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What proportion, if any, of the planned investment in infrastructure for the proposed University of Waikato medical school is already funded, and from which funding sources?

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What proportion, if any, of the planned investment in infrastructure for the proposed University of Waikato medical school is already funded, and from which funding sources?

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Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

Answer

The Government has approved $82.85 million to support the establishment of the New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine, with the University of Waikato responsible for funding the remainder (approximately $152 million). Payment of the Government’s contribution is by instalments in accordance with a funding agreement between the Ministry of Health and the University of Waikato. The specifics of this agreement are commercially sensitive.