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Question 35861 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

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Mike Butterick

Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture

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None.

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Question 35862 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What arrangement, commitment, underwriting, agency, legal, ratings, advisory and other financing and transaction fees were incurred in reaching financial close on the Warkworth to Te Hana project, if any, and what is the total of those…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 34451 (2026) in relation to general costs incurred throughout the transaction process and Written Parliamentary Question 35859 (2026) in relation to financing and…

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Question 35863 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What proportion of the senior private debt for the Warkworth to Te Hana project is fixed or hedged, and for what period of the debt's tenor does that hedging apply, if any?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

As with previous PPPs, the Project Agreement requires NZTA to make payments to the Contractor for floating interest rate costs that flow through to the private debt that makes up part of the capital structure of the Contractor consortium.…

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Question 35864 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What interest rate and inflation hedging arrangements were entered into in respect of the Warkworth to Te Hana project at or before financial close on 30 July 2026, if any, and what is the cost of those arrangements?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

In relation to interest rate hedging, I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 35863 (2026). The specific cost of these arrangements is commercially sensitive as it forms part of the project's commercially…

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Question 35865 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What credit margin over the base rate applies to the senior private debt raised by the Northway consortium for the Warkworth to Te Hana project, and what is the resulting all-in senior debt cost at financial close on 30 July 2026?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

The credit margin over the base rate and the resulting all-in senior debt cost at financial close have been withheld as they form part of the project's commercially sensitive financing arrangements. Disclosure could prejudice NZTA's…

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Question 35866 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety

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None

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Question 35867 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

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Cameron Brewer

Member for Upper Harbour · National Party · Associate Minister of Immigration

Answer

Neither I nor my office has received any documentation relating to remarks made by Winston Peters regarding New Zealand's relationship with China.

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Question 35868 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Todd McClay

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

Answer

In my capacity as Associate Foreign Affairs Minister, nil.

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Question 35869 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What is the total quantum of senior private debt raised by the Northway consortium for the Warkworth to Te Hana project, and what is the tenor of that debt?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

The debt-to-equity ratio is commercially sensitive and therefore the level of debt raised is commercially sensitive.

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Question 35870 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What were the seven recommendations of the Gateway 3 review of the Warkworth to Te Hana project conducted between 4 and 8 May 2026, which returned a Green/Amber delivery confidence assessment, which of those recommendations had been…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 34428 (2026).

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Question 35871 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What are the refinancing provisions of the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement, if any, including whether NZTA's consent is required before the Northway consortium may refinance, how a refinancing gain is defined and calculated, what…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

NZTA has certain consent rights to refinancings and will share in refinancing gains in specific circumstances. Some carve-outs do apply. Refinancing gain share is not assumed in the $3.649b NPV figure.

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Question 35872 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What guarantees, indemnities, compensation events, force majeure provisions, termination payment obligations and other contingent liabilities, if any, have the Crown or NZTA accepted under the Warkworth to Te Hana Project Agreement and the…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I refer the Member to my responses to Written Parliamentary Questions 34437 (2026), 34439 (2026) and 34440 (2026).

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Question 35873 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What briefings, analysis, advice, aide memoires, assessments or any other document, if any, broken down by title and date has the Minister or their office received about the impact of recent remarks made by Winston Peters on the…

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Answer

I refer the member to the response provided by the Prime Minister to Written Parliamentary Question 35806 (2026).

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Question 35874 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Minister of Forestry

Answer

Nil.

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Question 35875 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What sensitivity analysis, if any, was undertaken on the value-for-money assessment for the Warkworth to Te Hana PPP in respect of (a) interest rates, (b) inflation, (c) construction delay, (d) refinancing costs, and (e) the proportion of…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

NZTA undertook sensitivity analysis as part of the development of the Public Sector Comparator and value-for-money assessment. In accordance with Treasury PPP Guidance, NZTA also retested project cost against the Public Sector Comparator…

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Question 35876 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What independent review or assurance was undertaken of the Public Sector Comparator, the risk valuations and the financial model used to assess value for money for the Warkworth to Te Hana PPP, if any, by whom was each review undertaken,…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I am advised that the Public Sector Comparator and associated cost estimates and risk valuations were subject to multiple layers of assurance, including independent cost estimation, peer review, and quantitative risk assessment. Detailed…

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Question 35877 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What was the net present value comparison between the Northway consortium's price for the Warkworth to Te Hana project and the Public Sector Comparator for that project before any risk adjustment was applied to either figure, and on that…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

This information has been withheld as it forms part of the commercially sensitive financial and risk modelling used to evaluate bids and assess value for money. Disclosure of the unadjusted pricing and Public Sector Comparator assumptions…

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Question 35880 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • Which material risks in the Warkworth to Te Hana project are retained by NZTA or the Crown rather than transferred to the Northway consortium under the Project Agreement signed in July 2026, if any, what dollar value was assigned to each…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 34436 (2026). NZTA retains or shares a range of risks that cannot be efficiently be passed to the consortium. These include some change in law risks and uninsurable…

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35881, 35883 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • 35881

    In relation to the Warkworth to Te Hana public-private partnership for Section 1 of the Northland Corridor, which reached financial close with the Northway consortium on 30 July 2026, what dollar value was assigned to each material risk…

  • 35883

    What dollar value, if any, was assigned to each material risk transferred to the Northway consortium in the Public Sector Comparator and public-private partnership evaluation?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

The requested information has been withheld as it forms part of the commercially sensitive risk allocation and value-for-money modelling underpinning the Project. Disclosure of the valuation of individual transferred risks, and the total…

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Question 35882 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • For each material risk valued as transferred to the Northway consortium in the Public Sector Comparator and public-private partnership evaluation for the Warkworth to Te Hana project, what probability of occurrence and what cost impact, or…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I refer the Member to my responses to Written Parliamentary Questions 35876 (2026) and 35881 (2026). Risk calculation was completed in accordance with the NZTA’s Cost Estimating Manual (SM014).

