Search written questions to Ministers and the replies they have received.
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Asked by
Willow-Jean Prime
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to 34057 (2026), does Oranga Tamariki still have the CCTV footage of the alleged incident?
Answered by
Hon Karen Chhour
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children
Yes.
Asked by
Willow-Jean Prime
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to 34057 (2026), was Oranga Tamariki's Korowai Manaaki staffed according to requirements for the residents during the alleged incident?
Answered by
Hon Karen Chhour
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children
I am advised by Oranga Tamariki that there was sufficient staffing at Korowai Manaaki on the day of the alleged incident. I also refer the Member to my answer to WPQ 35272 (2026).
Asked by
Willow-Jean Prime
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to 34057 (2026), how many staff, if any, on duty during the alleged incident at Oranga Tamariki's Korowai Manaaki were contracted staff?
Answered by
Hon Karen Chhour
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children
I am advised by Oranga Tamariki that none of the staff on duty at the time of the alleged incident were contracted staff.
Asked by
Willow-Jean Prime
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to 34057 (2026), how many staff, if any, on duty during the alleged incident at Oranga Tamariki's Korowai Manaaki were permanent staff?
Answered by
Hon Karen Chhour
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children
I am advised by Oranga Tamariki that 16 staff on duty at the time of the alleged incident were permanent staff.
Asked by
Willow-Jean Prime
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to 34057 (2026), how many staff, if any, on duty during the alleged incident at Oranga Tamariki's Korowai Manaaki were casual staff?
Answered by
Hon Karen Chhour
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children
I am advised by Oranga Tamariki that 5 staff on duty at the time of the alleged incident were casual staff.
Asked by
Willow-Jean Prime
List MP · Labour Party
Further to 34057 (2026), on what dates and at what times did wellbeing checks occur, and on whom, in response to the alleged incident at Oranga Tamariki's Korowai Manaaki?
Was there any incident at Korowai Manaaki whereby young people were lined up on two sides and a young person walked through the two lines while he was hit; if so, were any health checks on young people conducted following the incident?
Answered by
Hon Karen Chhour
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children
I am advised that Oranga Tamariki staff checked on the wellbeing of the alleged victim and those young people who were still at the residence. For the alleged victim, as part of the report of concern process their social worker was engaged…
Asked by
Willow-Jean Prime
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to 34057 (2026), how many, if any, staff were on duty at the time of the alleged incident at Oranga Tamariki's Korowai Manaaki, listed by role?
Answered by
Hon Karen Chhour
List MP · ACT Party · Minister for Children
I am advised by Oranga Tamariki that 21 staff were on duty across Korowai Manaaki units at the time of the incident, consisting of 18 Residential Youth Workers and 3 Team Leader Operations.
Asked by
Camilla Belich
List MP · Labour Party
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?
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?
Answered by
Hon Paul Goldsmith
List MP · National Party · Minister of Justice
I am advised that the Electoral Commission has allocated $4.2m of baseline funding to implement the earlier roll closure. This includes funding administration, IT, community education, advertising, call centre, and enrolment costs.
Asked by
Scott Willis
List MP · Green Party
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What, if anything, has the $10 million appropriation for the Events Boost Fund been allocated to, to date, and how much unallocated funding remains in the appropriation?
Answered by
Hon Louise Upston
Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Tourism and Hospitality
The Events Boost Fund is a one-off, contestable fund of $10 million established to support the hosting and promotion of events across New Zealand in 2026. The fund closed for applications on 30 September 2025 and received 198 applications.…
Asked by
Scott Willis
List MP · Green Party
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What is the total remaining appropriation in the Events Attraction Package broken down by forecast year?
Answered by
Hon Louise Upston
Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Tourism and Hospitality
The $40 million Events Attraction Package is intended to support showstopper events that attract large audiences and international visitors, such as major sports, music and cultural events. The one-off Events Attraction Package is expected…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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How many meetings, if any, has he or his officials held with international grocery retailers regarding entry to the New Zealand market in the last 12 months, with which companies, and how many applications for consent relating to…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
None.
Asked by
Lan Pham
List MP · Green Party
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How many councils' water services are contracted to Veolia, if any?
