Written questions

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to reply 27647 (2026), if the estimates are "subject to ongoing work," when will that work conclude and will the Government publish its own projection of the project's share of Crown infrastructure spending to 2050?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to reply 27653 (2026), on what basis does the Minister consider affordability "a completely separate question" from the level of Crown capital required to make private bids financeable?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to reply 27653 (2026), what was the quantum of the Capital Crown Contribution, and what proportion of the project's total capital did it represent?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to reply 27653 (2026), can the Minister confirm whether any bidder was unable to raise full private financing without the Capital Crown Contribution that the reply says "reduced the amount of private debt required by each bidder"?

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Further to reply 27653 (2026), what specifically was the "debt market capacity" constraint that prevented three consortia from each fully financing a bid for the Warkworth to Te Hana project?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• How many Memorandum of Understanding agreements, if any, related to LNG, have been agreed to by the gentailers?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Is the Minister aware of any instances where licensed real estate agents can use their agency's brand and Real Estate license to solicit customers, but evade the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 by signing the final contracts under their own…

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• How close will the proposed LNG terminal be to residential areas?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• What risk reduction appraisals, if any, have been done relating to the hazardous nature of storing and processing cryogenic liquids for the proposed LNG terminal?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Is the Minister aware of any health and safety evaluations that have been done of the proposed LNG terminal inside Port Taranaki?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Has the Minister met with any industrial gas stakeholders in the past month, if so, which stakeholders and what was the topic of discussion?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Minister have a short-list or favoured provider for the proposed LNG terminal, if so, who is it?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• At what stage is the government at in their procurement process for the proposed LNG terminal?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Minister plan on penalising the gentailers if they fail to provide comprehensive dry year cover and, if so, how much will they be penalised?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Has the Minister met with Meridian Energy since 9 June 2026, and if so, who did he meet with from the company and what was the topic of discussion?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, if any, has the Minister received on how the government will compel the gentailers to contract LNG?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Has the Minister met with Mercury NZ Limited since 9 June 2026, and if so, who did he meet with from the company and what was the topic of discussion?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Has the Minister met with Contact Energy since 9 June 2026, and if so, who did he meet with from the company and what was the topic of discussion?

Asked by

Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

• Has the Minister met with Genesis Energy since 9 June 2026, and if so, who did he meet with from the company and what was the topic of discussion?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

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  What was the impact of the reform to Temporary Additional Support on the child poverty forecasts published in the 2026 Child Poverty Report?

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  What was the impact of the reforms to social housing rents and the increase to the Accommodation Supplement on the child poverty forecasts published in the 2026 Child Poverty Report?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to Written Parliamentary Question 27696 (2026); which schools in Waikato South will be impacted by Keeping Ourselves Safe ceasing delivery in the area?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Is he concerned any further corporate support cuts could affect the frontline given FTE growth has been mostly operational to support frontline?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Will corporate support FTE located at Police National Headquarters be impacted by the public servant job losses announced by the Government on Tuesday 19 May?

Asked by

Celia Wade-Brown

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, if any, has the Minister received from the local government sector regarding funding tourism-related initiatives?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• What is the name of the team, if any, tasked with enhancing police’s information management systems and processes?

Asked by

Celia Wade-Brown

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Minister accept MBIE's estimate of future revenue from the International Visitor Levy remaining flat for the three years 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29 rather than increasing for the following years?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Did she accuse the then Chief Executive of Kāinga Ora of personally developing Kāinga Ora’s asset management plan with the aim of embarrassing the National Party at a meeting with Minister Bishop and officials on 15 April 2024 and if so,…

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• Further to his reply to Written Question 29624, what was the weighted average meal cost across all suppliers in Term 4, 2024?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• Further to his reply to Written Question 29624, how much did school lunches cost up to per student in Term 4, 2025?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Minister believe that Councils leading tourism related activities are aligned with the core services described in the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill, and if so, why?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, if any, has the Minister received on the cost to local government for leading tourism-related initiatives?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What communication, if any, has the Minister had with his colleague, the Minister of Tourism, about the Tourism Strategy system roles, especially leading "Marketing to New Zealanders to travel and attend events within New Zealand is…

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What advice, if any, has the Minister received from the local government sector regarding funding tourism-related initiatives, given the proposed restrictions on local government in the Local Government (Systems Improvement) Amendment Bill?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

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 June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, official complaints were made relating to meals provided to schools during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of June 22nd 2026; if any, what were the findings of the investigation?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of June 22nd 2026?

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  How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres permanently closed during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

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 June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

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 June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

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 June 22nd 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 June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of June 22nd 2026; broken down by region?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of June 22nd 2026; broken down by region?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of June 22nd 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Will he rule out a reduction in FTE to operation support stuff at New Zealand Police as part of the public servant job losses announced by the Government on Tuesday 19 May?