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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 24 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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Did the Minister declare any pecuniary conflicts of interest in relation to cabinet decisions taken over targeted action to Plan Change 2 in the Manawatū-Whanganui?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
I am confident that I have acted in accordance with the Cabinet Manual guidance in relation to this matter. Disclosures of information relating to Ministerial conflicts of interest are inherently confidential and not disclosed. This has…
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · 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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety
I refer the Member to the attached table. Please note one title has been withheld under Speaker’s ruling 199/6. Please note I also receive a weekly portfolio update.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
In my capacity as the Associate Minister for the Environment, I received the following advice, reports, briefings, aides-mémoire and other documents in the week beginning 17 August 2026: Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and…
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the member to the attached table. In addition to this list, my office also occasionally receives information relating to potential meeting requests and visits. If a meeting or visit proceeds, the title of the advice provided for…
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None. Please note I also receive a Weekly Update.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety
None.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None.
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
None
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
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 17/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the member to the response to WPQ 37563 (2026)
Asked by
Priyanca Radhakrishnan
List MP · Labour Party
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What funding or support, if any, is available to wildlife hospitals and rehabilitation centers to increase their capacity for triage, treatment, and diagnostic work in the event that H5 bird flu becomes widespread in wild bird populations?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
Native bird hospitals, vets, and wildlife agencies are being supported by One Health agencies through the provision of guidance and advice regarding the management of their facilities and birds in their care after the arrival of H5 bird…
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · 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 10 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety
I refer the Member to the attached table. Please note three titles are withheld under Speaker’s Ruling 199/6. Please note I also receive a weekly portfolio update.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 10 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
In my capacity as the Associate Minister for the Environment, I received the following papers in the week beginning 10 August 2026: Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport 13/08/26: Final Environment Weekly Update Week…
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 10 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the member to the attached table. In addition to this list, my office also occasionally receives information relating to potential meeting requests and visits. If a meeting or visit proceeds, the title of the advice provided for…
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 10 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
I refer the member to the attached table. One title has been withheld under Speaker’s Ruling 199/6. In addition to this list, my office also occasionally receives information relating to potential meeting requests and visits. If a meeting…
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 10 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety
On 10 August 2026, the paper titled Release of Discussion Document: Homekill 28-day rule and consumption of homekill and recreational catch was considered by Cabinet.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 10 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 10 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 10 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None.
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
Did the Government have a response strategy for the H5N1 strain of HPAI (High pathogenicity avian influenza) prior to the 2025 publication of the document titled 'One Health approach for HPAI H5N1'?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the Member to the response for WPQ 36967 (2026).
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
What was the Government's strategy for responding to the H5N1 strain of HPAI (High pathogenicity avian influenza) prior to the 2025 publication of the document titled 'One Health approach for HPAI H5N1'?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
Prior to the publication of the document One Health approach for HPAI H5N1, the Government’s strategy was to prepare for the arrival of H5 bird flu through coordinated planning across relevant agencies, industry, and stakeholders, with a…
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
When did the Government start on preparing a response to the H5N1 strain of HPAI (High pathogenicity avian influenza)?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the Member to the response for WPQ 36967 (2026).
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
Does the Minister believe agricultural land users who create pollution problems for downstream communities should pay for those pollution costs, in the same way that he believes that, regarding wilding pines, “if you’ve got seed source…
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
I believe that parties should be responsible for impacts they have on the property rights of other landowners, especially where those impacts can be identified and quantified.
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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Which AI or software company, if any, is being used for the development and testing of "a new AI tool to modernise the import health standard process", as announced in a Beehive press release on 25 July 2026?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I am advised that the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has contracted Deloitte to develop a new AI tool to modernise the import health standard process. The AI tool will be hosted within MPI's existing Amazon Web Services cloud…
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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How many jobs, if any, does the Minister expect to be lost if the "new AI tool" being developed to "modernise the import health standard process", as announced in a Beehive press release on 25 July 2026, is successful?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
The new AI tool is intended to support and augment Ministry for Primary Industries process by reducing time spent on research, evidence review, and drafting activities, enabling existing staff to deliver more import health standards,…
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
What is the expected cost of the "four-month pilot" to develop and trial a new AI tool to "modernise the import health standard process", as announced by the Minister in a Beehive press release on 25 July 2026?
