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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…

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

Question

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

Question

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

Question

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

Question

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

Question

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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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?

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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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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…

Asked by

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…

Asked by

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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

Asked by

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?

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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?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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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?

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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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?

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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 September 7th 2026?

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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 September 7th 2026?

Asked by

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?

Asked by

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?

Asked by

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?

Asked by

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?

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

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

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, 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, 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)?

Asked by

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…

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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…

Asked by

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…

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…

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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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?

Asked by

Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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

Asked by

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

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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?

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…