Jan Tinetti has defended the previous Government's spending on school property, saying they had the funding factored into their budget.
Labour's education spokesperson says the projects being stopped were already funded through appropriation.
Tinetti told Mike Hosking that the communication of the ministry has been strong.
She says this is setting the Ministry of Education up to fail, and she doesn't think it's fair to officials who have been doing a good job.
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