Written questions

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses reclassified as a provisional license by the Ministry of Education during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, written directions have been issued by the Ministry of Education towards an Early Childhood Education centre during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres have gone into liquidation since November 2023; broken down by month?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres have gone into liquidation since November 2023?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of September 14th 2026; broken down by region?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of September 14th 2026; broken down by region?

Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

• What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, official complaints were made relating to meals provided to schools during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many lunches that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of September 14th 2026; if any, what were the findings of the investigation?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during this year to date?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during this year to date?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the current year to date?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the current school year to date?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of 14th September 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of September 14th 2026?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Who in the Minister’s office was the senior official referring to when she said that the Minister’s “new chief adviser is highly political, is really aware of the coalition, is really aware, and if anything was going to be picked up, he…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• When the senior official, telling staff not to put certain information in writing, said “you will notice I will just use passive verbs and just say this, so as far as anyone is concerned it is just some feedback from me” did she mean that…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• When the senior official, telling staff not to put certain information in writing, said “what we do not need is anything in response in writing that shows that this stuff has gone backwards and forwards between them and us”, what,…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Which staff from her office, by job title, were involved in what the senior official, telling staff not to put certain information in writing, referred to as “stuff” that had “gone backwards and forwards between them and us” ?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• How much material, if quantifiable, was not put in writing because of a senior official telling staff not to put certain information in writing?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Was a Ministry official telling staff not to put certain information in writing done under instruction from anyone from the Minister’s office; if not, will she proactively release all communications between members of her office and the…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Does she agree with the senior official who said that it would preferable that it not be widely known that curriculum material had “gone backwards and forwards” with her office; and, if not, what has given rise to this understanding at the…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Was a Ministry official telling staff not to put certain information in writing done under instruction from anyone from the Minister’s office; if not, can she provide evidence of this?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• Was a Ministry official telling staff not to put certain information in writing done under instruction from anyone from the Minister’s office; either directly or indirectly?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• When will the Ministry of Education's internal review into whether a senior official telling staff not to put certain information in writing “is an isolated incidence” be completed; and will the internal review examine whether Ministry…

Asked by

Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

• What planning, procurement and due diligence was undertaken before the original Opawa Primary School playground project commenced; have those processes been independently reviewed?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• When will the Ministry of Education's internal review into whether a senior official telling staff not to put certain information in writing “is an isolated incidence” be completed; and when will the findings be released?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

• When will the Ministry of Education's internal review into whether a senior official telling staff not to put certain information in writing “is an isolated incidence” be completed?

Asked by

Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

• What is the total total expenditure associated with the playground project at Opawa Primary School, including design, construction, consultants, remediation, legal costs, fencing and replacement works, what is the final total cost expected…

Asked by

Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

• What assistance is the ministry of education providing (if any) to the Opawa Primary School to resolve the matter of the playground that has not opened; what assistance is it planning to provide?

Asked by

Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

• When will the playground at Opawa Primary School be open for children to play on?

Asked by

Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

• Why has the newly constructed slide at Opawa Primary School remained unusable for three school terms; what is required to have it assessed and opened immediately?

Asked by

Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• What is the expected, or actual, hiring timeline for the 25 nurses at North Shore Emergency Department?

Asked by

Shanan Halbert

List MP · Labour Party

• How many of the 25 nurses at North Shore Hospital's emergency department have been hired?

Asked by

Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

• When, if at all, will 2026 ministerial briefings from the Crown Response Office be proactively released?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to address limitations in New Zealand data on leave entitlements and leave use, including limitations affecting the assessment of financial impacts from the Employment Leave Act 2026?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to collate and analyse New Zealand data on the amount of leave used by employees each year?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to collate and analyse New Zealand data on the number of employers who provide leave entitlements above the statutory minimum?

Asked by

Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

• What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to collate and analyse New Zealand data on the number of employers who provide only the statutory minimum leave entitlements?

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the Minister's answer to Written Parliamentary Question 39605 (2026), has Health New Zealand determined a fee schedule or maximum patient charge for urgent or after-hours healthcare services at the new Rangiora facility; if so,…

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the Minister's answer to Written Parliamentary Question 39605 (2026), what decisions remain outstanding before Health New Zealand can determine whether urgent and after-hours healthcare services at the new Rangiora facility will…

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the Minister's answer to Written Parliamentary Question 39605 (2026), has Health New Zealand made a decision on whether Rangiora will be included in the Urgent and After-Hours Healthcare Programme; if so, what is that decision?

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the Minister's answer to Written Parliamentary Question 39606 (2026), has Health New Zealand completed, commissioned, or received any assessment of demand, patient flows, or population growth relating to urgent and after-hours…

Asked by

Dan Rosewarne

List MP · Labour Party

• Further to the Minister's answer to Written Parliamentary Question 39611 (2026), has Health New Zealand entered into any agreement, memorandum of understanding, heads of agreement, letter of intent, or other written arrangement relating to…