Hon Penny Simmonds

No disabled person will lose access to funding for essential services, equipment, or support, despite a forecast budget overrun in the disability support appropriation.

The Government has granted $6.6 million to clean up four historic New Zealand landfill and dump sites vulnerable to extreme weather events and coastal erosion.

Cabinet has agreed to replace the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM).

The Government has begun the process of disestablishing Te Pūkenga as part of its 100-day plan, Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills Penny Simmonds says.