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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following Reply 39114 (2026), which, if any, of the listed schools' drinking water supplies come from surface water (e.g. stream, river) or groundwater?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

• 40997 (matches this search)

  Following Reply 39114 (2026), which of the listed schools' drinking water supplies have breached a Maximum Acceptable Value from the Drinking Water Standards?

• 40998 (matches this search)

  Following Reply 39114 (2026), what is the reason (such as e. coli pollution, nitrate pollution, etc) that each of the listed schools need more reliably safe drinking water?

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Phil Twyford

Member for Te Atatū · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Phil Twyford

Member for Te Atatū · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

• 40545 (matches this search)

  Did the Minister find it acceptable that in PISA 2022, which was published in December 2023, that only 68% of New Zealand students felt that they belong at school; and, if not, what did she do to address this and, following the release of…

• 40546 (matches this search)

  Does the Minister find it acceptable that in PISA 2025 New Zealand was lowest among 36 other OECD nations on the index of students' sense of belonging; and, if not, what, if anything, is the Government doing now to address New Zealand…

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  In response to Reply 37848 (2026) and Reply 33140 (2026), if trial accounts were excluded from access-control testing because they were not intended to access the production environment, what assurances, if any, were established before the…

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Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

Asked by

Phil Twyford

Member for Te Atatū · Labour Party

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  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?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  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?

Asked by

Willow-Jean Prime

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Phil Twyford

Member for Te Atatū · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what advice or briefings has the Minister for Education had, if any, about the schools that have changed or upgraded their drinking water supplies as a result of exceeding the nitrate drinking water limit in their…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

Matching question numbers: 38543 (2026)

• 38528 (matches this search)

  Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with local electorate Members of Parliament for the electorates that contain each of the schools that have upgraded or changed their drinking water…

• 38531 (matches this search)

  Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with the Minister for RMA Reform about planning law reform and its interaction with the protection of drinking water sources that supply school…

• 38534 (matches this search)

  Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with the Minister for Local Government (given his oversight of Taumata Arowai as the drinking water regulator), about elevated nitrate levels in…

• 38540 (matches this search)

  Following 37325 (2026), what correspondence has the Minister for Education had, if any, with the Minister for the Environment about elevated nitrate levels in drinking water sources affecting school drinking water supplies?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the cost of the changes or upgrades made to address nitrate in the drinking water supply at Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the cost of the changes or upgrades made to address nitrate in the drinking water supply at Harrisville School?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the cost of the changes or upgrades made to address nitrate in the drinking water supply at 'Ashburton Borough School – Lagmhor site'?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the cost of the changes or upgrades made to address nitrate in the drinking water supply at Te Kowhai School?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the cost of the changes or upgrades made to address nitrate in the drinking water supply at Five Forks School?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what changes or upgrades specifically (such as the installation of ion exchange treatment or drilling of a deeper well) have been made or are being made at Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha to address nitrate in the…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what changes or upgrades specifically (such as the installation of ion exchange treatment or drilling of a deeper well) have been made or are being made at Harrisville School to address nitrate in the drinking water…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what changes or upgrades specifically (such as the installation of ion exchange treatment or drilling of a deeper well) have been made or are being made at Te Kowhai School to address nitrate in the drinking water…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what changes or upgrades specifically (such as the installation of ion exchange treatment or drilling of a deeper well) have been made or are being made at 'Ashburton Borough School - Lagmhor site' to address…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what changes or upgrades specifically (such as the installation of ion exchange treatment or drilling of a deeper well) have been made or are being made at Five Forks School to address nitrate in the drinking water…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the highest nitrate level recorded in the drinking water supply at Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the highest nitrate level recorded in the drinking water supply at Harrisville School?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the highest nitrate level recorded in the drinking water supply at Ashburton Borough School – Lagmhor site?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the highest nitrate level recorded in the drinking water supply at Five Forks School?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), when was the drinking water supply for Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha changed or upgraded as a result of exceeding the nitrate drinking water limit?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), what was the highest nitrate level recorded in the drinking water supply at Te Kowhai School?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), when was the drinking water supply for Harrisville School changed or upgraded as a result of exceeding the nitrate drinking water limit?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), when was the drinking water supply for 'Ashburton Borough School – Lagmhor site' changed or upgraded as a result of exceeding the nitrate drinking water limit?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), when was the drinking water supply for Te Kowhai School changed or upgraded as a result of exceeding the nitrate drinking water limit?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Is the Ministry aware of or involved in the introduction of SpringMath and Ochre Education into NZ schools, and is any Ministry funding being used for its implementation or teacher training?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Following 37325 (2026), when was the drinking water supply for Five Forks School changed or upgraded as a result of exceeding the nitrate drinking water limit?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, reviews or tests of the SMART tools readiness for service, privacy capabilities, security, hosting, procurement or delivery assurance have been conducted; both prior to the technical breach and since?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Who did the Ministry engage to deliver the High-Impact Teaching Practices component of the Te Aka Mātauranga pilot, and what procurement or funding mechanism was used?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  How much, if anything, has been spent on testing the SMART tools readiness for service; both prior to the technical breach and since?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What reviews, if any, of SMART’s privacy, security, hosting, procurement or delivery assurance have been conducted; and what, if any, were the findings?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  What reviews, if any, of SMART’s privacy capabilities, security, hosting, procurement or delivery assurance have been conducted; by title and date?

Asked by

Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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  Have all reviews or tests of the SMART tool’s readiness for service been completed; if not, which reviews or tests specifically have not been completed?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  Which four "Ashburton District Schools" is the Ministry for Education upgrading the water supplies of with ion-exchange treatment, as noted in a staff briefing to Environment Canterbury Councillors on 23 July 2026?

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, was spent in the 2025/26 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, was spent in the 2024/25 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, was spent in the 2023/24 financial year in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, on artificial intelligence, including costs on training…

Asked by

Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  How much, if any, did the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, spend on consultancy costs, from 1 July 2024 - 30 June 2025?