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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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 24 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Mike Davidson

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  Has the Minister received any advice about the impact of a proposed rates cap on the Regional Infrastructure Fund; if so, what are all the potential impacts the advice canvassed and on what date did he receive this advice?

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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Lan Pham

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  Following 35308 (2026), when, if ever, have the terms of a loan agreement not been met in relation to funding given out under the Regional Infrastructure Fund?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What contingency arrangements, if any, are in place for Regional Infrastructure Fund projects, including the 42 flood resilience projects requiring 40 percent local authority co-investment, should a council be unable to meet its share once…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What impact, if any, does he expect the rates cap, due to take full effect by 2029, to have on the number and value of future Regional Infrastructure Fund applications that depend on local authority co-investment?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  When, if at all, did he or his officials first assess the interaction between the Government's proposed rates cap and the co-investment model underpinning the Regional Infrastructure Fund?

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  What assessment, if any, was undertaken within his portfolio of the impact of a rates cap on local authorities' ability to meet co-investment requirements under the Regional Infrastructure Fund before the Government announced its rates cap…

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  What advice, if any, has he received from officials, including Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit, on the impact of the Government's proposed rates cap on the ability of local authorities to co-invest in projects…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many projects funded or approved for funding through the Regional Infrastructure Fund, if any, have been delayed, rescoped, or withdrawn since 1 December 2025 because a local authority co-investment partner was unable to confirm or…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What discussions, if any, has he had with the Minister of Local Government about the effect of the proposed rates cap on local authorities' capacity to co-invest in Regional Infrastructure Fund projects, and on what dates did any such…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  Which local authorities, if any, have raised concerns with him or his officials about their ability to meet co-investment requirements for Regional Infrastructure Fund projects, including the 40 percent local share of flood resilience…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  How many of the 42 flood resilience projects allocated $101.1 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund, announced on 12 August 2024 with local authorities required to co-invest 40 percent of project costs, have had their local…

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What proportion, if any, of projects approved for funding from the Regional Infrastructure Fund to date rely on co-investment from local authorities, and what is the total value of local authority co-investment committed across those…

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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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 10 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Mike Davidson

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  Will the Minister bid for increased central government funding for the Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF) should the implementation of a rates cap reduce the amount councils co-invest into RIF projects?

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Mike Davidson

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  Does the Minister expect councils total co-investment into Regional Infrastructure Fund projects will reduce once a proposed rates cap is implemented; if not, why not?

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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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

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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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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Lan Pham

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  When, if ever, has Kānoa had to recover taxpayer funding given out under the Regional Infrastructure Fund when the terms of a loan agreements were not met?

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Lan Pham

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  What, if anything, is the formal protocol followed by Kānoa for recovering taxpayer monies given out under the Regional Infrastructure Fund when the terms of loan agreements are not met?

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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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 27 July 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Lan Pham

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  Following Reply 31923 (2026), does the conflict of interest noted, in relation to the Kānoa investment in the Tukituki Water Security Project, relate to a staff member from the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment?

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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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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Damien O'Connor

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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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  What is the breakdown of costs for the $21.6 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund allocated for the refurbishment of the two tanks at the Northland fuel import terminal?