Answered by
Hon Simon Watts
Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government
I am advised by the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport that this information is not held or recorded by the Ministry.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32032 (2026), on what ground was the gross investment value of the single supermarket or grocery retail consent granted in the 2025/26 financial year withheld as confidential, was confidentiality…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Confidentiality was requested by the consent holder under s 9(2)(b)(ii) of the Official Information Act 1982 as disclosure would unreasonably prejudice its commercial position. The consent relates to this decision:…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What was the total cost of developing and publishing the guidance announced on 13 July 2026, including staff time, external legal or consultancy advice, and communications costs?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
LINZ did not record the cost of developing the guidelines issued in 2026. However, no external legal, consultancy or communication costs were incurred.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What advice, if any, has he received that the Overseas Investment Act 2005 constitutes a barrier to entry to the New Zealand grocery market, given that three applications relating to supermarket or grocery retail have been received in the…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Overseas Investment Act 2005 is a statutory barrier to entry to the New Zealand grocery market for international supermarkets. The 2024 RIS "International investment screening" contains further analysis of the ways in which the OIA was…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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In what respects, if any, does the guidance announced on 13 July 2026 differ in content or structure from the guidance published by Land Information New Zealand in August 2025?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The guidelines issued in 2026 reflected changes to the Overseas Investment Act that came into force on 6 March 2026.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What consultation, if any, was undertaken with Land Information New Zealand, the Treasury, the Commerce Commission, and/or industry stakeholders in developing the guidance for overseas investors in the supermarket and grocery sector that…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The guidelines were based on guidance previously published by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) in August 2025. In preparing the 2025 guidance, LINZ consulted with the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment, the Treasury, and…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What review or post-implementation evaluation of the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025, if any, has been undertaken or is planned, when will it report, and what monitoring, if any, is being…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Amendment Act came into force in March of 2026. This means that data that could be used to identify changes in consent volumes, or in the nature of the transactions to which they pertain, is still limited. Treasury will continue to…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32025 (2026), what advice, if any, has he received on how that reduction was achieved without additional resource, and what assessment, if any, has been undertaken of its effect on the rigour of…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
I received advice in advance of the 2024 Ministerial Directive Letter being issued on how timeframes could be reduced. This advice is summarised in the regulatory impact statement: How to reduce timeframes for application decisions under…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32030 (2026), how many of the 22 national interest assessments undertaken in the 2025/26 financial year related to transactions involving an investor 25 percent or more owned or controlled by a…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment. The attachment shows the reason why the 22 national interest assessments were undertaken. These include the investor meeting the definition of a non-New Zealand government investor (NNZGI), the…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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How many applications under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 were declined, withdrawn, or returned as incomplete in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, and what proportion of applications determined in each year were granted?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32030 (2026), which Minister declined the one application determined to be contrary to New Zealand's national interest, on what date was that decision made, what sector and class of land or assets…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
This decline was made by the Minister of Finance under section 20C(1) of the Overseas Investment Act 2005, prior to the commencement of the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025. The further…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32030 (2026), what criteria or thresholds determine whether an initial national interest risk assessment is undertaken, how many transactions were considered for such an assessment in the 2025/26…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Applications under the pathways $5 million plus house, Primary consent, and Production forestry are subject to an initial national interest risk assessment under section 19A of the Overseas Investment Act 2005. There were 43 consents…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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How is "gross investment value" defined for the purposes of the figure of $23.8 billion cited by the Associate Minister of Finance on 13 July 2026, does that figure include the value of assets located outside New Zealand where a…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Gross investment represents the total consideration including GST (if any) to be paid for the acquisition of the assets, or the value attributed to those assets, under applications assessed during the relevant period. The total figure…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32031 (2026), what were the 20 largest transactions by value granted consent in the 2025/26 financial year, and for each, what was the value, sector, applicant entity, country of the overseas…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment. Transactions where the consideration is currently withheld have been excluded from this response.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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In respect of consents granted under the benefit to New Zealand test since 2018, how many have been formally assessed as having delivered the benefits on which consent was granted, in how many cases, if any, were those benefits found not…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) does not formally assess whether each consent has delivered the broader benefits on which consent was granted. Instead, LINZ assesses compliance with the conditions imposed on each consent. Some, but not…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32032 (2026), which accounts for approximately $4.08 billion of the $23.8 billion gross investment value cited for the 2025/26 financial year, what was the gross investment value of the remaining…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment. The attachment breaks down the transactions into industry sectors. This breakdown is different to the answer given in WPQ 32032 (2026) which relates to the sensitivity of the land being acquired.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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In respect of consents granted under the residential land development pathways since 2018, how many dwellings were consent holders required to construct as a condition of consent, how many of those dwellings have been completed, how many…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) does not capture data about the number of dwellings required to be developed in an extractable form. However, LINZ is currently investigating one case where the requirement to construct dwellings has not…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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How many instances of non-compliance with consent conditions were identified in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, and in how many of those instances, if any, was no enforcement action taken?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the Attachment.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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How many consents subject to ongoing conditions or monitoring requirements were subject to an audit, site inspection, or other active verification by Land Information New Zealand in the 2025/26 financial year, how many consents are in the…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
All consents are granted subject to conditions. The number of consents being subject to ongoing proactive monitoring varies but is generally around 1,200. In the 2025/2026 financial year, two consents were subject to an audit, site…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32024 (2026), of the eight disposals of property recorded for the 2025/26 financial year, how many were compelled by court order or ministerial direction as opposed to being undertaken voluntarily,…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
