Communication problems are running rampant between the Education Ministry and schools. 

The Government's ordered a review of school building projects, saying they've inherited a school property system "bordering on crisis".  

Already the ministry has put 20 projects on pause, with up to 350 in doubt.  

Auckland Primary Principals' Association President Kyle Brewerton told Mike Hosking that the pauses have caught some schools by surprise, with shovels already in the ground.  

He says there's confusion around the schools that have been tagged and what's happening now. 

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