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  What correspondence, if any, has the Associate Minister and/or his Office had with the Minister of Education and/or her Office regarding the role of the Director of Regulation responsible to "build regulatory awareness and capability, and…

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or her Office received regarding the impact to seniors of any social housing rent increases as a result of a council rates cap;…

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or his Office received regarding social housing rent increases as a result of a council rates cap; listed by date, title, and…

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or his Office received regarding social housing rent increases as a result of a council rates cap; listed by date, title, and…

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  How much, if any, of the more than $700k recovered from overdue court fines has been returned to victims?

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  How many, if any, people over the age of 65 are currently living in public/social housing?

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or her Office received regarding social housing rent increases as a result of a council rates cap; listed by date, title, and…

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  In response to Reply 3564 (2026), what is the timeframe, if any, that the draft Year 11-13 curriculum subjects are being developed to; listed by when the draft is expected to be developed, when consultation is expected to open, and when…

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  In response to Reply 3564 (2026), when, if ever, will the draft Year 11-13 curriculum subjects be released for consultation?

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  In response to Reply 3564 (2026), is there any mention of sustainability in any of the draft Year 11-13 curriculum subjects?

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  How many, if any, state, state-integrated and charter schools are signed up to the Risk Management Scheme through the Ministry of Education as at 26 February 2026?

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  In response to Reply 1401 (2026), how many, if any, schools have reported weather-related damages to school property from 1 January 2026 - 26 February 2026?

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  On what date, if any, did the Minister and/or her Office make initial contact with Debbie Francis regarding the possibility of her being a board member on the Teaching Council?

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  When, if ever, had the appointment process begun for Debbie Francis as a Board member for the Teaching Council?

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  When, if ever, was the decision made to appoint Debbie Francis as a Board member on the Teaching Council?

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  What, if anything, is the appointment process to a Board position on the Teaching Council?

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or his Office received from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Immigration, and/or Cabinet regarding whether or not…

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or his Office sent to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Immigration, and/or Cabinet regarding whether or not to…

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  Do schools and/or the Ministry of Education need to pay insurance excess through the Risk Management Scheme; if so, who pays the excess and how much is the excess?

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Matching question numbers: 5650 (2026), 5651 (2026), 5652 (2026), 5653 (2026)

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  How many, if any, claims have been made by schools for weather-related damages through the Risk Management Scheme since 1 January, 2026?

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  How many, if any, successful claims have been made by schools for weather-related damages through the Risk Management Scheme since 1 January, 2026?

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  How many, if any, claims have schools made through the Risk management Scheme in 2025?

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  How many, if any, successful claims have schools made through the Risk management Scheme in 2025?

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  When, if ever, was the decision made to not extend the provisions of the visas to family members as set out in the New Zealand-India Free trade Agreement?

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  How many, if any, non-enrolled students aged 6 to 16 are there as at February 2026, and of those students, how many, if any, have had their non-enrolled status for 12 months or more?

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  How, if at all, were Treasury's concerns that the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) "need to have a more robust change management plan, clear data privacy and ownership policies, confirmation that the delivery…

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  Did the Minister receive feedback from the Minister of Finance to "using existing standardised assessment tools, including making amendments where necessary, to meet the 2026 mandate (in advance of the new tool being available), or…

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  Was the Government Communications Security Bureau involved in the development, procurement, privacy assessment, and/or hosting arrangements for Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool (SMART); if not, why not?

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  Was the Department of Internal Affairs' Digital Services and Digital Safety teams involved in the development, procurement, privacy assessment, and/or hosting arrangements for Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool (SMART); if…

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  What adjustments, if any, have been made to the funding rate for internal and iwi/hapū providers of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme for 2026?

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or her Office received regarding the removal of a commitment to actively promote diversity in the Judiciary Appointments Protocol;…

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Matching question numbers: 3560 (2026), 3561 (2026)

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  What is the status of any considerations given to staffing-based support for structured literacy in Māori Medium for 2026, and is this expected to be on par with the support English Medium structured literacy receives; if not, why not?

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  Will any structured literacy staffing be provided for Māori Medium in 2026; if so, how?

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  What resourcing model, if any, is being developed/has been developed for Māori Medium structured literacy support?

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  Are kura expected to fund support for structured literacy for Māori medium ākonga from their operational grants?

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  Does the Minister stand by her statement, in relation to claims that the Ministry had missed their delivery date for new Maths resources, that "the PPTA had a meeting with my Ministry officials last week and were informed that the maths…

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  How, if at all, is the Crown honouring its commitments under Te Tiriti o Waitangi in relation to structured literacy support funding?

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  Do Māori Medium students receive the same level of government funded structured literacy support as a student in English Medium would; if not, why not?

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  Why is there no mention of sustainability in the draft Years 11-13 curriculum in any other subject except for Pacific Studies?

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  What “long-standing concerns”, if any, did the Minister and/or her Office receive related to data privacy from standardised testing, and how, if at all, is the Government addressing these concerns with the new report framework?

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  What “expert advice”, if any, did the Minister and/or her Office receive related to data privacy from standardised testing, and how, if at all, has this been implemented?

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or her Office received regarding the cancellation of Gloriavale School's registration as a private school; listed by date, title,…

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  Has the US government contacted the NZ government regarding the World Trade Organisation since November 2025; if so, what was the content of the contact made?

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  Has the US government contacted the NZ government regarding the World Trade Organisation since November 2025; if so, what was the content of the contact made?

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or his Office received regarding the World Trade Organisation since November 2025; listed by date, title, and agency received?

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  What reports, briefings, emails, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice, if any, has the Minister and/or his Office received regarding the World Trade Organisation since November 2025; listed by date, title, and agency received?

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  How many schools, if any, have reported that damages to school property and/or buildings, as a result of the recent extreme weather events, if any, would result in their difficulty to open for instruction for Term 1, 2026?

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  How many schools, if any, have reported damages to school buildings and/or property as a result of recent extreme weather?

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  What, if anything, is covered by the Ministry of Education's Risk Management Scheme for state, state-integrated and charter schools?

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  How many, if any, state, state-integrated and charter schools withdrew from the Ministry of Education's Risk Management Scheme during 2025?

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  How many, if any, state, state-integrated and charter schools have joined the Risk Management Scheme through the Ministry of Education?

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  How many, if any, state, state-integrated and charter schools are privately insured?

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  What, if anything, happened to the 246 aged under 16 students who were excluded and had not returned to schooling as reported in the 2025 Education Indicator: Stand-downs, suspensions, exclusions and expulsions Report?