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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Are there any vacancies in the Auckland mental health co-response team; if so, how many, and which roles?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Are there any vacancies in the Bay of Plenty mental health co-response team; if so, how many, and which roles?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Are there any vacancies in the Canterbury mental health co-response team; if so, how many, and which roles?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 22 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 22 June 2026, by title and date?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many former Wakari Hospital Ward 10a patients have subsequently entered the criminal justice system, including remand or imprisonment, since January 2026, if any?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many former Wakari Hospital Ward 10a patients have been transferred to acute adult mental health wards, if any?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many former Wakari Hospital Ward 10a patients have been transferred to supported residential services, if any?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many former Wakari Hospital Ward 10a patients have been transferred to secure intellectual disability services, if any?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many former Wakari Hospital Ward 10a patients have been transferred to prison health services, if any?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many former Wakari Hospital Ward 10a patients have been transferred to forensic mental health units, since 1 January 2026, if any?

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Kahurangi Carter

List MP · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning Monday, June 15th 2026 , including location, event description, and attendees?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · 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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What is the current status of the independent review of mental health telehealth services; what is the expected date for the release of the report, if any?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Further to Reply 20441 (2026), why does his Ministerial Diary show only one visit to Lifeline during this term in government?

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many people were waiting for community mental health and addiction services in each Health New Zealand district at the last day of each calendar month since 1 July 2022, broken down by district and by the length of time they had been…

Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many mental health inpatient beds were available in each Health New Zealand district at the last day of each calendar month since 1 July 2022, broken down by district, and how many of those beds were occupied?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · 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 1 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 1 June 2026, by title and date?

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Kahurangi Carter

List MP · Green Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Kahurangi Carter

List MP · Green Party

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  What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning June 1st 2026 , including location, event description, and attendees?

Asked by

Kahurangi Carter

List MP · Green Party

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  What advice, reports, briefings, aide memories, or other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning June 1st, 2026, by title and date?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What cost pressures within their relevant portfolio Votes, if any, was the Minister informed of prior to Budget 2026 - listing any advice received on this by date and title?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What rules or directives, if any, were sent to the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, regarding making bids for Budget 2026?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  Which, if any, of the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, were invited to make Budget bids as part of Budget 2026?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  Which, if any, of the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, were asked to identify savings as part of the 2026 Budget?

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, is the total budget in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Will the Minister undertake a review of current and former staff members’ private email accounts to identify any official information that should be on the public record; if not, why not?

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  What official information, if any, is held on a private email account of a current or former staff member in the Minister’s office and has not been placed on the official record since 27 November 2023; and what steps are being taken to…

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  Has the Minister or any staff member in their office received a briefing, document, or correspondence from a company, lobbyist, or other third party at a private email account that hasn't then been forwarded to an official email account or…

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  Has any staff member in the Minister’s office used a private email account to send or receive official information since the Government took office; if so, on how many occasions since 27 November 2023?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Is the Ministry of Health's Suicide Prevention Office exempt from the government's public servant job number cuts?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · 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 25 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 25 May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · 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 11 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 11 May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · 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 18 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 18 May 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Since becoming the Mental Health Minister, how many times has he visited Lifeline Aotearoa in Auckland; on which dates and times, if at all?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How, if at all, has artificial intelligence been deployed in a customer service function in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, referrals for adult mental health early psychosis intervention services, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region in 2021?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, referrals for adult mental health early psychosis intervention services, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region in 2022?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, referrals for older persons mental health, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region between March 2020 and March 2021?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, referrals for older persons mental health, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region between March 2021 and March 2022?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many referrals for older persons mental health, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region, if any, between March 2022 and March 2023?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many referrals for older persons mental health, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region, if any, between March 2024 and March 2025?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many referrals for older persons mental health, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region, if any, between March 2023 and March 2024?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, referrals for adult mental health early psychosis intervention services, did Health New Zealand decline in the Southern region in 2020?

Asked by

Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

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  Further to Reply 18887 (2026), regarding the 303 of the 8,857 referrals for older persons mental health in Canterbury district that were declined in 2025, in which specific date period did the 303 declined referrals occur between?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  What advice, if any, has the Minister received regarding any proposed merger of their department, agency, crown entity or any other body that they are responsible for, if any, listed by title and date?