10106 (2025). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Minister responsible for Ministerial Services

10106 (2025). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Minister responsible for Ministerial Services: Further to his answer to written question 7405 (2025): Why is it not in the public interest to answer how many staff members were present when the reported altercation between Hon Andrew Bayly and a member of his staff took place?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: The timeline and the details regarding this matter are already publicly available and therefore the public interest has been met. I do not consider it necessary for every detail involving personal and staffing matters to be made public. For privacy reasons, I will not be commenting further. This is an employment matter and protecting the privacy of staff involved is paramount.