46318 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister of Education

Written Question

Published date: 09 Oct 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	46318 (2025)
Question asked:	25 Sep 2025
Member asking:	Hon Willow-Jean Prime
Portfolio:	Minister of Education
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	05 Oct 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_46318_2025
Document guid:	dd56a09c-b823-473a-ad1e-11cc85740eb6

46318 (2025). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Minister of Education: Were any of the “experts in structured literacy approaches” experts in teaching, fluent in, or overwise knowledgeable of, te reo Māori; if so, how?

Hon Erica Stanford: Experts in structured literacy approaches are literacy experts in teaching English literacy in the New Zealand context. Literacy experts with expertise in te reo Māori were contracted for their expertise when developing decodable readers to support Rangaranga Reo ā-Tā.