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What specific services, if any, did consultants or consulting firms provide the New Zealand Qualifications Authority during the 2025 calendar year?

Answered Question 349 (2026)
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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What specific services, if any, did consultants or consulting firms provide the New Zealand Qualifications Authority during the 2025 calendar year?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

During the 2025 calendar year, consultants provided the following specific services to NZQA: risk and assurance services, IT related resources for systems support, security and other outsourced services, which involve specialist expertise that is not held by NZQA’s permanent workforce.