37004 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs

Written Question

Published date: 11 Aug 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	37004 (2025)
Question asked:	29 Jul 2025
Member asking:	Lemauga Lydia Sosene
Portfolio:	Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister replying:	Hon Brooke van Velden
Answer received:	05 Aug 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_37004_2025
Document guid:	e2360ccb-decf-415e-9dec-9ead46217683

37004 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What advice, reports, briefings, memos, or any other documents, if any, has she received regarding re-designing New Zealand passports, by title and date?

Hon Brooke van Velden: As the Minister of Internal Affairs, I received the following advice, briefings, memos, and any other documents from the Department of Internal Affairs regarding the security upgrade and redesign of the New Zealand Passport: • Briefing: New Zealand Passport Security Upgrade (19 June 2024); • Internal Affairs Status Report WE 20 March 2025 entry: New Zealand Passport Security Upgrade (20 March 2025); and • Aide memoire: New Zealand Passport Security Upgrade (2 May 2025).