15639 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government
Written Question
Published date: 11 Apr 2025
15639 (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 24 March 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon Simon Watts: I received the following briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice from the Department of Internal Affairs during the week beginning 24 March 2025:
• Meeting with the Auditor-General on 26 March 2025, 24 March 2025;
• Meeting with Minister Costello, rates rebate scheme for SuperGold Card holders, 24 March 2024;
• Aide Memoire: Meeting with Water New Zealand on 1 April 2025, 25 March 2025;
• Aide Memoire: Meeting with Mayor Tory Whanau, Mayor of Wellington on 27 March 2025, 25 March 2025;
• Aide Memoire to support the Regional Deals Joint Ministerial Meeting, 25 March 2025;
• Approval to release the updated Cabinet Legislation Committee paper and Cabinet material relating to the Rates Rebates Order 2025/26, 26 March 2025;
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• KiwiSaver contributions for local government members, 26 March 2025;
• Local Government Status Report WE 27 March 2025, 27 March 2025;
• Introduction to Animal Management, 27 March 2025;
• Meeting with Hon Paul Goldsmith, Minister of Justice and Hon Mark Mitchell, Minister of Police, 27 March 2025;
• Meeting with LGNZ, 28 March 2025;
• Assessing the benefits of sharing revenue generated from mineral royalties through regional deals, 28 March 2025;
• Meeting with New Zealand Initiative on 1 April 2025, 28 March 2025.
• Resilient Westport March Update, 28 March 2025;
• Updated Capacity constraints on Watercare's network – Hibiscus Coast, 28 March 2025.