66512 (2024). Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan to the Minister of Education

Written Question

Published date: 25 Oct 2024

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Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	66512 (2024)
Question asked:	13 Oct 2024
Member asking:	Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan
Portfolio:	Minister of Education
Minister replying:	Hon Erica Stanford
Answer received:	21 Oct 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_66512_2024
Document guid:	03823f1b-d3fb-49ef-86e1-d404ff2a595c

66512 (2024). Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan to the Minister of Education: What Cabinet decisions, if any, were made about the funding of Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori before 2024?

Hon Erica Stanford: I am advised by the Ministry of Education that, in May 2020, Cabinet approved funding of $200 million over four years for the Supporting Māori Learners and Te Reo Māori post COVID-19 initiative as part of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori was funded through this initiative and received ongoing outyear funding of $27.922 million per year. In August 2024, Cabinet approved the decision to reprioritise Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori onwards for the Plan for Tackling Maths Achievement from 2024/25 onwards. Therefore, there is no outyears funding for Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori. Further information is available here: https://www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2020-05/b20-sum-initiatives-crrf_2.pdf This is also my response to written parliamentary questions 66511 and 66516 (2024).