53026 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister

53026 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister: What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 19 August 2024, listed by agency, title and date received?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: As Prime Minister, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on a range of matters. In my capacity as the Prime Minister, I received the following documents from 19 August – 23 August 2024 from my officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC): • DPMC Officials Meeting on Government Targets, 19 August 2024 • 2024 Annual Review of Ministers’ interests and timeline for future reviews, 20 August 2024 • APH: Checklist for appointments, 23 August 2024. I also received 14 documents within the specified timeframe. However, it is not in the public interest to release the titles of these documents. In addition, jointly with the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, I have received the following document: • North Island Weather Events: Progress Update on Categorisation, Buyouts, and Sediment Removal, 23 August 2024 I have received briefings from the Policy Advisory Group, a business unit of DPMC, during the specified timeframe however I am not releasing the titles of these briefings. Furthermore, staff in my office may informally receive documents, including draft documents, from my officials in DPMC and from other agencies, and from Ministers’ offices. This information is not held in a format that can be easily extracted within the time frame.