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Teanau Tuiono

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  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…

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Shanan Halbert

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?

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Willie Jackson

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?

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Willie Jackson

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?

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Lan Pham

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 03/08/2026, by title and date?

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Georgie Dansey

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many people received hardship assistance payments for emergency housing in Hamilton City during the June 2026 quarter; and how many received hardship assistance payments for emergency housing during the June 2023 quarter?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Which organisation/s were the source of Ministry of Housing and Urban Development documents on retirement village repayment modelling done by the Retirement Commissioner or her office, if any?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What independent verification, if any, was undertaken of any financial information or assumptions, provided by retirement village operators, before the government considered a six-month repayment period?

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  What independent verification, if any, was undertaken of any financial information or assumptions, provided by retirement village operators, before the government considered a nine-month repayment period?

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  What independent verification, if any, was undertaken of any financial information or assumptions, provided by retirement village operators, before the government agreed to a 12-month repayment period?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Did officials examine the undrawn debt facilities, cash reserves or balance sheets of individual retirement village operators, when assessing repayment timeframes, for the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital…

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What funding has been allocated to each commissioning agency for the 2026/27 financial year, and how does that compare with 2025/26?

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Shanan Halbert

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  How many navigators, if any, expressed as full-time equivalents, were engaged across the Whānau Ora network as at 30 June 2026, broken down by commissioning agency?

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Shanan Halbert

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  Of the whānau enrolled with Whānau Ora services since 1 July 2025, how many are currently receiving support from a navigator?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has he sought advice on waitlist numbers since appearing before the Māori Affairs Committee on 16 June 2026; if so, what did that advice show?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to his statement to the Māori Affairs Committee on 16 June 2026 that he was advised there is a waitlist of whānau to be engaged, how many whānau were on that waitlist on that date?

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  How many whānau, if any, had been accepted into Whānau Ora services but not yet allocated a navigator, as at 30 June 2026; and how does this compare with the same measure as at 31 October 2025?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Did officials model the impact separately for listed retirement village operators, charitable retirement village operators, and small retirement village operators, for the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital…

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has he received on the number of whānau who have been declined, deferred, or referred elsewhere by Whānau Ora providers because of provider capacity constraints since 1 July 2025?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What reports, if any, has he received from any of the four commissioning agencies about demand for services exceeding contracted capacity since 1 July 2025?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does he intend to require commissioning agencies to report waiting times and unmet demand as a condition of their outcome agreements; if so, from what date?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does Te Puni Kōkiri collect information on how long whānau wait between acceptance into Whānau Ora and allocation of a navigator; if not, why not?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the longest period between a whānau being accepted into Whānau Ora and being allocated a navigator, for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the average period between a whānau being accepted into Whānau Ora and being allocated a navigator, for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026?

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Shanan Halbert

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  How many whānau, if any, were awaiting allocation of a navigator as at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by commissioning agency?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Did officials request audited financial information from retirement village operators, for the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital repayment timeframes, and, if so, from whom?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Which retirement village operators, if any, provided audited financial information to officials, pertaining to the Retirement Villages Act review: estimated costs of capital repayment timeframes?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Did officials obtain financial information directly from retirement village operators, their advisers, or the Retirement Villages Association for the purpose of modelling mandatory repayment timeframes; if so, list from whom this…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  What is the nature of the "draft four-year work plan" that is "expected within the next month" for undertaking work on bittern conservation in the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm project area, as reported in the Northern Advocate on 3 August 2026?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Who in the Department of Conservation, if anyone, made the decision to withdraw the Department's opposition to the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm project, as reported in the Northern Advocate on 3 August 2026?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  How many Department of Conservation staff, if any, hold responsibilities in relation to monitoring of bittern in and around the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm project area?

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Lan Pham

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  Does the Department of Conservation have a record of how many instances of native bird strike there have been in wind farms across New Zealand?

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Lan Pham

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  Who in the Department of Conservation is responsible for the use of the Bittern Management Fund reported in the Northern Advocate on 3 August 2026 as being available to the Department for bittern conservation work, in relation to the…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Has the Department of Conservation received any reports of native bird strike in wind farms in the last five years?

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Lan Pham

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  How many bittern sightings, if any, have there been in the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm project area since the consents were granted in 2022?

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Lan Pham

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  What is the plan for the use of the Bittern Management Fund, provided by Mercury in relation to the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm, that is reported in the Northern Advocate as being available to the Department of Conservation?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Is it correct that there is a Bittern Management Fund of $1.36 million, provided by Mercury in relation to the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm, available to the Department of Conservation that has not been used at all by the Department, as reported…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  What is the nature of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed between the Department of Conservation and Mercury in relation to the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm, as reported in the Northern Advocate on 3 Aug 2026?

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Why, as reported in the Northern Advocate, did the Department of Conservation agree to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mercury to establish a fund for bittern conservation work as mitigation for construction of the Kaiwaikawe Wind…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Why has the Department of Conservation not used any of the $640,000 Bittern Management Fund provided as mitigation for the construction of the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm, which, as reported by the Northern Advocate, has now "swelled" to $1.36…

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Why did the Department of Conservation change its position from opposing to supporting the Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm project, after - as reported in the Northern Advocate - "Mercury increased its proposed conservation offering from $250,000 to…

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Shanan Halbert

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Willie Jackson

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Willie Jackson

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

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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