51672 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Ethnic Communities

51672 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Ethnic Communities: What is the total floor area and annual cost of all office space currently leased or owned by each agency for which the Minister is responsible, and what proportion of that space is currently occupied by staff?

Hon Mark Mitchell: The Ministry for Ethnic Communities (the Ministry) operates out of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. I am advised that the Ministry co-locates with the Department of Internal Affairs in Auckland. The Ministry is unable to specify the meterage for this shared space, or the space occupied by staff. The cost associated with this space is $134,396. The Ministry leases 156.87 square meters of an office building in Christchurch at an annual cost in 2024/25 of $63,047 per annum. 90.02m2 of this space is occupied by staff. The Ministry has a license to share space leased by Land Information New Zealand at 155 the Terrace and pays $267,558 per annum as a licence to occupy. The Ministry is unable to specify how much of the space is occupied by staff.