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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many "one home to live in" consents and "$5 million plus house" consents were granted in each of the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many consents were granted under the "$5 million plus house" pathway in each quarter since the pathway commenced, what was the total and average value of those transactions, and how many applications were declined?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32031 (2026), on what basis was the country of origin of the applicant withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act 1982 in respect of the consent granted to Chanel…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32031 (2026), in how many consents granted in the 2025/26 financial year was the country of origin of one or more owners of the applicant recorded as withheld, "various", or a…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32031 (2026), why was the transaction value withheld for all seven consents granted under the Production Forestry pathway in the 2025/26 financial year?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32031 (2026), how many consents granted in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years had the transaction value withheld, expressed as a number and as a percentage of consents…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32026 (2026), how much of the $23.8 billion is attributable to the acquisition of shares or other securities, and how much to the acquisition of interests in land?

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32026 (2026), does the $23.8 billion gross investment value represent consideration paid to vendors, capital committed to be invested in New Zealand, the value of assets acquired, or…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the attachment to question for written answer 32031 (2026), how many of the 152 consents granted in the 2025/26 financial year had the transaction value withheld, and under which section of the Official Information Act 1982 or…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32026 (2026), what was the total capital expenditure that consent holders committed to undertake in New Zealand as a condition of consents granted in the 2025/26 financial year?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to the answer to question for written answer 32026 (2026), how much of the $23.8 billion gross investment value approved in the 2025/26 financial year relates to transactions in which the vendor was, in whole or in part, an…

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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 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date 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 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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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 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, is the total (finalised) budget in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence-…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, is budgeted to be spent in the 2026/27 financial year in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on consultants who advise on public sector…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What public engagement surveys, if any, are planned or currently underway regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, has been spent in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on consultants who advise on public sector reform management or similar, since 27…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What public engagement surveys, if any, have been completed regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, since 27…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What procurement process, if any, was used for purchasing artificial intelligence tools, if any, currently being used within the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What automated approvals, if any, are currently operating within the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What algorithm impact assessments, if any, have been done in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, since 27 November 2023?

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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 19 July 2026, by title and date?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

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 19 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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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 19 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many of the 230 overseas investment transactions granted consent by LINZ in the 2025/26 financial year are subject to ongoing conditions or monitoring requirements, and what enforcement action, if any, has LINZ taken against overseas…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What additional resourcing, staffing, or budget has been allocated to LINZ since 2024 to achieve the reduction in average overseas investment processing times from 71 working days to 23 working days cited by Associate Finance Minister…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the total number of consents granted and the total gross investment value approved by LINZ under the Overseas Investment Act in each of the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25 financial years, for comparison with the 230…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What consultation, if any, was undertaken with LINZ, Treasury, the Commerce Commission, and industry stakeholders in developing the new guidance for overseas investors in the supermarket and grocery sector announced by Associate Finance…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many overseas investment applications relating to supermarket or grocery retail have been received, approved, declined, and withdrawn in each of the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 financial years, and how many such…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the average, median, and longest processing time in working days for the 230 overseas investment transactions granted consent by LINZ in the 2025/26 financial year, broken down by consent pathway, and how many of these exceeded…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many of the 230 overseas investment transactions granted consent by LINZ in the 2025/26 financial year, referenced in Associate Finance Minister David Seymour's 14 July 2026 press release, were assessed as raising a potential national…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the individual transaction value, sector, applicant entity name, country of origin, consent pathway, and date of consent for each of the 230 overseas investment transactions granted consent by LINZ in the 2025/26 financial year…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many of the 230 overseas investment transactions granted consent by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) in the 2025/26 financial year, with a combined gross investment value of approximately $23.8 billion as cited by Associate Finance…

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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 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date 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 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, have the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, budgeted for the carbon neutral government programme in the 2026/27 financial year?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on the carbon neutral government programme in the 2025/26 financial year?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much in total, if any, was spent on renumeration of Crown appointees in the Minister's departments, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2022-2023 financial year?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much in total, if any, is forecast to be spent on renumeration of Crown appointees in the Minister's departments, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026-27 financial year?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much in total, if any, was spent on renumeration of Crown appointees in the Minister's departments, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2025-26 financial year?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much in total, if any, was spent on renumeration of Crown appointees in the Minister's departments, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2023-24 financial year?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister instructed any chief executive not to action the head count reduction targets or baseline savings exercise as part of Budget 2026, and if so, which chief executives?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister instructed any chief executive not to action the head count reduction targets or baseline savings exercise as part of Budget 2026, and if so, which chief executives?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What instructions, if any, has the Minister given to the Chief Executives they are responsible about the public service headcount reduction targets or baseline savings exercise as part of Budget 2026?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  What instructions, if any, has the Minister given to the Chief Executives they are responsible about the public service headcount reduction targets or baseline savings exercise as part of Budget 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 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?