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How much money was reprioritised into Vote Tertiary Education from the cessation of final-year Fees Free, in New Zealand Dollars?

Answered Question 29521 (2026)
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Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • How much money was reprioritised into Vote Tertiary Education from the cessation of final-year Fees Free, in New Zealand Dollars?

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

Answer

$86.908 million of the savings from ending the final-year Fees Free was reprioritised into Vote Tertiary Education.