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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What is the estimated total cost of demolishing redundant infrastructure and relocating services at Wellington and Picton to enable main works, and was that cost included in the November 2025 published estimates?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

This is not information held by shareholding Ministers, but all demolition works that fall to Ferry Holdings fit within the $1.704 billion appropriation limit announced in November 2025.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What technical due diligence, if any, on the condition of existing port assets and on ship-to-shore interface geometry was completed before the March 2025 decision to pursue a maximum-reuse, minimum-viable infrastructure programme?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

Seriously technical due diligence was completed prior to March 2025 and through to completing the cost estimates in June. This is the same robust analysis that enables both ports to be operating right now.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    When was the Government first advised that the existing Wellington linkspan and approach structure could not be reused, and on what date, if any, was that advice provided to shareholding Ministers?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

It was known at the time Cabinet set course for a maximum reuse, minimum viable option to save the taxpayer $2.3 billion that the Wellington linkspan might require replacement. Ferry Holdings was subsequently established and promptly…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What is the estimated cost of the temporary terminal required at Wellington during construction of the linkspan and approach ramp, and was that temporary terminal included in the cost estimates published in November 2025?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

Low millions, and yes this cost fits within the $1.704 billion appropriation published in November 2025. The exact cost cannot be disclosed as it is a current commercial activity.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What is the estimated cost of the new linkspan, linkspan approach structure and passenger walkway required at Wellington, which Ferry Holdings Limited's Statement of Performance Expectations 2026/27 states were initially envisaged to be…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

This information cannot be disclosed as it is a current commercial activity. To the extent that information can be released, Ferry Holdings is doing so as and when appropriate through its public reporting.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    Does the $5.733 million concessionary loan receivable discount recognised by Ferry Holdings Limited across the periods ending 30 June 2026 and 30 June 2027 count against the $1.7 billion Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme funding…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

No. Refer to the explanatory note “l” in the Statement of Performance Expectations: “Any impairment losses are recognised in surplus or deficit.”

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    Do the capital contributions to KiwiRail Limited of $12.948 million to 30 June 2026 and $22.904 million forecast for 2026/27, disclosed in Ferry Holdings Limited's Statement of Performance Expectations 2026/27, count against the $1.7…

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

Yes. They count against “All Picton works” and “All Wellington works” to specific assets which KiwiRail will be the end owner

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What specific items of port infrastructure were assumed to be reusable when Ferry Holdings Limited assumed responsibility for the Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme in April 2025 but have since been found not to be reusable, and what…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

None. The only item in question on established Ferry Holdings was whether the linkspan in Wellington could be modified and reused along with other assets, or replaced. In the end, we decided to replace the linkspan and this provides a…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What contingency, if any, is held within the $373 million Ferry Holdings Limited contribution to Picton marine infrastructure announced on 17 July 2026, and what is its value?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

This information is not disclosed for commercial reasons. At a total programme level, approximately 20% of the $1.704 billion Government funding for Ferry Holdings is contingency.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    How much of the $1.7 billion Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme funding envelope is forecast to be spent in each of the financial years 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29, given that Ferry Holdings Limited's Statement of Performance…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

There will always be overs and unders between financial years in a delivery programme with a multi-year appropriation. Updated forecasts will be provided in each Statement of Performance Expectations and Annual Report.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    How much, if any, of the $1.7 billion funding envelope has been committed or contractually obligated as at 24 July 2026, and how much remains uncommitted?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

It is not possible to provide an “as at 24 July 2026” to suit the whims of a written parliamentary question. Ferry Holdings discloses its contractual commitments where required through its public reporting. If specific numbers such as this…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What is the equivalent of the $373 million Ferry Holdings Limited contribution to Picton infrastructure for Wellington infrastructure, and how does that figure compare with the $325 million for Wellington published in November 2025?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

$309 million, which is $84 million more than $225 million in November. This reflects more work occurring on the Wellington programme. By contrast, total Picton works are now $493 million, which is $38 million less than the $531 million…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    Why does the November 2025 published figure of $531 million for Picton infrastructure differ from the sum of the $373 million Ferry Holdings Limited contribution and the $110 million Port Marlborough contribution announced on 17 July 2026,…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

We found further efficiencies in the Picton programme and acted on them. Had this type of scope control occurred under iReX, perhaps it wouldn’t have blown out by billions…

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Hūhana Lyndon

List MP · Green Party

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    How many full-time equivalent (FTE) staff were employed within Ngā Poutoko Aromatawai Māori, if any, in November 2023, and how many FTE staff are employed in the team today?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised that 34 full-time equivalent staff were employed in Ngā Poutoko Aromatawai in November 2023. There are 23.9 permanent full-time equivalent staff employed as at 29 July 2026 and one vacancy.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    What is the current whole-of-programme cost estimate for the Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme, broken down by ships, Wellington infrastructure, Picton infrastructure, KiwiRail road and rail works, and management and contingency, and…

