55532 (2025). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Vocational Education
Written Question
Published date: 12 Dec 2025
55532 (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 24 November 2025, listed by agency, title and date received?
Hon Penny Simmonds: I refer the Member to the list below of the advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents, my office or I received during the week beginning 24 November 2025:
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
26 November 2025 - NZQA Fortnightly Report to the Minister for Vocational Education
Tertiary Education Commission
27 November 2025 - Report to the Ministers for Vocational Education and Universities dated 27 November 2025
Ministry of Education
26 November 2025 - Additional talking points to support VET Oral item at Cabinet
26 November 2025 - Gazette notices – ISB programme endorsement and polytechnic risk assessment criteria
27 November 2025 - Tertiary Education Weekly Update - 27 November 2025
27 November 2025 - Funding delegation for Industry Skills Boards
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 one title has 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.
This is also my response to written parliamentary question 55772 (2025).