Questions to Ministers Hon CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Women: Does she stand by all her statements and actions regarding pay equity? SCOTT WILLIS to the Minister for Energy: Has Cabinet considered the recommendations of the Frontier Economics review of the electricity market; if so, will the recommendations involve Government intervention in the electricity market? CAMERON BREWER to the Minister for Economic Growth: What recent announcements has she made on supermarket competition? Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL to the Minister of Health: Has he been involved in collective agreement negotiations with doctors and nurses; if so, how? DANA KIRKPATRICK to the Minister of Education: What recent announcement has she made on the secondary school curriculum? Hon JAN TINETTI to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Does she stand by her comments about the new appointments to the Employment Relations Authority; if so, why? LAN PHAM to the Minister for the Environment: Does she stand by all her statements and actions? JOSEPH MOONEY to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality: What recent reports has she seen on tourism in New Zealand? Hon PEENI HENARE to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Will the Government implement sanctions against Israel for its unlawful occupation of the Palestinian Territory as called for by UN resolution 10/24, which New Zealand voted for? SUZE REDMAYNE to the Minister for Hunting and Fishing: What recent announcements has he made in his hunting and fishing portfolio? MARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI to the Minister for Children: What immediate action, if any, is she taking in response to reports that there were 4,000 cases of tamariki and young people being held in police cells in the past 12 months, some for up to eight nights? SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister for Vocational Education: Does she stand by her statement that there is "more concern that we need to be focused on around the actual completions of apprentices"?
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Oral Questions for 10 September 2025
Questions to Ministers ANDY FOSTER to the Minister for Regional Development: What recent announcements has he made regarding geothermal energy? NANCY LU to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on the economy? Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS to the Acting Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister of Housing: Does he expect the recent changes to support for rough sleepers to end homelessness in Auckland; if not, why not? CATHERINE WEDD to the Minister of Transport: What recent announcements has he made about the transport infrastructure pipeline? Hon BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: Does she stand by all her statements and actions in relation to the resignations of the former Reserve Bank Chair and Governor? TEANAU TUIONO to the Minister for Space: Was she aware of links between intelligence company BlackSky and the Israeli Defence Ministry when she approved payload launch permits; if so, did she raise any concerns? GRANT McCALLUM to the Minister of Education: What announcements has she made about strengthening learning support? Hon KIERAN McANULTY to the Associate Minister of Housing: Does he agree with the Prime Minister, who claimed, in reference to emergency housing, that "we've fixed it"; if so, why? MIKE BUTTERICK to the Minister for Land Information: What announcement has he made, if any, about the future of Watts Peninsula - Matai Moana? CAMERON LUXTON to the Minister for Food Safety: What recent announcements has he made about cutting red tape for New Zealand food exporters? ARENA WILLIAMS to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: Does he stand by his expectation of "prioritisation and utilisation of the Commission's full regulatory and enforcement tool kit to achieve real impacts for consumers"; if so, what is he doing to make the cost of living more affordable for New Zealand consumers?
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Oral Questions for 9 September 2025
Questions to Ministers RYAN HAMILTON to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on the economy? Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS to the Acting Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Acting Prime Minister: Does he stand by all of the Government's statements and actions? DAN BIDOIS to the Minister of Transport: What announcements has he made regarding Auckland transport governance? Hon BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: Does she stand by all her statements and actions in relation to the resignations of the former Reserve Bank Chair and Governor? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister of Finance: Does she stand by all the Government's statements and actions on economic and fiscal policy? Dr VANESSA WEENINK to the Minister of Health: What recent announcements has he made about improved access to elective procedures for patients? Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement, "we want to get value for money for the taxpayer" for surgeries outsourced to private hospitals; if so, how is Health New Zealand achieving value for money? RIMA NAKHLE to the Minister for Trade and Investment: What recent progress has the Government made in unlocking new opportunities for New Zealand exporters in the United Arab Emirates? DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER to the Acting Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? Hon GINNY ANDERSEN to the Minister for Economic Growth: Does she agree with the statement of the Minister of Finance that "cost of living relief is on its way"; if so, why? Hon MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Does he stand by all of the Government's statements and actions on foreign policy?
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Oral Questions for Thursday 21 August 2025
Questions to Ministers Hon CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Does she stand by her statement, "I am a woman that stands for women in this Parliament"; if so, how many women, if any, will receive increased pay because of her Government's pay equity changes? TAKUTA FERRIS to the Minister for Maori Development: What advice, if any, has he received from officials on the implications of the Supreme Court's decision that the "beds of navigable rivers form part of the common marine and coastal area as defined in MACA, and recognition orders may extend to them"? NANCY LU to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on the economy? Hon JAN TINETTI to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Will she rule out any changes to the Employment Relations Act 2000 that would weaken working people's right to strike; if not, why not? TAMATHA PAUL to the Minister of Housing: Does he stand by his statement to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce that the housing crisis is "state neglect on an industrial scale"; if so, is he doing enough to end that neglect? TIM VAN DE MOLEN to the Minister of Defence: What recent announcement has she made about investment in defence? TANGI UTIKERE to the Minister of Local Government: Does he stand by his refusal to answer questions about water affordability yesterday; if so, why? RIMA NAKHLE to the Minister of Local Government: What recent announcements has he made about the progress of Local Water Done Well legislation? SCOTT WILLIS to the Minister for Energy: How many households, if any, have been brought out of energy hardship this winter as a result of the Government's policies? INGRID LEARY to the Minister for Mental Health: Why are mental health providers only receiving a 3 percent increase in funding when internally delivered mental health budgets are increasing by considerably more? JOSEPH MOONEY to the Minister for Land Information: What is the Government doing to make it easier to deliver critical infrastructure projects? REUBEN DAVIDSON to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology: Does he stand by his statement that we are "reforming our science sector to better support a growing economy and provide higher paying jobs for New Zealanders"?
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Oral Questions for 20 August 2025
Questions to Ministers Hon MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Prime Minister: E tautoko ana ia i nga korero me nga mahi katoa a tona Kawanatanga? Does he stand by all of his Government's statements and actions? CAMERON BREWER to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on the economy? Hon CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she stand by the Minister for Pacific Peoples' statement, "So as a wider suite of all-of-Government endeavours, we're looking to improve employment for Pasifika"; if so, what specific actions has she taken to improve employment for Pasifika peoples? TODD STEPHENSON to the Associate Minister of Health: What recent reports has he seen about Medsafe? JAMIE ARBUCKLE to the Minister for Rail: What recent statements and actions has he made regarding rail? Hon BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: Does she stand by all her statements and actions? MILES ANDERSON to the Minister responsible for RMA Reform: What recent progress has been made on changing our planning system? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Prime Minister: E tautoko ana ia i nga korero me nga mahi katoa a tona Kawanatanga? Does he stand by all of his Government's statements and actions? Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement, "Through our record $16.68 billion investment across three Budgets, we are making sure our health system is properly resourced to meet the growing demands placed on it"; if not, why? SUZE REDMAYNE to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: What recent announcements has he made about future-proofing New Zealand's unique natural history? Hon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister of Education: Does she stand by all her statements and actions? TIM COSTLEY to the Minister for Energy: What recent announcements has he seen about the Energy Competition Task Force?
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