20204 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Written Question
Published date: 16 May 2025
20204 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: How much, if anything, did the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on flights in 2024, broken down into international and domestic flights?
Rt Hon Winston Peters: For spending on travel costs relating to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, I direct the Member to questions 95 and 97 of the answers to standard questions in the Annual Review 2023/24, available on the Parliament website: https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCFADT_EVI_b6328bb6-20a3-4752-6501-08dcfd0f043f_FADT1009/0430abfe26644853e9c0767a00521183293685d3 Spending on flight costs relating to Antarctica New Zealand is set out below. Domestic: - Financial Year 2023/24 $118,878.00; - Financial Year 2022/23 $84,228.00; - Financial Year 2021/22 $20,590.00; - Financial Year 2020/21 $111,805.00; - Financial Year 2019/20 $84.312.00. International: - Financial Year 2023/24 $167.177.00 - Financial Year 2022/23 $194,075.00 - Financial Year 2021/22 $64,927.00 - Financial Year 2020/21 $4,647.00 - Financial Year 2019/20 $94,870.00 Spending on flight costs relating to the Asia New Zealand Foundation is set out below. - Financial Year 2023/24 $556,901.24 - Financial Year 2022/23 $434,226.43 - Financial Year 2021/22 $109,360.53 - Financial Year 2020/21 $42,526.31 - Financial Year 2019/20 $216,264.76