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Government Response to the Petitions Committee on Petition of Shary Bakker: Reinstate the Whaikaha Purchasing Guidelines for Individuals from March 1, 2024

11 June 2025.

This paper responds to the petition presented by Shary Bakker requesting changes made to the Disability Support Services system on March 18 2024, be reversed.

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Cabinet paper – Government Response to the Petitions Committee on Petition of Shary Bakker: Reinstate the Whaikaha Purchasing Guidelines for Individuals from March 1, 2024 (PDF 91.37KB)
Appendix 1 – Government response to the Petition of Shary Bakker (PDF 1.65MB)
Cabinet Legislation Committee Minute LEG-25-MIN-0068 (PDF 112.39KB)

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Coversheet (Word 56.69KB)
Cabinet paper – Government Response to the Petitions Committee on Petition of Shary Bakker: Reinstate the Whaikaha Purchasing Guidelines for Individuals from March 1, 2024 (Word 25.48KB)
Appendix 1 – Government response to the Petition of Shary Bakker (Word 26.38KB)
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