Search written questions to Ministers and the replies they have received.
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Asked by
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 17 August 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Paul Goldsmith
List MP · National Party · Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
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?
Answered by
Hon Mark Patterson
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Agriculture
As Associate Minister of Agriculture, none.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
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?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
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?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Agriculture
None.
Asked by
Jo Luxton
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?
Answered by
Hon Todd McClay
Member for Rotorua · National Party · Minister of Agriculture
None.
Asked by
Priyanca Radhakrishnan
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?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Grigg
Member for Selwyn · National Party · Associate Minister for ACC
None.
Asked by
Priyanca Radhakrishnan
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?
Answered by
Hon Scott Simpson
Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister for ACC
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…
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Simon Watts
Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government
None.
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I did not take any papers to Cabinet during the week beginning 17/08/2026.
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
None
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their office received, if any, during the week beginning 17/08/2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Andrew Hoggard
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Biosecurity
I refer the member to the response to WPQ 37563 (2026)
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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Will there be an investigation into the cause of the house fire in Caversham?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
I am advised by Fire and Emergency New Zealand that an investigation into the Caversham house fire has already been completed and the cause of the fire determined.
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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Does the Minister consider it a failure of Fire and Emergency New Zealand management that ongoing strike action from the NZPFU has not been addressed and settled?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
No. Strike action is a lawful part of collective bargaining however I would rather see the NZPU return to the bargaining table and work towards an agreement.
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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How long does the Minister consider it to be acceptable for Fire and Emergency New Zealand to have the bulk of its professional workforce on strike?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
Strike action is unnecessary, the NZPFU chooses to put communities at risk each time they strike. I would rather see the NZPFU work towards an agreement around the bargaining table.
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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Does the Minister agree with her official, Deputy National Commander at FENZ Megan Stiffler, that industrial action is "reckless"?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
Yes, at least 57 hours of NZPFU strike action has unnecessarily put communities at greater risk. Strike action is not working on an agreement around the bargaining table.
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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Does the Minister continue to have confidence in her executive officials at Fire and Emergency New Zealand?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
I have conditional confidence in Fire and Emergency New Zealand's Executive. I expect savings I have asked for to be made, and I will continue to monitor the organisation's delivery against expectation.
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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Does the Minister agree with her official, Deputy National Commander at FENZ Megan Stiffler, that professional firefighters put the public at risk by undertaking industrial action?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
Yes, industrial action puts the public at increased risk. Examples include the Northcote College fire in Auckland, the Pita House shop fire in Pakuranga, and a house fire in Caversham.
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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Does the Minister stand by her FENZ officials’ statements and actions?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
No. Fire and Emergency New Zealand has a paid headcount of more than 3,000. Unless someone expects a Minister to personally review and endorse every statement and action of every employee, I could not honestly make that claim. What I do…
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
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What is the target response time for Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews to attend urban house fires, broken down by professional targets and volunteer targets if they vary?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
I am advised that Fire and Emergency New Zealand's attendance targets for structure fires are: • 80 percent of structure fires attended by career crews within eight minutes; and • 80 percent of structure fires attended by volunteer crews…
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
What is the callsign of the volunteer crew who first arrived on scene at the recent house fire in Caversham?
What was the amount of time taken, from dispatch time to arrival time, for the first volunteer crew to arrive at the recent house fire in Caversham?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
I am advised by Fire and Emergency New Zealand that the first volunteer crew to arrive at the Caversham house fire was from the Ravensbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade, with the call sign RAVE281. The crew arrived 12 minutes and 32 seconds…
Asked by
Mike Davidson
List MP · Green Party
Was FENZ Deputy National Commander Megan Stiffler correct in stating that it took eight minutes for Volunteer crews to attend the recent house fire in Caversham?
Was Fire and Emergency New Zealand correct in their recent press release stating that it took eight minutes for Volunteer crews to attend the recent house fire in Caversham?
