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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many children have moved from emergency housing into social housing through the Priority One category since January 2024?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that as at 31 May 2026, there have been a total of 1,113 households housed under the Priority One category into social housing since the Priority One Fast Track began in April 2024. This includes 2,388 children.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many of the children who left emergency housing motels since the Minister took office were classified as "priority one" exits, broken down by month?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development has advised that this information is not centrally recorded. Obtaining this information would require substantial manual collation and divert staff from their core duties. In accordance with the Speaker’s…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    When was the Minister first advised, if at all, that emergency housing reduction targets were being linked to individual staff performance management?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I have not received any advice on this matter as this is an operational matter that falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development. I was first informed of this matter through a media request…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many Ministry of Social Development staff, if any, have been placed under performance management for not meeting emergency housing reduction targets since 1 January 2024?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Social Development that no staff have been placed under performance management as a result of the 2025/26 performance framework.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    What concerns, if any did the Minister raise with the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development about targets being enforced through performance management, and on what date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I spoke to the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development on Monday 29 June 2026 to confirm operational responsibilities. The Ministry of Social Development is responsible for providing help for people who need emergency housing…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many children were living in emergency housing motels in the month the Minister took office, and how many are there now?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that as at 30 November 2023 there were 3,339 children in emergency housing. As at 31 May 2026, there are 405 children in emergency housing.…

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Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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    Will the Government's announcement of mandatory safety standards for corded blinds apply to existing blinds in Kainga Ora houses?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

While Kāinga Ora does not routinely install blinds in its homes, where blinds are installed, it will work to comply with any changes to mandatory safety standards for blinds.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 29139 (2026), with the admission that there is no regular national measure of people living without shelter, does the Minister expect such a measure to be in place, and what work, if any, is currently underway to establish…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

Stats NZ and MCERT are working closely on how homelessness will be measured in the future. This includes: • adding questions on access to basic amenities, size suitability of current home, and experiences of homelessness being included in…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28938 (2026), what, if anything, does the Minister attribute the more than doubling of rough sleeping households in Wellington (18 to 37) and Northland (14 to 29) over that period to?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

This was data from regular Housing First reporting that has known data limitations; the reporting not being designed to capture the living situation of those waiting to be housed and only the situation at which they join the service. It is…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28730 (2026), why, some ten months after funding was announced, have only 20 of Hamilton's 31 allocated social housing places resulted in commenced tenancies, and what has prevented the remaining 11 being filled?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that as of 6 July 2026, 30 of the 31 places in Hamilton have been leased and are expected to be tenanted shortly. Securing appropriate properties in Hamilton has been challenging as it is important households are placed in…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28938 (2026), of the 668 households permanently housed across the four regions as at 27 May 2026, how many would have been housed through ordinary social housing allocation in the absence of the September 2025 actions?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

The Government’s near-term actions, announced in September 2025, increased social housing capacity by an additional 300 places for Housing First clients. It is not possible to determine how many of those households would have been housed…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28731 (2026) and reply 28730 (2026), given that only 283 tenancies had commenced under the additional 300 places, how, if at all, does the Minister reconcile the 674 figure with the number of new tenancies the initiative…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

At the time of this question, 283 tenancies had commenced under the additional 300 Housing First allocation. The 674 figure given in response to WPQ 28731 includes the 283 tenancies through the additional 300 places, and the remainder…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28728 (2026), of the 97 households (38%) recorded as having "voluntarily left the service", how many, if any, subsequently re-presented to a homelessness, transitional housing, or emergency housing service within three…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

Households are under no obligation to tell MSD or providers where they are moving to when they leave the service (transitional housing).

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28728 (2026), of the 95 households (37%) recorded as leaving Immediate Access Transitional Housing "for a different unspecified reason", how many, if any, were known to be sleeping rough, in a vehicle, or otherwise without…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

Households are under no obligation to tell MSD or providers where they are moving to when they leave the service (transitional housing).

