to the Ministry of Social Development to request emergency housing; listed by month and region?

• 40957

  Does the Ministry of Social Development keep a record of all calls made to the Ministry in relation to Emergency Housing requests?

Asked by

Tākuta Ferris

Member for Te Tai Tonga · Independent

• Are purchasing arrangements for the Poulvac Flufend RG vaccine made by the Department of Conservation (DOC) through the Ministry for Primary Industries, or does DOC directly purchase these vaccines?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What communications did the Minister or any member of her office receive from the previous Board Chair of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Rebecca Keoghan, if any, including documents, briefings, advice and emails, by communication type and…

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?