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Oral Questions — Questions To Ministers | Sitting Date: 13 May 2025
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 2:03 pm | Hansard
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) for 13 May 2025 More >>
Oral Questions — Questions To Ministers | Sitting Date: 06 May 2025
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:59 pm | Hansard
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) for 06 May 2025 More >>
Bills Increase Transparency Of Money Transfers And Ports
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Too many families are losing money to hidden fees when they send remittances overseas. That’s not fair, especially with the cost of living rising,” Arena Williams said. More >>
ACT Welcomes Authorisation For Inquiry Into Social Media Harm, Urges Caution On Blanket Ban
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 4:29 pm | ACT New Zealand
"Any inquiry should examine lessons from other countries enforcement attempts, such as Australia with its planned ban. Online safety is important, but so is workability, privacy, and avoiding unintended consequences.” More >>
Budget Must Address Spiralling Rangatahi Homelessness
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 3:06 pm | Te Pati Maori
“The scale of this crisis is shameful. The Government cannot continue to distance itself from the consequences of its decisions while our babies sleep on the streets, in cars, and in parks around Auckland,” said Tāmaki Makaurau MP, Takutai Tarsh ... More >>
Half A Billion Dollar Tax Break For Tech Giants
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 2:40 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Nicola Willis promised Kiwi families $250 a fortnight, but she can’t find a single family who got it. More than a quarter of their FamilyBoost scheme, about $14 million, has been eaten up in bureaucracy instead of going to families as promised. More >>
Hipkins Undermines Finance Spokesperson As Labour Struggles With Economic Policy
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 12:08 pm | New Zealand National Party
If Chris Hipkins can be clear enough to undermine Barbara Edmonds’ positions on almost everything, he can be upfront on what Labour’s actual position on debt is, says National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis. More >>
Commonsense Financial Reforms Underway
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 11:06 am | New Zealand Government
“Our Government is delivering on its promise to make it easier for New Zealanders to access the financial services they need, whether it’s buying a home, growing a business, or simply managing everyday life,” says Mr Simpson. More >>
Govt Helps Banks Dodge Repayment Claims For Kiwis
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 10:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“As Kiwis continue to feel the squeeze of the high cost of living, this Government is choosing to deny tens of thousands of New Zealanders who may be owed money the right to make a claim in court,” Labour commerce and consumer affairs spokesperson ... More >>
Discharge Of Digital Services Tax Bill
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Government
We have been monitoring international developments and have decided not to progress the Digital Services Tax Bill at this time. A global solution has always been our preferred option, and we have been encouraged by the recent commitment of countries ... More >>
Bill To Reset Vocational Education Passes First Reading
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 5:24 pm | New Zealand Government
“Today, we’ve taken a major step forward toward a vocational education and training system that works for learners, employers, industries and local communities,” Vocational Education and Training Minister Penny Simmonds says. More >>
Catherine Savage Appointed Director Of Kiwi Group Capital Ltd
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Government
“Catherine Savage is a distinguished business leader with over 30 years’ experience spanning public and private sectors across Asia Pacific. Kiwi Group Capital Ltd will benefit from the wealth of experience she is able to bring to the role,” Finance ... More >>
Alex Skinner Appointed Chair Of Quotable Value
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Government
QV is New Zealand’s largest provider of rating valuation and property services. More >>
Statement From The Leader Of The House: Vote Deferred, But No Change To Punishments
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 3:28 pm | New Zealand Government
Our position on the recommended punishments remains unchanged. More >>
Infrastructure Pipeline Continues To Grow
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Government
“The March 2025 Pipeline update also shows that the overall value of initiatives in the Pipeline with a confirmed funding source has increased, up $3.7 billion to $111.6 billion,” says Mr Bishop. More >>
Search Begins For Rare Family Receiving $250
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“It’s time Nicola Willis got her binoculars out to begin the search for a family that has received her promised cost of living relief,” Labour finance and economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. More >>
Report Shows Govt’s Callous Lack Of Support For System At Breaking Point
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:53 am | Green Party
The Greens’ plan lays out real solutions. As a starting point: nationalising ECE, expanding free school lunches, and building a learning support system where every child belongs, says Green Party Education Spokesperson, Lawrence Xu-Nan. More >>
Govt Risks Hospice Care By Cutting Women’s Pay
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:37 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Hospice nurses were just weeks away from having their years-long pay equity claim settled when the Government cruelly cut women’s pay equity for their Budget, Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall said. More >>
Questions Piling Up About Labour’s Debt And Tax Approach
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:01 am | New Zealand National Party
Labour’s fiscal position is becoming less clear by the day. They’ve opposed every savings measure we’ve undertaken and committed to expensive promises like reinstating locally made school lunches, reinstating half-price public transport and reversing ... More >>
Regulatory Standards Bill Will Whitewash Te Tiriti From Law
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:10 am | Te Pati Maori
