31527 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education
Written Question
Published date: 03 Jul 2025
31527 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education: What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 16 June 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon Penny Simmonds: The briefings I received during the week beginning 16 June 2025 are listed below:
Tertiary Education Commission
16 June 2025 - Indicative allocations – Te Pūkenga
17 June 2025 - 2024-25 Quarter Three Performance Report
17 June 2025 - Transfer of 5 million from 2024-25 to 2025-26 for the support of Lincoln University
17 June 2025 - Te Pūkenga 2024 annual report
Ministry of Education
16 June 2025 - Updated VET Cabinet papers post consultation
16 June 2025 - Additional information to support Ministers at the select committee examination of the 2025/26 Estimates for Vote Tertiary Education
17 June 2025 - Approval to lodge June Cabinet Paper on Industry Skills Boards
17- June 2025 - Final Cabinet paper – Proposed establishment of Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics
19-June 2025 - Additional information requested by Education and Workforce Committee to support consideration of the VET Bill
19-Junbe 2025 - Draft Talking Points for SOU Cabinet Committee 25 June 2025.
This answer does not cover members of my office who receive a large amount of material every week. Asking them to collate that material would require substantial collation and research and prevent them from undertaking their substantive roles.