63006 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister

63006 (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 23 September 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. I received the following documents for the Prime Minister portfolio from my officials in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) between 23-27 September 2024: • Paper for ECO: Strengthening national and regional emergency management to improve New Zealand’s disaster resilience, 23 September 2024 • Prime Minister’s Weekly Brief, 26 September 2024 • Quarterly Plan Q3 – Closeout Notes, 27 September 2024. I have received two documents within the specified timeframe. 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 received from the Cyclone Recovery Unit the following document on 26 September 2024: North Island Weather Events: Monthly Progress Update on Categorisation, Buyouts, Infrastructure and Local Transport Projects. I have also received briefings from the Policy Advisory Group, a business unit of DPMC, during the requested timeframe, however I am not releasing the titles of these briefings. Finally, 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.