42276 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Economic Growth

42276 (2025). Lemauga Lydia Sosene to the Minister for Economic Growth: 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 Nicola Willis: With regard to the 23/24 financial year, I am advised this information can be found in MBIE’s response to written questions for their Annual Review, available on the parliament website: www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCEDSI_EVI_f4510240-6257-4e7c-82e9-08dcfdfb16c3_EDSI7900/f1bb4d3f693cba237d56ff779a6c76e26dae26e4, and that information for the 24/25 financial year will be available in the upcoming 24/25 Annual Review responses. I am also advised that information for the period 1 July – 31 July 2025 83 international flights were paid for, a further breakdown can be found in the attached table. Please note: • The data being provided for MBIE shows the number of sectors travelled by destination country but does not break these destinations down to the level of individual journeys. • The data does not include deportation and repatriation flights. • MBIE is unable to provide information about the purpose of flights in the timeframe provided for responding to Parliamentary Questions NZ Growth Capital Partners With regard to NZ Growth Capital Partners, I am advised that this information can be found in the attached table.