Written questions

Asked by

Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to 36297 (2026), how, if at all, do the Cabinet Manual provisions cited apply to the Minister not viewing the Oranga Tamariki CCTV footage?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• What guidance or expectations, if any, did the Minister of Justice communicate to Dr Stephen Rainbow, either at the time of his appointment or at any point since, regarding his public commentary on contested political issues?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• How much is the investigation in the Human Rights Commission by Kristy McDonald KC expected to cost, and when is it expected to report back to the Minister?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• What communications, if any, took place between the Minister of Justice's office and any ACT Party MP regarding the concerns that led to the investigation into Dr Stephen Rainbow's conduct, or regarding the scope or timing of that…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• Who raised the concerns about Dr Stephen Rainbow's conduct that prompted the Minister to commission the McDonald KC investigation, and when were those concerns first raised with the Minister?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• What are the terms of reference for the investigation being conducted by Kristy McDonald KC into concerns about Dr Stephen Rainbow's conduct as Chief Human Rights Commissioner?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• Does the Minister of Justice intend to appeal the High Court's December 2025 ruling on the Human Rights Commission, and if so, by what date must any appeal be filed?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• How much has the Ministry of Justice or the Crown spent, to date, on legal costs defending the judicial review proceedings that resulted in the High Court's December 2025 finding that Dr Rainbow's and Dr Derby's appointments were unlawful?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• Did the ACT Party, or any of its MPs, nominate, recommend, or otherwise put forward Dr Stephen Rainbow as a candidate for Chief Human Rights Commissioner before his appointment was announced on 16 August 2024, and if so, when and through…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• When did the Minister of Justice invite coalition partner parties to nominate candidates for the three Human Rights Commission leadership roles filled in August 2024, and which parties, if any, put forward nominations, and for which roles?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• Who, if any, within the ACT Party, including but not limited to the Party Leader and any ACT MP, communicated with the Minister of Justice or his office regarding Dr Stephen Rainbow's candidacy, nomination, or appointment as Chief Human…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• What were the dates and nature of all communications between the Minister of Justice's office and Dr Stephen Rainbow between 1 January 2024 and 16 August 2024, the date his appointment as Chief Human Rights Commissioner was announced?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• What overseas deployments, operations, and exercises have been undertaken by Royal New Zealand Air Force P‑8A Poseidon aircraft since their entry into service, if any, listed by date and title?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• What work, if any, is currently underway to expand the availability of Easy Read complaints and feedback resources across Health New Zealand, and what are the expected milestones and completion dates for that work?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• 37353

  Does Health New Zealand have any national policy or minimum standard requiring complaints and feedback information to be available in accessible formats, including Easy Read; if so, what is that policy or standard, and if not, why not?

• 37355

  What instructions, guidance, policies, or communications, if any, have been provided to Health New Zealand hospitals and services about making Easy Read complaints or feedback resources available to patients?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• What advice, briefings, reports, correspondence, or recommendations, if any, has the Minister received since 27 November 2023 regarding the accessibility of Health New Zealand’s complaints processes for people with intellectual or learning…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• 37356

  What complaints, concerns, feedback, or advice, if any, has Health New Zealand received since 1 July 2022 about its complaints or feedback processes being inaccessible or difficult to use for people with intellectual or learning…

• 37357

  What barriers, if any, has Health New Zealand identified that prevent people with intellectual or learning disabilities from accessing or using its existing complaints and feedback processes?

• 37358

  What evaluation, review, user testing, or assessment, if any, has Health New Zealand undertaken of the accessibility of its complaints processes for people with intellectual or learning disabilities, and what were the findings of each…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• What information, if any, does Health New Zealand hold about the number or proportion of complaints it receives from people with intellectual or learning disabilities?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• 37360

  How many Easy Read complaints or feedback forms have been completed and received by Health New Zealand in each of the last three financial years, broken down by year, region or district, and hospital, where that information is held?

• 37365

  Which Health New Zealand hospitals do not currently have an Easy Read complaints or feedback form available for patients, broken down by region?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• How many printed copies of Easy Read complaints or feedback resources, if any, have been produced by Health New Zealand in each of the last three financial years, broken down by year and region or district?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• What consideration, if any, has Health New Zealand given to making the Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently available in the Southern region available throughout New Zealand?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Is the Health New Zealand Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently available in the Southern region intended to be used nationally; if not, why not?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• 37364

  Which Health New Zealand districts or regions currently make an Easy Read complaints or feedback form available, and in what locations or services within each district or region is it available?

• 37366

  How many Health New Zealand hospitals currently have an Easy Read complaints or feedback form available for patients, broken down by hospital?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• Which organisations, contractors, consultants, disability organisations, advocates, or people with lived experience were involved in developing or testing Health New Zealand’s Easy Read complaints or feedback resources, and how much, if…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• What was the total cost of developing, designing, testing, producing and implementing each Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently used by Health New Zealand, broken down by each component of that cost?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• On what date was each Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently used by Health New Zealand first developed, and on what date was each resource first made available to patients?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• What Easy Read resources, if any, are currently available through Health New Zealand to assist people with intellectual or learning disabilities to make a complaint, provide feedback, or raise a concern about a Health New Zealand service?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

• Will the Minister consider increasing support payment rates, if any, to help people who need to move house and are faced with increased housing costs, and if not, why not?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres permanently closed during the week of August 10th 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 August 10th 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 August 10th 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 August 10th 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 August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of August 10th 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 August 10th 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 August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many lunches, if any, that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of August 10th 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 August 10th 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 August 10th 2026; and if so, 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 August 10th 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 August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 35421 (2026), how many records does the Ministry hold relating to the decision to abstain, listed by type (cable, email, file note, telephone log, or other) and date?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 35443 (2026), reply 35443 refers to "a range of information" while reply 33604 (2026) referred to "additional information"; how many distinct items of information were deemed material to the voting instructions, and did…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 35439 (2026), the debate having a defined start and end time, did the additional information emerge before or after the list of speakers concluded, and how many minutes before the vote was the call to Wellington made?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 35440 (2026), did the additional information emerge from the formal proceedings of the debate, or from informal communications, conversations, or contacts occurring in the margins of, or contemporaneously with, the debate?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to reply 35440 (2026), given that General Assembly proceedings are webcast and recorded, is the additional information identifiable in the public record of the debate of 24 July 2026; if not, how can it be said to have emerged…