53467 (2024). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery

53467 (2024). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery: 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?

Hon Mark Mitchell: As the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, I regularly request and receive advice from officials on matters relating to my Emergency Management and Recovery portfolio. I received the following documents from officials in the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Chief Executive, Cyclone Recovery between 19-23 August 2024: • Visit to MetService National Forecast Centre – 19 August 2024 • Minister’s attendance at NEMA Day – 19 August 2024 • Meeting with the Telecommunications Forum – 19 August 2024 • Ministerial Approval of Category 2 Risk Mitigation Projects under the 2023 North Island Weather Events Crown Funding Agreements for Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti – 19 August 2024 • North Island Weather Events Crown Funding Agreement for Tauranga City – 22 August 2024 • Ministerial Bilateral with Canada – 23 August 2024 • Fortnightly Status Report to the Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery – 23 August 2024 • Draft Cabinet Paper: Strengthening New Zealand’s Disaster Resilience and Emergency Management – 23 August 2024. I also received jointly with the Prime Minister the following document: North Island Weather Events: Progress Update on Categorisation, Buyouts, and Sediment Removal – 23 August 2024. I received one document on 21 August 2024, however, it is not in the public interest to release the title. Staff in my office may informally receive documents, including draft documents, from officials in NEMA and 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.