39806 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister

39806 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister: What advice, reports, briefings, aide-memoires, risk-registers, or any other documents, if any, has the Prime Minister or any member of their Office received during the week of 1 July 2024, by title and date?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: As Prime Minister, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on a range of matters. In my capacity as the Prime Minister, I received the following documents from officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) between 1 July – 5 July 2024: • Prime Minister’s Weekly, 3 July 2024 • Conflicts of interest quarterly report April – June 2024, 5 July 2024 • Proposal to update the New Zealand Fire Brigades’ Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, 5 July 2024. I also received nine documents between 1 July – 5 July 2024, however, it is not in the public interest to release the title of these documents. In addition, jointly with the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery I have received the following documents: • North Island Weather Events: Progress update on categorisation and buy-outs, sediment and debris, 4 July 2024 • Prime Minister’s Visit to Wairoa, 5 July 2024. I have received briefings from the Policy Advisory Group, a business unit of DPMC, during the requested timeframe however I am not releasing the titles of these briefings. Furthermore, staff in my office may informally receive documents, including draft documents, from my officials in DPMC and from other agencies, and from Ministers’ offices. This information is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the time frame.