What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 17 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answer

I refer the Member to the list below of the advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents, my office or I received during the week beginning 17 August 2026. New Zealand Qualifications Authority 17 August 2026 - NZQA's advice on the quality assurance of WITT, Whitireia & Weltec and NorthTec. 19 August 2026 - Rapid Response: Investigation sampling metrics 20 August 2026 - NZQA Fortnightly Report to the Minister for Tertiary Education dated 19 August 2026 Tertiary Education Commission 19 August 2026 - Further Information on Veterinary Science Delivery. 20 August 2026 - Ministerial Priorities Report Ministry of Education 17 August 2026 - Initial advice to support consideration of remaining polytechnics as federation members 17-August 2026 - Media Request – Aviation Student Loans 17 August 2026 - Supporting information ahead of the Vote Tertiary Education Estimates Debate 18 August 2026 - ARWU World Rankings 18 August 2026 - Managing Pressures in Tertiary Education – Cabinet Paper for Lodging 20 August 2026 - Draft agenda and papers for August University Strategy Group meeting 20 August 2026 - Tertiary Education Weekly Update 20 August 2026 Some titles have been withheld as they are sensitive in nature and are not in the public interest to release at this time. This answer does not cover members of my office who receive a large amount of material every week. Asking them to collate that material would require substantial collation and research and prevent them from undertaking their substantive roles.