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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 24 August 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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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 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

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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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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister of Defence

Answer

I refer the Member to WPQ 36395(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 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

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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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

Refer to the response to WPQ 10239 (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 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Todd McClay

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

Answer

In my capacity as the Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs I did not take any papers to Cabinet during the week beginning 24 August 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 24 August 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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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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS

Answer

I refer the Member to WPQ 36400 (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 24 August 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 question 31764 (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 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Pacific Peoples

Answer

None.

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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 24 August 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 the reply to written question 10834(2025).

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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 24 August 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 the reply to written question 10834(2025).

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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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Space

Answer

I refer the Member to reply number 36404 (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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Veterans

Answer

I refer the Member to WPQ 36407 (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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Brooke van Velden

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

Answer

365 Ventures (Safe 365) Request for a meeting NZCTU – NZCTU Workers Rights Debate

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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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

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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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 24 August 2026, by title and date?

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 I have not presented papers to Cabinet within the specified timeframe.

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 38094 (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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Parliament dissolved: no reply received

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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 24 August 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

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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Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

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  • Were non-carcinogenic effects of PCP contaminated by dioxin exposure considered in the Occupational Diseases Review for Schedule 2 of the Accident Compensation Act, and if not, why?

Answered by

Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister for ACC

Answer

Submissions for proposed additions to Schedule 2 were sought through public consultation and then those suggestions were passed on to a panel of independent health experts who produced a report along with recommendations. A full overview…

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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 24 August 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, none.

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Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  • Has the Minister of Foreign Affairs received advice on the proposed International Panel on Inequality at the United Nations?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

No.

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Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  • Has the New Zealand Government been in communication with the Government of the Republic of South Africa about the proposed International Panel on Inequality?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

No.

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Mike Davidson

List MP · Green Party

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  • What advice has the minister had on the implementation of rates capping in other jurisdictions and the impact that has had on levels of service and delivery and maintenance of infrastructure and how has that advice (if any) been…

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

Answer

Officials provided advice on the experience in other jurisdictions, through briefings on 13 December 2024 and 13 February 2025, and a summary of the New South Wales State Parliament Inquiry into Ability of local governments to fund…

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Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  • Has the New Zealand Government been invited to participate in the proposed International Panel on Inequality at the United Nations?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

Yes.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

Two.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres permanently closed during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

Five.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

Three.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 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 August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, written directions have been issued by the Ministry of Education towards an Early Childhood Education centre during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of August 17th 2026; broken down by region?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table showing the number of children attending early childhood centres (ECE) during the week of 17 August 2026. Please note, children may be counted more than once if they attend multiple ECE services…

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of August 17th 2026; broken down by region?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table showing the number of early childhood centres operating during the week of 17 August 2026, broken down by region.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

The Ministry of Education has advised that, during the week of 17 August 2026, three schools in the external model received the same meal twice. Information regarding meals served to internal and iwi/hapū model schools is not available.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many lunches that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that during the week beginning 17 August 2026, one dietary meal did not meet the needs of a student.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I received the following advice regarding Early childhood education during the week of 17 August 2026: 17 August 2026: Report - Draft Cabinet paper – Public consultation on ECE regulatory 20 August 2026: Report - Amendments to Early…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of August 17th 2026; if any, what were the findings of the investigation?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that one meal-related investigation was closed during the week beginning 17 August 2026. New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) could not establish the root cause and assessed the incident as isolated. No…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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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 August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that surplus numbers reported from external model suppliers for the week of 17 August 2026 was 75,608 (13.7 percent of total meals).

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of August 17th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that schools in the school lunches programme are required to return surplus meals to their supplier.

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  • How many payload permits has he varied, revoked or suspended since 1 July 2025, if any, and why did he take this action, listed by name of permit holder and date of said action?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Space

Answer

For the period of 1 July 2025 to 22 July 2025 I refer the member to my response to 35851 (2025). From 22 July 2025 no payload permits have been revoked or suspended. Four payload permits have been varied. These were for Synspective…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  • How many launch licences has he varied, revoked or suspended since 1 July 2025, if any, and why did he take this action, listed by name of launch licence holder, and date of said action?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Space

Answer

For the period of 1 July 2025 to 22 July 2025 I refer the member to my response to 35852 (2025). From 22 July 2025 no launch licences have been revoked or suspended. Two launch licences have been varied twice – for Rocket Lab USA, Inc and…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  • When, if ever, has the written guidance, policy, or framework governing the process for granting launch licences and payload permits been updated to address circumstances where the security Ministers the Minister must consult under the…

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Space

Answer

The advice I receive from these portfolios is generated through separate and independent processes and reporting channels. The separation of these processes ensures balanced and informed decision-making. When these portfolios were first…

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Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Minister for Youth

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

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 received from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and WorkSafe are considered for proactive release on a regular basis. These titles can be…

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Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister for Women

Answer

My Office and I receive a range of advice and documents relating to the Women portfolio. I refer the member to the below list of items received during the week beginning Monday 24 August 2026. Two titles have been withheld under Speaker’s…

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Whānau Ora

Answer

I frequently request and receive advice on a range of kaupapa. Te Puni Kōkiri publishes monthly lists of advice that I receive from officials as Minister for Whānau Ora on its website at the following link:…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

Answer

I refer the Member to Attachment 1. I have received two further documents, but I believe it would prejudice the orderly and effective conduct of government decision making processes to release the title at this time.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Associate Minister of Transport

Answer

The titles and dates of Transport briefings received from the Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport are or will soon be proactively released here:…