Written questions

Asked by

Steve Abel

List MP · Green Party

• 33037

  Question published 22 July 2026

  What processes, if any, does the government use to determine which financially challenged industrial infrastructure or facilities, such as mills and food processing facilities, are entitled to public grants?

• 33151

  Question published 23 July 2026

  Does the Minister expect any further grants, like the $60 million grant to Fletcher Building, will be needed for private companies, if so, what will be the process for deciding whether a company will receive a grant?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• 33094

  How many, if any, benefits were cancelled, suspended, reduced, or stopped after a client had uploaded documents through the Ministry of Social Development’s online portal, where those documents had not yet been linked to the client’s file,…

• 33099

  How many documents uploaded by clients through the Ministry of Social Development’s online portal were not linked to the relevant client file within 1 working day, 3 working days, 5 working days, and 10 working days, broken down by month,…

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• What automated processes, if any, does the Ministry of Social Development use to cancel, suspend, reduce, or stop benefits where requested documents have not been received or processed by a deadline?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• What checks, if any, does the Ministry of Social Development undertake before cancelling, suspending, reducing, or stopping a benefit for missing documentation, to confirm whether the client has uploaded the requested documents through the…

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• What was the median, 75th percentile, 90th percentile, and 95th percentile time between a caller requesting a call-back from the Ministry of Social Development and the call-back being made, broken down by month, from 1 January 2025 to 30…

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• How many, if any, requested call-backs from Ministry of Social Development contact centres were disconnected before the caller spoke to a staff member, broken down by month, from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2026?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• How many calls to Ministry of Social Development contact centres were disconnected by the system before the caller spoke to a staff member, broken down by month, from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2026?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• How many prospective sites at Waikato Hospital, if any, were assessed and discounted before the preferred location for its rapid build ward was selected?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• 33106

  For each month from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2026, what were the wait times for calls to Ministry of Social Development contact centres at each five-percentile interval from the 60th percentile to the 95th percentile inclusive?

• 33108

  How many, if any, calls to Ministry of Social Development contact centres were abandoned before being answered, broken down by month, from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2026?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• For each month from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2026, how many, if any, calls to Ministry of Social Development contact centres exceeded each 15-minute wait-time threshold from 30 minutes to 180 minutes inclusive?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), what assessment, if any, has MSD undertaken of the impact of these performance measures on Māori, Pacific peoples, disabled people, people with health conditions, and solo parents?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• 33110

  Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), how many Ministry of Social Development managers, if any, have been subject to performance management since 1 July 2024 because they did not achieve one or more of the measures listed in response…

• 33111

  Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), what weight does each performance measure listed carry in the assessment of Ministry of Social Development managers?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• 33112

  Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), what were the median and 90th-percentile completion times for client requests in each month from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026?

• 33113

  Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), what proportion of clients, counted as remaining off benefit for at least 26 weeks following an employment placement since 01 January 2024, if any, have remained off benefit for at least 52 weeks?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), what measures of employment quality, if any, are considered when determining whether the employment services effectiveness and employment sustainability targets have been achieved?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• 33116

  Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), from 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2026, how many, if any, Jobseeker Support exits counted towards the reduction target, broken down per month, by attributions to paid employment, sanctions, benefit…

• 33117

  Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), how is the “monthly phased reduction target” for Jobseeker Support calculated, including which types of benefit exit are counted towards the target?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• Further to Written Question 30232 (2026), what safeguards, if any, are in place to ensure that the housing services reduction target does not discourage staff from approving Emergency Housing Special Needs Grants or other housing…

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• Has any locum support or rural sustainability funding for rural LMC midwives been reduced or withdrawn in the Waikato district since 1 January 2025, if so, for how many midwives, and what reason was given?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• What assessment, if any, has Health New Zealand made of the impact on maternity access and continuity of care in communities where locum support or rural sustainability funding for LMC midwives has been reduced or withdrawn?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• How many rural LMC midwives, if any, have ceased LMC practice, broken down by district and financial year, since 2018/19 financial year?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• How many funded locum days were used by rural LMC midwives, broken down by district for each financial year since 2018/29?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• What rural adjustment payments, if any, are provided to LMC midwives under the Primary Maternity Services Notice separate from locally funded support, and in what year was each introduced or last adjusted?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• 33124

  How many instances, if any, has locally funded locum support or rural sustainability funding for rural LMC midwives been established as a time-limited measure and on what documented basis was any such time limit set or reviewed?