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

$1.924 billion is the current whole-of-programme cost estimate, including contributions from third parties. The Government will spend no more than $1.704 billion in funding for Ferry Holdings responsibilities. To the extent that we can…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    How much, if any, of the $415 million for management and contingency costs published in November 2025 as part of the Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme remains unallocated as at 1 July 2026?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

We do not have “as at” specific date figures, but no contingency has been allocated and programme management costs as disclosed in the Statement of Performance Expectations have been spent.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    How much, if any, of the tagged contingency established alongside the $1.7 billion Cook Strait Ferry Replacement Programme funding envelope agreed by Cabinet in March 2025 has been drawn down as at 24 July 2026, and for what purposes?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister for Rail

Answer

All of the tagged contingency established in 31 March 2025 has been appropriated and committed to the programme, but none has been drawn.

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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    On what date, if any, did the Prime Minister or his office ask her to direct the Ministry of Education to provide funding for schools to "solve the problem" of rural school buses in the Manawatu?

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    By what means of communication, if any, did the Prime Minister or his office ask her to direct the Ministry of Education to provide funding for schools to "solve the problem" of rural school buses in the Manawatu?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

My office has had a range of conversations with the Prime Minister's office on this matter. This is also my answer to Written Parliamentary Question 33737 (2026).

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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    Following response 29681 (2026), was the Minister's request for a "rapid" briefing on drinking water in rural schools, which was provided on 2 April 2026, prompted by the Green Party's release of information on the morning of 2 April that…

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

No.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    Has any decision been made about whether or when the national results of the Ministry of Education's phonics checks will be published; if so, who made that decision?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Education is still considering how the phonics checks results will be published on an ongoing basis.

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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 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister for ACC

Answer

I regularly take papers to Cabinet across a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, I proactively release papers considered by Cabinet on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) website…

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Reuben Davidson

Member for Christchurch East · Labour Party

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    What evidence supports the Government's statement that centralising digital procurement could save up to $3.9 billion, and how much of that saving, if any, is attributable to the Government App Programme?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

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

Answer

The estimated savings were informed by evidence from other jurisdictions and further validated by the financial modelling underpinning the Digital Government Target State. The estimations did not attribute any savings specifically to the…

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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 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Associate Minister for ACC

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None.

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture

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None

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Todd McClay

Member for Rotorua · National Party · Minister of Agriculture

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None.

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Mike Butterick

Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture

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None.

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Mark Patterson

List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Agriculture

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As Associate Minister for Agriculture, none.

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Carmel Sepuloni

Member for Kelston · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister for Auckland

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None.

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Attorney-General take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Attorney-General

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None.

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Rachel Boyack

Member for Nelson · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

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None.

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Andrew Hoggard

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity

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None

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Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Chris Penk

Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi · National Party · Minister for Building and Construction

Answer

I took two papers to Cabinet in the week beginning 19 July 2026. Please see the attached. In the interest of transparency, I proactively release papers considered by Cabinet on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website…

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Child Poverty Reduction

Answer

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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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Karen Chhour

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children

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I took one paper to the Cabinet Expenditure and Regulatory Review Committee on Tuesday 21 July 2026: • Tranche 1-2 Frontline Technology Systems Update: Detailed Business Care

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Deborah Russell

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

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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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Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Cameron Brewer

Member for Upper Harbour · National Party · Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Answer

I regularly take papers to Cabinet across a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, I proactively release papers considered by Cabinet on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website…

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Helen White

Member for Mt Albert · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector

Answer

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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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Minister of Conservation

Answer

I did not take any papers to Cabinet in the week beginning 19 July.

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Tracey McLellan

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Corrections

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None.

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 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, None.

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Greg O'Connor

Member for Ōhāriu · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Nicole McKee

List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Courts

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None.

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Chris Penk

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

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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 19 July 2026, by title and date?

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Hon Louise Upston

Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Disability Issues

Answer

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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Reuben Davidson

Member for Christchurch East · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister for Economic Growth

Answer

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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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

None

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Cushla Tangaere-Manuel

Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti · Labour Party

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    Recorded target Mark Mitchell, Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

  • 33293 (matches this search)

    Recorded target Chris Penk, Associate Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

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

Answer

On 22 July 2026, I took a paper on behalf of the Associate Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, the title of which is not in the public interest to release at this time.

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for Energy

Answer

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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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Shane Jones

List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister for Energy

Answer

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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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Grigg

Member for Selwyn · National Party · Minister for the Environment

Answer

None.