Answered by
Hon Brooke van Velden
Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister of Internal Affairs
I am advised by Fire and Emergency New Zealand that the reference to "eight minutes" is the drive time from station to the incident. The PR in which this is stated also refers to "five minutes" in regard to the paid crews drive time from…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Have Kāinga Ora staff advised tenants at risk of eviction that if they gave 21-days notice to end their tenancy that Kāinga Ora would assist them to find alternative housing and if so, were tenants advised that the alternative housing…
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that a Kāinga Ora tenant may give 21 days written notice to end their tenancy at any time. In situations where Kāinga Ora has taken a tenant to the Tenancy Tribunal to seek termination of a…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Have Kāinga Ora staff advised tenants at risk of eviction that it would be better for them to give 21-days notice to end their tenancy and if so, why?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities advises me that this practice is not within policy and Kāinga Ora has clear guidance and expectations on the process that is to be followed if a tenant is at risk of eviction as described in response to…
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Have Kāinga Ora staff encouraged tenants at risk of eviction to voluntarily give 21-days notice to end their tenancy and if so, what housing assistance, if any, was given to those tenants?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer provided to Written Parliamentary Question 37289.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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Does Kāinga Ora have a policy of encouraging tenants at risk of eviction to voluntarily give 21-days notice to end their tenancy and if so, why?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer provided to Written Parliamentary Question 37289.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many Kāinga Ora tenants, if any, who gave 21-days notice to end their state house tenancy in 2024 were rehoused in a state house within a year of their voluntarily ending their earlier tenancy?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer provided to Written Parliamentary Question 37288.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many Kāinga Ora tenants, if any, who gave 21-days notice to end their state house tenancy in 2025 were rehoused in a state house within a year of their voluntarily ending their earlier tenancy?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer provided to Written Parliamentary Question 37288.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many Kāinga Ora tenants, if any, who gave 21-days notice to end their state house tenancy in 2023 were rehoused in a state house within a year of their voluntarily ending their earlier tenancy?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer provided to Written Parliamentary Question 37288.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many Kāinga Ora tenants, if any, gave 21-days notice to end their state house tenancy in each Auckland local board in each month in calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025 and so far in 2026?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer provided to Written Parliamentary Question 37288.
Asked by
Kieran McAnulty
List MP · Labour Party
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How many Kāinga Ora tenants, if any, gave 21-days notice to end their state house tenancy in each territorial local authority in each month in calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025 and so far in 2026?
Answered by
Hon Tama Potaka
Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing
I refer the member to the answer provided to Written Parliamentary Question 37288.
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, which valuation firms and negotiating agents did the NZ Transport Agency engage for property acquisitions, and has the NZ Transport Agency identified…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that responding to the information sought would require substantial collation, review, and processing. This would divert officials from their core duties. In accordance with Speakers’ Rulings 210/6, I consider that the time…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, has the NZ Transport Agency resold, or entered into any leaseback arrangement with, the original vendor for any acquired property, and if so, on what…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that responding to the information sought would require substantial collation, review, and processing. This would divert officials from their core duties. In accordance with Speakers’ Rulings 210/6, I consider that the time…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many acquired properties are not currently required for construction, what was their combined purchase price, and what is their most recent…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that responding to the information sought would require substantial collation, review, and processing. This would divert officials from their core duties. In accordance with Speakers’ Rulings 210/6, I consider that the time…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, what ex-gratia payments, relocation payments, or other compensation beyond the purchase price has the NZTA paid to vendors, in total and broken down by…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that responding to the information sought would require substantial collation, review, and processing. This would divert officials from their core duties. In accordance with Speakers’ Rulings 210/6, I consider that the time…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many properties were acquired through urgent acquisition or direct negotiation rather than the standard Public Works Act offer process, and what…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that no properties were acquired by NZTA/Crown other than through the standard PWA process.