The Regulatory Standards Bill is a Trojan Horse that will erase the mana of Te Tiriti from all current and future laws. It will give the Minister for Regulations, David Seymour, more power than the Prime Minster & Parliament, says Waititi. More >>
Upgrades To Improve Rail Reliability
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 8:20 am | New Zealand Government
Rail currently moves 13 per cent of national freight and a quarter of New Zealand’s exports, complementing our road freighters’ short-hauls by doing the heavy-haul weights, the long-distance runs, and being the efficient clearing house so coastal ... More >>
Govt Leaves Sexual Abuse Survivors Out In The Cold
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 7:22 am | New Zealand Labour Party
People who have suffered severe trauma because of sexual abuse will not have access to mental health or loss of income support under the Minister’s proposal. More >>
Industry Awards Highlight Economic Contribution
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 7:03 am | New Zealand Government
The Minister of Defence Awards of Excellence for Industry are administered by the New Zealand Defence Industry Advisory Council on behalf of the Minister of Defence. More >>
Foreign Minister To Visit Australia And South Asia
Monday, 19 May 2025, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Government
“New Zealand’s partnership with Australia is our closest and most important,” Mr Peters says. He then travels to South Asia, with programmes in Sri Lanka, Nepal and India. “We are committed to bringing greater focus and energy to New Zealand’s ... More >>
Bill For Transparent Principled Lawmaking To Be Read In The House
Monday, 19 May 2025, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Government
In a high-cost economy, regulation isn’t neutral - it’s a tax on growth. This Government is committed to clearing the path of needless regulations by improving how laws are made. More >>
Tax Changes To Promote Growth
Monday, 19 May 2025, 4:22 pm | New Zealand Government
To shift onto a faster growth track, New Zealand needs to make it easier for businesses to access capital and talent. More >>
Prime Minister Must Scrap The Regulatory Standards Bill
Monday, 19 May 2025, 3:33 pm | Green Party
The Bill is the same tired politics we have seen time and time again from the Government, attacking Te Tiriti o Waitangi to make it easier for wealthy companies to exploit our whānau and our taiao for profit. More >>
More Sunlight Needed On School Lunches
Monday, 19 May 2025, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“David Seymour promised all would be fixed by the start of term two, and for our children’s sake we want to ensure he doesn’t break this promise,” Willow-Jean Prime said. More >>
ACT Welcomes Urgent Care Boost Made Possible By Savings Across Government
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 2:12 pm | ACT New Zealand
Expanding urgent and after-hours care means better access for patients, less pressure on emergency departments, and more choice – especially in rural and regional areas. More >>
Levin To Benefit From Extended After-Hours Healthcare Under Budget 2025
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 2:10 pm | New Zealand National Party
The new and improved services will roll out over the next two years, alongside continued support for existing clinics and a more sustainable approach to local health delivery. More >>
Urgent Care Closer To Home For Rural And Remote Communities
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Government
“Access to healthcare is one of the biggest concerns for people living in rural and remote communities,” Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey says. More >>
Urgent Care Boost For Dunedin, Invercargill, And Timaru
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Government
This investment means South Islanders will have faster access to care, with shorter trips and more treatment available locally – especially outside of normal hours – while reducing pressure on emergency departments. More >>
Palmerston North And Lower Hutt To Receive New And Improved Urgent Care Services
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Government
These improvements will make it easier for New Zealanders to get help when they need it – whether late at night, on weekends, or in more remote communities, while also reducing pressure on emergency departments. More >>
Tauranga To Benefit From Urgent Care Boost In The Region
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Government
This investment will ensure that people through the Midland region – whether in larges centres of smaller towns – can get urgent care more quickly outside of normal hours, without needing to travel long distances. More >>
Whangārei And Counties Manukau To Receive 24/7 Urgent Care Boost
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Government
“The Government is making a significant investment to improve access to urgent and after-hours healthcare nationwide, including across the Northern region,” Mr Brown says. More >>
New And Improved Urgent And After-Hours Healthcare
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Government
“Strengthening urgent and after-hours care is an important part of our Government’s plan to ensure all New Zealanders have access to timely, quality healthcare,” Mr Brown says. More >>
Women In Funded Sector Unlikely To Get Pay Equity
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 10:55 am | New Zealand Labour Party
“What this could mean is that women in this sector, whose claims have now been extinguished by the law passed two weeks ago, will no longer have a pathway to pay equity,” Labour workplace relations and safety spokesperson Jan Tinetti said. More >>
Chris Hipkins: Auckland Regional Conference Speech
Saturday, 17 May 2025, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealanders were promised stability, leadership, and solutions. What they’ve had instead is broken promises, bad choices, division, and dysfunction. More >>
Supporting Safer Communities With Māori Wardens
Saturday, 17 May 2025, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Government
Budget 2025 includes $1.5 million per annum of new baseline funding for Māori Wardens, bringing total government funding for Māori Wardens to $2.7 million per annum. More >>
Public Sector Union Out Of Touch With The Reality Of Real Work
Friday, 16 May 2025, 3:43 pm | ACT New Zealand
The idea that Wellington bureaucrats should be entitled to stay home in their pyjamas while the taxpayers funding their inflated salaries head into work each day is frankly insulting. More >>
