49295 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology

Written Question

Published date: 23 Oct 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	49295 (2025)
Question asked:	09 Oct 2025
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology
Minister replying:	Hon Dr Shane Reti
Answer received:	19 Oct 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_49295_2025
Document guid:	50104031-3bcc-4366-99e2-124704521125

49295 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology: How many contractors, if any, were there in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, as of 1 January 2025?

Hon Dr Shane Reti: As Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, I have no responsibility for any government departments. With regard to agencies, Crown entities and any other bodies under the Science, Innovation and Technology portfolio, I am advised that entities had the following number of contractors: Callaghan Innovation – 26 Bioeconomy Science Institute – 157 Public Health and Forensic Science – 20 REANNZ – 1 Earth Sciences New Zealand – 21