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Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
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What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Christchurch Airport?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Genesis Energy?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
Details of my Ministerial diary with dates and key attendees for all meetings are proactively published on the Beehive website and can be found at the following link: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-chris-bishop
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Mercury NZ?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Member can find my diary proactively released on the Beehive website
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Transpower?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
Details of my Ministerial diary with dates and key attendees for all meetings are proactively published on the Beehive website and can be found at the following link: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-chris-bishop
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Meridian Energy?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Genesis Energy?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Member can find my diary proactively released on the Beehive website
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of TVNZ?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
Details of my Ministerial diary with dates and key attendees for all meetings are proactively published on the Beehive website and can be found at the following link: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-chris-bishop
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of NZ Railways?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
Details of my Ministerial diary with dates and key attendees for all meetings are proactively published on the Beehive website and can be found at the following link: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-chris-bishop
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Mercury NZ?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Transpower?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Member can find my diary proactively released on the Beehive website
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Genesis Energy?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of TVNZ?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Member can find my diary proactively released on the Beehive website
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of NZPost?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
Details of my Ministerial diary with dates and key attendees for all meetings are proactively published on the Beehive website and can be found at the following link: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-chris-bishop
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of NZ Railways?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Member can find my diary proactively released on the Beehive website
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Transpower?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Kiwibank?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
Details of my Ministerial diary with dates and key attendees for all meetings are proactively published on the Beehive website and can be found at the following link: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-chris-bishop
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of TVNZ?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of NZ Railways?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of NZPost?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Member can find my diary proactively released on the Beehive website
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Kiwibank?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Member can find my diary proactively released on the Beehive website
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of NZPost?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What meetings, if any, listed by participants, date, and subjects discussed, has the Minister had on the subject of Kiwibank?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
My diary is proactively released.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
Have officials advised the Minister on the risks to New Zealand's economy caused by volatile price spikes due to a potential NZU shortfall in the late 2020s, if so, what were these risks?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
Treasury and RBNZ officials have not provided advice on this topic.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
Has Treasury raised any risks, if any, to the Minister, or her office, in relation to the four failed ETS auctions in 2025, and the failed auction in March 2026, if so, what were they?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
No, the Treasury has not raised any risks.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What correspondence, if any, listed by subject and date, has the Minister had with the Minister for Climate Change on the recent failures of the ETS auctions in 2025 and 2026?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I have had no direct correspondence on this matter with the Minister for Climate Change.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
How, if at all, will the Treasury present information on the estimated fiscal impact, if any, of New Zealand’s Paris Agreement obligations in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update?
How, if at all, will the Treasury present information on the estimated fiscal impact, if any, of New Zealand’s Paris Agreement obligations in the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
The Treasury intends to publish updated scenarios for the potential fiscal costs of purchases of offshore mitigation to contribute to New Zealand’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement at this year’s Budget…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What, if any, is the revenue impact of the four failed ETS auctions in 2025, and the failed auction in March 2026?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
The sale of units through ETS auctions does not have an impact on revenue. The Crown receives cash proceeds from the sale of ETS units. When auctions are forecast to clear and subsequently fail to, this results in lower than forecast cash…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What correspondence, if any, listed by date, subject, and participants, has the Minister or her office, had with any other Minister or their offices, on the fiscal accounting treatment of the Paris Agreement, since September 2025?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I and my office engage in correspondence with my Ministerial colleagues and their offices about a wide variety of matters, and this is not categorized in the way the Member has asked. Collating this would require substantial staff…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What advice, if any, listed by title and date, has the Minister received on the accounting treatment of the Paris Agreement obligation since September 2025?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I have received two pieces of advice since September 2025 that refer to the accounting treatment of New Zealand’s obligations under the Paris Agreement: 20 November 2025: Treasury Report T2025/2954: 2025 Half Year Economic and Fiscal…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
When, if at all, will the next update to the Climate Economic and Fiscal Assessment be published?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I refer the Member to the response to Written Parliamentary Question 17388 (2026). The Treasury does not currently have any plans to update the wider analysis in the 2023 Climate Economic and Fiscal Assessment.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What work, if any, has been done on the Climate Economic and Fiscal Assessment since its publication in 2023?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I refer the Member to the response to Written Parliamentary Question 17388 (2026). The Treasury does not currently have any plans to update the wider analysis in the 2023 Climate Economic and Fiscal Assessment.