150 Social Homes For Hawke’s Bay Through Community-led Approach
Friday, 16 May 2025, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Hawke’s Bay has been chosen as a priority location for a pilot community-led approach to social housing delivery due to the high level of need, with disproportionate numbers of people in emergency and temporary housing and on the social housing waitlist. More >>
New High Court Judge Appointed
Friday, 16 May 2025, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Government
Justice MacGillivray graduated from the University of Auckland in 1995 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (History). More >>
Progress On Hawke’s Bay Expressway Good News For Growth
Friday, 16 May 2025, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Government
“NZ Transport Agency’s board has confirmed $7.65 million for the work, which will enable the project team to begin early ground improvements alongside Ngaruroro River Bridge and geotechnical investigations in section 2 of the project,” Mr Bishop ... More >>
NZ To Host Pacific Leaders
Friday, 16 May 2025, 11:10 am | New Zealand Government
The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Baron Waqa will visit New Zealand, engaging with Mr Peters and Dr Reti, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts and a range of MPs from across Parliament. More >>
NZ To Subject Pandemic Treaty To Full National Interest Test
Friday, 16 May 2025, 10:06 am | New Zealand Government
The draft Treaty will be discussed at the annual meeting of the World Health Assembly in Geneva from next week. More >>
$577 Million To Support Film And TV Production
Friday, 16 May 2025, 9:47 am | New Zealand Government
“The Budget increase of $577 million across this year and the next four takes total funding for the rebate scheme to $1.09 billion over the forecast period, better reflecting expected demand for the scheme. Settings remain unchanged,” Nicola Willis says. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Condemns Fast-Track Approval Of Seabed Mining
Friday, 16 May 2025, 9:09 am | Te Pati Maori
“This project will extract 50 million tonnes of seabed every year, dumping millions of tonnes of sludge into the moana for 35 consecutive years,” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
ACT Welcomes Law Change To Tackle Benefit Dependency And Restore Accountability
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 4:40 pm | ACT New Zealand
The law introduces new non-financial sanctions within the existing Traffic Light System, targeting a persistent minority who are capable of working but refuse to engage. More >>
Social Security Amendment Bill Pushes Poverty On People
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 4:31 pm | Green Party
“The Green Party will repeal all benefit sanctions and lift incomes to liveable levels. We will build an economy that works for all of us, not just a wealthy few,” says Ricardo Menéndez March. More >>
Social Security Amendment Bill Passes Into Law
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Government
“This bill brings new tools to ensure beneficiaries stay on track with their obligations to find or prepare for work if they are able”, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston. More >>
Report Exposes Damage Of Rushed Cuts To Oranga Tamariki
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 4:09 pm | Green Party
“It is now crystal clear that these cuts have come at the expense of the safety and wellbeing of our children,” says Green Party spokesperson for Children Kahurangi Carter. More >>
Minister’s Rash Orders Fail Frontline Providers
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
With reports of vulnerable children almost doubling in the past year, Karen Chhour must act urgently. More >>
Valuers Bill Passes First Reading
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Government
The changes include operational improvements consistent with other occupational regulation Acts, and amendments to promote consistency with legislation such as the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and the Legislation Guidelines. More >>
Government-Iwi Partnership Building East Coast Homes
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Government
“The Tūranga Tangata Rite development today contributes to the Government’s wider $200 million commitment, announced in February, to deliver at least 400 affordable rental homes for Māori across key regions,” Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka ... More >>
Government Supports Tairāwhiti Marae To Relocate To Safer Ground
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Government
The Marae Trustees of Puketawai, Hinemaurea ki Mangatuna, Okuri, Takipū, and Rangatira Marae – supported by their whānau and hapū – have made the difficult decision to relocate and re-establish their respective marae in new locations. More >>
Prices Keep Rising While National Cuts Women’s Pay
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Paying for the weekly shop keeps getting harder. The Government promised to bring prices down, but the only thing they’re bringing down is women’s pay, Labour finance and economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. More >>
Young Tradie To Take ACT MP’s Seat In Youth Parliament
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 1:03 pm | ACT New Zealand
Fletcher is currently training through MITO, with a focus on agricultural and horticultural equipment – work that keeps the region’s farms and orchards running smoothly. More >>
ACT Leader David Seymour: Address To Craigs Investment Partners
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 1:00 pm | ACT New Zealand
Inflation and interest rates have been beaten back. Government doesn’t control every factor influencing them, but we can control our own spending. The Government’s commitment to spend less and maintaining that discipline over four years has helped ... More >>
Launch Of The Social Investment Fund
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 10:20 am | New Zealand Government
Data, evidence and infrastructure form the backbone of the social investment approach. Together, they provide for safe and secure data sharing that enables the Government to understand where it should focus its efforts. More >>
Social Investment Fund To Help Vulnerable Kiwis
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 10:14 am | New Zealand Government
The Fund is about more than new money. It’s about Government investing earlier, smarter and with much more transparent measurement of the impact interventions are having for the people they are designed to help, Social Investment Minister Nicola ... More >>
