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The Government publicly released documents relating to decisions about its response to COVID-19 on the former Unite Against COVID-19 webpage. This site houses proactively released documents relating to education during COVID-19.

These documents are made available to the public in line with the Official Information Act. 

Aide Memoires

Date

Title

 9 April 2020 COVID-19: Ensuring  Adequacy and Continuity of Student Support [PDF, 885 KB] [PDF, 885 KB]
1 May 2020 Support for Early Learning Services in Lieu of the Childcare Subsidy [PDF, 677 KB] [PDF, 677 KB]
1 May 2020 Continuation of Support for the Casual Schooling Workforce Unable to Work Due to COVID-19 [PDF, 960 KB] [PDF, 960 KB]
12 June 2020 Cabinet paper Apprenticeship Support Programme - design and implementation of the Mana in Mahi expansion and the Apprenticeship Boost Initiative [PDF, 885 KB] [PDF, 885 KB]
12 June 2020 Additional Funding to Support Playcentres [PDF, 779 KB] [PDF, 779 KB]
25 June 2020 Funding settings for early learning services until March 2021 [PDF, 734 KB] [PDF, 734 KB]
28 July 2020 Cabinet Paper: New careers guidance services [PDF, 1.5 MB] [PDF, 1.5 MB]
7 August 2020 Design of an Early Learning Sustainability Fund [PDF, 726 KB] [PDF, 726 KB]

Cabinet Papers

Date

Title

23 March 2020 Additional Item: Providing Students with Remote Access to Online Digital Resources (CAB-20-MIN-0136) [PDF, 185 KB] [PDF, 185 KB]
3 April 2020  Funding of Childcare for Essential Workers [PDF, 1.4 MB] [PDF, 1.4 MB]
7 April 2020 Emergency Funding to Enable Distance Learning for Early Learning and Schooling [PDF, 1.8 MB] [PDF, 1.8 MB]
14 April 2020 COVID-19: Ensuring Continuity and Adequacy of Student Support (CAB-20-MIN-0164) [PDF, 1.4 MB] [PDF, 1.4 MB]
21 April 2020 Changes to the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations to Respond to COVID-19 (CAB-20-MIN-0130) [PDF, 817 KB] [PDF, 817 KB]
23 April 2020 Childcare for Essential Workers at Alert Level 3 [PDF, 1.3 MB] [PDF, 1.3 MB]
23 April 2020 Wage Support for School Hostel Employees Due to COVID-19 [PDF, 1.4 MB] [PDF, 1.4 MB]
4 May 2020 Continuation of Support for the Casual Schooling Workforce Unable to Work Due to COVID-19 (CAB-20-MIN-0198) [PDF, 1.1 MB] [PDF, 1.1 MB]
5 May 2020 Cabinet Paper COVID-19 Recovery the National School Redevelopment Programme and updating existing school property programmes [PDF, 706 KB] [PDF, 706 KB]
6 May 2020 COVID-19 Recovery: The National School Redevelopment Programme and Updating Existing School Property Programmes (SWC-20-MIN-0026) [PDF, 1.4 MB] [PDF, 1.4 MB]
6 May 2020 Support for Early Learning Services in Lieu of the Childcare Subsidy (SWC-20-MIN-0029) [PDF, 2.5 MB] [PDF, 2.5 MB]
11 May 2020 Report of the Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee: Period Ended 8 May 2020 (CAB-20-MIN-0210) [PDF, 611 KB] [PDF, 611 KB]
15 June 2020 Additional Funding to Support Playcentres (CAB-20-MIN-0279) [PDF, 1 MB] [PDF, 1 MB]
15 June 2020 Apprenticeship Support Programme: Design and Implementation of the Mana in Mahi Expansion and the Apprenticeship Boost Initiative (CAB-20-MIN-0280) [PDF, 2.2 MB] [PDF, 2.2 MB]
22 June 2020 A Strategic Recovery Plan for the International Education Sector (SWC-20-MIN-0079) [PDF, 1.3 MB] [PDF, 1.3 MB]
29 July 2020 COVID-19 Recovery: New Careers Guidance Services (SWC-20-MIN-0118) [PDF, 1.3 MB] [PDF, 1.3 MB]
5 August 2020 COVID-19: Update on the Reform of the Tomorrow's Schools System (SWC-20-MIN-0122) [PDF, 1.2 MB] [PDF, 1.2 MB]
10 August 2020 Design of an Early Learning Sustainability Fund to Respond to COVID-19 Impacts (CAB-20-MIN-0388) [PDF, 1.3 MB] [PDF, 1.3 MB]
N/A Provision of Emergency Income Support for Contingent Education Schooling Sector Workers effected by the COVID-19 alert level 4 lockdown [PDF, 934 KB] [PDF, 934 KB]

