24684 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister for Children

Written Question

Published date: 06 Jun 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	24684 (2025)
Question asked:	22 May 2025
Member asking:	Hon Barbara Edmonds
Portfolio:	Minister for Children
Minister replying:	Hon Karen Chhour
Answer received:	02 Jun 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_24684_2025
Document guid:	737b31c1-5fe2-4403-819c-d42a1d8fd3b8

24684 (2025). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister for Children: What advice, memos, briefings, aide-mémoire, or any other documents, if any, has the Minister received regarding cost-pressures at their responsible agencies, if any, since 1 November 2024, by title and date?

Hon Karen Chhour: I have received the following advice regarding cost pressures at Oranga Tamariki since 1 November 2024: • Children’s portfolio initiatives for Budget 2025 (ref B-0412, received 17 December 2025) • Out-of-Cycle funding request to continue to fund external providers for the provision of care services, services for children, and prevention and early support services (ref B-0494, received 4 March 2025) • Meeting with the Minister of Finance – Budget 25 Multilateral (ref B-0479, received 10 March 2025)