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The Rural Communities Minister has clashed with opposition and coalition MPs alike over the Waikato Medical School, Jobs for Nature, and school buses.
New Zealand First's Mark Patterson fronted to the select committee on Friday as part of scrutiny week at Parliament.
School buses
Labour's Jo Luxton questioned Patterson about the Ministry of Education's decision to discontinue bus routes from Hawke's Bay town Maraekakaho to three Hastings secondary schools.
He said he had met with the Education Minister Erica Stanford with rural women, and it was a work in progress, but the formula for rural buses had not changed since 1991.
He agreed the situation in Maraekakaho was "unacceptable".
"I do, absolutely I do, b
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