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Shanan Halbert

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

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

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Shanan Halbert

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

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?

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Shanan Halbert

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Lemauga Lydia Sosene

Member for Māngere · Labour Party

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  What was the total cost of the Minister's flights, if any, over 11 – 12 August 2026, broken down by flight?

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Shanan Halbert

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  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?

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  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…

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What funding has been allocated to each commissioning agency for the 2026/27 financial year, and how does that compare with 2025/26?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many navigators, if any, expressed as full-time equivalents, were engaged across the Whānau Ora network as at 30 June 2026, broken down by commissioning agency?

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Shanan Halbert

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  Of the whānau enrolled with Whānau Ora services since 1 July 2025, how many are currently receiving support from a navigator?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has he sought advice on waitlist numbers since appearing before the Māori Affairs Committee on 16 June 2026; if so, what did that advice show?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Further to his statement to the Māori Affairs Committee on 16 June 2026 that he was advised there is a waitlist of whānau to be engaged, how many whānau were on that waitlist on that date?

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  How many whānau, if any, had been accepted into Whānau Ora services but not yet allocated a navigator, as at 30 June 2026; and how does this compare with the same measure as at 31 October 2025?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has he received on the number of whānau who have been declined, deferred, or referred elsewhere by Whānau Ora providers because of provider capacity constraints since 1 July 2025?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What reports, if any, has he received from any of the four commissioning agencies about demand for services exceeding contracted capacity since 1 July 2025?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does he intend to require commissioning agencies to report waiting times and unmet demand as a condition of their outcome agreements; if so, from what date?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  Does Te Puni Kōkiri collect information on how long whānau wait between acceptance into Whānau Ora and allocation of a navigator; if not, why not?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the longest period between a whānau being accepted into Whānau Ora and being allocated a navigator, for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  What was the average period between a whānau being accepted into Whānau Ora and being allocated a navigator, for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026?

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Shanan Halbert

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  How many whānau, if any, were awaiting allocation of a navigator as at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by commissioning agency?

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Shanan Halbert

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  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?

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Matching question numbers: 28338 (2026), 28342 (2026)

• 28039

  Question published 10 June 2026

  How many agenda items, if any, was each director or member of any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible excluded from or absent for…

• 28041

  Question published 10 June 2026

  How many people, if any, appointed or reappointed by the Minister since 27 November 2023 to any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…

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  Question published 10 June 2026

  How many people, if any, appointed or reappointed by the Minister since 27 November 2023 to any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…

• 28066 (matches this search)

  Question published 10 June 2026

  How many agenda items, if any, was each director or member of any board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible excluded from or absent for…

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• 27425

  What advice, if any, did the Minister or their officials receive recommending against, or proposing a lower figure than, any board fee increase the Minister subsequently approved since 27 November 2023 for any agency, department, Crown…

• 27432

  What advice, if any, did the Minister or their officials receive recommending against, or proposing a lower figure than, any board fee increase the Minister subsequently approved since 27 November 2023 for any agency, department, Crown…

• 27480 (matches this search)

  What advice, if any, did the Minister or their officials receive recommending against, or proposing a lower figure than, any board fee increase the Minister subsequently approved since 27 November 2023 for any agency, department, Crown…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

Matching question numbers: 27483 (2026), 27484 (2026), 27485 (2026), 27486 (2026), 27488 (2026), 27750 (2026), 27752 (2026), 27754 (2026)

• 27434

  What is the total amount, if any, paid in board and committee fees by each agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible in each financial year since 27 November 2023, broken down by…

• 27435

  What board fees, if any, are currently paid to the chair and to each member of every board, committee, or other body of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, broken down…

• 27436

  How many board fee increases, if any, did the Minister approve since 27 November 2023 that exceeded the rate or range in the Cabinet Fees Framework for any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the…

• 27437

  What additional payments, allowances, or expenses, if any — including but not limited to meeting fees, daily rates, travel, or accommodation — were paid to board or committee members of any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• 26094

  What is the total expenditure, actual or projected, if any, on staff redundancies across all agencies, departments, Crown entities, companies, or other organisations for which the Minister is responsible arising from Budget 2026 decisions,…

• 26102

  What is the total expenditure, actual or projected, if any, on staff redundancies across all agencies, departments, Crown entities, companies, or other organisations for which the Minister is responsible arising from Budget 2026 decisions,…

• 26172 (matches this search)

  What is the total expenditure, actual or projected, if any, on staff redundancies across all agencies, departments, Crown entities, companies, or other organisations for which the Minister is responsible arising from Budget 2026 decisions,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• 26096

  How many financial settlements, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…

• 26169 (matches this search)

  How many financial settlements, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

• 26100

  How many confidential settlement agreements, non-disclosure agreements or confidentiality clauses, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity,…

• 26176 (matches this search)

  How many confidential settlement agreements, non-disclosure agreements or confidentiality clauses, if any, have been entered into with employees, former employees, contractors, or office holders by any agency, department, Crown entity,…