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34309, 34504 (2026)

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    Teanau Tuiono

    List MP · Green Party

    34309 (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 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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    Rachel Boyack

    Member for Nelson · Labour Party

    34504 (matches this search)

    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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Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

Answer

Papers with titles currently in the public interest to publish: Speech for Seafood Directions Conference 2026 (27-Jul-26) MPI Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets as at 30 June 2026 - Ministerial Certification (28-Jul-26) Public…

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34310, 34468 (2026)

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    Teanau Tuiono

    List MP · Green Party

    34310 (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 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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    Greg O'Connor

    Member for Ōhāriu · Labour Party

    34468 (matches this search)

    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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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Veterans

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached document.

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Question 34311 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Answer

As the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, the titles of advice I requested and received from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and WorkSafe are considered for proactive release on a regular basis. These…

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Question 34312 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

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None.

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Question 34313 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister of Defence

Answer

I receive a large number of invitations, and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail for declined invitations. The Member can refer to my published diary for invitations which were accepted.

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Question 34314 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

Refer to the response to WPQ 10239 (2026).

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Question 34315 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Pacific Peoples

Answer

I refer the Member to my reply WPQ 16912 (2026).

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Question 34316 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister responsible for the GCSB and NZSIS

Answer

I receive a large number of invitations and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail for declined invitations. The Member can refer to my published diary for invitations which were accepted.

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Question 34317 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Answer

I refer the member to my reply to written question 10834 (2025).

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Question 34319 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

I refer the member to answer to written parliamentary question 31764 (2026)

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Question 34320 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Space

Answer

I receive a large number of invitations and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail for declined invitations. The Member can refer to my published diary for invitations which were accepted.

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Question 34321 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

I refer the member to written question 10368 (2026).

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Question 34322 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

Answer

I attend events and meet regularly, formally and informally, with officials and various stakeholders. To provide a list of all meeting and event requests, including attendees, subjects and purposes would impede the operation of my office…

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Question 34323 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence

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As Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence, I regularly request and receive advice from officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) on a range of matters. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling…

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Question 34324 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Veterans

Answer

I receive a large number of invitations, and I do not believe it is in the public interest to provide this level of detail for declined invitations. The Member can refer to my published diary for invitations which were accepted.

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Question 34325 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

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None.

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Question 34326 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many graduate registered nurses were placed into the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE-RN) scheme's mid-year 2026 talent pool on opening?

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Hon Matt Doocey

Member for Waimakariri · National Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that, on opening, 312 graduate registered nurses were placed into the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE-RN) scheme's mid-year 2026 talent pool.

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Question 34327 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many graduate enrolled nurses applied to and were offered jobs in the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE-RN) scheme's mid-year 2026 intake as at 31 July 2026?

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Hon Matt Doocey

Member for Waimakariri · National Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

There was no mid-year intake. All offers were from the previous intake.

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Question 34328 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many graduate registered nurses applied to and were offered jobs in the Advanced Choice of Employment (ACE-RN) scheme's mid-year 2026 initial matching round, broken down by employer?

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Hon Matt Doocey

Member for Waimakariri · National Party · Associate Minister of Health

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I am advised that ACE received 796 completed applications by the closing date of 5 May 2026 and, following withdrawals, 726 applicants progressed through to the matching stage. I am further advised that 428 applicants were matched in the…

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Question 34329 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Pacific Peoples

Answer

I refer the Member to my reply WPQ 16400 (2026).

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Question 34330 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many of the 1,845 graduate registered nurses employed across the wider health sector, as refered to in his announcement on 23 July 2026 were employed directly by Health New Zealand, and how many by primary care, community services,…

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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I am advised that of the graduate registered nurses who applied through ACE in the 2025/26 financial year, 1,666 were employed by Health New Zealand and 179 were employed by primary care and private employers. Of those 179 nurses, 134 were…

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Question 34331 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the specific 12-month period, referred to in his announcement of 23 July 2026, during which 1,845 graduate registered nurses were employed across the wider health sector?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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The 12-month period referred to in my announcement about graduate nurses on 23 July 2026 was 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

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Question 34332 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the specific 12-month period, referred to as "last year" in his announcement of 23 July 2026, during which Health New Zealand made 1,716 offers to graduate registered nurses?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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The 12-month period referred to as "last year" in my announcement about graduate nurses on 23 July 2026 was 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

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Question 34333 (2026)

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 27 July 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Answer

In my capacity as Associate Minister for National Security and Intelligence, none.

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Question 34334 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    What is the expected total headcount of graduate enrolled nurse roles, as distinct from graduate registered nurse roles, within the approximately 1,800 roles planned to be offered by Health NZ in the next 12 months, as referred to in his…

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Health New Zealand expect to recruit up to 73 graduate enrolled nurses in in the 2026/27 financial year.

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Question 34335 (2026)

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    What was the total full-time equivalent of the 1,716 graduate registered nurses employed by Health NZ as referred to in his 23 July 2026 announcement?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister of Health

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I am advised that graduate registered nurses were employed by Health New Zealand at 0.8 full-time equivalency as is the usual approach.

