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[IN-CONFIDENCE - RELEASE EXTERNAL]

Kia ora Claire,

 

Thank you for the information request below.  The Ministry will consider
and respond to your request in accordance with the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act).

 

Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received.  You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before 21 August 2026.  If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.

 

In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].

 

 

Ngâ mihi,

Enquiries National Team | Te Tâhuhu o te Mâtauranga | Ministry of
Education | JH
[2]education.govt.nz
We shape an education system that delivers equitable and excellent
outcomes
He mea târai e mâtou te mâtauranga kia rangatira ai, kia mana taurite ai
ôna huanga

[3]Te TD huhu o te MD tauranga

 

Tçnâ koe

 

This is a further request under the Official Information Act 1982,
following on from GEMS-48523.

 

I note the Ministry's recent public statements regarding the two versions
of the "Design for the New Zealand Curriculum change programme" report
(signed 19 April and 30 April 2024 respectively), including that the
differences between them were negligible, and that the Minister's final
decisions are set out in the 4 June 2024 Cabinet paper "Establishing a
Knowledge-Rich Curriculum."

 

Given this, please confirm:

 

Which of the three documents — the 19 April 2024 report, the 30 April 2024
report, or the 4 June 2024 Cabinet paper — set out the design principles
that Ministry writers were instructed to apply when drafting the Years
0-10 curriculum content released for public consultation.

Which of these three documents set out the design principles used to
assess consultation feedback and determine whether it warranted a change
to the curriculum documents, as described in the Ministry's response to
question 5 of GEMS-47587.

If drafting was governed by an earlier document than the one used to
assess feedback (or vice versa), please confirm when the operative
principles changed and whether any earlier drafting or assessment work was
revisited in light of a later version.

On what basis the Ministry considers the differences between the 19 April
and 30 April versions — including the removal and reinstatement of
references to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the treatment of the "Understand,
Know, Do" model, and the equity/underserved-learners language — to be
negligible, given these appear to be substantive changes in emphasis and
content.

 

I am seeking an urgent response to this request under section 12(3) of the
Act, given that final Phase 1-4 curriculum documents are scheduled for
publication on 12 August 2026, and the answer bears directly on whether
consultation feedback was assessed against the design principles the
Ministry now says actually governed the curriculum.

 

Nâku noa, nâ

Claire

 

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