25318 (2026). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Racing

Written Question

Published date: 16 Jun 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	25318 (2026)
Question asked:	02 Jun 2026
Member asking:	Camilla Belich
Portfolio:	Minister for Racing
Minister replying:	Rt Hon Winston Peters
Answer received:	10 Jun 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_25318_2026
Document guid:	fc57aafc-9148-4c2a-9a8e-d105214787d0

25318 (2026). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Racing: Has any staff member in the Minister’s office used a private email account to send or receive official information since the Government took office; if so, on how many occasions since 27 November 2023?

Rt Hon Winston Peters: The deliberate use of a personal email account to conduct work activities as an alternate to using the work email provided to staff is not permitted. However, from time to time there are justifiable reasons for a private email to be used – for example an inability to print from their parliamentary email address while travelling or sending a copy of a press release to their private email to copy and paste to media via messaging because they are unable to copy and paste from Outlook.