10397 (2026). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Children

10397 (2026). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Children: What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 9 March, including location, event description, and attendees?

Hon Karen Chhour: I am advised that, to the best of my Office’s records, one invitation was declined during the week beginning 9 March 2026. • Kids in Need Waikato; Open Day Event; Cambridge Note: • While my Office keeps records of invitations to ‘events’, it is administratively difficult to accurately identify all ‘meetings’ and whether they are declined or accepted, as generally meetings do not have a specific date. Requests for a ‘meeting’ may take some weeks or even months to progress from invitation to actually taking place, depending on a range of factors such as scheduling. • The above list relates to events that were declined during the time period asked, not the dates of the events themselves. • Generally, invitations are accepted/declined on my behalf by my Office staff, rather than by me personally. It is possible that I may not even be made aware of the invitation. • Declining an invitation should not be interpreted as a lack of my interest/willingness to attend the event in question. • Generally, I am not aware of who attended events that I did not attend.