33122 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality

33122 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality: How many deputy chief executive or equivalent roles, if any, are in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what is the total number of employees in these departments, agencies, crown entities or any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for?

Hon Louise Upston: As Minister for Tourism and Hospitality, I have no responsibility for any government departments or ministries. With regard to Crown entities under the Tourism and Hospitality portfolio, I am advised that Tourism New Zealand (including Tourism New Zealand's subsidiary company Qualmark) has eight General Manager positions and three Regional Director roles with a total of 163 staff (this number includes the one General Manager role and 11 staff at Qualmark).