What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

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 31 August 2026. Tertiary Education Commission 1 September 2026 - Fortnightly Minister Priorities Report Ministry of Education 1 September 2026 - Homestay Critical Incident Agency Report 2 September 2026 - Student Loan Quarterly Report for April to June 2026 3 September 2026 - TEWU 3 September 2026 3 September 2026 - International PhD Funding Review – Seeking Final Decision on Transition Settings 3 September 2026 - Information on the Student Loan Scheme 4 September 2026 - VET system changes – early data on learner impacts and next steps New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2 September 2026 - NZQA’s Fortnightly Report to Minister Simmonds dated 2 September 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.