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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 15 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

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  Did New Zealand Trade and Enterprise officials travel to Toronto, Canada during Minister Jones’s attendance at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in March 2025 and if so, on what dates, if any, did they…

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Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

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  Did New Zealand Trade and Enterprise officials make the booking for Minister Jones’s limousine service in Toronto during his March 2025 visit and if so, on what date?

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Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

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  Did New Zealand Trade and Enterprise officials travel to Reno, Nevada during Minister Jones’s attendance at the Indigenous Geothermal Symposium, and Geothermal Rising Conference in October 2025 and if so, on what dates, if any, did they…

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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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Vanushi Walters

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 15 June 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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

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 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Cushla Tangaere-Manuel

Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 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 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Who has the Minister met with, if anyone, in the last 12 months, about the review of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA)?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

• 29010 (matches this search)

  What correspondence, if any, listed by date and recipient, has the Ministry for Primary Industries received from stakeholders (such as dairy companies and agricultural industry and lobby groups) about the review of the Dairy Industry…

• 29011 (matches this search)

  What correspondence, if any, listed by date and recipient, has the Ministry for Primary Industries sent out to stakeholders (such as dairy companies and agricultural industry and lobby groups) about the review of the Dairy Industry…

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Teanau Tuiono

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 requested, if any, during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What specific purposes are the Ministry for Primary Industries' 25 Microsoft Copilot licences being used for, and is Copilot used in any way to inform, support, or prioritise biosecurity decisions, food-safety regulation, or fisheries…

Asked by

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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

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 8 June 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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

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 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Cushla Tangaere-Manuel

Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 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 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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  What exactly, if anything, did the Hawke’s Bay grower group ask from the Government in relation to a potential purchase of the McCain Foods vegetable processing site in Hastings?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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  What consumer representation, if any, is part of the feasibility study that the Government has funded in relation to a potential grower-led purchase of the McCain Foods vegetable processing site in Hastings; listed by name(s) and title(s)…

• 28422 (matches this search)

  What, if anything, are the Terms of Reference, timelines, and public reporting, of the feasibility study that the Government has funded in relation to a potential grower-led purchase of the McCain Foods vegetable processing site in…

• 28423 (matches this search)

  Who is undertaking the feasibility study that the Government has funded in relation to a potential grower-led purchase of the McCain Foods vegetable processing site in Hastings; listed by name(s) and title(s)?

Asked by

Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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  Has he sought any advice from the Minister for Small Business and Manufacturing regarding the proposed business case for a grower-led purchase of the McCain Foods vegetable processing site in Hastings; if yes, in what format and on what…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  What topics, if any, were discussed at the meeting noted in the Minister's diary from 11/02/2026 and titled "MEET: Federated Farmers, Chairs of Beef + Lamb New Zealand and DairyNZ" at the Beehive with "Wayne Langford, Paul Melville, Oliver…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  What topics were discussed at the meeting on 29/04/2026 titled "MEET: Chair of Greater Wellington Daran Ponter and Hon Simon Watts, Beehive, Daran Ponter, Hon Simon Watts, Agriculture" in the Minister's diary for April 2026?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  What topics were discussed at the meeting the Minister attended on 2/04/2026 noted as "MEET: Helen Clark Foundation, Beehive, Helen Clark Foundation representatives, Agriculture" in his calendar for April 2026?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  In how many cases, if any, was a director or member of a board or committee excluded from or absent for more than one-third of agenda items during their tenure at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What total fees or other remuneration, if any, were paid to each director or member of a board or committee subject to a conflict of interest management plan at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What total fees or other remuneration, if any, were paid to each director or member of a board or committee subject to a conflict of interest management plan at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  In how many cases, if any, was a director or member of a board or committee excluded from or absent for more than one-third of agenda items during their tenure at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What total fees or other remuneration, if any, were paid to each director or member of a board or committee subject to a conflict of interest management plan at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What total fees or other remuneration, if any, were paid to each director or member of a board or committee subject to a conflict of interest management plan at any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many agenda items, if any, was each director or member of any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible excluded from or absent for…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many people, if any, appointed or reappointed by the Minister since 27 November 2023 to any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with OECD countries about the US call…

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with ASEAN countries about the US call…

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with the US embassy or other US…

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with Five Eyes countries about the US…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many people, if any, appointed or reappointed by the Minister since 27 November 2023 to any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many agenda items, if any, was each director or member of any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible excluded from or absent for…

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with any other Minister or member of…

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of their office sent or received with any other Minister or member of…

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What advice, reports, briefings, emails, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office seen, if any, about WorkSafe New Zealand safety requirements for fuel storage tanks?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 1 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 1 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?