11182 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government
Written Question
Published date: 11 Apr 2025
11182 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government: 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 March 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon Simon Watts: Corrected reply: I received the following briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice from the Department of Internal Affairs during the week beginning 3 March 2025:
• Meeting with LGNZ on 6 March 2025, 3 March 2025;
• Water Services Authority Board appointments, 3 March 2025;
• Final Cabinet paper – Local Electoral (Tauranga City Council Te Awanui Māori Ward Election) Validation Order 2025, 3 March 2025;
• Budget 2025 Technical Initiatives for Vote Internal Affairs – Local Government portfolio, 3 March 2025;
• Aide Memorie Meeting with Waikato and Waipā River iwi, Thursday 6 March 2025, 5 March 2025;
• Update on City and Regional Deals Proposal, 5 March 2025;
• Meeting notes for Minister's call with Northland Councils on 7 March 2025, 6 March 2025;
• Local Government Status Report WE 6 March 2025, 6 March 2025
• [title withheld], 7 March 2025; and
• Meeting with Wellington Water and Wellington Water Committee Members, 7 March 2025.