43489 (2025). Celia Wade-Brown to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality

Written Question
Published date: 14 Sep 2025
43489 (2025). Celia Wade-Brown to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality: What advice, reports, briefings, aides-memoire, or any other documents, if any, has the Minister or any member of their Office received on a bed tax for the ability to levy tourist nights in the city to fund major events and promotions, by title and date?
Hon Louise Upston: In my capacity as Minister for Tourism and Hospitality, I regularly request and receive advice on a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, a list of reports received by my office from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and is regularly published on the MBIE website. The lists of titles published are available here: https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/open-government-and-official-information/release-of-information/lists-of-ministerial-documents-by-portfolio/tourism-and-hospitality