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 Just read the government response to FOI request "Rationale for funding Google & Microsoft software for public schools in New Zealand" submitted by @d72d5211. 

tldr is "lol no"

https://fyi.org.nz/request/23870-rationale-for-funding-google-microsoft-software-for-public-schools-in-new-zealand 
 @cdd92187 @d72d5211 m$ has had a iron grip on the NZ education system since 2002, huh?

Turns out there was no consultation - they just decided one day to start handing money over to m$ and google.