Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister of Education): In December 2019, I announced a school investment package as part of the Government's New Zealand Upgrade Programme. Nearly every State school received a one-off cash injection of up to $400,000 to deliver property projects that had been deferred or delayed. I'm pleased to be able to report that a thousand of those projects have been completed so far, across 639 schools. This is a significant milestone and a fantastic achievement for those schools. It's good for the schools and for the builders and builders' merchants in towns up and down the country. These projects have helped to keep our economy ticking over during a challenging period. 