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Marama Davidson

List MP · Green Party

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    What correspondence, if any, has he received from Post Settlement Governance Entities on the Conservation Amendment Bill; listed by subject and sender?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

I recieve a lot of correspondence from Post Settlement Governance Entities (PSGEs) on a wide range of kaupapa. To identify, classify and list all such correspondence would impede the operation of my office which is not in the public…

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Marama Davidson

List MP · Green Party

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    What correspondence, if any, has he or his office had with the Minister for Resources regarding the Conservation Amendment Bill?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

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Over the course of the policy development for the Conservation Amendment Bill my office and I engaged with the Minister for Resources as well as many other Ministers. As my office engages in correspondence with my Ministerial colleagues…

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Marama Davidson

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, if any, has he received on clause 6(ea) of the Conservation Amendment Bill; listed by title and date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

I refer the member to the attached document. It lists all briefings and policy advice provided to me by the Department of Conservation on the changes to section 6 of the Conservation Act.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28729 (2026), on what date did the first household enter Immediate Access Transitional Housing, and over what period were the 325 recorded exits measured?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised the agreement for the first place was agreed on 3 November 2025, and the first households in service were reported on 7 November 2025. I am further advised that the period of time over which the 325 exits were recorded is from…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28874 (2026), what target exit-to-long-term-housing rate, if any, has been set for Immediate Access Transitional Housing, and does the Minister consider the current 19% rate to be on track to meet it?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that specific exit-to-long-term-housing targets have not been set for Immediate Access Transitional Housing. As I noted in my response to WPQ 28874, I am advised that immediate access transitional housing, in particular, has…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28875 (2026), as 5% of the 1,421 outreach support activities resulted in a household being housed, what total funding was provided to outreach services over that period, and what is the resulting cost per household housed?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that Outreach spend to date is commercially sensitive as the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport is currently negotiating with providers to extend the service into other regions. It would also not be…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28936 (2026), how many households does the Minister expect the new $2.7 million for the six additional locations to support, and what target outcomes attach to that funding?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that contracts in the six additional locations are currently being finalised.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28870 (2026) and reply 28936 (2026), as the $14.5 million is drawn from the transitional housing appropriation, is this new money or a reprioritisation of existing transitional housing funding, and what is reduced…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

The $14.5 million is being reprioritised from a forecast underspend in the transitional housing appropriation in FY2027.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28877 (2026), of the 948 households currently in transitional housing who were rough sleeping before being housed, what is the median length of stay to date, and how many have been in transitional housing for more than six…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

The median length of stay for the 948 households currently in transitional housing who were rough sleeping before being housed is 16 weeks. The median length of stay for all households currently in transitional housing is 20 weeks. Out of…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 29021 (2026), as the latest three months of Housing First data are revised each month, will the Minister release both the original and revised figures for each of the last six months so the scale of those revisions can be…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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There are currently no plans in place to release the original figures alongside the revised figures for the last six months of Housing First.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28873 (2026), what is the total cost of lease payments to date on social housing places that have been leased but not yet tenanted under the additional 300-place programme?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that it is not readily possible to identify the costs in this way given how leasing costs are billed by providers contracted to the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions & Transport.

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28730 (2026), in Wellington, why do 35 signed leased properties correspond to only 30 commenced tenancies, and how long have those five leased-but-untenanted properties stood vacant?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

I am advised that leases are of necessity signed before tenancies can commence, and that there is a lag between leases being signed and tenancies being signed and households moving into their new homes. I am further advised that one of the…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Further to reply 28876 (2026), which referred only to replies 28729 (2026) and 28728 (2026), does the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development hold any record of the living situation or address of households at the point they exited…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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I am advised that that there are no further records that are held of the address of households at the point they exited immediate access transitional housing or their exact living situations. Households voluntarily provide their situation…

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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    How much of any allocated funding for marae in Budget 2025, if any, was paid out?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

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My officials advise that $1.183m was paid out for marae from the Māori Development Fund appropriation in Vote Māori Development 2025-2026.

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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    How much of any allocated funding for marae in budget 2024, if any, was paid out?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

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My officials advise that $3.220m was paid out for marae from the Māori Development Fund appropriation in Vote Māori Development 2024-2025.

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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    How much of any allocated funding for marae in 2026, if any, was paid out?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

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My officials advise that $2.043m has been paid out for marae from the Māori Development Fund appropriation in 2026.

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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    What is the exact dollar amount his Government has spent on Marae, if any, since November, 2023?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

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My officials advise that $11.263m has been spent on marae under Vote Māori Development over the last three financial years.

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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    Where in Budget 2024 was there funding for Marae, if any?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

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My officials advise that funding for Marae was available within the Māori Development Fund appropriation in Vote Māori Development 2024-2025.

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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    Where in Budget 2025 was there funding for Marae, if any?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

Answer

My officials advise that funding for Marae was available within the Māori Development Fund appropriation in Vote Māori Development 2025-2026.

