Written questions

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?

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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

• 37364 (matches this search)

  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?

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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

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  Will the Minister consider increasing support payment rates, if any, to help people who need to move house and are faced with increased housing costs, and if not, why not?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of August 10th 2026?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres permanently closed during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses reclassified as a provisional license by the Ministry of Education during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, written directions have been issued by the Ministry of Education towards an Early Childhood Education centre during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of August 10th 2026; broken down by region?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of August 10th 2026; broken down by region?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many lunches, if any, that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, official complaints were made relating to meals provided to schools during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of August 10th 2026; and if so, what were the findings of the investigation?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of August 10th 2026?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35421 (2026), how many records does the Ministry hold relating to the decision to abstain, listed by type (cable, email, file note, telephone log, or other) and date?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35443 (2026), reply 35443 refers to "a range of information" while reply 33604 (2026) referred to "additional information"; how many distinct items of information were deemed material to the voting instructions, and did…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35439 (2026), the debate having a defined start and end time, did the additional information emerge before or after the list of speakers concluded, and how many minutes before the vote was the call to Wellington made?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35440 (2026), did the additional information emerge from the formal proceedings of the debate, or from informal communications, conversations, or contacts occurring in the margins of, or contemporaneously with, the debate?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35440 (2026), given that General Assembly proceedings are webcast and recorded, is the additional information identifiable in the public record of the debate of 24 July 2026; if not, how can it be said to have emerged…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35418 (2026), what current or prospective New Zealand candidacies for election or appointment to United Nations or other multilateral bodies exist, and has any partner or interlocutor raised New Zealand's abstention of 24…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35418 (2026), who decided that an assessment of the reputational implications of the abstention "is not needed", and was that decision taken by him, by his office, or by officials?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35426 (2026), what response, if any, did the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights convey to the New Zealand Mission in Geneva on 28 July 2026?

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35419 (2026), how did Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the member states of the European Union each vote on the resolution of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk, and how many states in total abstained?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35424 (2026), was the Prime Minister, the Office of the Prime Minister, or the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet informed of the abstention; if so, on what date and by whom?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35435 (2026), was the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, or any other Minister, available to be consulted on the morning of Saturday 25 July 2026 (NZT), and was any attempt made to contact any Minister before the decision…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35434 (2026), does any threshold, criterion, or guidance govern when a change in voting position requires ministerial consultation rather than decision by officials alone; if not, does he consider such guidance desirable?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35434 (2026), is the process described, consultation between the Permanent Mission and Wellington officials where material facts emerge after instructions issue, recorded in any manual, standing instruction, or written…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35431 (2026), on how many occasions since 1 January 2016 has New Zealand's voting position on a United Nations General Assembly resolution changed between the issuing of written voting instructions and the casting of the…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35338 (2026), on what date did his conversation with the Prime Minister about the remarks of 29 July 2026 take place, and was it before or after question time on 5 August 2026?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35341 (2026), does any written record exist of the communication between the senior MFAT secondees prior to question time on 5 August 2026?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35341 (2026), did the senior MFAT secondee in DPMC convey the substance of that communication to any member of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Prime Minister's Office, or the Prime Minister's staff…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35341 (2026), what prompted the communication between the senior MFAT secondees in OMFA and DPMC prior to question time on 5 August 2026, including whether it was prompted by the lodging or anticipation of oral questions…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35341 (2026), on what date and at what time did the senior MFAT secondees in OMFA and DPMC communicate about this matter prior to question time on 5 August 2026, and was that the first communication between them on this…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35396 (2026), at what time on 30 July 2026 did the senior MFAT secondees in DPMC and MFAT discuss this matter, and was that discussion oral or in writing?

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35409 (2026), at what time on 30 July 2026 was he informed of the representations by the senior MFAT secondee in his office, and was that before or after the discussion between the senior MFAT secondees in OMFA and DPMC…

Asked by

Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to reply 35402 (2026), at what time on 30 July 2026 was the email by the Unit Manager of the North Asia Division sent, and at what time was it received by, or its contents conveyed to, the senior MFAT secondee in his office?