20598 (2026). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister for Energy

Written Question

Published date: 15 Jun 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	20598 (2026)
Question asked:	27 May 2026
Member asking:	Hon Dr Megan Woods
Portfolio:	Minister for Energy
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	08 Jun 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_20598_2026
Document guid:	ea0cbb80-4f4d-4358-9878-6ed66ca22d19

20598 (2026). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister for Energy: What meetings, communications, or correspondence have Ministers or officials had with New Zealand Aluminium Smelter, Rio Tinto, Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, or Mercury NZ regarding the 20‑year contracts since 1 January 2024, if any?

Hon Simeon Brown: My Ministerial diary is proactively released on the Beehive website every month. You can access it here: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/hon-simeon-brown. Correspondence I have received or sent is not categorised by topic. Accordingly, the information requested is not available in an easily reportable format. It would not be a good use of taxpayer-funded staff’s time to collate and organise by topic a list of all correspondence. It would not be in the public interest to do so.