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Willie Jackson

List MP · Labour Party

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    Where in Budget 2026 was there funding for Marae, if any?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

Answer

My officials advise that funding for Marae is available within the Māori Development Fund appropriation in Vote Māori Development 2026-2027.

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Shanan Halbert

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Whānau Ora

Answer

I frequently request and receive advice on a range of kaupapa. Te Puni Kōkiri publishes monthly lists of advice that I receive from officials as Minister for Whānau Ora on its website at the following link:…

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

Answer

I frequently request and receive advice on a range of kaupapa. Te Puni Kōkiri publishes monthly lists of advice that I receive from officials as Minister for Māori Development on its website at the following link:…

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

Answer

I frequently request and receive advice on a range of kaupapa. Te Puni Kōkiri publishes monthly lists of advice that I receive from officials as Minister for Māori Crown Relations on its website at the following link:…

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

The title(s) of 4 paper(s) has been withheld in accordance with SR 199/6 as it is under active consideration and it is not in the public interest to release. 22-Jun HUD2026-009933 Draft initial briefing to select committee - Residential…

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

The list of advice, reports, briefings, and aides-memoire that I have received from 15 to 19 June is attached. Nine titles have been withheld in accordance with Speaker’s Ruling 199/6.

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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 22 June 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Whānau Ora

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None.

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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 22 June 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Development

Answer

I took one paper to Cabinet on 22 Pipiri 2026 titled: Waitangi Tribunal: Reappointment and Appointments.

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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 22 June 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

Answer

I took one paper to Cabinet on 22 Pipiri 2026 titled: Post-Settlement Governance Entities (Exemption from Jurisdiction of Māori Land Court) Bill: Approval for Introduction.

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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 22 June 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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None.

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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 22 June 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

I took two papers to Cabinet in the week beginning 22 June. New Zealand Conservation Authority: Reappointments and Appointments Conservation Board Appointments 2026: Appointments and Reappointments

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Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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    What conservation land, if any, on Waiheke Island is included in the "bits and bobs" he referred to in Environment Select Committee on 18 June?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

The Government has always been firm that our iconic landscapes and the places that make New Zealand special will never be put at risk. But I was not clear enough about how the Conservation Amendment Bill (the Bill) would do that, so on 25…

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Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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    What conservation land, if any, on Aotea / Great Barrier Island is included in the "bits and bobs" he referred to in Environment Select Committee on 18 June?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

The Government has always been firm that our iconic landscapes and the places that make New Zealand special will never be put at risk. But I was not clear enough about how the Conservation Amendment Bill (the Bill) would do that, so on 25…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Recorded target Tama Potaka, Associate Minister of Housing

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    Will the $10 million allocated for local provider-driven solutions (including Homelessness Outreach, Housing Assistance Centres, additional transitional housing services and Immediate Access to Transitional Housing) be continued beyond 30…

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    Recorded target Chris Bishop, Minister of Housing

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    How much of the additional $14.54 million over the next year for support services to help people sleeping rough, announced on 17 June 2026, represents continuation of services previously funded, as opposed to new or expanded services?

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    Recorded target Chris Bishop, Minister of Housing

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    Which appropriations or budget lines, if any, have been redirected to fund the additional $14.54 million for support services to help people sleeping rough, announced on 17 June 2026?

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    Recorded target Chris Bishop, Minister of Housing

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    Of the additional $14.54 million over the next year for support services to help people sleeping rough, announced on 17 June 2026, how much is new funding and how much is reprioritised from existing budgets?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

Answer

The $10 million allocated for local provider-driven solutions for the period from set up to 30 June 2026 has been allocated. An additional $14.5 million has been provided for a support package for 2026/27 from the transitional housing…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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    Does he stand by his statement at the Social Services and Community Committee on 17 June 2026 that the data in the Homelessness Insights report is "variable" and "not tier one data", and which specific data sources in that report does he…

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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Yes. People living without shelter can be very transient and their circumstances may change from night to night. This combined with a history of trauma that leaves many with a distrust in authority, means that it can be very difficult to…

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Shanan Halbert

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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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Whānau Ora

Answer

I frequently request and receive advice on a range of kaupapa. Te Puni Kōkiri publishes monthly lists of advice that I receive from officials as Minister for Whānau Ora on its website at the following link:…

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

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

Answer

I frequently request and receive advice on a range of kaupapa. Te Puni Kōkiri publishes monthly lists of advice that I receive from officials as Minister for Māori Crown Relations on its website at the following link:…