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Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with local electorate Members of Parliament for the electorates that contain each of the schools that have upgraded or changed their drinking water supplies due to nitrate levels exceeding the drinking water limit? and 4 other questions

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Questions

  • 38528

    Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with local electorate Members of Parliament for the electorates that contain each of the schools that have upgraded or changed their drinking water supplies due to nitrate levels exceeding the drinking water limit?

  • 38531

    Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with the Minister for RMA Reform about planning law reform and its interaction with the protection of drinking water sources that supply school drinking water supplies?

  • 38534

    Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with the Minister for Local Government (given his oversight of Taumata Arowai as the drinking water regulator), about elevated nitrate levels in drinking water sources affecting school drinking water supplies?

  • 38540

    Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with the Minister for the Environment about elevated nitrate levels in drinking water sources affecting school drinking water supplies?

  • 38543

    Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with the Minister of Health about elevated nitrate levels in drinking water sources affecting school drinking water supplies?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

None. I am advised that working with schools on drinking water supplies is an operational matter for the Ministry of Education. This is also my answer to Written Parliamentary Questions 38531, 38534, 38540, 38543 (2026).