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Question 35884 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Did the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service or the Government Communications Security Bureau provide, relay, or assess any information supplied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade or to New Zealand's Permanent Mission to the…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

In my capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs, I do not comment on intelligence matters.

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35889, 35890, 35909, 35911 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 35889

    Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), has the additional information that led New Zealand to abstain on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for…

  • 35890

    Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), was any assessment made of the reliability of the additional information that led New Zealand to abstain on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as…

  • 35909

    Does he agree with the decision taken by officials, referred to in the reply to question 33604 (2026), that New Zealand abstain rather than vote in favour or against on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint…

  • 35911

    Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), has he sought advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on whether those voting instructions would have been altered had that additional information been assessed in Wellington; if…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

The New Zealand Government stands by New Zealand's voting position.

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Question 35891 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Associate Minister of Health

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None

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Question 35897 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Housing

Answer

In my capacity as Minister of Housing, none.

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Question 35899 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

None.

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Question 35904 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Immigration

Answer

I am advised my Office has received email correspondence from some members of the public regarding Rt Hon Winston Peters remarks. No further correspondence has been sent or received by the Office.

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Question 35906 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), was any attempt made to contact him, his office, or officials in Wellington after the additional information referred to in that reply emerged and before the vote was taken; if so, at what…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

Refer to the response to WPQ 35433 (2026) and 35424 (2026).

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Question 35908 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), at approximately what New Zealand date and time did that additional information on the resolution to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights emerge?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

Refer to the response 35439 (2026).

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Question 35910 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Associate Minister of Immigration

Answer

None.

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Question 35912 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What consultation, if any, occurred with him or his office before the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued voting instructions to New Zealand's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York on the resolution to reappoint…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

None.

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Question 35915 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister for Infrastructure

Answer

None.

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Question 35916 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Minister for Youth

Answer

MYD Report: Contract Consolidation Progress Update (REP/26/6/422) – Received 3 August 2026. MYD Aide-Memoire: Attendance at the Young Enterprise Agenda Launch Event (REP/26/8/628) – Received 3 August 2026.

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Question 35917 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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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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Question 35918 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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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 3 August 2026. Three titles have been withheld under Speaker’s…

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Question 35919 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs

Answer

I nor my office sent or received any correspondence regarding remarks made by Winston Peters during the general debate that resulted in the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand lodging formal diplomatic concerns.

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Question 35920 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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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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Question 35922 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

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

Answer

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

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Question 35923 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister of Justice

Answer

None in my capacity as Minister of Justice.

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Question 35924 (2026)

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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 3 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:…

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Question 35925 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

As Minister of Transport, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on a range of matters. MCERT and NZTA publish monthly lists of titles of advice provided to me (refer to…

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Question 35926 (2026)

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Damien O'Connor

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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Minister for Trade and Investment

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table. 2 titles are withheld under s 9(2)(f)(iv) as they relate to matters under active consideration. I am advised that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade publishes a monthly list of titles of…

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Question 35927 (2026)

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Has any apology or reassurance been delivered by himself or his office to representatives of China after Rt Hon Winston Peters' comments about China on 29 July 2026, if so, when did that occur and how was it delivered?

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Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister

Answer

No.

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Question 35928 (2026)

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Glen Bennett

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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Tourism and Hospitality

Answer

In my capacity as Minister for Tourism and Hospitality, I regularly request and receive advice on a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, a list of reports received by my office from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and…

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Question 35929 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Answered by

Hon Nicole McKee

List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Justice

Answer

None.

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Question 35930 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

Answer

I refer the Member to my response to written parliamentary question 35657 (2026).

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Question 35931 (2026)

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Lemauga Lydia Sosene

Member for Māngere · 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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister of Statistics

Answer

I regularly request and receive advice on a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, a list of titles of papers that I have received from Stats NZ are published on its website:…

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Question 35933 (2026)

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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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for State Owned Enterprises

Answer

As I said in Written Parliamentary Questions 10889 (2025), 11147 (2025), 14770 (2025), 18421 (2025), 19559 (2025), 20746 (2025), 22412 (2025), 27507 (2025), 28436 (2025), 30419 (2025), 30991 (2025), 31535 (2025), 32421 (2025), 33193…

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Question 35934 (2026)

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Damien O'Connor

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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister of State for Trade and Investment

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade publishes a monthly list of titles of advice to Ministers, by the end of the month after the advice is provided. I refer the member to that list, which can be found here:…

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Question 35935 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

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None.

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Question 35936 (2026)

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Cushla Tangaere-Manuel

Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti · 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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Sport and Recreation

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I received the following email advice from Sport New Zealand: • OFF-14502-Officials - 6 August • BRF-14502 Update on Reducing Child and Youth Offending Project • MED-14535 Pacific Sports Diplomacy Talking Points • Fiscal Plan Summary 2026.…