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What estimate, if any, does he have of the total cost incurred by councils in preparing Head Start proposals between May and August 2026, including consultants, legal advice, external analysis and staff time, and how are those costs being met?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What estimate, if any, does he have of the total cost incurred by councils in preparing Head Start proposals between May and August 2026, including consultants, legal advice, external analysis and staff time, and how are those costs being met?

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Hon Simon Watts

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

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I do not have an estimate of the costs councils incurred while preparing their Head Start proposals. Head Start proposals should outline a high-level design for a future unitary authority, and councils were not expected to need to engage consultants to prepare an outline proposal.