13810 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Immigration

13810 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister of Immigration: On how many occasions, if any, since 27 November 2023, has the Minister intervened in, overruled, or influenced a decision made by any agency under their responsibility, and what were the circumstances of each instance?

Hon Erica Stanford: In my capacity as the Minister of Immigration, I am the Responsible Minister of Immigration New Zealand (INZ). The roles and responsibility of a minister are set out in the Cabinet Manual, which is available on the following website: https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/supporting-work-cabinet/cabinet-manual/3-ministers-crown-and-public-sector/ministers-and-public-service As a Minister, I am responsible for deciding both the direction of and the priorities for INZ for which I hold portfolio responsibilities, and I may give lawful directions. As a result, there are many occasions on which I have appropriately had input into the actions of INZ but these inputs are not collated or registered in a way that could be included in a single answer.