Briefing Notes

Date

Title

3 April 2020  Enabling distance learning for all - Overview of work programme [PDF, 1.5 MB] [PDF, 1.5 MB]
15 June 2020 Meeting with Playcentre Aotearoa [PDF, 781 KB] [PDF, 781 KB]
25 June 2020 Update on the reform of the Tomorrow's Schools system in the context of COVID-19 - possible Cabinet paper contribution [PDF, 861 KB] [PDF, 861 KB]

Education Reports

Date

Title

2 April 2020 Options for providing additional financial support to students during the Covid-19 outbreak [PDF, 908 KB] [PDF, 908 KB]
2 April 2020 Enabling distance learning for all - Immediate next steps [PDF, 912 KB] [PDF, 912 KB]
3 April 2020 Changes to ECE regulations to respond to COVID-19 [PDF, 756 KB] [PDF, 756 KB]
3 April 2020 Effects of non-payment of Childcare Assistance [PDF, 832 KB] [PDF, 832 KB]
8 April 2020 Application of ECE funding rules [PDF, 850 KB] [PDF, 850 KB]
8 April 2020 Revised cabinet paper - Covid-19: Ensuring continuity and adequacy of student support [PDF, 804 KB] [PDF, 804 KB]
20 April 2020 Alert level 3 and application of ECE funding rules [PDF, 824 KB] [PDF, 824 KB]
21 April 2020 Options to support ECE providers in lieu of Childcare Subsidy [PDF, 807 KB] [PDF, 807 KB]
23 April 2020 Tertiary Education Report: COVID recovery - opportunities to accelerate aspects of RoVE [PDF, 978 KB] [PDF, 978 KB]
29 April 2020 Funding for additional temporary hours of ECE due to Alert level 3 restrictions [PDF, 777 KB] [PDF, 777 KB]
29 April 2020 Education Report: Establishment of a leave scheme for casual staff in the schooling sector workforce unable to work due to COVID-19 [PDF, 792 KB] [PDF, 792 KB]
14 May 2020 Funding settings for early learning services until March 2021 [PDF, 1.1 MB] [PDF, 1.1 MB]
25 May 2020 Education Report: Extension of the emergency payment scheme for casual staff in the schooling sector workforce unable to work due to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 [PDF, 873 KB] [PDF, 873 KB]
29 May 2020 Further advice on addressing Playcentre Aotearoa's sustainability concerns [PDF, 1.3 MB] [PDF, 1.3 MB]
5 June 2020 Next steps for addressing Playcentre Aotearoa's sustainability concerns [PDF, 991 KB] [PDF, 991 KB]
3 July 2020 Proposal to fund Direct Careers Guidance Services [PDF, 436 KB] [PDF, 436 KB]
16 July 2020 Tertiary Education Report: draft Cabinet paper - COVID-19 Recovery - New careers guidance services [PDF, 988 KB] [PDF, 988 KB]
17 July 2020 Early Learning network sustainability fund [PDF, 1 MB] [PDF, 1 MB]

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