Written questions

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, was spent in the 2023/24 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on consultancy costs, from 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much was the total cost in New Zealand dollar terms, if any, of redundancy processes initiated, if any, in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, since 27…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, was spent in the 2023/24 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, was spent in the 2025/26 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, was spent in the 2024/25 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on consultancy costs, from 1 July 2024 - 30 June 2025?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on consultancy costs, from 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much was the total cost in New Zealand dollar terms, if any, of redundancy processes initiated, if any, in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, since 27…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How many redundancy processes have been initiated, if any, in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, since 27 November 2023?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How many redundancy processes have been initiated, if any, in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, since 27 November 2023?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  What advice, if any, has the Minister received regarding Waiheke Health Trust contracts not being renewed, listed by title and date?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, with Community Support Services did the Minister decline to attend since June 1st 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, with Community Support Services did the Minister attend since June 1st 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, with Health New Zealand did the Minister decline to attend since June 1st 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, with Health New Zealand did the Minister attend since June 1st 2026, including location, event description, and attendees

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, with Waiheke Health Trust did the Minister decline to attend since June 1st 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, with Waiheke Health Trust did the Minister attend since June 1st 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  Does the Minister stand by his Ministerial Diary as a true and correct record of all the meetings he has attended since June 1st 2026?

Asked by

Chlöe Swarbrick

Member for Auckland Central · Green Party

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  On what date was the minister first notified that the Waiheke Health Trust tender was unsuccessful in retaining two Health New Zealand funded contracts for 2026?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What work, if any, is currently underway to expand the availability of Easy Read complaints and feedback resources across Health New Zealand, and what are the expected milestones and completion dates for that work?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Does Health New Zealand have any national policy or minimum standard requiring complaints and feedback information to be available in accessible formats, including Easy Read; if so, what is that policy or standard, and if not, why not?

• 37355 (matches this search)

  What instructions, guidance, policies, or communications, if any, have been provided to Health New Zealand hospitals and services about making Easy Read complaints or feedback resources available to patients?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What advice, briefings, reports, correspondence, or recommendations, if any, has the Minister received since 27 November 2023 regarding the accessibility of Health New Zealand’s complaints processes for people with intellectual or learning…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What complaints, concerns, feedback, or advice, if any, has Health New Zealand received since 1 July 2022 about its complaints or feedback processes being inaccessible or difficult to use for people with intellectual or learning…

• 37357 (matches this search)

  What barriers, if any, has Health New Zealand identified that prevent people with intellectual or learning disabilities from accessing or using its existing complaints and feedback processes?

• 37358 (matches this search)

  What evaluation, review, user testing, or assessment, if any, has Health New Zealand undertaken of the accessibility of its complaints processes for people with intellectual or learning disabilities, and what were the findings of each…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What information, if any, does Health New Zealand hold about the number or proportion of complaints it receives from people with intellectual or learning disabilities?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many Easy Read complaints or feedback forms have been completed and received by Health New Zealand in each of the last three financial years, broken down by year, region or district, and hospital, where that information is held?

• 37365 (matches this search)

  Which Health New Zealand hospitals do not currently have an Easy Read complaints or feedback form available for patients, broken down by region?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many printed copies of Easy Read complaints or feedback resources, if any, have been produced by Health New Zealand in each of the last three financial years, broken down by year and region or district?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What consideration, if any, has Health New Zealand given to making the Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently available in the Southern region available throughout New Zealand?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Is the Health New Zealand Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently available in the Southern region intended to be used nationally; if not, why not?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Which Health New Zealand districts or regions currently make an Easy Read complaints or feedback form available, and in what locations or services within each district or region is it available?

• 37366 (matches this search)

  How many Health New Zealand hospitals currently have an Easy Read complaints or feedback form available for patients, broken down by hospital?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Which organisations, contractors, consultants, disability organisations, advocates, or people with lived experience were involved in developing or testing Health New Zealand’s Easy Read complaints or feedback resources, and how much, if…

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What was the total cost of developing, designing, testing, producing and implementing each Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently used by Health New Zealand, broken down by each component of that cost?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  On what date was each Easy Read complaints or feedback resource currently used by Health New Zealand first developed, and on what date was each resource first made available to patients?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What Easy Read resources, if any, are currently available through Health New Zealand to assist people with intellectual or learning disabilities to make a complaint, provide feedback, or raise a concern about a Health New Zealand service?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?