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many properties were purchased at a price above the highest of any independent valuations obtained by the NZ Transport Agency, and what was the…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that responding to the information sought would require substantial collation, review, and processing. This would divert officials from their core duties. In accordance with Speakers’ Rulings 210/6, I consider that the time…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each project listed in the attachment to that reply, how many of the properties acquired were purchased at a price exceeding the registered or independent valuation obtained prior to purchase, and what…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that responding to the information sought would require substantial collation, review, and processing. This would divert officials from their core duties. In accordance with Speakers’ Rulings 210/6, I consider that the time…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33496 (2026), for each property acquisition listed in the attachment to that reply, across all of the projects covered (WPQ 33496 to 33539 (2026)), what was the settlement date and purchase price?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that responding to the information sought would require substantial collation, review, and processing. This would divert officials from their core duties. In accordance with Speakers’ Rulings 210/6, I consider that the time…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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What compensation, if any, is available under the Public Works Act 1981 or otherwise to a landowner for loss of value, loss of use, or costs incurred as a result of a designation that is later withdrawn, lapses, or is not given effect to?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Land is designated under the Resource Management Act 1991, not the Public Works Act 1981 (PWA). No compensation is available under the PWA for loss of value, loss of use, or costs incurred as a result of a designation that is later…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 35754 (2026), what was the primary reason given by landowners for the requests for advance purchase or hardship acquisition received in 2025/26, and does the Minister have any explanation for the increase from 11 requests…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that NZ Transport Agency does not maintain a database of the reasons given by landowners in relation to advance purchase requests. Providing the information sought would require officials to review the records of all…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Has the Government considered introducing a statutory maximum period for designations held for projects without allocated construction funding, after which the designation would lapse automatically unless renewed; if not, why not?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister responsible for RMA Reform
No. The Resource Management Act 1991 sets a default period of 10 year lapse period for designations to be implemented. This approach has been included in the Planning Bill (Schedule 5, clause 49). The lapse period applies irrespective of…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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What legal or practical limitations, if any, apply to a landowner's ability to develop, subdivide, mortgage, insure, or sell a property that is wholly or partly subject to a notice of requirement or designation for which no construction…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that a notice of requirement or designation does not impose any mortgage or insurance limitations on a landowner. Where their property is subject to a designation, landowners may continue to undertake existing and lawful uses…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 35756 (2026), will the Government review the Advance Purchase Policy for Property Acquisitions, last reviewed in October 2018, in light of the scale of unfunded designations identified in reply 35761 (2026); if not, why…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that NZTA is currently reviewing its Advance Purchase Policy for Property Acquisitions.
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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For each of the 11 projects listed in reply 35761 (2026), what is the current expected timeframe, if any, for construction funding to be allocated?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am not able to confirm the timeframe for allocating construction funding to these 11 projects. Consistent with the Major Transport Projects Pipeline, the timeframe remains subject to funding availability.
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 33478 (2026), for each confirmed NZTA designation not among those listed as having a lapse date within the next five years, what is the current lapse date of that designation?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I refer the Member to the attached document.
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Further to reply 35743 (2026), can the Minister confirm whether the statement that no agreements under section 17 of the Public Works Act 1981 have been deemed entered into as a result of a section 185 order in the last 10 years is…
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
NZTA has confirmed that no agreements have been entered into in the last 10 years as a result of an order made under s185 of the RMA. One agreement is currently with the landowner for signing and once this is done the agreement will go to…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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What estimate, if any, has NZTA or Treasury made of the rate of increase in the market value of properties subject to long-term unfunded designations, and how is that factored into any assessment of future Crown acquisition costs?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
NZ Transport Agency's property acquisition estimates are set out in its Cost Estimation Manual. This is available on the NZTA website at https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/cost-estimation-manual/docs/cost-estimation-manual-sm014.pdf
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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Has the Government sought advice from the Office of the Auditor-General, or any other independent body, on whether contingent liabilities arising from long-term unfunded designations are adequately identified, quantified, and disclosed?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
As Minister of Transport, I have sought no such advice.
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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How many of the 2,395 properties identified in reply 35761 (2026) have been the subject of an application under section 185 of the Resource Management Act 1991, and what was the outcome in each case?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I am advised that there have been five applications lodged under s185 RMA that relate to those properties: • One has had an order made by the Environment Court under s185 RMA. • One was withdrawn by consent following an agreement being…
Asked by
Tangi Utikere
Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party
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For each of the 11 projects listed in reply 35761 (2026), what is the average length of time elapsed since the relevant notice of requirement or designation was lodged?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport
I refer the Member to the attached document.