Search written questions to Ministers and the replies they have received.
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Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What discussions, if any, has the Minister or officials had with foreign counterparts regarding cooperation on uncrewed underwater vehicles in the Pacific region since 1 January 2026, by date and location?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
None.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What discussions, if any, has the Minister or officials had with foreign counterparts regarding cooperation on submarine cable infrastructure in the Pacific region since 1 January 2026, by date and location?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
We have not had any formal engagments on cable infrastructure with Pacific counterparts. Officials routinely engage with Pacific counterparts on the strategic infrastructure issues including cables. It is not possible to collate a…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What discussions, if any, has the Minister or officials had with foreign counterparts regarding cooperation on port infrastructure in the Pacific region since 1 January 2026, by date and location?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
There have been a range of discussions at the Ministerial level about cooperation on port infrastructure in the Pacific since 1 January 2026. Some of these discussions took place in the United States and in New Zealand. Our Embassies and…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What discussions, if any, has the Minister or officials had with foreign counterparts regarding a regional status of forces agreement under the South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting, since 1 November 2025?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
We have not discussed the regional status of forces agreement under the South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting with foreign counterparts during this period. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials participated in a briefing on the…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What advice, if any, has the Minister received regarding a regional status of forces agreement under the South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting, since 1 November 2025?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
None.
Asked by
Francisco Hernandez
List MP · Green Party
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How much, if any, is the total 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- including costs on…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
This is not information held by a shareholding Minister. The member would be welcome to request this information from the operationally independent entities for which the Minister is a shareholder, and they will respond in compliance with…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What meetings, if any, has the Minister or officials had with foreign counterparts regarding the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience, since 1 January 2026, by date and location?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
None.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What advice, if any, has the Minister received on the Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience, since 1 January 2026?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
None.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What is the forecast aid-to-gross-national-income ratio for each year of the current triennium, if any, and how does it compare with each of the previous three years?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is the international standard for development cooperation. ODA to gross national income (GNI) ratios are provided below. Note that ODA does not include International Development Cooperation (IDC)…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What inflation assumptions, if any, underpin the forecast increase in aid spending in Budget 2026, and what consumer price index projection has been used?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
No inflation assumption underpins the increases in aid spending in Budget 2026. They are nominal amounts.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What is the value of the aid budget for the current triennium, and how does it compare in both nominal and inflation-adjusted terms with the previous triennium?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
International Development Cooperation appropriation for the 2024-2027 triennium is NZ$3,060.538 million. International Development Cooperation actual expenditure 2021-2024 triennium was NZ$3,000.115 million. Adjusted for a three-year…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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Which specific programmes, projects or country allocations, if any, were delayed, reduced or cancelled in the 2024/25 financial year, contributing to the lower-than-forecast aid expenditure?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Financial Year 2024/25 expenditure was 15% below the original budget. A wide range of projects were delayed or reduced due to factors including reprogramming the International Development Cooperation (IDC) programme to better align with…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What were the reasons, if any, for the difference of approximately $162 million between forecast and actual aid expenditure in the 2024/25 financial year?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The 2024/25 financial year was the first year of the 2024-2027 triennium and the expenditure equates to 31% of the total 2024-27 appropriation. The variance can be attributed to a range of factors, including a review and subsequent changes…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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Has the Government firmed up its position, if any, on whether gender apartheid should be recognised in the proposed crimes against humanity treaty since the matter was last raised at the United Nations General Assembly?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The New Zealand government has not yet formed a view on whether a future crimes against humanity treaty should include the crime of gender apartheid as a stand-alone crime. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court already…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What advice, if any, has the Minister received on recognising the State of Palestine since stating it was not the right time, and will the Minister release that advice?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
None.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What consideration, if any, has the Government given to recognising the State of Palestine since the Minister stated it was not the right time to do so?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
None.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Why does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade record no agency baseline saving in Budget 2026 while a future reduction is indicated, what is the value and timing of that future reduction, and what advice, if any, has the Minister…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Vote Foreign Affairs Budget Estimates were not reduced in Budget 2026. However, reductions of NZ$28.555 million per annum in 2027/28 and a further reduction of NZ$28.555 million in 2028/29 have been signalled and will be implemented in…
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 25 May 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…
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 25 May 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Refer to the response to WPQ 10239 (2026).
Asked by
Teanau Tuiono
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 requested, if any, during the week beginning 25 May 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade publishes a monthly list of titles of advice to Ministers, by the end of the month after the advice is provided. I refer the member to that list, which can be found here:…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Will the Minister undertake a review of current and former staff members’ private email accounts to identify any official information that should be on the public record; if not, why not?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Refer to the response 25201 (2026).
