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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What communications, if any, took place between the Minister of Justice's office and any ACT Party MP regarding the concerns that led to the investigation into Dr Stephen Rainbow's conduct, or regarding the scope or timing of that…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Who raised the concerns about Dr Stephen Rainbow's conduct that prompted the Minister to commission the McDonald KC investigation, and when were those concerns first raised with the Minister?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What are the terms of reference for the investigation being conducted by Kristy McDonald KC into concerns about Dr Stephen Rainbow's conduct as Chief Human Rights Commissioner?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does the Minister of Justice intend to appeal the High Court's December 2025 ruling on the Human Rights Commission, and if so, by what date must any appeal be filed?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How much has the Ministry of Justice or the Crown spent, to date, on legal costs defending the judicial review proceedings that resulted in the High Court's December 2025 finding that Dr Rainbow's and Dr Derby's appointments were unlawful?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the ACT Party, or any of its MPs, nominate, recommend, or otherwise put forward Dr Stephen Rainbow as a candidate for Chief Human Rights Commissioner before his appointment was announced on 16 August 2024, and if so, when and through…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  When did the Minister of Justice invite coalition partner parties to nominate candidates for the three Human Rights Commission leadership roles filled in August 2024, and which parties, if any, put forward nominations, and for which roles?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Who, if any, within the ACT Party, including but not limited to the Party Leader and any ACT MP, communicated with the Minister of Justice or his office regarding Dr Stephen Rainbow's candidacy, nomination, or appointment as Chief Human…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What were the dates and nature of all communications between the Minister of Justice's office and Dr Stephen Rainbow between 1 January 2024 and 16 August 2024, the date his appointment as Chief Human Rights Commissioner was announced?

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Camilla Belich

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?

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Camilla Belich

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?

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Camilla Belich

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?

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Camilla Belich

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?

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Camilla Belich

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?

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Camilla Belich

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?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister sought or received any advice from the Cabinet Office, Ministerial Services, the Chief Archivist, or any other agency regarding her obligations in respect of official information or public records held in private email…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Will the Minister undertake or commission a search of her private email account, including the more than 31,600 unread emails referred to in her reply to written question 25138 (2026), to identify any correspondence from companies,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister, or any staff member in her office, provided a private email address to any company, lobbyist, or other third party for the purpose of correspondence relating to her ministerial responsibilities since 27 November 2023; if…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister, or any staff member in her office, provided a private email address to any company, lobbyist, or other third party for the purpose of correspondence relating to her ministerial responsibilities since 27 November 2023; if…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What systems, policies, or procedures, if any, are in place in the Minister's office to ensure that correspondence relating to ministerial responsibilities received at private email accounts is transferred to official systems and retained…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What steps, if any, did the Minister take to verify the accuracy of her reply to written question 25138 (2026) before it was lodged, and did those steps include any search or review of her private email account?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister, since 27 November 2023, read any correspondence in a private email account from a company, lobbyist, or other third party relating to her ministerial responsibilities; if so, how many such items, and was each forwarded to…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• 37051

  Will any functions or responsibilities within this portfolio be delegated to another Minister, an Associate Minister, or a Parliamentary Under-Secretary following the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; if so, which functions or…

• 37052 (matches this search)

  Will any functions or responsibilities within this portfolio be delegated to another Minister, an Associate Minister, or a Parliamentary Under-Secretary following the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; if so, which functions or…

• 37059

  Will any functions or responsibilities within this portfolio be delegated to another Minister, an Associate Minister, or a Parliamentary Under-Secretary following the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; if so, which functions or…

• 37065

  Will any functions or responsibilities within this portfolio be delegated to another Minister, an Associate Minister, or a Parliamentary Under-Secretary following the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; if so, which functions or…

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

Matching question numbers: 37062 (2026), 37063 (2026)

• 37053

  How many requests for meetings with the Minister in this portfolio, if any, have been received since 13 August 2026; and how many of those requests, if any, have been declined or remain unanswered?

• 37056

  What international travel or international engagements in this portfolio, if any, were scheduled or under active consideration as at 13 August 2026; and which of those, if any, will the Minister no longer undertake following the…

• 37057

  What meetings, events, or engagements in this portfolio that were scheduled or planned as at 13 August 2026, if any, have been cancelled, postponed, delegated to another person, or reduced in scope following the ministerial changes of 13…

• 37060 (matches this search)

  How many requests for meetings with the Minister in this portfolio, if any, have been received since 13 August 2026; and how many of those requests, if any, have been declined or remain unanswered?

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• 37054

  What decisions, Cabinet papers, or work programme milestones in this portfolio, if any, have been delayed, rescheduled, or withdrawn since the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; and for each, what is the revised timing, if known?

