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EDUCATION
Ministry of Education — School Property Programme
Ministry of Education · National / Multi-region
MoE's ongoing school property programme: seismic strengthening, new school builds in growth areas (especially Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga), and maintenance. National cut the school property budget by $1.4B in 2024, deferring some new school builds.
B
68/100 · Likely to proceed
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
Funding statusweight 30%
Delivery stageweight 25%
Election / policy riskweight 20%
Govt priority alignmentweight 12%
Project scaleweight 8%
Delivery agencyweight 5%
Key facts
- Region
- National / Multi-region
- Sector
- Education
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $4.8b
- Indicative completion
- 2028
- Funding status
- Part Funded
- Lead organisation
- Ministry of Education
- Election risk
- Medium
Election risk assessment
School property investment bipartisan in principle but National has cut the programme budget. Specific projects may be deferred.
Government priority alignment
MEDIUM — Education delivery; scope was reduced in 2024 for value-for-money, with growth-area builds retained.
Chronology
- 2017Surge in student numbers in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga — new school builds urgently needed
- 2019Labour commits major school investment including seismic upgrades and new builds in growth areas
- 2022Programme of 30+ new school builds nationwide underway
- 2024National Budget cuts school property by $1.4B. New school builds deferred or cancelled
- 2025Affected communities notified of deferred schools. Capacity shortfalls in growth areas
- 2028Reduced programme target