27541 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government

27541 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government: 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?

Hon Simon Watts: As the Minister of Local Government, I received the following aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes and reports from the Department of Internal Affairs during the week beginning 19 May 2025: • Proactive release of Cabinet paper Second tranche of policy decisions for Local Government System Improvements (19 May 2025); • Advice on the formation of the Independent Reference Group on Rates Capping (21 May 2025); • 2025/26 Examination of Estimates: Final responses to Standard Estimates Questionnaire (21 May 2025); • Local Government Status Report WE 21 May 2025 (21 May 2025); • Draft Cabinet paper for consultation – Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill: Approval for Introduction (21 May 2025); • Approval to begin Ministerial Consultation for CRDs (22 May 2025); • [title withheld] (22 May 2025); • Water Services Delivery Plan review and acceptance process (22 May 2025); and • [title withheld] (23 May 2025).