Written questions

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25790 (2026): do his internal office documents within his office show that he discussed the Fonterra v Smith Case with his former Chief Policy Advisor, if so, on what dates?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25790 (2026): does his diary show that he discussed the Fonterra v Smith Case with his former Chief Policy Advisor, if so, on what dates?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• 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 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25790 (2026): does his correspondence, including messages and emails show that he discussed the Fonterra v Smith Case with his former Chief Policy Advisor, if so, on what dates?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25783 (2026): did he or his Chief of Staff ask staff whether they have received hand-delivered or printed documents from external parties that were not entered onto any official file, if so, on…

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25796 (2026): by what method was his former Chief Policy Advisor contacted?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25796 (2026): what was the job title of this staff member?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25791 (2026): what were the staff members job titles?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25780 (2026): how many former staff members were contacted?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25791 (2026): how many staff members read the document?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25780 (2026): why were these assurances sought on two separate occasions?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 25780 (2026): how many, if any, of these former staff members held material relating to Smith v Fonterra in personal accounts?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): prior to media reporting on 24 May 2026, had he had any discussions regarding the Smith v Fonterra case with any person outside his Government, if so, who?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): prior to media reporting on 24 May 2026, had he had any discussions regarding the Smith v Fonterra case with any Member of Parliament who was not a Minister, if so, who?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): prior to media reporting on 24 May 2026, had he had any discussions regarding the Smith v Fonterra case with any of his staff, if so, who?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): what is the job title of the staff member who received a phone call from Fonterra on 22 May 2026 relating to a media query about the Smith v Fonterra proceedings?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): did his Chief of Staff forward the email from Haley Mortimer on 16/10/2025, if so, to whom?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): did his Chief of Staff respond to the email from Haley Mortimer on 16/10/2025, if so, how many times?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): what was the subject line of the email from Haley Mortimer to his Chief of Staff on 16/10/2025?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• 28785

  Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): did the phone call between Haley Mortimer and his Chief of Staff in 2025 take place before or after the meeting his Chief of Staff held on 29/09/2025?

• 28788

  Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): on what date did the phone call between Haley Mortimer and his Chief of Staff in 2025 take place?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• 28786

  Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): what records, if any, of the phone call between Haley Mortimer and his Chief of Staff in 2025 were made?

• 28787

  Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): what was the purpose of the phone call between Haley Mortimer and his Chief of Staff in 2025?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): who initiated to phone call between Haley Mortimer and his Chief of Staff in 2025?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): on what date will the Department of Internal Affairs review of his former Chief Policy Advisor’s emails be made public, if ever?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): on what date will the Department of Internal Affairs review of his former Chief Policy Advisor’s emails be delivered to his office?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): on what date will the Department of Internal Affairs review of his former Chief Policy Advisor’s emails be completed?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): when he said, “we have been advised that the information provided in hard copy in this meeting was also sent from a Fonterra staff member to a former Beehive staff member’s private…

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): when he said, “we have been advised that the information provided in hard copy in this meeting was also sent from a Fonterra staff member to a former Beehive staff member’s private…

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): was the briefing note provided to any member of the National Leaders Office, if so, whom?

Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

• Further to his answer to written question 20419 (2026): on which dates did meetings between Fonterra and/or Z Energy and his former Chief Policy Advisor regarding the Smith v Fonterra case take place?

Asked by

Julie Anne Genter

Member for Rongotai · Green Party

• When will the new draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport be released for consultation?

Asked by

Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

• Does the Ministry of Social Development operate a "Community Food Initiatives Fund", and if so, what does the fund do?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What is the forecast change, if any, in building-system processing or determination timeframes, and in support to the building and construction sector, in the 12 months following the Vote Building and Construction baseline saving in Budget…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What constraints, if any, has the Minister placed on how the Vote Building and Construction baseline saving may be found in Budget 2026, and may that saving extend to funded building-system or consenting programmes if sufficient savings…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• Which specific building and construction regulatory functions, services or programmes, if any, will be reduced, slowed or ceased as a result of the Vote Building and Construction baseline saving in Budget 2026, broken down by agency,…

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

• What is the dollar value attributable to each of the levers identified for the Baseline Savings – Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Vote Building and Construction) initiative in Budget 2026 (approximately $$8.226m over four…

Asked by

Julie Anne Genter

Member for Rongotai · Green Party

• Will Waka Kotahi's work on identifying critical work versus activities that could be deferred, include the Roads of Natioinal Signifiance programme, and if so, when will this work be completed and made public?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• In response to Reply 26749 (2026), is the "Teacher Aide Pay Equity Claims" top-up for Teacher Aides paid through the Teacher Aide hourly rate ORS funding to schools; if not, how is this top-up paid?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• What is the range of pay per hour, if any, for a Teacher Aide or Support Staff from Ongoing Resourcing Scheme funding?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• What is the range of the number of hours, if any, for a Teacher Aide or Support Staff per Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) funded child?