41842 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Regulation

Written Question
Published date: 09 Sep 2025
41842 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Regulation: How many international flights in total, if any, counting each leg of a journey as an individual flight, has each department or entity that the Minister is responsible for paid for in the period from November 27th 2023 to August 1st 2025; and what was the total cost broken down by month, destination, cabin class and the purpose of the flight?
Hon David Seymour: Officials advise that since its establishment on 1 March 2024, the Ministry for Regulation has purchased one international return flight between Wellington and Melbourne in December 2024. The flight was in economy class and cost $1,055.24. The purpose of the travel was recruitment.