• 37058 (matches this search)

  What decisions, Cabinet papers, or work programme milestones in this portfolio, if any, have been delayed, rescheduled, or withdrawn since the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; and for each, what is the revised timing, if known?

• 37064

  What decisions, Cabinet papers, or work programme milestones in this portfolio, if any, have been delayed, rescheduled, or withdrawn since the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; and for each, what is the revised timing, if known?

• 37070

  What decisions, Cabinet papers, or work programme milestones in this portfolio, if any, have been delayed, rescheduled, or withdrawn since the ministerial changes of 13 August 2026; and for each, what is the revised timing, if known?

Asked by

Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

• 37055

  What advice, if any, has the Minister or his office received from agencies or officials within this portfolio since 13 August 2026 regarding the deferral, reprioritisation, or cancellation of meetings, work programmes, or decisions as a…

• 37061 (matches this search)

  What advice, if any, has the Minister or his office received from agencies or officials within this portfolio since 13 August 2026 regarding the deferral, reprioritisation, or cancellation of meetings, work programmes, or decisions as a…

• 37068

  What advice, if any, has the Minister or his office received from agencies or officials within this portfolio since 13 August 2026 regarding the deferral, reprioritisation, or cancellation of meetings, work programmes, or decisions as a…

• 37072

  What advice, if any, has the Minister or his office received from agencies or officials within this portfolio since 13 August 2026 regarding the deferral, reprioritisation, or cancellation of meetings, work programmes, or decisions as a…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Is the readiness of the firearms reforms being tracked, if so, what metric is being used?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Was New Zealand Police, Police Association and other unions consulted on staffing of the Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister received any briefing on matters relating to the consulting process for establishment of the Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What date will the Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand be established?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Have Ministry of Justice staff been consulted on the establishment of the Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand?

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Camilla Belich

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

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Camilla Belich

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

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Camilla Belich

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

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 10 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 10 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 10 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Lemauga Lydia Sosene

Member for Māngere · Labour Party

Matching question numbers: 36551 (2026)

• 36530

  Recorded target James Meager, Minister for Youth

  What was the total cost of the Minister's flights, if any, over 11 – 12 August 2026, broken down by flight?

• 36532

  Recorded target Paul Goldsmith, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

  What was the total cost of the Minister's flights, if any, over 11 – 12 August 2026, broken down by flight?

• 36533

  Recorded target Penny Simmonds, Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology

  What was the total cost of the Minister's flights, if any, over 11 – 12 August 2026, broken down by flight?

• 36535

  Recorded target Paul Goldsmith, Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government

  What was the total cost of the Minister's flights, if any, over 11 – 12 August 2026, broken down by flight?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• 36151 (matches this search)

  What dollar amount has the Electoral Commission estimated as the total cost of removing same-day enrolments, and making the last day for enrolment the 25 October 2026 for the 2026 General Election, if any?

• 36152 (matches this search)

  What dollar amount has the Electoral Commission estimated as the total cost of removing same-day enrolments and enrolments by 25 October 2026, if any?

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Ingrid Leary

Member for Taieri · Labour Party

• 35703 (matches this search)

  Question published 10 August 2026

  Is he concerned, given the finding on Lake Alice Hospital by the United Nations Committee Against Torture, that New Zealand had breached the Convention for failing to properly investigate under Article 12 of the Convention, that NZ will…

• 36002 (matches this search)

  Question published 11 August 2026

  Is he concerned that New Zealand could be in breach of domestic and international law, for Police failing to formally and independently investigate Wakari Hospital Ward 10A, given that the Ombudsman carried out his investigation into Ward…

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

• 35729 (matches this search)

  Does the Electoral Commission currently visit people's homes to ensure they are enrolled to vote; if so what are the circumstances in which they do so?

• 35730 (matches this search)

  Does the Electoral Commission visit the homes of people who have not responded to and enquiry under s 89D of the Electoral Act 1993 where they do not have other contact details?

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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  Where a person cannot be contacted at the address at which they are enrolled under s 89G(1) of the Electoral Act 1993 and the Electoral Commission has no other contact information for them, what enquiries are made under s 89G(2)(a) of the…

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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  How does the Electoral Commission meet its obligation to make an inquiry into the particulars on the roll for every person registered as an elector of a district under s 89D of the Electoral Act 1993 in respect of persons who are resident…

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

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Camilla Belich

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

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Camilla Belich

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

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Camilla Belich

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

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  What correspondence, if any, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, Signal messages, or any other form of written or electronic communication, has the Minister or any member of the Minister’s office sent or received…

Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 3 August 2026, by title and date?