Speech at the Industry Training Federation Annual Conference

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Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
Thank you for the invitation to speak at your conference today. With the economy on the road to recovery, and the significant task ahead of us to rebuild Christchurch, it is an opportune time to meet and discuss how industry training can best help deliver the skills that we need as the economy moves forward. The economy must become more competitive if we are to succeed. Tertiary Education and Skills...

Good progress on the curriculum compromised by National Standards

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa warns much of the good progress being made on implementing the New Zealand Curriculum is being compromised by the government's narrow focus on National Standards.

NZEI hopes to build constructive relationship with new Secretary for Education

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa hopes the new Secretary for Education will bring with her a solid understanding of New Zealand's unique and vibrant education system.

TEU Tertiary Update

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Christchurch Polytechnic wants longer days for teachers CPIT is seeking to make its staff teach more hours on more days across the year and give up weeks of leave. Tertiary Education Union (TEU) advocate Kris Smith says it is simply not fair for ...

Solutions sought to low Maori tertiary achievement rate

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Education leaders are meeting to discuss ways of tripling the number of Maori students getting a degree by 2020.

Mandatory reporting of child abuse needs careful consideration

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says a system of mandatory reporting of child abuse could give children more protection but there are some complex issues which would require careful consideration.

Exam cheats use internet to share answers - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
When 21-year-old Zhang, an average student in college, got set for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) in Beijing this year, she felt so unprepared that she skipped the exam entirely. Forty days later, she flew to Vietnam and nailed a near-perfect score in ...

NZUSA mobilising opposition to Bill - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: NZUSA mobilising opposition to Bill Otago Daily Times Otago university students are leading the campaign to retain student associations in the face of a proposed controversial legislation change by Parliament, one of New Zealand's leading student politicians says. ...

New resources launched for bullies

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WHO ME? is the first New Zealand booklet designed for 10 – 17 year olds who have been bullying.

New Project to Help Schools

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Autism New Zealand today announced the launch of a project to help schools improve access to education for all children, especially those on the Autism Spectrum.

First-up camp fostering scientists of the future

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Fifteen of the top scientific minds from Secondary Schools throughout Northland wound up a highly successful three days at NorthTec conducting experiments aimed at encouraging their pursuit of becoming the scientists of the future. Whangarei Rotarian, Murray ...

Students learning on the land - Taranaki Daily News

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URL: Students learning on the land Taranaki Daily News A new agricultural training campus has been established in South Taranaki in response to increasing numbers of students wanting to study in the district. Agricultural training provider Taratahi has just opened a new training centre at the Waimate West ...

Our hungry kids: Bad diet linked to skin and lung conditions

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Nurses treating children in poor areas see first-hand the skin and lung infections that may be linked to poor diet.'We get a lot of students in every week who haven't had food to eat: no breakfast, they don't bring lunch,' said...

Our hungry kids: Free bagels put a ring around school hunger

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An Auckland business is doing its part to stop kids going hungry at school.Abe's Bagels has been delivering free bagels to decile 1 schools since 2004.Owner Megan Sargent said she started because she knew there was a need for...

Help needed to secure breakfast in schools programmes

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming a report calling for the government to step in and help fund breakfast in schools programmes.

Bitter taste as school sells alcohol - TVNZ

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TVNZ
The Board of Trustees at Orewa College says the fundraiser is just one of many they are doing, and the alcohol never comes into contact with the students. But some parents say it is sending a conflicting message as the school has a policy against ...

Encouraging response to ECE Taskforce consultation

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says there has been a great response from the public and the early childhood education sector to calls for submissions during consultation on the independent ECE Taskforce report. “The eight-week consultation began in June, and so far there have been 1637 submissions, which is extremely encouraging,” says Mrs Tolley.
“Consultation closes on 8 August, and I would urge everyone - parents, families, whānau, employers and the ECE sector - to make sure their voice is heard...

Green Paper for Vulnerable Children

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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minster Paula Bennett joined Sir Peter Gluckman, Green Paper Champions, MPs and the public in Aotea Square today to launch the Green Paper for vulnerable children. “Too many children are being hurt, abused, neglected and badly let down but we can change this and now is time to act,” says Ms Bennett...

Texts To The Editor: 27/07/11 - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Excellent article by Bruce Bisset July 18 re National Govt policy on ECE cuts, proposed In Home Childcare cuts and ridiculous National Standards. What are they doing to our future generation? Our wee shining stars. How are families supposed to cope ...

ECE Services Fear Closure

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There is a growing groundswell of concern from parents, educators and teachers from portions of the Early Childhood education sector that the recent report, initiated by the Minister of Education, could not only result in increased childcare costs ...

Narrow focus road to education failure - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
... of educational reform focused on new national curriculum and assessment methods, our schools remain in desperate need of transformation. Thousands of young people choose truancy each day rather than face the tedium and irrelevance of school. ...

NCEA changes raise concern about students being guinea pigs

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Yasmeen Musa is a year 11 student at Whangarei Girls High, who has spoken out about changes to NCEA standards. We also hear from Chairperson of the Secondary Principals Council Julia Davidson and Deputy Chief Executive of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority Bali Haque.

