Written questions

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• How many texts has the Electoral Commission sent to individuals in 2026 advising “if you don’t update your details or get touch within 14 days, you’ll need re-enrol before you can vote in future elections”, if any, and how does the compare…

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

• What document or documents constitute the 'guidelines for the allocation of funding' required by s 7(2)(a) of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 2014; for each of the documents when was it resolved by the Arts Council of New…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many lunches that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, official complaints were made relating to meals provided to schools during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of July 27th 2026; if any, what were the findings of the investigation?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses reclassified as a provisional license by the Ministry of Education during the week of July 27th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, written directions have been issued by the Ministry of Education towards an Early Childhood Education centre during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of July 27th 2026; broken down by region?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of July 27th 2026; broken down by region?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of 27th July 2026?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Did officials examine the undrawn debt facilities, cash reserves or balance sheets of individual retirement village operators, when assessing repayment timeframes, for the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital…

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What funding has been allocated to each commissioning agency for the 2026/27 financial year, and how does that compare with 2025/26?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• How many navigators, if any, expressed as full-time equivalents, were engaged across the Whānau Ora network as at 30 June 2026, broken down by commissioning agency?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• Of the whānau enrolled with Whānau Ora services since 1 July 2025, how many are currently receiving support from a navigator?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• Has he sought advice on waitlist numbers since appearing before the Māori Affairs Committee on 16 June 2026; if so, what did that advice show?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to his statement to the Māori Affairs Committee on 16 June 2026 that he was advised there is a waitlist of whānau to be engaged, how many whānau were on that waitlist on that date?

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  How many whānau, if any, had been accepted into Whānau Ora services but not yet allocated a navigator, as at 30 June 2026; and how does this compare with the same measure as at 31 October 2025?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Did officials model the impact separately for listed retirement village operators, charitable retirement village operators, and small retirement village operators, for the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital…

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What advice, if any, has he received on the number of whānau who have been declined, deferred, or referred elsewhere by Whānau Ora providers because of provider capacity constraints since 1 July 2025?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What reports, if any, has he received from any of the four commissioning agencies about demand for services exceeding contracted capacity since 1 July 2025?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• Does he intend to require commissioning agencies to report waiting times and unmet demand as a condition of their outcome agreements; if so, from what date?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• Does Te Puni Kōkiri collect information on how long whānau wait between acceptance into Whānau Ora and allocation of a navigator; if not, why not?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What was the longest period between a whānau being accepted into Whānau Ora and being allocated a navigator, for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026?

Asked by

Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What was the average period between a whānau being accepted into Whānau Ora and being allocated a navigator, for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• How many whānau, if any, were awaiting allocation of a navigator as at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by commissioning agency?

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• What analysis, if any, did the Treasury undertake of the expected change in the number of consents likely to be granted annually as a result of the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025, and what…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• What engagement, if any, has he or officials had with prospective overseas entrants to the New Zealand grocery market in the last 12 months, and how many such parties have indicated an intention to apply for consent?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• Was the Commerce Commission consulted in the preparation of the guidance for overseas investors in the supermarket and grocery sector released on or about 13 July 2026, and if not, why not?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32032 (2026), on what ground was the gross value of the single supermarket or grocery retail consent granted in the 2025/26 financial year withheld, and in which month was that…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the answer to question for written answer 32025 (2026), how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in the overseas investment function in each of the last five financial years, and what was the total operating expenditure…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32029 (2026), does the statutory timeframe for determining an application cease to run at any point during assessment, and if so, what was the total elapsed calendar time between…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the answer to question for written answer 32024 (2026), what total value of financial penalties was imposed under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 in each of the last five financial years, if any, and how many prosecutions were…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the answer to question for written answer 32024 (2026), in respect of each of the four variations of conditions of consent granted to remedy non-compliance in the 2025/26 financial year, what was the condition breached, and was…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• How many standing consents are currently in force, how many individual transactions do those consents collectively authorise, and what is the total area of land in hectares that may be acquired under them?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• In respect of the 16 applications processed under the farm land advertising sub-pathway in the 2025/26 financial year, how many, if any, of the properties concerned received an offer from a person who was not an overseas person during the…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• How many consents were granted to Kauri Forestry LP, Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Limited, and Sustainable Forestry New Zealand Limited respectively in each of the last five financial years, and what total area of land in hectares…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Did officials request audited financial information from retirement village operators, for the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital repayment timeframes, and, if so, from whom?

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• What total area of land in hectares was approved for transfer to overseas ownership in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, broken down by farm land, land to be used for forestry, and residential land?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Which retirement village operators, if any, provided audited financial information to officials, pertaining to the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital repayment timeframes?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• How many consents, exemptions and variations were granted in the period 1 July 2025 to 5 March 2026, and how many in the period 6 March 2026 to 30 June 2026?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• Of the consents granted under the "$5 million plus house" pathway to date, how many proceeded beyond a stage one national interest assessment, and how many are included in the 22 national interest assessments referred to in the answer to…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• How many holders of a consent granted under the "commitment to reside in New Zealand" test have subsequently been granted consent under the "$5 million plus house" pathway in respect of the same property, and how many consent holders have…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• How many "one home to live in" consents and "$5 million plus house" consents were granted in each of the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years?