What is the expected cost of the "New AI tool to help develop biosecurity standards" the Minister announced in a Beehive press release on 25 July 2026?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
The new AI tool is intended to support and augment Ministry for Primary Industries process by reducing time spent on research, evidence review, and drafting activities, enabling existing staff to deliver more import health standards,…
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
How many consultants, if any, are being hired to assist with the development and testing of "a new AI tool to modernise the import health standard process", as announced in a Beehive press release on 25 July 2026?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I am advised that the Ministry for Primary Industries has engaged Deloitte under a fixed-price contract to support development and testing of the new AI tool to modernise the import health standard process. The contract is for delivery of…
Asked by
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…
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None
Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None
Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
None
Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
None.
Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety
None
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Can the Minister confirm whether MPI's pest risk analysis address the concerns raised by the Bioeconomy Science Institute in the IHS Fresh Blueberries for Human Consumption?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I am advised these matters were raised during consultation on the draft import health standard and will be addressed as part of the review of submissions.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety
I refer the Member to the attached table. Please note I also receive a weekly portfolio update.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
In my capacity as the Associate Minister for the Environment, I received the following advice, reports, briefings, aides-mémoire and other documents in the week beginning 3 August 2026: Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and…
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the member to the attached table. In addition to this list, my office also occasionally receives information relating to potential meeting requests and visits. If a meeting or visit proceeds, the title of the advice provided for…
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
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 Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
I refer the member to the attached table. In addition to this list, my office also occasionally receives information relating to potential meeting requests and visits. If a meeting or visit proceeds, the title of the advice provided for…
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Food Safety
On 3 August 2026, the paper titled Targeted improvements to the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 was considered by Cabinet.
Asked by
Rachel Brooking
Member for Dunedin · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister for the Environment
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 03/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
On 3 August 2026, the paper titled Biosecurity Act Amendment Bill: further policy approvals was considered by Cabinet.
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
(matches this search)
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 03/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the member to the response for WPQ 35515 (2026).
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What equivalence determinations, if any, were made or are under consideration for fresh blueberry imports, and the evidence relied on to conclude an equivalent level of protection is maintained, when developing the draft IHS for Fresh…
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I am advised that no equivalence requests have been received, nor are any under consideration. Equivalence determinations cannot be considered until the import health standard has been issued.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
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What bilateral arrangements have been proposed or agreed with Chile, Mexico, Morocco, Peru and the USA, regarding the IHS for Fresh Blueberries for Human Consumption?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
The import health standard (IHS) has not been issued and so it would be premature to develop bilateral arrangements with any other country. These discussions would take place following the IHS being issued.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
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What, if any, risk assessment was conducted for the domestic waste pathway (retail and post-retail disposal) for imported fresh blueberries under the IHS for Fresh Blueberries for Human Consumption?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
The assessment of the waste pathway is available on the Ministry for Primary Industries’ consultation page: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/71896-Evidence-regarding-classification-of-blueberries-as-low-waste-pathway.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What scientific advice does MPI hold on the taxonomic status of Anastrepha fraterculus as a species complex, and whether this was considered in setting Schedule 2 treatment requirements in the IHS for Fresh Blueberries for Human…
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I am advised that the Ministry for Primary Industries is aware of the taxonomic complexity and existence of different morphotypes within Anastrepha fraterculus species complex. The irradiation treatment proposed in Schedule 2 is from ISPM…
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What was, if any, the scientific evidence base relied on to set the methyl bromide dose, temperature and duration parameters for Drosophila suzukii in the IHS Fresh Blueberries for Human Consumption, and what efficacy trial data, if any…
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
The evidence base was provided by a trading partner was assessed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and found to be a valid treatment that meets MPI’s efficacy requirement.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
In the draft IHS Fresh Blueberries for Human Consumption, were the irradiation doses for Anastrepha fraterculus, Ceratitis capitata and Rhagoletis mendax set with reference to New Zealand-specific efficacy trials, or adopted from doses…
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
The proposed irradiation treatments are based on international standards and this provides sufficient evidence of their efficacy.