29698 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Written Question

Published date: 24 Jun 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	29698 (2025)
Question asked:	09 Jun 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister replying:	Rt Hon Winston Peters
Answer received:	17 Jun 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_29698_2025
Document guid:	be3fdfc5-e284-4b39-be38-ce881a8f4acc

29698 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: How many graduate positions, if any, were there in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, as of 1 June 2023?

Rt Hon Winston Peters: I am advised that as of 1 June 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade had 29 staff in graduate entry positions as foreign policy officers from the February 2023 Early in Careers programme intake. Antarctica New Zealand and the Asia New Zealand Foundation both do not have any graduate positions as of 1 June 2023.