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Education Minister Erica Stanford said she could not remember if she had coffee with the head of Learning First before or after the company was given the contract.
The involvement of an Australian company in the rewrite of the school curriculum came under scrutiny at the Education and Workforce Select Committee.
Education Ministry officials told MPs the firm - Learning First - helped find content for the new maths curriculum, but did not write it.
They also told the Education and Workforce Select Committee New Zealand companies were not offered the job because the ministry was already working with Learning First.
