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When did the Teaching Council request that the Minister provide the Teaching Council with "enhanced powers" and who made the request?

Answered Question 4957 (2026)
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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  • When did the Teaching Council request that the Minister provide the Teaching Council with "enhanced powers" and who made the request?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

The Teaching Council (the Council) did not formally request enhanced powers. They mentioned constrainted that they had monitoring ITE providers. Analysis by the Ministry of Education related to the enhanced quality assurance powers of the Council is contained within the regulatory impact analysis on the proposals, available here: https://web-assets.education.govt.nz/s3fs-public/2025-11/RIS%20Changes%20to%20the%20teacher%20workforce%20regulation%20model.pdf?VersionId=oEImbpXkFw76yp7vqPA2V3.CSvf2znti