34820 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Trade and Investment

34820 (2026). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Trade and Investment: How much, if any, has been spent in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on consultants who advise on public sector reform management or similar, since 27 November 2023?

Hon Todd McClay: For Invest New Zealand, none. For New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), none. Note, NZTE was involved in the establishment and incubation of InvestNZ which was stood up from 1 July 2025. Costs associated with this were covered from baseline funding and no external consultants were utilised. (note: some short term contractors were used for legal and HR advice) For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, I refer the Member to the Minister of Foreign Affairs response to WPQ 34753 [2026].