27536 (2025). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Minister for National Security and Intelligence

Written Question
Published date: 07 Jul 2025
27536 (2025). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Minister for National Security and Intelligence: What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 19 May 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: Corrected reply: As Minister for National Security and Intelligence, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on a range of matters. In my capacity as the Minister for National Security and Intelligence, I received the following document from 19-25 May 2025 from my officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC): Fortnightly report – National Security Group, 21 May 2025. In addition, I received three documents within the specified timeframe however, it is not in the public interest to release the titles of these documents. Furthermore, staff in my office may informally receive documents, including draft documents, from my officials in DPMC and from other agencies, and from Ministers’ offices. This information is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the time frame.