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What official information, if any, is held on a private email account of a current or former staff member in the Minister’s office and has not been placed on the official record since 27 November 2023; and what steps are being taken to…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Refer to the response 25201 (2026).
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Has the Minister or any staff member in their office received a briefing, document, or correspondence from a company, lobbyist, or other third party at a private email account that hasn't then been forwarded to an official email account or…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Refer to the response 25201 (2026).
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
How will any aid funding rolled forward from the 2024/25 financial year be allocated across programmes, countries and financial years?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Internastional Development Cooperation (IDC) Programme is funded through a multi-year (triennia) appropriation. A multi-year approach increases effectiveness by enabling smoothing of funding. Programming of IDC funding is driven by the…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
How much aid funding from the 2024/25 financial year, if any, has been transferred or rolled forward into later financial years, and into which years has it been allocated?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
NZ$162.5 million of the International Development Cooperation appropriation was rolled forward from 2024/25 into the 2026/27 financial year. The funding remains within the current triennium.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What was the total actual aid expenditure in the 2024/25 financial year, and how does that compare with the amount forecast to be spent in that year at Budget 2025?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The total expenditure for International Development Cooperation in 2024/25 was NZ$953.1 million. This compares to the Budget 2025 Supplementary Estimate of NZ$1,115.6 million.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
Was New Zealand asked to co-sponsor the Vanuatu-led resolution at the United Nations General Assembly, and if so, what was the rationale for declining?
Why did New Zealand not co-sponsor the resolution led by Vanuatu at the United Nations General Assembly?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yes, New Zealand was asked to co-sponsor the resolution. New Zealand did not co-sponsor the resolution given our views on it, which are set out in the explanation of vote delivered following New Zealand’s vote in favour of the resolution.…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
Which United Nations General Assembly resolutions in the most recent session, if any, did New Zealand abstain on or vote against the position of the majority of like-minded states, and what was the rationale for each?
What was the rationale for any New Zealand vote at the United Nations General Assembly in the most recent session that differed from New Zealand's previous position or from that of like-minded partners, if any?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
I am advised that it is it not possible to provide an answer to this question within the timeframe for answers to Written Questions, due to the need to collate substantial information. The term ‘session’ in the UN context usually refers to…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What discussions or advice, if any, has the Minister had or received regarding New Zealand's position on including gender apartheid in the draft crimes against humanity treaty?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
I refer the Member to my response to WPQ 75521 (2024).
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What is the Government's current position, if any, on the inclusion of gender apartheid in the proposed crimes against humanity treaty?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
I refer the Member to my response to WPQ 75520 (2024).
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
When does the Minister consider it would be the right time for New Zealand to recognise the State of Palestine, if at all?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Government has made clear that New Zealand’s future decision-making around recognition will be driven by developments. New Zealand will pay attention to factors including: • Steps toward the development of a fully viable and legitimate…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What conditions or criteria, if any, does the Government consider would need to be met before New Zealand recognises the State of Palestine?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The conditions that are likely to be necessary for recognition include those that are conducive to a Palestinian state with robust institutions and recognised borders living in peace and security with Israel.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What advice, if any, has the Minister received on New Zealand participating in or supporting United States-led military or security operations relating to Iran?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
I refer the Member to my response to WPQ 18220 (2026).
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Has the Government received any request, if any, to contribute defence capacity to United States-led operations relating to Iran, and what was the Government's response?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
No.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What discussions, if any, has the Minister had regarding New Zealand contributing defence capability or personnel to United States-led operations relating to Iran?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
I refer the Member to my response to WPQ 18220 (2026).
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Has New Zealand received any formal invitation, if any, to participate in Pillar 2 of AUKUS, and what is the Government's current position on participation?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
New Zealand has not received a formal invitation to participate in AUKUS Pillar II. The Government is taking a deliberate and considered approach to exploring any potential participation in AUKUS Pillar II projects. Any decision on this…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
What advice, if any, has the Minister received on the costs, benefits and risks of New Zealand joining Pillar 2 of AUKUS?
