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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many instances of non-compliance with consent conditions were identified in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, and in how many of those instances, if any, was no enforcement action taken?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many consents subject to ongoing conditions or monitoring requirements were subject to an audit, site inspection, or other active verification by Land Information New Zealand in the 2025/26 financial year, how many consents are in the…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32024 (2026), of the eight disposals of property recorded for the 2025/26 financial year, how many were compelled by court order or ministerial direction as opposed to being undertaken voluntarily,…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What assessment, if any, has been undertaken by him or by Land Information New Zealand of the effect of farm land advertising exemptions on the ability of New Zealand citizens and residents to purchase farm land?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32024 (2026), how many civil penalty proceedings, prosecutions, and applications for court-ordered disposal were commenced under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), on what grounds was each of the 16 farm land advertising exemptions granted in the 2025/26 financial year granted?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), which records 16 farm land advertising exemptions granted in 2025/26, how many such exemptions were granted in each of the 2021/22 to 2024/25 financial years, how many applications for…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), which records one standing consent and one purchasing programme consent, how many individual acquisitions of sensitive land were made during the 2025/26 financial year under standing…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many consents for the acquisition of residential land have been granted to holders of an Active Investor Plus visa or other qualifying investor visa since 6 March 2026, what was the total value of those transactions, and how many…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32031 (2026), what was the total value of the 20 $5 million plus house consents and the 451 one home to live in consents granted in the 2025/26 financial year, and how many consents of each type…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32031 (2026), what was the breakdown by region or territorial authority, and by country of the purchaser, of the 20 $5 million plus house consents and the 451 one home to live in consents granted in…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does he hold, or has he sought, any information on the total cumulative area of sensitive land in New Zealand owned or controlled by overseas persons, and if so, what is that figure and as at what date?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many hectares of land classified as farm land were approved for acquisition and conversion to forestry under the special forestry test or production forestry pathway in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, and what…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the total land area in hectares approved for acquisition by overseas persons in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, broken down by the country of the overseas person and, where recorded, the country of ultimate…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the total land area in hectares approved for acquisition by overseas persons in the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years, broken down by region or territorial authority?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the total land area in hectares approved for acquisition by overseas persons in each of the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years, broken down by (a) farm land, (b) land to be used for forestry activities,…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), which sub-pathway did the one application that exceeded statutory timeframes fall within, by how many working days was the timeframe exceeded, and what consequences, if any, followed…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), what were the average, median and longest processing times for transactions determined on or after 6 March 2026, when the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters)…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), in how many of the 230 transactions was the statutory timeframe stopped or suspended, on how many occasions in total, and what was the average and total number of working days for…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), noting that the average processing time across the 230 transactions set out in the attachment to that reply calculates to approximately 25 working days, how was the figure of 23…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32025 (2026), what changes, if any, have been made since 2024 to the assessment methodology, evidential requirements, or level of verification applied by Land Information New Zealand to overseas…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), does the figure of 23 working days cited by the Associate Minister of Finance on 13 July 2026 include the 20 $5 million plus house consents and the 451 one home to live in consents…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the reply to written question 32025 (2026), how many full-time equivalent staff were assigned to the assessment of overseas investment applications at Land Information New Zealand as at 30 June in each of 2023, 2024, 2025 and…

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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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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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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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Jo Luxton

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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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 03/08/2026, by title and date?

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  What engagement, if any, has the Minister had with representatives of the arable sector since 1 June regarding the potential impacts of an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak and implications on feed grain demand or business continuity; and what…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, did he receive on the expected number of consents under the "$5 million plus house" pathway over the first three years of its operation, and how does the number granted to date compare with that advice?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32030 (2026), does the figure of 22 national interest assessments include assessments concluded at stage one, and how many transactions were screened for national interest risk but not…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32032 (2026), does the figure of 22 consents that "include farmland" include consents granted for farm to forestry conversion or under the special forestry pathway, and if not, how…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many applications granted under the Primary Consent and Production Forestry pathways since 6 March 2026 would have been required to meet the benefit to New Zealand test had they been determined under the pathways in place before that…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many consent holders under the "commitment to reside in New Zealand" test have been required to dispose of a property following a trigger event in each of the last five financial years, and how many waivers from that requirement have…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What engagement, if any, has he or officials had with prospective overseas entrants to the New Zealand grocery market in the last 12 months, and how many such parties have indicated an intention to apply for consent?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Was the Commerce Commission consulted in the preparation of the guidance for overseas investors in the supermarket and grocery sector released on or about 13 July 2026, and if not, why not?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32032 (2026), on what ground was the gross value of the single supermarket or grocery retail consent granted in the 2025/26 financial year withheld, and in which month was that…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32025 (2026), how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in the overseas investment function in each of the last five financial years, and what was the total operating expenditure…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32029 (2026), does the statutory timeframe for determining an application cease to run at any point during assessment, and if so, what was the total elapsed calendar time between…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32024 (2026), what total value of financial penalties was imposed under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 in each of the last five financial years, if any, and how many prosecutions were…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32024 (2026), in respect of each of the four variations of conditions of consent granted to remedy non-compliance in the 2025/26 financial year, what was the condition breached, and was…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many standing consents are currently in force, how many individual transactions do those consents collectively authorise, and what is the total area of land in hectares that may be acquired under them?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  In respect of the 16 applications processed under the farm land advertising sub-pathway in the 2025/26 financial year, how many, if any, of the properties concerned received an offer from a person who was not an overseas person during the…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many consents were granted to Kauri Forestry LP, Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Limited, and Sustainable Forestry New Zealand Limited respectively in each of the last five financial years, and what total area of land in hectares…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What total area of land in hectares was approved for transfer to overseas ownership in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, broken down by farm land, land to be used for forestry, and residential land?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many consents, exemptions and variations were granted in the period 1 July 2025 to 5 March 2026, and how many in the period 6 March 2026 to 30 June 2026?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Of the consents granted under the "$5 million plus house" pathway to date, how many proceeded beyond a stage one national interest assessment, and how many are included in the 22 national interest assessments referred to in the answer to…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many holders of a consent granted under the "commitment to reside in New Zealand" test have subsequently been granted consent under the "$5 million plus house" pathway in respect of the same property, and how many consent holders have…