49403 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Finance

Written Question

Published date: 23 Oct 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	49403 (2025)
Question asked:	09 Oct 2025
Member asking:	Teanau Tuiono
Portfolio:	Minister of Finance
Minister replying:	Hon Nicola Willis
Answer received:	19 Oct 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_49403_2025
Document guid:	44203c17-7338-431a-be28-0739f1e40c4c

49403 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister of Finance: What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received or sent, if any, about the $6m payment to Samoa over the grounding of HMNZS Manawanui , by title and date?

Hon Nicola Willis: Alongside relevant Ministers, I received advice on this issue in April 2025. Relevant details of the decision have been publicly released in the statement from the Minister of Foreign Affairs dated 06 October 2025. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/payment-samoan-government-re-hmnzs-manawanui