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Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 40997 (2026), which school drinking water supplies, if any, have recorded nitrate above half the Maximum Acceptable Value under the Drinking Water Standards in the last 5 years (including those where treatment upgrades have…

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Phil Twyford

Member for Te Atatū · Labour Party

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  What is the percentage of expressions of interest for the Parent Resident Visa that were renewed within 90 days after expiration, from 12/10/2024 to 8/8/2026?

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Phil Twyford

Member for Te Atatū · Labour Party

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  How many expressions of interest for the Parent Resident Visa were submitted from 1/8/2026 to 31/8/2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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,…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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” ?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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

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

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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

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  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…

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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  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?

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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

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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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  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?

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has there been a culture review of the Ministry of Education’s curriculum group; if so, when was it closed, if at all?

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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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  What staffing or workforce‑related funding, if any, has been provided to schools in the Maungakiekie electorate since 27 November 2023 to 17 September 2026, listed by school and funding category?

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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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  What infrastructure or property maintenance funding, if any, has been provided to schools in the Maungakiekie electorate since 27 November 2023 to 17 September 2026, listed by school and project?

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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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  What operational funding adjustments, if any, have been made for schools in the Maungakiekie electorate since 27 November 2023 to 17 September 2026, listed by school and funding type?

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Priyanca Radhakrishnan

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many children, if any, are currently on waitlists for learning support services, including Early Intervention, Ongoing Resourcing Scheme, and specialist assessments, as of 17 September 2026?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Ministry of Education communicated with Learning Matters, SpringMath or Ochre Education regarding the distribution, licensing, implementation or provision of SpringMath or Ochre Education programmes in New Zealand schools since 1…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Is the Ministry aware of any arrangement under which Learning Matters provides SpringMath or Ochre Education products, programmes, teacher training or implementation support to New Zealand schools using Ministry funding, including funding…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What assumptions, if any, has the Ministry made about student access to instruments and itinerant music instruction when designing the proposed Music curriculum?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What additional funding, staffing, professional learning, or resource support, if any, is planned to help schools implement the proposed Arts requirements for Years 0-10?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the Ministry estimate how her proposed qualification changes might affect student achievement using current NCEA achievement data and predictions about how students, schools and teachers might respond to the new qualification…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the Ministry estimate how her proposed qualification changes might affect student achievement using current NCEA achievement data and predictions about how students, schools and teachers might respond to the new qualification…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the Ministry estimate how her proposed qualification changes might affect student achievement using current NCEA achievement data and predictions about how students, schools and teachers might respond to the new qualification…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the Ministry estimate how her proposed qualification changes might affect student achievement using current NCEA achievement data and predictions about how students, schools and teachers might respond to the new qualification…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the Ministry estimate how her proposed qualification changes might affect student achievement using current NCEA achievement data and predictions about how students, schools and teachers might respond to the new qualification…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the Ministry estimate how her proposed qualification changes might affect student achievement using current NCEA achievement data and predictions about how students, schools and teachers might respond to the new qualification…

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did the Ministry estimate how her proposed qualification changes might affect student achievement using current NCEA achievement data and predictions about how students, schools and teachers might respond to the new qualification…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  In response to Reply 38004 (2026) who, if anyone, determined and/or approved the scope of the access-control testing, including the exclusion of trial accounts, and what was the basis, if any, for concluding that testing of trial accounts…

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  How many, if any, remediation items remained open at go-live for the Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool (SMART) and did any of those items relate to access control, authorisation, Identity and Access Management, monitoring…

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  In response to Reply 38004 (2026), was the exclusion of trial accounts from access control testing recorded as a residual risk, limitation, assumption, exception or outstanding action in the Certification and Accreditation approval…

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  In response to Reply 38004 (2026), were the Chief Digital Officer, Accreditation Authority, or Change Advisory Board informed that trial accounts had not been included in access-control testing prior to the Certification and Accreditation…

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  How many, if any, homeschooling whānau as at 16 September 2026 have returned a Statutory Declaration for the 2026/1 period (January 1st 2026 - June 30th 2026)?

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  How many, if any, homeschooling whānau as at 16 September 2026 have returned a Statutory Declaration for the 2025/2 period (July 1st 2025 - December 31st 2025)?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  How many students, if any, were enrolled in Home Education from January 1st 2026 - June 30th 2026; relating to how many home schooling families?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  How many students, if any, were enrolled in Home Education in 2025; relating to how many home schooling families?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Which schools, if any, currently face long-term 'do not drink' or 'boil water' notices for their water supplies?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what schools around New Zealand, if any, have exceeded half the Maximum Acceptable Value for nitrate in their drinking water supplies, the level at which additional monitoring requirements apply?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following Reply 37325 (2026), did the upgrades to drinking water supplies at each of the listed schools come at the expense of other investments the schools could have made, such as in resources for teaching and learning?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following Reply 37325 (2026), what budget was used to pay for the upgrades to drinking water supplies at each of Five Forks School, Te Kowhai School, Ashburton Borough School – Lagmhor site, Harrisville School, and Te Wharekura o Te Rau…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following Reply 39114 (2026), if any of the listed schools' drinking water supplies have breached a Maximum Acceptable Value from the Drinking Water Standards, what standard(s) have they breached?