What discussions, if any, has the Minister had with counterparts regarding New Zealand's potential participation in Pillar 2 of the AUKUS arrangement?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
I have had discussions with counterparts that have included AUKUS Pillar II, indicating an interest in further engagement when appropriate.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Has the Minister received any reports considering amendments to New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation or policy?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
No.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What discussions, if any, have the Minister or officials had with foreign counterparts regarding changes to New Zealand's nuclear-free status or the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and I have had no discussions with foreign counterparts regarding any changes to New Zealand's nuclear-free status, or the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What advice, if any, has the Minister received on potential changes to New Zealand's nuclear-free policy?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
In my capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs, I have not received any advice on potential changes to New Zealand’s nuclear-free policy.
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Will any portion of the International Development Cooperation funding in Budget 2026 be directed to climate finance, if any, and how does the level of climate finance compare with each of the previous two financial years?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yes. In 2024/25, NZ$294 million of International Development Cooperation (IDC) funding was directed to climate finance. We are projecting NZ$245 million of IDC climate finance in 2025/26, and NZ$299 million in 2026/27. We expect IDC…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
How much climate-related development assistance funding, if any, was reduced or cut in the previous financial year, and has any of that funding been reinstated in Budget 2026?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Time-limited climate finance funding finished as planned at the end of calendar year 2025. Climate-related development assistance continues to be funded as part of the broader International Development Cooperation (IDC) appropriation,…
Asked by
Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What new operating or capital funding allocated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budget 2026, if any, will be used to restore climate finance reduced in the 2025/26 financial year, and what is the value of any such…
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Budget 2026 contained NZ$109.8 million in Crown and departmental funding to increase New Zealand’s development and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific and Indo-Pacific for the 2027-30 triennium, including for climate change. Programming…
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Emergency Consular function exempt from the government's public servant job number cuts?
Answered by
Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The implications of funding reductions signalled in Budget 2026 are still being considered.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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Which AI vendors, products, or platforms are expected to be procured, expanded, or relied upon as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; what is the forecast contract value of each, in which…
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What evidence base, including any business cases, pilot results, productivity studies, benchmark data, or independent advice, was relied upon in determining that AI could absorb the workload of the roles being disestablished as part of…
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Has any (a) algorithmic impact assessment, (b) Privacy Impact Assessment, (c) Treaty of Waitangi impact assessment, or (d) Health and Safety at Work Act psychosocial risk assessment been completed in respect of the AI tools being deployed…
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What is the total forecast spend on (a) AI software licences and subscriptions, (b) AI-related cloud and compute infrastructure, (c) AI implementation consultants and systems integrators, (d) AI-related staff training and change…
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How many, if any, of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will have any of their functions or tasks performed, in whole or in part, by artificial…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, has the Minister received advice that the functions could be performed more cost-effectively if the entity…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what is the forecast one-off cost of abolition or merger, including disestablishment, transition, legal and IT…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, which functions will (a) cease entirely, (b) transfer to another entity, or (c) be performed by a…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what was the total appropriation in 2024/25, if anything, and what is the forecast total cost of the functions…
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Has any psychosocial risk assessment been conducted in respect of the restructure being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, under Health and Safety at Work Act obligations, if any,…
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Has the Minister received any advice that role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will worsen results in staff engagement, workplace wellbeing, sick leave, or…
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Has the Minister sought or received advice on whether roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will need to be re-hired within the next 24 months, and what is the…
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How does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for compare, as a proportion of workforce, across the portfolio, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company,…
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What proportion of the current workforce does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for represent, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…
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How many staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for are being offered redeployment to other roles within the same entity or elsewhere in the public service, if any, and what is the forecast…
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What support, including outplacement, retraining, and mental health support, if any, is being made available to staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, and at what cost, broken down by…
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How many of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will be achieved by (a) voluntary redundancy, (b) involuntary redundancy, (c) non-replacement of…
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What is the total forecast cost of restructures being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, including (a) redundancy payments, (b) outplacement support, (c) change-management…
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Have any functions been transferred to another entity as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; if so, has the receiving entity been given any additional baseline funding, and how much,…
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What, if anything, is the forecast contractor and consultant spend in each of the next four financial years as a consequence of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, by category of spend, broken…
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What, if anything, is the average daily rate paid for external consultants and contractors, and how does this compare to the equivalent daily cost of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
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Will any work previously undertaken by roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, be performed by (a) external consultants, (b) contractors, (c) labour-hire staff,…
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Will any obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including obligations under Treaty settlement legislation, be affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if…
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Has the Minister been advised of any risks to the health, safety or wellbeing of New Zealanders arising from the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and if…
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What is the forecast change in (a) processing times, (b) wait times, (c) call-answer times, and (d) complaint resolution times for services provided in the 12 months following the role reductions being made as part of savings made in…
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Which specific functions, services, programmes or work streams, if any, will be reduced, ceased, or transferred elsewhere as a consequence of the role disestablishments being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
