42164 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

Written Question

Published date: 11 Sep 2025

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	42164 (2025)
Question asked:	26 Aug 2025
Member asking:	Lemauga Lydia Sosene
Portfolio:	Minister for Social Development and Employment
Minister replying:	Hon Louise Upston
Answer received:	07 Sep 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_42164_2025
Document guid:	e9877479-ff6a-4323-b7a7-7e4873e1a042

42164 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: How many, if any, Koru memberships have been purchased by each department or entity that the Minister is responsible for from 27 November 2023 to August 2024; and for what purpose?

Hon Louise Upston: I am advised that the Ministry of Social Development (The Ministry) provides Koru club memberships to Ministry employees who are required to travel for business purposes on a frequent basis, to enable them to continue their working day while travelling. For information about the number of Ministry staff with Koru club memberships paid for by MSD, please refer to question 76 of the 2025/26 Estimates Examination of Vote Social Development. parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCSSC_EVI_133cfa99-f011-4cf7-cdcd-08dd9cbad1c0_SSC20954/c3372d45f59d05e2a9027ec392a81070bb6fd20f