46359 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for the Environment

46359 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for the Environment: Further to WPQ 42441 (2025), what advice, if any, did the Minister receive on whether the higher board fees for the EPA or Te Awamutu inquiry required reductions in other areas of environmental expenditure?

Hon Penny Simmonds: No advice has been provided as there have been no reductions to other areas of environmental expenditure as all fee increases were absorbed into baseline funding.