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
My office receives a significant volume of information. To answer this question will require significant staff resources and I do not believe it is in the public interest to do so. If the member wishes to be more specific about the…
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
The Treasury publishes a monthly list of titles and dates of advice to Ministers, by the middle of the month after the advice is provided. I refer the member to that list, which can be found here:…
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 20 April 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
The Treasury publishes a monthly list of titles and dates of advice to Ministers, by the middle of the month after the advice is provided. I refer the member to that list, which can be found here:…
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Shane Jones
List MP · NZ First · Associate Minister of Finance
I am advised that the Treasury publishes a monthly list of titles of advice to Ministers, by the middle of the month after the advice is provided. I refer the member to that list, which can be found here:…
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon David Seymour
Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance
With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Chris Bishop
Member for Hutt South · National Party · Associate Minister of Finance
None.
Asked by
Barbara Edmonds
Member for Mana · Labour Party
(matches this search)
What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 20 April 2026, by title and date?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
Have any members of the Ministerial Economic Security and Supply Chains Group engaged with the farming sector on the Govermment's response to the fuel crisis, and if not, why not?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
The Ministerial Economic Security and Supply Chains Group’s role is to provide strategic, whole of government oversight of economic security and critical supply chain risks, rather than to undertake sector specific engagement. Engagement…
Asked by
Duncan Webb
Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party
(matches this search)
Has there been a programme called the EQC Overcap Pathway Programme (EOPP); if so is it still accepting and processing claims; if not when did it cease accepting claims?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I am advised that the Natural Hazards Commission (NHC) has never administered a programme known as the “EQC Overcap Pathway Programme (EOPP)”. I understand any internal use by NHC of a term such as “EOPP” was for internal, operational ease…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
Did any Treasury officials raise any risks to the Minister or her office, as to the adequacy of her revenue strategy, following recent credit rating agencies' downgrades of New Zealand's outlook, and if so, when?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
No, Treasury officials have not raised any risks on my revenue strategy.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
Did any Treasury officials raise any risks to the Minister or her office following recent credit rating agencies' downgrades of New Zealand's outlook, and if so, what were these risks?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
Officials highlighted to me the risk that a deterioration in the fiscal outlook could be viewed unfavourably by the credit rating agencies and may be perceived as showing a weaker commitment to fiscal discipline. Ahead of Moody’s ratings…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What correspondence, listed by subject and date, has the Minister or members of her office had with any Treasury Deputy Secretaries on the Budget 2026 allowances?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
My office and I have frequent discussions with a range of Treasury officials whilst preparing the Budget 2026 package, including Deputy Secretaries. All of these discussions are relevant to the Budget allowances, as such I do not think it…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What correspondence, listed by subject and date, has the Minister or members of her office had with the Secretary of the Treasury on the Budget 2026 allowances?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
My office and I have frequent discussions with a range of Treasury officials whilst preparing the Budget 2026 package, including the Secretary of the Treasury. All of these discussions are relevant to the Budget allowances, as such I do…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What, if any, work has the Minister commissioned from Treasury, listed by subject and date commissioned, on strengthening New Zealand's supply chain resilience in light of the fuel price shock?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I have received advise from Treasury on the implications of the fuel price shock for future policy, including a paper which discusses economic security and resilience in broad terms.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What correspondence, if any, listed by date and subject, has the Minister or her office had with the Treasury on specific fiscal risks, if any, stemming from the fuel crisis?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I received advice from the Treasury on Friday 24 April on potential specific fiscal risks for inclusion in the upcoming Budget Economic and Fiscal Update that will be released on Budget Day.
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What, if any, are the productivity impacts on the New Zealand economy of the fuel price shock?
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
The relevant economic data is not yet available. However, available evidence suggests that productivity could be adversely affected by higher fuel prices in the short term, particularly where firms scale back activity in response. The…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, instant messages, or any other form of electronic communication, if any, listed by subject and date, has the Minister or her office had with Associate Minister of Finance David…
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I and my office engage in correspondence with my Ministerial colleagues and their offices about a wide variety of matters, and this is not categorized in the way the Member has asked. Collating this would require substantial staff…
Asked by
Chlöe Swarbrick
Member for Auckland Central · Green Party
(matches this search)
What correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, instant messages, or any other form of electronic communication, if any, listed by subject and date, has the Minister or her office had with Associate Minister of Finance David…
Answered by
Hon Nicola Willis
List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance
I and my office engage in correspondence with my Ministerial colleagues and their offices about a wide variety of matters, and this is not categorized in the way the Member has asked. Collating this would require substantial staff…