Response to the Highest Needs Review
Background documents
These key documents offer background information on the Highest Needs Review.
2023
- July 2023 – Cabinet Paper: Progress Update on the Highest Needs Change Programme [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- May 2023 – Education Report: Highest Needs Change Programme Report Back and Programme Business Case Deferral [PDF, 900 KB]
- January 2023 – Briefing Note: Highest Needs Review Change Programme 2023 Workplan [PDF, 1 MB]
2022
- October 2022 – Briefing Note: Professional Learning Development Supports for the Highest Needs Review [PDF, 841 KB]
- October 2022 – Stakeholder Research Informing the Cabinet Paper and Work Programme
- November 2022 - Highest Needs Review: Report back to Cabinet and overview of the mixed model approach [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- November 2022 - Highest Needs Review - Minute of Decision [DOCX, 36 KB]
- November 2022 - Overview of the Mixed Model Approach for Supporting Learners with the Highest Level of Need [DOCX, 462 KB]
Media release – Minister Tinetti – Announcement of the Highest Needs Review (November 2022)
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (English) - Beehive.govt.nz(external link)
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Māori) [DOCX, 16 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Māori) [PDF, 108 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Braille) [BRF, 3 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Cook Islands Māori) [DOCX, 17 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Cook Islands Māori) [PDF, 115 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Fijian) [DOCX, 17 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Fijian) [PDF, 112 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Kiribati) [DOCX, 18 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Kiribati) [PDF, 109 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Niuean) [DOCX, 24 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Niuean) [PDF, 110 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Rotuman) [DOCX, 17 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Rotuman) [PDF, 122 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Samoan) [DOCX, 17 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Samoan) [PDF, 113 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Tokelauan) [DOCX, 18 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Tokelauan) [PDF, 120 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Tongan) [DOCX, 18 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Tongan) [PDF, 120 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Tuvaluan) [DOCX, 17 KB]
- November 2022 Beehive Press release (Tuvaluan) [PDF, 115 KB]
Cabinet Paper and Minutes – Recommendations for change (November 2022)
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change (English) [DOCX, 146 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change (English) [PDF, 1.7 MB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change (Māori) [DOCX, 111 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change (Māori) [PDF, 373 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report back to Cabinet (Braille) [BRF, 7 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Cook Islands Māori) [DOCX, 93 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Cook Islands Māori) [PDF, 231 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Kiribati) [DOCX, 92 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Kiribati) [PDF, 189 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Niuean) [DOCX, 101 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Niuean) [PDF, 187 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Rotuman) [DOCX, 99 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Rotuman) [PDF, 246 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Samoan) [DOCX, 97 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Samoan) [PDF, 228 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Tokelauan) [DOCX, 100 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Tokelauan) [PDF, 231 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Tongan) [DOCX, 100 KB]
- Cabinet Paper – Highest Needs Review – Report Back and recommendations for change – Executive summary (Tongan) [PDF, 237 KB]
Stakeholder research informing the Cabinet Paper and Work Programme (October 2022)
- NZCER – Highest Needs Review - What Matters to Stakeholders October 2022 (English) [DOCX, 1.9 MB]
- NZCER – Highest Needs Review - What Matters to Stakeholders October 2022 (English) [PDF, 1018 KB]
- NZCER – Te Arotake Hiahia Teitei Rawa: He aha ngā pūtake hira rawaki te hunga pupuru pānga [PDF, 1 MB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Māori) [PDF, 171 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Cook Islands Māori) [PDF, 240 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Chinese) [PDF, 436 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Fijian) [PDF, 178 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Hindi) [PDF, 250 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Korean) [PDF, 234 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Niuean) [PDF, 173 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Samoan) [PDF, 169 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Tokelauan) [PDF, 178 KB]
- Appendix One Summary of Engagement (Tongan) [PDF, 205 KB]
2021
Cabinet Paper and Minutes - Scope and Terms of Reference of the Review (September 2021)
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Full (English) [PDF, 2 MB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Māori) [PDF, 155 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Chinese) [PDF, 291 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Cook Islands Māori) [PDF, 202 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Fijian) [PDF, 175 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Hindi) [PDF, 197 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Korean) [PDF, 121 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Niuean) [PDF, 130 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Samoan) [PDF, 159 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Tokelauan) [PDF, 166 KB]
- Final Cabinet Paper on Scope and Terms of Reference – Executive summary (Tongan) [PDF, 174 KB]
Briefing Note – Cabinet Paper
- September 2021 - Cabinet Paper and Briefing Notes – Scope and Terms of Reference of the Review [PDF, 2 MB]
- August 2021 - Briefing Note 1268660 - Final Cabinet paper on Scope and Terms of Reference (English) [PDF, 798 KB]
Briefing Note – Talking points for Social Wellbeing Committee
- August 2021 - Briefing Note 1268661 - Talking points for Cabinet for Social Wellbeing Committee (English) [PDF, 872 KB]
- July 2021 - Briefing Note 1266951 Draft Cabinet Paper [PDF, 1.3 MB]
Accessible formats available
The Executive Summary of the Cabinet paper (2022), Summary of Engagement (2022), and Terms of Reference (2021) have been translated from English to Te Reo, Pacific languages (Cook Island Māori, Fijian, Kiribati, Niuean, Rotuman, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tuvaluan). They are also available in Chinese, Hindi and Korean.
Accessible versions in Braille, PDF and Word are on this site. Future key document will be done in NZ Sign Language. For other accessible versions, email: enquiries.national@education.govt.nz.
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