Written questions

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  Does he stand by his statement that the consultation on the 28-day rule "will be about testing whether there genuinely is a food safety need for this rule or whether it's just an example of a silly rule that's just standing in the way of…

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  Has he received any feedback that the new levies approved by Cabinet in 2024 under the Food Act 2014 could make it harder for small businesses?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What assessment, if any, has he made of the two new levies approved by Cabinet in 2024 under the Food Act 2014 on small businesses?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What work, if any, is being undertaken through the Food Act Improvement Programme to improve transparency in the delivery of food verification services?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What measures, if any, are New Zealand Food Safety looking to implement for the way it manages food imports?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What recent changes, if any, have been made to the way New Zealand Food Safety manages food imports?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  How, if at all, is New Zealand Food Safety “adapting our systems to meet increasingly complex supply chains” with regards to country of origin testing of imported food?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 24 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 17 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 10 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

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

Asked by

Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

• (matches this search)

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

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 3 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

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

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 27 July 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 19 July 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 19 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What consideration, if any, has he given to the supply of wild game to the domestic food market?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What advice, if any, has he received on the inspection or verification of wild venison intended for sale?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  Has he received any advice on the substances or toxins that could currently affect the harvest of wild game for human consumption?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What advice, if any, by title and date, has he received on wild game animals for human consumption?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  Has he raised the timeliness of novel food assessments with the Food Ministers' Meeting or with his Australian counterpart in the last 12 months; if so, on what dates, and what was the outcome?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  How many, if any, novel food applications lodged with Food Standards Australia New Zealand in the last three years were made by New Zealand-based applicants, and what proportion of those were approved?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  How many, if any, applications to amend Standard 1.5.1 (Novel Foods) of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code have been lodged with Food Standards Australia New Zealand in the last three years, and of those, how many have been…

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 6 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 6 July 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• 30718 (matches this search)

  What work, if any, is being undertaken through the Food Act Improvement Programme to improve consistency, transparency, and accountability in the delivery of food verification services?

• 30720 (matches this search)

  What steps, if any, is the Minister taking to address the variation in food safety verification fees from Councils around New Zealand?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  How are food safety verification fees set across different Councils?

Asked by

Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  Has the Minister instructed any chief executive not to action the head count reduction targets or baseline savings exercise as part of Budget 2026, and if so, which chief executives?

Asked by

Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What instructions, if any, has the Minister given to the Chief Executives they are responsible about the public service headcount reduction targets or baseline savings exercise as part of Budget 2026?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 29 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 29 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 22 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 22 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · 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 1 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 1 June 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  Is his statement “we don't want to be nanny state government" representative of his approach to the food safety portfolio?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  Has he received any advice characterising the Health Star Rating system as a "nanny state" measure, and if not, was this description his own?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• (matches this search)

  When he said "we don't want to be nanny state government" in relation to the Health Star Rating vote, what does he define as a "nanny state" measure, and on what criteria, if any, does he distinguish such measures?