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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following 36274 (2026), does the Minister consider the $47,902.16 spent to upgrade to the drinking water supply at Five Forks School to address nitrate in the water, as per Reply 38599 (2026) from the Minister of Education, to be…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following 36274 (2026), does the Minister consider the $36,068.32 spent to upgrade to the drinking water supply at Te Kowhai School to address nitrate in the water, as per Reply 38597 (2026) from the Minister of Education, to be identified…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following Reply 39778 (2026), did the Associate Minister have ANY correspondence with industry bodies representing farmers prior to announcing the disapplication of the "prescribed nitrogen reductions" in the Manawatū/Whanganui region?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following 39776 (2026) did the Minister have ANY correspondence with industry bodies representing farmers prior to announcing the "prevent[ion] [of] the restrictive elements on Plan Change 1 from applying during the transition period to…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following Reply 20230 (2026), was the Associate Minister invited, in his role as Associate Minister for the Environment, to Minister Chris Bishop's "agriculture and horticulture sector workshop" that was held on 18 March 2026?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following Reply 20230 (2026), was the Associate Minister invited, in his role as Associate Minister for Agriculture, to Minister Chris Bishop's "agriculture and horticulture sector workshop" that was held on 18 March 2026?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following Reply 36274 (2026), does the Minister consider diffuse nitrogen pollution from dairy farming degrading the quality of water from a drinking water bore to be an example of one party having an impact on the property rights of a…

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Lan Pham

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 received, if any, during the week beginning 07/09/2026, 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 07/09/2026, 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 7 September 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 7 September 2026, by title and date?

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Brooking, Hon Rachel

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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

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Brooking, Hon Rachel

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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 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 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Brooking, Hon Rachel

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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 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Brooking, Hon Rachel

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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 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

What correspondence, if any, did the Associate Minister have with industry bodies representing farmers prior to announcing the disapplication of the "prescribed nitrogen reductions" in the Manawatū/Whanganui region that would have taken…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

What correspondence, if any, did the Associate Minister have with industry bodies representing farmers prior to announcing the "prevent[ion] [of] the restrictive elements on Plan Change 1 from applying during the transition period to the…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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Following Reply 36967 (2026), when did the Government first start responding to the H5N1 strain of HPAI (High pathogenicity avian influenza)?

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Lan Pham

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 received, if any, during the week beginning 31/08/2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31/08/2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Question

What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their office received, if any, during the week beginning 31/08/2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31/08/2026, by title and date?

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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Does the Minister support a precautionary approach to deep-sea mining in the Pacific and if not, why not?

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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 31 August 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 31 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Brooking, Hon Rachel

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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Brooking, Hon Rachel

Question

What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

Question

What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

Question

What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Brooking, Hon Rachel

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

Asked by

Brooking, Hon Rachel

Question

What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Brooking, Hon Rachel

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Does he stand by his statement that the consultation on the 28-day rule "will be about testing whether there genuinely is a food safety need for this rule or whether it's just an example of a silly rule that's just standing in the way of…