49582 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education
Written Question
Published date: 24 Oct 2025
49582 (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 6 October 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon Penny Simmonds: I refer the Member to the list below of the aide-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, my office or I received during the week beginning 6 October 2025:
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
9 October 2025 - Zealive Institute of New Zealand
Tertiary Education Commission
6-October - TEC draft Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2025
7-October 2025 - Fees for council and board members in the Vocational Education portfolio
9 October 2025 -Ministers Priorities Dashboard dated 9 October 2025
Ministry of Education
8 October 2025 - Tertiary Education Commission - proposed increase in board fees
8-October 2025 - Process for moving the Education and Training (ECE Reform) Amendment Bill into an amendment paper for the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2)
9-October 2025 - Joint letter to Realm Ministers regarding Tertiary Funding
9 October 2025 - International Engagement Opportunities in 2025 and the First Half of 2026
9 October 2025 - Tertiary Education Weekly Update 9 October 2025
10 October 2025 - Order in Council Consultation material and process
10 October 2025 - Background information for Whanganui Polytechnic meeting 14 October
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.
Please note some titles have been withheld as they are either sensitive in nature or still under active consideration. It is not in the public interest to release them at this time.