"Any suggestion from Labour that I knew earlier is flat out wrong and typically negative, nasty stuff."
Ms Kaye said Mr Foss "was not informed ahead of time" and the initial announcement "was very high level".
"The detail of the relocation was provided later to a range of parties," she said.
In a written parliamentary question to Ms Parata, Labour's Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP, Meka Whaitiri, asked when the minister had advised Mr Foss that a new kura was to be built in Havelock North.
"Mr Foss was informed of the relocation of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Wananga Whare Tapere o Takitimu on 14 April 2015," Ms Parata said, in her answer.
Labour's Tukituki spokeswoman, Anna Lorck, said yesterday that Mr Foss had still not answered the "simple question" of exactly when he knew about the Havelock North move.
Mr Foss did not answer Hawke's Bay Today's question as to why he chose not to make any public comment on a multi-million dollar Government development within his electorate between April 14 and May 13.