• 33134

  How many rural LMC midwives, if any, currently receive locally funded locum support or rural sustainability funding from Health New Zealand, broken down by district?

• 33135

  Which of Health New Zealand's districts, if any, currently fund locum support, rural sustainability packages, or caseloading employment models for rural Lead Maternity Carer (LMC) midwives, and what form does that support take in each…

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• What year in each district that has funded locum support or a rural sustainability package for rural LMC midwives, was that support first established?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Further to 30284 (2026), will the timetable for Kāinga Ora houses to comply with any changes to mandatory safety standards for blinds be the same as the rest of New Zealand; if not, why not?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Further to 30284 (2026), will tenants of Kāinga Ora homes will be notified if existing corded blinds are identified as requiring replacement; if so, when?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Further to 30284 (2026), are there any barriers to complying with mandatory safety standards for existing corded blinds in Kainga Ora houses; if so, what?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• 33129

  Further to 30284 (2026), what steps has the Minister taken to engage with Kāinga Ora regarding implementation of mandatory safety standards for existing corded blinds in its homes?

• 33130

  Further to 30284 (2026), what advice, if any, has the Minister received on how Kāinga Ora will identify homes with existing corded blinds once mandatory safety standards are introduced?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• Does Health New Zealand hold a national policy or set of criteria governing when districts may fund locum support or rural sustainability packages for rural LMC midwives; if so, when was it last updated?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

• What is the total amount Health New Zealand and its predecessor district health boards spent on locally funded locum support and rural sustainability packages for LMC midwives in each financial year since 2018/19, broken down by district?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• How long have trial logins for the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) been able to access live records?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, if any, has the Ministry of Education received from the Privacy Commissioner as a result of the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) data breach?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Was the Privacy Commissioner notified as a result of the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) data breach; if so, when?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Were trial accounts intended to access the production environment for SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool)?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Why were trial login details for the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) able to access live records?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• What conditions or outstanding actions remained, if any, when SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) began using live student data?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Have the role-based access procedures identified in the Privacy Impact Assessment for the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) been completed; if so, when?

Asked by

Steve Abel

List MP · Green Party

• What is the investment today by the government, if any, on offshore oil and gas exploration?

Asked by

Steve Abel

List MP · Green Party

• What areas, if any, of New Zealand's offshore areas have been surveyed by the oil and gas industry over the past 40 years?

Asked by

Steve Abel

List MP · Green Party

• What data, if any, from historical offshore oil and gas surveys does the government have access to?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• How did the number of state houses in Kāinga Ora’s stock on 30 June 2026 breakdown by the decade in which the houses were built?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• When will the one-year transition period for mandatory corded blind safety regulations start; and if it does not start from the date of the Government's announcement on 30 June 2026, why not?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• How many Ministry of Social Development staff, if any, were subject to management action where failure to meet emergency housing-related performance metrics formed part of the reason for that action?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers, if any, were taken to Cabinet during the week of 17 June 2024?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers if any, were taken to Cabinet Committees during the week of 17 June 2024, by Committee?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers if any, were taken to Cabinet Committees during the week of 24 June 2024, by Committee?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers, if any, were taken to Cabinet during the week of 24 June 2024?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers if any, were taken to Cabinet Committees during the week of 1 July 2024, by Committee?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers, if any, were taken to Cabinet during the week of 1 July 2024?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers, if any, were taken to Cabinet during the week of 8 July 2024?

Asked by

Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

• How many Cabinet papers if any, were taken to Cabinet Committees during the week of 8 July 2024, by Committee?