12269 (2026). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Written Question

Published date: 16 Apr 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	12269 (2026)
Question asked:	31 Mar 2026
Member asking:	Teanau Tuiono
Portfolio:	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister replying:	Rt Hon Winston Peters
Answer received:	12 Apr 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_12269_2026
Document guid:	aba01fbd-a329-4ec6-b8d6-b89ae791cab2

12269 (2026). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What advice reports, briefings, aides-memoire, or any other documents, if any, has the Minister or any member of their Office received or sent that informed the decision to abstain on the recent vote at the U.N General Assembly on the resolution to condemn the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the transatlantic slave trade, listed by agency, title and date received?

Rt Hon Winston Peters: My office received an email from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 25 March 2026, the day of the vote in New York, advising of the proposed approach. My office sent a reply. The following day, the Ministry advised my office by email of the result of the vote.