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Kieran McAnulty

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  What amount, if any, has been spent since 1 December 2025 on workplace strategy, occupancy planning or change management advice relating to the accommodation of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT)?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many external consultants or contractors, if any, are engaged on the accommodation project for the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), and what is the total value of those engagements?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What amount, if any, has been spent since 1 December 2025 on project management, quantity surveying or cost consultancy relating to the accommodation of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT)?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What amount, if any, has been spent since 1 December 2025 on architectural, interior design or space-planning services for the premises of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT)?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  When does the Government Property Office expect the first expenditure to be incurred on the fit-out of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT)?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What contracts, if any, has the Government Property Office entered into since 1 December 2025 relating to the premises of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), with which suppliers, and for what total value?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  How many purchase orders, if any, has the Government Property Office raised since 1 December 2025 in relation to the fit-out, tenancy or relocation of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), and what is their…

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Ginny Andersen

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  How much, if anything, are schools paid to participate in in the School Onsite Training Programme?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What amount of expenditure, if any, relating to the premises of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT) has been committed or contracted but not yet incurred, as at 5 August 2026?

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Kieran McAnulty

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  What documents, if any, does the Government Property Office hold recording a budget, cost plan, cost estimate or funding bid for the fit-out of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), and what total figure does…

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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the current forecast total cost of the fit-out, tenancy and relocation of the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT)?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How much, if anything, do schools pay to participate in the School Onsite Training Programme?

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Ginny Andersen

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  What are all of the schools that are participating in the School Onsite Training Programme?

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Ginny Andersen

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  What is the “higher bar” that she has set for initial teacher education providers to meet in order to encourage them to lift their game?

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Ginny Andersen

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  What criteria, if any, is the Ministry of Education using to allocate School Onsite Training Programme placements?

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Camilla Belich

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  What agencies provide information to the Electoral Commission for data-matching purposes?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How are teaching students selected to take part in the School Onsite Training Programme and how, if at all, are schools, where the students are placed, involved in selecting students?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many, if any, students have completed training under the School Onsite Training programme in each year since it began and how many, if any, of those people are still in a teaching role?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many individuals have the Electoral Commission identified via data matching and subsequently notified as needing to “update your details or get touch within 14 days, you’ll need re-enrol before you can vote in future elections”, if…

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  How many individuals have been wrongly data matched since December 2025 to date and been advised that “if you don’t update your details or get touch within 14 days, you’ll need re-enrol before you can vote in future elections”, if any,…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What proportion of students being trained as part of the School Onsite Training Programme are people that schools are shoulder-tapping from their own communities?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  When, if at all, will a formal evaluation of the School Onsite Training Programme (SOTP) be undertaken?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many individuals are required to re-enrol for the 2026 general election, broken down by reasons and by each electorate/roll?

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Camilla Belich

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  What instances can cause someone to be removed from the electoral roll, if any?

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Camilla Belich

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  How many emails has the Electoral Commission sent to individuals in 2026 advising “if you don’t update your details or get touch within 14 days, you’ll need re-enrol before you can vote in future elections”, if any, and how does the…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many texts has the Electoral Commission sent to individuals in 2026 advising “if you don’t update your details or get touch within 14 days, you’ll need re-enrol before you can vote in future elections”, if any, and how does the compare…

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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  What document or documents constitute the 'guidelines for the allocation of funding' required by s 7(2)(a) of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 2014; for each of the documents when was it resolved by the Arts Council of New…

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many lunches that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many, if any, official complaints were made relating to meals provided to schools during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of July 27th 2026; if any, what were the findings of the investigation?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

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  How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

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  How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

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  How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

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  How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

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  How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses reclassified as a provisional license by the Ministry of Education during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

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  How many, if any, written directions have been issued by the Ministry of Education towards an Early Childhood Education centre during the week of July 27th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

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  How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of July 27th 2026; broken down by region?

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Jan Tinetti

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  How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of July 27th 2026; broken down by region?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of 27th July 2026?

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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

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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?

Asked by

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?

Asked by

Shanan Halbert

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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?

Asked by

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?