Written questions

Asked by

Celia Wade-Brown

List MP · Green Party

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

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Did the Minister read paragraph 58 of the Regulatory Impact Statement that noted there are "over 1 million corded coverings sold each year"; if so, will the more than one million cord coverings sold in New Zealand in 2026 be subject to…

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• Is the new Fire and Emergency New Zealand fault management system still on schedule for Phase One to launch on 30 October 2026?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• Has the number of Volunteer firefighter recruitment courses increased or decreased over the past 12 months?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What is the number of Volunteers in the past 12 months that have completed live fire training and progressed to qualified firefighter rank, if any?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• Has the number of Career Firefighter recruitment courses increased or decreased over the past 12 months?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• How many times in the past 12 months have Fire and Emergency dispatch call centres been temporarily closed as a result of understaffing, if at all?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What percent of Fire and Emergency live fire call outs have been understaffed since January 2026, if any?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What is the average staffing level of Fire and Emergency New Zealand dispatch call centres broken down by month since January 2026?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• How many and what percent of Fire and Emergency New Zealand fire stations have Volunteer Brigades attached, and if any, where are the stations located?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What is the average staffing level at Fire and Emergency fire stations broken down by Career and Volunteer firefighters since January 2026?

Asked by

Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

• What is the average firefighter staffing level at Fire and Emergency fire stations with and without volunteer fire brigades attached, broken down by month since January 2026?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• If mandatory compliance with an international product safety standard is this Government's policy position for new corded blinds, why did it take until June 2026 to announce this?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Did the Minister rely on the "Regulatory Impact Statement: Options for addressing the risk posed by corded window coverings" in making his decision to introduce mandatory standards?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Did the Government change its position on mandatory safety standards for corded blinds; if so, why?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Does the Minister agree with the statement in the Cabinet Paper, released on 1 July 2026, that "A series of tragic incidents over recent years, including multiple child deaths, demonstrates that non-regulatory interventions have not been…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Why did the Minister not highlight in his press release of 30 June 2026 the information in the Cabinet Paper, published on 1 July 2026, that concluded "While MBIE, and other organisations, have undertaken education campaigns to encourage…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What time period, if any, will there be for consultation on an exposure draft of the regulations for mandatory safety standards for new corded blinds?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• If businesses have one-year to comply with mandatory safety standards for corded blinds after they are introduced, is the Minister concerned that online retailers will be able to sell unsafe corded blinds products to New Zealand consumers…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What advice, if any, does the Minister have for families who cannot currently afford to replace unsafe corded blinds?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Will the Government's announcement of mandatory safety standards for corded blinds apply to existing blinds in Kainga Ora houses?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• According to MBIE advice, how many corded blinds are currently in New Zealand households that do not meet internationally recognised safety standards; listed by approximate number of blinds?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Why did it take the Government until June 2026 to announce that it would be mandatory for new corded window coverings to meet internationally recognised safety standards, when MBIE consulted on mandatory safety requirements for corded…

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 29139 (2026), with the admission that there is no regular national measure of people living without shelter, does the Minister expect such a measure to be in place, and what work, if any, is currently underway to establish…

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 28938 (2026), what, if anything, does the Minister attribute the more than doubling of rough sleeping households in Wellington (18 to 37) and Northland (14 to 29) over that period to?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 28730 (2026), why, some ten months after funding was announced, have only 20 of Hamilton's 31 allocated social housing places resulted in commenced tenancies, and what has prevented the remaining 11 being filled?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 28938 (2026), of the 668 households permanently housed across the four regions as at 27 May 2026, how many would have been housed through ordinary social housing allocation in the absence of the September 2025 actions?

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 28731 (2026) and reply 28730 (2026), given that only 283 tenancies had commenced under the additional 300 places, how, if at all, does the Minister reconcile the 674 figure with the number of new tenancies the initiative…

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 28728 (2026), of the 97 households (38%) recorded as having "voluntarily left the service", how many, if any, subsequently re-presented to a homelessness, transitional housing, or emergency housing service within three…

Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 28728 (2026), of the 95 households (37%) recorded as leaving Immediate Access Transitional Housing "for a different unspecified reason", how many, if any, were known to be sleeping rough, in a vehicle, or otherwise without…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• How many "highly significant" cyber incidents did the National Cyber Security Centre respond to in the last financial year, and in how many reported incidents, if any, was the National Cyber Security Centre unable to provide a full…

Asked by

Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

• Did the Office of Treaty Settlements advise that, without an explicit exclusion for Treaty settlement arrangements, existing and future Treaty settlements could be compromised or placed at risk by the Government's proposal to amend the…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What advice, if any, has the Minister received on which international safety standards will be introduced for new corded blinds sold in New Zealand; listed by standard?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• According to MBIE advice, how many New Zealand households have corded blinds that do not meet internationally recognised safety standards; listed by the approximate number of households?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Did the Minister read Audrey Young's article of 12 February 2026 that noted, regarding corded blind safety in New Zealand, "the record has been woeful"?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What, if anything, changed between 12 February 2026 when the Government said it was not introducing mandatory safety regulations for corded window coverings, and June 2026 when it announced it would?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• If internationally recognised safety standards for new corded window coverings will be made mandatory through an amendment to the Fair Trading Act, and the Minister has given businesses one year to comply once standards are made, is the…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

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  Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Were options of less than a one-year transition period considered by the Minister for businesses to meet internationally recognised safety standards for new corded window coverings once mandatory standards are introduced; if so, why did…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Which date, by month and year, will new standards be made mandatory under the Fair Trading Act for new corded window coverings to meet internationally recognised safety standards?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Associate Minister agree with the Auditor-General's office regarding the Inquiry into the Alternative Provision Model for Ka Ora, Ka Ako (school lunch programme), that "It is important that public organisations... get value for…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Are there any vacancies in the Auckland mental health co-response team; if so, how many, and which roles?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Are there any vacancies in the Bay of Plenty mental health co-response team; if so, how many, and which roles?