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Which statutory functions, if any, are affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and has the Minister received legal advice as to whether each…
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What is the forecast change to each published performance measure (as set out in the most recent Statement of Performance Expectations or equivalent), if any, as a result of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget…
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Which statutory functions, if any, are affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and has the Minister received legal advice as to whether each…
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Which specific functions, services, programmes or work streams will be reduced, ceased, or transferred elsewhere as a consequence of the role disestablishments being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is…
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What is the forecast impact, if any, of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, on the gender pay gap and the ethnic pay gap, broken down by agency,…
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Has any equity impact assessment, gender impact assessment, or Treaty of Waitangi impact assessment been completed in respect of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible…
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How many, if any of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, are held by employees who have self-identified as having a disability, broken down by agency,…
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What is the geographic and regional distribution of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by city or region and by agency, department, Crown…
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What is the age-band breakdown of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for…
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What is the ethnicity breakdown (Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian, European, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African, Other) of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for,…
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What is the gender breakdown of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, compared to the gender composition of each workforce as a whole, broken down by…
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What is the forecast change in spending, if any, on (a) external consultants, (b) contractors, and (c) temporary or labour-hire staff in each of the next four financial years as a consequence of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
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What is the total forecast cost of redundancy and severance payments, if any, associated with the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what is the average…
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What is the distribution of roles, if any, being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, across salary bands in $20,000 increments (e.g. $60,000–$79,999, $80,000–$99,999,…
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What is the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) 25th percentile, and (d) 75th percentile salary of the roles, if any, being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by…
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What is the total annual salary cost (including employer KiwiSaver contributions and ACC levies) of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by…
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How many, if any, of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, are classified as (a) frontline, (b) frontline-enabling, and (c) back-office, and what definition…
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Will the Minister provide a list of every role title being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, the number of FTE associated with each role title, and the tier (Tier 1, 2,…
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How many FTE positions, if any, are expected to be disestablished across the agencies, departments and other entities for which the Minister is responsible as a result of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible…
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Of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, how many were (a) filled by a permanent employee, (b) filled by a fixed-term employee, (c) filled by a secondee,…
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How many roles, if any, expressed as both (a) full-time equivalents and (b) headcount, are being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and over what period will those…
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For each agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, what is the forecast payback period, in months, i.e. the time before the disestablishment of roles (if any) made as part of…
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
As part of Budget 26, Cabinet has agreed to a programme of reform aimed at transforming the public service to streamline how it is organised, accelerate digital transformation, strengthen leadership and talent and improve efficiency and…
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Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, has the Minister received advice that the functions could be performed more cost-effectively if the entity…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what is the forecast one-off cost of abolition or merger, including disestablishment, transition, legal and IT…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, which functions will (a) cease entirely, (b) transfer to another entity, or (c) be performed by a…
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For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what was the total appropriation in 2024/25, if anything, and what is the forecast total cost of the functions…
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Has any psychosocial risk assessment been conducted in respect of the restructure being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, under Health and Safety at Work Act obligations, if any,…
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Has the Minister received any advice that role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will worsen results in staff engagement, workplace wellbeing, sick leave, or…
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How does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for compare, as a proportion of workforce, across the portfolio, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company,…
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Has the Minister sought or received advice on whether roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will need to be re-hired within the next 24 months, and what is the…
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What proportion of the current workforce does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for represent, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…
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What support, including outplacement, retraining, and mental health support, if any, is being made available to staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, and at what cost, broken down by…
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How many staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for are being offered redeployment to other roles within the same entity or elsewhere in the public service, if any, and what is the forecast…
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How many of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will be achieved by (a) voluntary redundancy, (b) involuntary redundancy, (c) non-replacement of…
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What is the total forecast cost of restructures being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, including (a) redundancy payments, (b) outplacement support, (c) change-management…
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Have any functions been transferred to another entity as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; if so, has the receiving entity been given any additional baseline funding, and how much,…
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What, if anything, is the forecast contractor and consultant spend in each of the next four financial years as a consequence of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, by category of spend, broken…
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What, if anything, is the average daily rate paid for external consultants and contractors, and how does this compare to the equivalent daily cost of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
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Will any work previously undertaken by roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, be performed by (a) external consultants, (b) contractors, (c) labour-hire staff,…
