工党教育事务代发言人　克里斯•希普金斯　（Chris Hipkins）

在为财务软件系统NOVOPAY大开绿灯之前，教育部长Hekia Parata其实连基本功课都没做――结果却要学校、老师、家长和学生们为她的无能与失职买单。
１２日下午在国会里，教育部长承认她在没有通读关于NOVOPAY系统的内阁文件与相关资讯之前即签字拍板，为这套软件的全面使用开了绿灯。
学校的付薪系统合同价值上千万，涵盖１０万名以上的员工。我会以为做出涉及面如此之广、利害重大的决定，理应做好充足的调查、三思而后行。
如果部长读过关于NOVOPAY的全部内阁文件，她就早应当知道原计划是让新的付薪系统与已有的系统平行运作，以防出现偶发状况。问题是：为什么不照此计划行事呢？
Hekia Parata也告诉国会说：她对于教育部在她签字放行全面使用NOVOPAY的两周前曾考虑要终止采用NOVOPAY系统一事一无所知。
那么这位部长整天究竟在做什么？显然她连必须的功课都没做。而且她也不向部门官员提问明显该问的问题。
由于NOVAPAY造的孽，学校现在严重缺钱。上千万本应花在我们下一代身上的教育经费被转挪到去补救NOVOPAY造成的损害――而损害还在继续中。　
Hekia Parata尽可以安坐如山、笑放一堆马后炮，但这里有一条底线很清楚：她不是一个合格的教育部长。（霍建强议员办公室　供稿）
　　

Chris 
HIPKINS
Acting Education Spokesperson

12 February 2013                                                       MEDIA STATEMENT

Hopeless Hekia didn’t do her homework

Hekia Parata didn’t do her homework before giving the green-light for Novopay to go live, and schools, teachers, parents and pupils are paying the price for her incompetence, says Chris Hipkins, Labour’s acting Education Spokesperson.

In Parliament this afternoon the Education Minister admitted she did not read all the relevant information and Cabinet Papers on Novopay before signing off on its full roll out.

“The school payroll contract is worth tens of millions of dollars, and covers more than 100,000 staff.  I would’ve thought that a decision of such magnitude would have warranted a bit more thought, research and consideration.

“If she had read all the Cabinet Papers on Novopay she would have known that the original plan was to run the new payroll system in parallel with the existing system, as contingency in case of any problems.  Why did that not happen?

“Hekia Parata also told Parliament that she had no idea that the Ministry of Education considered pulling the plug on Novopay just two weeks before she signed off on its full introduction.

“Just what does she do all day?  Clearly she doesn’t read the necessary paperwork.  And she doesn’t ask officials the obvious questions. 

“Schools are seriously out of pocket because of the Novopay shambles.  Millions of dollars that should be being spent educating our kids is being diverted to deal with the on-going fallout from the botched implementation of Novopay.

“Hekia Parata can sit, smile and talk about the benefits of hindsight all she likes but the bottom line is she failed to do her job as a Minister,” says Chris Hipkins.