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Question 33567 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS

Answer

I receive a large number of invitations and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail for declined invitations. The Member can refer to my published diary for invitations which were accepted.

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Question 33568 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I refer the member to answer to written parliamentary question 31764 (2026)

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Question 33569 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Answer

I refer the member to my reply to written question 10834 (2025).

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Question 33570 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister

Answer

I refer the member to my reply to written question 10834 (2025).

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Question 33571 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Space

Answer

I receive a large number of invitations and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail for declined invitations. The Member can refer to my published diary for invitations which were accepted.

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Question 33572 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Veterans

Answer

I receive a large number of invitations, and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail for declined invitations. The Member can refer to my published diary for invitations which were accepted.

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Question 33573 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Brooke van Velden

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

Answer

IHC New Zealand - Launch of Untapped Potential, IHC’s new research report exploring employment and people with intellectual disability in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Question 33574 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

Answer

I attend events and meet regularly, formally and informally, with officials and various stakeholders. To provide a list of all meeting and event requests, including attendees, subjects and purposes would impede the operation of my office…

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Question 33575 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

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None.

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Question 33576 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Brooke van Velden

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

Answer

I took one paper to Cabinet on 20 July titled: Report on Overseas Travel: Hon Brooke van Velden - June 2026

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Question 33577 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Veterans

Answer

None.

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Question 33578 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Space

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None.

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Question 33579 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

Answered by

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister

Answer

I refer the member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 33335 (2026). Background

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Question 33580 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Pacific Peoples

Answer

I refer the Member to my reply WPQ 16400 (2026).

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Question 33582 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

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Question 33583 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

Answered by

Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS

Answer

None.

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Question 33584 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…

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Question 33585 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 20 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Answer

In my capacity as Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence, none.

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Question 33586 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister of Defence

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None.

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Question 33587 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

Answered by

Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

Answer

With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…

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Question 33588 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

Answered by

Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 33590 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade publishes a monthly list of titles of advice to Ministers, by the end of the month after the advice is provided. I refer the member to that list, which can be found here:…

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Question 33591 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS

Answer

I regularly request and receive advice on a range of matters from officials and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail.

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Question 33595 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The titles of advice I have received as Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs are proactively released each month on the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s website at the following link: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about-us/ministerial-briefings

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Question 33597 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Space

Answer

I regularly request and receive advice on a range of matters from officials. The titles of advice received from MBIE will be proactively released here:…

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Question 33598 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Answer

In my capacity as Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence I have taken the following paper to Cabinet within the specified timeframe: Amendment Paper for Arms Bill: Firearms information and the Intelligence and Security…

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Question 33600 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

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Question 33601 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Pacific Peoples

Answer

I refer the Member to my reply WPQ 16912 (2026).

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Question 33602 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What concerns, if any, does the Government hold about Volker Türk's performance as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and did any such concerns contribute to New Zealand's abstention on the 24 July 2026 General Assembly…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

As noted above, MFAT's decision to abstain was not a reflection of any view on the merits of the candidate.

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Question 33603 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What concerns, if any, does the Government hold about the process by which Secretary-General António Guterres nominated Volker Türk for a second term as High Commissioner for Human Rights, and to what extent did any such process concerns,…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade took the decison to abstain on Mr Turk's appointment for process reasons and not because of any views about the merits of the candidate. I was briefed on MFAT's decision to abstain after it was…

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Question 33605 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Brooke van Velden

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

Answer

As the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, the titles of advice I requested and received from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and WorkSafe are considered for proactive release on a regular basis. These…

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Question 33606 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Does the Government's abstention on the 24 July 2026 vote to reappoint the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reflect any change in New Zealand's support for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and if so,…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

No.

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Question 33607 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Answer

As Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence, I regularly request and receive advice from officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) on a range of matters. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling…

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Question 33608 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Who decided that New Zealand would abstain on the 24 July 2026 United Nations General Assembly vote to reappoint Volker Türk as High Commissioner for Human Rights: Cabinet, the Minister of Foreign Affairs personally, or officials acting…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade made the decision. In any given year, New Zealand must take a position on over 500 resolutions or other decisions emerging from the UN system, including the UN General Assembly, the UN Human Rights…

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Question 33609 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • On what date was the decision made that New Zealand would abstain on the 24 July 2026 United Nations General Assembly vote to reappoint Volker Türk as High Commissioner for Human Rights?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The decision was made on Saturday 25 July 2026 (NZT).

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Question 33610 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Did Cabinet or any Cabinet committee consider New Zealand's voting position on the reappointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and if so, on what date or dates?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

No.

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Question 33611 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Was the Prime Minister consulted before New Zealand abstained on the 24 July 2026 United Nations General Assembly vote to reappoint the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and if so, when and by whom?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

No.

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Question 33612 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What consultation, if any, took place with each of the parties in the coalition Government before New Zealand's voting position on the 24 July 2026 reappointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was settled?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 33613 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What advice, if any, did the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade provide to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on how New Zealand should vote on the reappointment of Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and did…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 33614 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many written briefings, if any, did the Minister of Foreign Affairs receive from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade between 1 June 2026 and 24 July 2026 concerning the reappointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 33615 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What representations, if any, did the Government of the United States, the Government of Israel, or any other government make to New Zealand about how it should vote on the reappointment of Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 33616 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • In what respects, if any, did the position New Zealand adopted at the 24 July 2026 United Nations General Assembly vote on the reappointment of the High Commissioner for Human Rights differ from the advice provided by the Ministry of…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The Ministry did not provide advice to the Minister on the vote.

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Question 33617 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many times, if any, did the Minister of Foreign Affairs or officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade discuss New Zealand's voting intentions on the reappointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 33618 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Did New Zealand deliver an explanation of vote, or lodge any written statement, in connection with its abstention on the 24 July 2026 United Nations General Assembly vote to reappoint the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and if so, what…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

No.

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Question 33619 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Which of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the member states of the European Union voted in favour of the reappointment of Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 24 July 2026, and which, if any,…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

Australia, Canada, the UK and the EU Member States voted in favour of the reappointment.

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Question 33620 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Why did the Government not publicly explain, at the time of the vote, its decision to abstain on the 24 July 2026 United Nations General Assembly vote to reappoint Volker Türk as High Commissioner for Human Rights?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

New Zealand does not generally make public statements about its voting positions at the United Nations General Assembly.

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Question 33621 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What public statements, if any, has the Government made explaining New Zealand's abstention on the 24 July 2026 United Nations General Assembly vote to reappoint the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and on what dates were they made?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

No formal public statement has been made.

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Question 33622 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • On how many occasions, if any, since 1 January 2020 has New Zealand abstained on a United Nations General Assembly vote concerning the appointment or reappointment of a senior United Nations office holder, and on which votes?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 33623 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Has New Zealand previously declined to support the appointment or reappointment of a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and if so, on what occasions and for what stated reasons?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

There has never been a previous case of a UNSG seeking to re-appoint a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for a second, four-year term. This decision to re-appoint was therefore unprecidented.

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Question 33624 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What assessment, if any, has the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade made of the implications of New Zealand's abstention on the 24 July 2026 reappointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for New Zealand's…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.