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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 41222 (matches this search)

    What data, if any, is recorded by the Ministry of Education regarding the amount of teachers in Early Childhood Education centres who hold a current practicing certificate?

  • 41223 (matches this search)

    What data, if any, is recorded by the Ministry of Education regarding the amount of teachers in Early Childhood Education centres who do not hold a teaching qualification?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

Early Childhood Education (ECE) staffing is published annually on Education Counts at https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ECE/annual-early-childhood-education-census. In 2025, there were 33,712 teaching staff (qualified and…

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of September 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of September 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    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 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    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 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 41228 (matches this search)

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

  • 41229 (matches this search)

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

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised that the information sought by the Member is not held by the Education Review Office, as “liquidation” is not recorded as a specific reason for closure. This is also my response to written parliamentary question 41229 (2026).

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of September 7th 2026; broken down by region?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table showing the number of early childhood centres (ECE) operating during the week of 7 September 2026, broken down by region.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of September 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I have received one report regarding Early Childhood Education in the week beginning 7 September 2026: 11 September 2026 - Nature-based ECE.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many times, if any, was the same meal delivered to schools during the week of September 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

The Ministry of Education has advised that, during the week of 7 September 2026, an external supplier delivered two meals twice to three schools. Information regarding meals served to internal and iwi/hapū model schools is not available.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many lunches that were meant to serve specific dietary or religious needs did not meet those needs during the week of September 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that during the week beginning 7 September 2026, there were two dietary meals that did not meet student needs.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, official complaints were made relating to meals provided to schools during the week of September 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Education received three complaints about meals in the week of 7 September 2026.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were closed during the week of September 7th 2026; if any, what were the findings of the investigation?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of September 7th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of 7th September 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of 7th September 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that surplus numbers reported from external model suppliers for the week of 7 September 2026 was 53,364 (9.4 percent of total meals).

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of 7th September 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that schools in the school lunches programme are required to return surplus meals to their supplier.

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

No.

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

No.

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41260 (2026)

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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?

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41261 (2026)

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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?

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41262 (2026)

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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…

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41263 (2026)

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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…

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41264 (2026)

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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…

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41265 (2026)

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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…

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41266 (2026)

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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…

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41267 (2026)

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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…

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

Unanswered: Parliament dissolved

Question 41269 (2026)

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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…

No reply received

Parliament dissolved: no reply received

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) that determining the scope of access-control testing was an operational decision made by the Ministry. For further information, I refer the Member to my responses to written…

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that eight follow-up actions were identified as part of the Certification and Accreditation process and remained open at go-live for the Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool (SMART).…

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

No. I refer the Member to my response to written parliamentary question 39790 (2026).

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

No. For further information, I refer the Member to my response to written parliamentary questions 39790 and 41021 (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 2026/1 period (January 1st 2026 - June 30th 2026)?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that the information requested by the Member is not held in a way that is able to be collated in the timeframe available to answer written parliamentary questions.

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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)?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that the information requested by the Member is not held in a way that is able to be collated in the timeframe available to answer written parliamentary questions.

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that, as at 30 June 2026, there were 11,220 students actively engaged in Home Education, relating to 6,728 home schooling families.

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that, as at 31 December 2025, there were 11,501 students actively engaged in Home Education, relating to 6,818 home schooling families.

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that, while it maintains records of water quality incidents affecting schools, the authoritative record of current long-term consumer advisories, including 'do not drink' and 'boil water' notices,…

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table that lists schools known to the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) to have recorded nitrate concentrations exceeding half of the Maximum Acceptable Value in their water supplies. The Ministry does…

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) that the drinking water supply upgrades at Ashburton Borough School - Lagmhor site, Five Forks School and Te Kowhai School did not come at the expense of other investments the…

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) that the budget used to pay for the upgrades to the drinking water supplies at Ashburton Borough School - Lagmhor site, Five Forks School and Te Kowhai School came from additional…

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that for treated drinking water samples, exceedances related to E. coli. For source water samples, exceedances related to E. coli, manganese, mercury and/or nitrate-nitrogen.

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Education is not aware that any school on the referred list receives drinking water from a surface water source.

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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table showing the schools whose drinking water supplies have exceeded the Maximum Acceptable Values under the Drinking Water Standards and sets out relevant drinking water quality issues for each school.…

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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?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the list below of briefings I received from Education agencies for the week beginning 7 September 2026: Minister's media interview on Pacific attendance CSA 2026 Annual Report Nature-based ECE Some titles have been…

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

The briefings I received from Education Agencies during the week beginning 7 September 2026 are listed in the table attached. Please note some titles have been withheld as they are either sensitive in nature or still under active…

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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?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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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?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I took two papers to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026. The titles have been withheld as they are still under active consideration and not in the public interest to release them at this time.

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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  • 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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am more concerned with the finding that the long term decline of maths results has accumulated to a total loss of more than two years of learning loss from 2003 to 2025. It is hard to have a sense of belonging when students are so far…

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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…

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

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

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) that testing did not include the specific scenario of trial accounts accessing the reporting subsystem. As per my response to written parliamentary question 33140 (2026), trial…

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of 31st August 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

Three.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres permanently closed during the week of 31st August 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.