[xor]

DAVID SEYMOUR: Is the Prime Minister aware that four people related to just one Cabinet Minister Nanaia Mahuta have been appointed to Government working groups or governance roles since 2017 in areas for which for which that Minister had Ministerial responsibility; and if so, is she comfortable that such appointments fit with the Cabinet Manual’s guidance that “appearances and propriety can be as important as actual conflicts of interest.”?

GRANT ROBERTSON: Aspects of the member’s question are inaccurate and I reject the premise of them. With respect to Ms Mahuta, she is scrupulous in the way that she adheres to the Cabinet Manual.