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Question 34337 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

The titles of papers I received in my capacity as Minister for Regulation are considered for proactive release each month and are published on the Ministry for Regulation’s website. Some titles may be withheld where the material remains…

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Question 34338 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green 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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Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

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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…

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Question 34339 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

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The titles of papers I received in my capacity as Minister for Regulation are considered for proactive release each month and are published on the Ministry for Regulation’s website. Some titles may be withheld where the material remains…

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Question 34340 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

Answer

I refer the member to my response to PQ 33397 (2026).

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Question 34341 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    Which agencies, if any, have been used for modelling the Public Service AI assurance model?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

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I am advised that the Public Service AI Assurance Model was not modelled on any single agency. It was informed by feedback from a cross-agency working group representing 11 agencies: the Government Digital Delivery Agency; Inland Revenue;…

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Question 34342 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What work, if any, has been completed to date on a Public Service AI Assurance Model?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

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I am advised that the Public Service AI Assurance Model has been developed and is in the final stages of completion.

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Question 34343 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    How many members, if any, of the governing boards of Crown entities within his portfolios have resigned, retired, been removed, or not been reappointed since he became Minister of Transport, and how many of those had been appointed by the…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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Mr Rudge and Mr Dougherty are the only two individuals appointed by the previous Minister of Transport, who have resigned during my term and fall under my specific portfolio responsibilities.

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Question 34344 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Climate Change

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The titles of papers I received in my capacity as the Minister of Climate Change from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are considered for proactive release each month and are published on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…

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Question 34345 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green 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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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

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I refer the member to my response to PQ 34648 (2026).

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Question 34346 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

Answer

I refer the member to my response to PQ 34543 (2026).

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34347, 34357, 34549 (2026)

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    Francisco Hernandez

    List MP · Green Party

    34347 (matches this search)

    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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    Francisco Hernandez

    List MP · Green Party

    34357 (matches this search)

    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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    Jo Luxton

    List MP · Labour Party

    34549 (matches this search)

    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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Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Minister of Customs

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The titles of advice I receive as Minister of Customs are considered for proactive release on a monthly basis and can be found at: https://www.customs.govt.nz/about-us/information-releases/reports-to-the-minister-of-customs/. Some titles…

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Question 34348 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    Does he intend to make any further changes to the membership of the NZTA board, including to the position of chair currently held by Simon Bridges?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

One term expired in May 2026 and I am yet to make a decision on the matter.

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Question 34349 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    How many NZTA board meetings were held between 1 January 2026 and 27 July 2026, and what was the attendance of each board member at those meetings?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

There have been four NZTA Board meetings and two Special Board meetings between 1 January and 27 July 2026. Attendance NZTA Board meetings: • 19 February – all members attended • 2 April – Warwick Isaacs an apology • 15 May - all members…

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Question 34350 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    When, if at all, was he first advised that rising cost estimates would require a reprioritisation of the Roads of National Significance programme, ahead of the reprioritisation he announced in July 2026?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I have long been aware of rising cost-pressures on the National Land Transport Fund, and that there are many competing priorities for Crown funding. I refer the Member to page three of the January 2025 Briefing to the Incoming Minister of…

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Question 34351 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green 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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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Climate Change

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In my capacity as the Minister of Climate Change, I did not take any papers to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 July 2026.

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Question 34352 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Climate Change

Answer

The titles of papers I received in my capacity as the Minister of Climate Change from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are considered for proactive release each month and are published on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…

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Question 34353 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

Answer

I refer the Member to reply number 12511 (2026).

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Question 34354 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What change, if any, has there been in the total estimated costs of the Roads of National Significance programme since the release of the Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

Since the release of the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2024, the estimated cost of the Roads of National Significance programme has increased as projects have progressed through business case, design and pre-implementation…

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34355, 34385 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • 34355 (matches this search)

    Was the NZTA board's oversight of cost estimates for Roads of National Significance projects a factor in his conclusion that the board required a different balance of skills and experience?

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    What has changed, if anything, in the skills required of the NZTA board since Pat Dougherty was appointed to it in August 2024 and Mike Rudge in November 2024?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

As noted in my response to Written Parliamentary Question 34384 (2026), there are range of complex decisions that the Board will need to navigate over the medium term. I considered that the capability mix did not meet the diversity of…

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Question 34356 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What advice or reporting, if any, has he received from the NZTA board or its chair on rising cost estimates for Roads of National Significance projects, and on what dates?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

NZTA Board decisions to reprogramme the RoNS programme were made on 15 May 2026, reflecting updated revenue forecasts, funding constraints, and revised cost estimates across the programme. These decisions subsequently informed advice…

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34358, 34654 (2026)

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    Francisco Hernandez

    List MP · Green Party

    34358 (matches this search)

    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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    Jo Luxton

    List MP · Labour Party

    34654 (matches this search)

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

Answered by

Hon Casey Costello

List MP · NZ First Party · Minister of Customs

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As Minister of Customs, I took one paper titled 'Approval for Approved Information Sharing Agreement Between Inland Revenue and Customs'.

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Question 34359 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 20 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister of Statistics

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I regularly request and receive advice on a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, a list of titles of papers that I have received from Stats NZ are published on its website:…

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Question 34360 (2026)

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

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I refer the Member to reply number 12511 (2026).

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Question 34361 (2026)

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    Was the political party membership, donation history, or party affiliation of any candidate for appointment to the NZTA board known to him or to his office at the time the appointments of Lana Stockman, Steve Haszard, and Murdo Beattie…

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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No