75400 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Climate Change

Written Question

Published date: 02 Dec 2024

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	75400 (2024)
Question asked:	18 Nov 2024
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister of Climate Change
Minister replying:	Hon Simon Watts
Answer received:	26 Nov 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_75400_2024
Document guid:	8017a89d-5e83-457b-bf5c-16221d904def

75400 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Climate Change: What guidance, if any, has the Minister's departments, if any, given staff regarding attendance at Hikoi mō te Tiriti on 19 November 2024?

Hon Simon Watts: I am advised that staff at the Ministry for the Environment were notified that, "it is important to note that expressing political views are unlikely to breach neutrality obligations expected of public servants, provided that they do so in their own time, and do not identify their opinions with, or as though they are, the opinion of the Ministry".