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What criteria, if any, will Cabinet apply when deciding by the end of September 2026 which Head Start proposals progress to detailed design, and will those criteria be published before that decision is made?

Answered Question 35794 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What criteria, if any, will Cabinet apply when deciding by the end of September 2026 which Head Start proposals progress to detailed design, and will those criteria be published before that decision is made?

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Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister of Local Government

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The Government is currently considering these proposals. I do not intend to provide any additional information beyond what is said in the press release. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-consider-headstart-proposals