The eight disposals were all ordered by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). The land classes are as follows; four residential, two forestry, and two farm land.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What assessment, if any, has been undertaken by him or by Land Information New Zealand of the effect of farm land advertising exemptions on the ability of New Zealand citizens and residents to purchase farm land?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
No assessment on the effect of farm land advertising exemptions has been undertaken.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32024 (2026), how many civil penalty proceedings, prosecutions, and applications for court-ordered disposal were commenced under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment. All penalties imposed were collected, except for $470,000 in penalties and costs award in one case in 2025/2026 where recovery was unlikely.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), on what grounds was each of the 16 farm land advertising exemptions granted in the 2025/26 financial year granted?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to Land Information New Zealand’s (LINZ) exemptions register to see the ‘Reasons for exemption’ for each decision:…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), which records 16 farm land advertising exemptions granted in 2025/26, how many such exemptions were granted in each of the 2021/22 to 2024/25 financial years, how many applications for…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment for farm land advertising exemptions granted for the specified period. No farm land advertising exemption applications were declined in the specified period. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) does not…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), which records one standing consent and one purchasing programme consent, how many individual acquisitions of sensitive land were made during the 2025/26 financial year under standing…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
During the 2025/26 financial year, five individual acquisitions of sensitive land were completed under residential standing consents, with a total value of approx. $39.3 million and a combined land area of 5.05 hectares. This is for…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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How many consents for the acquisition of residential land have been granted to holders of an Active Investor Plus visa or other qualifying investor visa since 6 March 2026, what was the total value of those transactions, and how many…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
20 consents to acquire residential land were granted under the $5 million plus pathway for the period from 6 March 2026 to 30 June 2026. Each property either contains a dwelling or the consent requires that a dwelling is built. The total…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32031 (2026), what was the total value of the 20 $5 million plus house consents and the 451 one home to live in consents granted in the 2025/26 financial year, and how many consents of each type…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment. The total value of $5 million plus house consents was $188 million. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) does not capture data on value of one home to live in consents.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32031 (2026), what was the breakdown by region or territorial authority, and by country of the purchaser, of the 20 $5 million plus house consents and the 451 one home to live in consents granted in…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment for One Home to Live In consents. One Home to Live In transactions are for pre-approvals. Therefore, the regions have only been provided where Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has been notified that…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Does he hold, or has he sought, any information on the total cumulative area of sensitive land in New Zealand owned or controlled by overseas persons, and if so, what is that figure and as at what date?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I do not, nor Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), hold the requested information.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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How many hectares of land classified as farm land were approved for acquisition and conversion to forestry under the special forestry test or production forestry pathway in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, and what…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) website: https://www.linz.govt.nz/guidance/overseas-investment/ways-invest/pathways-business/investing-production-forestry-and-forestry-rights/farm-forestry-conversions Consent…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What was the total land area in hectares approved for acquisition by overseas persons in each of the 2021/22 to 2025/26 financial years, broken down by the country of the overseas person and, where recorded, the country of ultimate…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) website for a breakdown of land acquisitions into area and country of ownership:…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What was the total land area in hectares approved for acquisition by overseas persons in the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years, broken down by region or territorial authority?
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Information on the approved area by region can be found on these dashboards at this link: https://www.linz.govt.nz/our-work/overseas-investment-regulation/overseas-investment-information-dashboards/overseas-investment-information-region
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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What was the total land area in hectares approved for acquisition by overseas persons in each of the 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years, broken down by (a) farm land, (b) land to be used for forestry activities,…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), which sub-pathway did the one application that exceeded statutory timeframes fall within, by how many working days was the timeframe exceeded, and what consequences, if any, followed…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
The application that exceeded its statutory timeframe was a farm land advertising exemption application. It exceeded its timeframe by 37 working days. There are no statutory consequences for exceeding the statutory timeframe for assessment.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), what were the average, median and longest processing times for transactions determined on or after 6 March 2026, when the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters)…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
I refer the Member to the attachment.
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), in how many of the 230 transactions was the statutory timeframe stopped or suspended, on how many occasions in total, and what was the average and total number of working days for…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
The timeframe was paused for 211 of the applications. The average number of days the timeframe was paused for was 10 working days. Information on the timeframes can be found on the dashboards at this link:…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Was the figure of 71 working days cited in his press release of 13 July 2026 calculated on the same basis, and in respect of the same population of applications, as the figure of 23 working days cited in the same release, and what changes,…
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
Yes, the figures were calculated for the same population. The figures were calculated as the average timeframe for a decision for a consent application (excluding consents to acquire a home for personal use such as One Home to Live In and…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32029 (2026), noting that the average processing time across the 230 transactions set out in the attachment to that reply calculates to approximately 25 working days, how was the figure of 23…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
The figure was calculated as the average timeframe for a decision for a consent application (excluding consents to acquire a home for personal use such as One Home to Live In and Intention to Reside consents and all variations and…
Asked by
Damien O'Connor
List MP · Labour Party
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Further to the reply to written question 32025 (2026), what changes, if any, have been made since 2024 to the assessment methodology, evidential requirements, or level of verification applied by Land Information New Zealand to overseas…
Answered by
Mike Butterick
Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has made the changes that it was directed to implement in the Ministerial Directive Letters of 8 April 2024 and 6 March 2026. LINZ has also implemented the changes made in the Overseas Investment…