37829 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Local Government

37829 (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 28 July 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 28 July 2025: • Final Report of Wellington City Council Crown Observer (28 July 2025); • Options for elected members’ access to information, (30 July 2025); • Going for Housing Growth: Infrastructure Funding Settings – Briefing 9: Supplementary decisions for drafting instructions (30 July 2025); • Minister meeting with Mayor Wayne Brown 5 August 2025 (30 July 2025); • Increasing local government Infrastructure delivery, CRDs LG-CG Partnerships, Infrastructure investment (31 July 2025); • 2025 Legislation Programme: Update on Local Government Bills; (31 July 2025); • City and Regional Deals: Update ahead of negotiations (31 July 2025); • Local Government Status Report WE 31 July 2025 (31 July 2025); • Bylaws issues and options paper (31 July 2025); And, As the Minister of Local Government, I received the following aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes and reports from the Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai, during the week beginning 28 July 2025: • Aide memoire – Meeting points for Tūwharetoa Accord Ministerial Forum (28 July 2025)