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Did Treasury, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, or the Public Service Commission advise against any element of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for,…
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Was the Public Service Commissioner consulted on the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what advice did the Commissioner provide, if anything, broken…
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On what date, if at all, did the Minister first receive advice regarding the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and from whom, broken down by agency,…
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Will any obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including obligations under Treaty settlement legislation, be affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if…
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Has the Minister been advised of any risks to the health, safety or wellbeing of New Zealanders arising from the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and if…
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What is the forecast change in (a) processing times, (b) wait times, (c) call-answer times, and (d) complaint resolution times for services provided in the 12 months following the role reductions being made as part of savings made in…
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Which specific functions, services, programmes or work streams, if any, will be reduced, ceased, or transferred elsewhere as a consequence of the role disestablishments being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…
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What is the forecast change to each published performance measure (as set out in the most recent Statement of Performance Expectations or equivalent), if any, as a result of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget…
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Which statutory functions, if any, are affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and has the Minister received legal advice as to whether each…
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Which statutory functions, if any, are affected by the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and has the Minister received legal advice as to whether each…
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Which specific functions, services, programmes or work streams will be reduced, ceased, or transferred elsewhere as a consequence of the role disestablishments being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is…
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What is the forecast impact, if any, of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, on the gender pay gap and the ethnic pay gap, broken down by agency,…
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Has any equity impact assessment, gender impact assessment, or Treaty of Waitangi impact assessment been completed in respect of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible…
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How many, if any of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, are held by employees who have self-identified as having a disability, broken down by agency,…
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What is the geographic and regional distribution of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by city or region and by agency, department, Crown…
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What is the age-band breakdown of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for…
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What is the ethnicity breakdown (Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian, European, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African, Other) of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for,…
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What is the gender breakdown of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, compared to the gender composition of each workforce as a whole, broken down by…
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What is the total forecast cost of redundancy and severance payments, if any, associated with the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what is the average…
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What is the distribution of roles, if any, being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, across salary bands in $20,000 increments (e.g. $60,000–$79,999, $80,000–$99,999,…
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What is the (a) mean, (b) median, (c) 25th percentile, and (d) 75th percentile salary of the roles, if any, being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by…
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What is the total annual salary cost (including employer KiwiSaver contributions and ACC levies) of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, broken down by…
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How many, if any, of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, are classified as (a) frontline, (b) frontline-enabling, and (c) back-office, and what definition…
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How many FTE positions, if any, are expected to be disestablished across the agencies, departments and other entities for which the Minister is responsible as a result of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible…
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Of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, how many were (a) filled by a permanent employee, (b) filled by a fixed-term employee, (c) filled by a secondee,…
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How many roles, if any, expressed as both (a) full-time equivalents and (b) headcount, are being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and over what period will those…
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For each agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, what is the forecast payback period, in months, i.e. the time before the disestablishment of roles (if any) made as part of…
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail
That would be a question to put to a portfolio Minister responsible for core public service agencies or Crown entites. The Minister for Rail is not one of those Ministers. You will note however that Ferry Holdings has an upper limit budget…
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Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What were the outcomes and expenditure of the development and humanitarian assistance funded in previous Budgets relative to the results forecast at the time, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other…
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Refer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report for the outcomes and expenditure for development and humanitarian assistance under the International Development Cooperation appropriation. These are published on the MFAT…
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Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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How does the level of development and humanitarian assistance funded for the Pacific and Indo-Pacific in Budget 2026 compare, in real terms, with the equivalent funding in each of the previous three Budgets, if any, broken down by agency,…
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
The annual Budget Estimate for the International Development Cooperation appropriation funded in Budget 2026 and each the previous three budgets is set out below: - Budget 2026 Estimate for 2026/27: NZ$1,111.359 million - Budget 2025…
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Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What is the total forecast cost to the Crown of hosting the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' week in 2027, of which the Pacific Islands Forum 2027 – Hosting Costs initiative in Budget 2026 provides approximately $20.0 million, which agencies…
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
Budget 2026 provides a total cost of NZ$20 million for the Pacific Islands Forum 2027 - Hosting Costs initiative. Several agencies will incur costs, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand Police, the New Zealand…
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Vanushi Walters
List MP · Labour Party
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What interventions, if any, will be funded under the Protecting a Resilient, Safe and Secure Offshore Diplomatic Network for New Zealand initiative funded in Budget 2026 (approximately $145.25 million of operating funding to improve…
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs
This main component of the Protecting a Resilient, Safe and Secure Offshore Diplomatic Network for New Zealand initiative is to maintain the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s offshore network, which will be delivered. Final decisions…