Meanings of said the priorities in English

Nancy Pelosi, the new Democratic speaker of the House, said the priorities would be to restore civility, integrity and fiscal responsibility.

Regional controller Craig Grant said the priorities included assessing when ponding areas would drain and assigning flood pumps to key locations.

Mr Reidy said the priorities now include getting vehicles out of the building and also retrieve tools and personal belongings where possible.

The Educational Institute's president, Lynda Stuart, said the priorities were likely to become targets that would narrow the education offered by schools.

The New Zealand Transport Agency said the priorities were economic growth and productivity, improving safety, and making all parts of the system work together.

The president of the Principals Federation, Whetu Cormick, said the priorities needed to be guided by an over-arching vision for education that everybody agreed on.