7. Question No. 7—EducationANGELA ROBERTS (Labour) to the Minister of EducationQuestion No. 7—Education7. ANGELA ROBERTS (Labour) to the Minister of Education: What new action is the Government taking to support schools to provide learning environments for their students that are warm dry and fit for purpose"?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): The Wellbeing Budget of 2021 invested $100 million for short-term roll growth classrooms right the way across New Zealand. This will enable students and teachers to focus on education rather than overcrowding as school rolls grow across the country. The Budget also invested $150 million in top-up funding for shovel-ready school property projects to top up those budgets for projects that were already under way or ready to get under way but needed an extra funding boost so they could begin construction in the current challenging market. All children deserve a suitable classroom to learn in and it's our responsibility to ensure that they have that so that they can get the best possible educational opportunities. School property investment also represents an injection into our local economy as we recover from COVID-19.Ginny Andersen: How will schools in the central and Lower Hutt—sorry not Lower Hutt—lower North Island benefit from this investment?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Six schools across Wellington the Manawatū Whanganui and Taranaki are getting a funding boost of $10 million between them so that projects can enter construction—[Interruption]SPEAKER: Order! Order! Especially if it was as it was originally asked I'm quite interested.Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: —and deliver these much-needed works sooner. This includes $1.5 million in further funding for Cannons Creek School which I visited this morning which will enable a new block to be built replacing five classrooms that were at the end of their viable life plus 10 schools in the central and lower North Island which will benefit from short-term roll growth classrooms to cater for their rapidly growing rolls and that'll cost an additional $14 million.Willow-Jean Prime: How will schools in Northland benefit from this investment?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: A very good question. Kamo High School will receive $7 million in top-up funding for a major redevelopment of their main teaching block. This project replaces two end-of-life teaching blocks with a single-storey new teaching space that will provide for 22 classrooms. We've also announced four Northland schools including Ruakākā School that will get seven roll growth classrooms between them at a cost of $4 million.Angela Roberts: How will schools on the East Coast benefit from this investment?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Schools in the Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti region are receiving $16.5 million to accelerate five projects across Napier Hastings Havelock North and Rere near Gisborne. This includes Napier Boys' High School where $6 million will bring forward major weathertightness remediation work on 11 different teaching blocks; Napier Girls' High School who will receive over $5 million to advance their progress on the redevelopment of a major teaching block; and also we are funding short-term roll growth classrooms in Porangahau School in central Hawke's Bay.Sarah Pallett: How will schools in the upper South Island benefit from this investment?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: More good news. Ten schools in the West Coast Tasman and Canterbury regions will see 17 classrooms and the fast-track of four new shovel-ready projects. This includes five short-term roll growth classrooms at Hillmorton High School in Christchurch to meet growing demand for schooling in the area. The Government understands that schools want to be able to focus on what's important which is teaching and learning."