Controversial proposals on helping children to be unveiled

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The Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, says a paper on vulnerable children to be published today is controversial and will make people uncomfortable.

Summit aims to triple number of Maori getting degrees - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Last year nearly half of the 2840 Auckland students who left school without any qualification were Maori. Photo / Greg Bowker More than 200 tertiary providers will meet in Auckland today to find ways of getting more Maori students ...

iPads in schools - are we missing the point? - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

iPads in schools - are we missing the point?
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Decisions about which tools to use – from school camps and calculators to iPads - become a lot easier to make when you understand the purpose and value of education, and the cost of not doing it well. What this underlines is the inherent gap between ...

Push for training of school board trustees - Waikato Times

Waikato Times

URL: Push for training of school board trustees Waikato Times Lengthy Government interventions at more than a dozen Waikato schools have prompted calls for mandatory training for boards of trustees. Just as Fairfield College's intervention has been downgraded, the Education Ministry has released figures showing ...

Study grant cuts hurt refugees - agency - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Study grant cuts hurt refugees - agency Stuff.co.nz With the Government's cuts to refugee study grants about to come into effect, refugee students will need extra help and support, an agency says. Last year the Government cut refugee study grants from next year. The grants, which began in 2003, ...

Our hungry kids: Charity bringing back free milk to schools - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Our hungry kids: Charity bringing back free milk to schools New Zealand Herald Glenavon School principal Elaine Herbert, who remembers getting school milk as a child, with 7-year-old students Darren Iese and Kairangi Takai-Latu. Photo / Richard Robinson. The days of giving kids milk in school are about to ...

Hunger in land of milk and honey - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
In a land where a state-school principal in one part of Auckland can demand every child come to school with a designer-brand, $1000 tablet computer. A land where the Government can throw $1.77 billion to greedy and unwise investors who lost their money ...

Brian Rudman: Hunger in land of milk and honey

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For years, local celebrities have been popping up on our screens in their safari gear, imploring us to sponsor a poverty-stricken child.A child in some poor, badly governed, Third World country, of course. The Herald's 'Our Hungry...

Dementia caregiver lauds training as population ages - The Nelson Mail

The Nelson Mail

URL: Dementia caregiver lauds training as population ages The Nelson Mail The Wood Retirement Village caregiver Chris Climo was one of 80 graduates at the seventh annual Nelson Tasman Industry Training ceremony at Annesbrook Church and Community Centre last night. The graduates received national certificates in industries ...

Linwood College ready for classes - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Almost $1 million has been spent repairing Linwood College so pupils can return on Monday for the first time since February 22. Pupils and teachers were forced to move to Cashmere High School in March, after Linwood College's buildings were riddled ...

Missing uni cash: priest quits job - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Missing uni cash: priest quits job New Zealand Herald Photo / Paul Estcourt A priest working as a senior executive at the Auckland University of Technology has resigned after "accounting discrepancies" involving hundreds of thousands of dollars. Jonathan Kirkpatrick was chief executive of the AUT Business ...

New mentoring guidelines build confident teachers

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“New induction and mentoring guidelines will evolve how mentor teachers build the confidence, satisfaction and expertise of New Zealand’s newest teachers and their learners,” said Teachers Council Director Dr Peter Lind today.

Concern playcentres may lose funds - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
Playcentres could lose as much as 70 per cent of their funding if the recommendations of an independent taskforce on early childhood education are adopted. Submissions on the Early Childhood Education Task Force report opened on June 15 and close on ...

Sir John Graham and John Taylor: Getting the best from school and country - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Most importantly, it is about promoting a sea change from excessively boring, mechanistic and assessment-driven teaching, to the celebration of whole subject expertise, the inculcation of good values, and the importance of all round student involvement ...

Teacher gender no issue for pupils - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Teacher gender no issue for pupils Otago Daily Times Male teachers are not essential if research involving Otago school pupils is anything to go by. While concern in education circles about the declining number of men in the teaching profession has grown, ...

Proposal on the future of Health Camp Schools

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Submissions are invited on the Ministry's proposal on the future of Health Camp Schools. For boards, educational organisations and other interested parties

Our hungry kids: Split views over food and learning - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Photo / APN Feeding hungry children at school may stop their tummies rumbling in the classroom, but a study has found free breakfasts do not make much difference to learning. Associate Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu, of the University of Auckland, ...

CPAG Calls For Govt Funded School Food Programme - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The Group's recently released report, Hunger for Learning cpag.org.nz - Hunger for Learning Brochure (pdf) , discusses the experiences of five Auckland schools which run breakfast programme and outlines the real educational advantages that these ...

Help needed to secure breakfast in schools programmes - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming a report calling for the government to step in and help fund breakfast in schools programmes. The Hunger for Learning report from the Child Poverty Action Group says breakfasts should be provided ...

NZ's hungry kids: nzherald readers react - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Revelations thousands of New Zealand children need food from charities and schools to stop them going hungry has sparked a heated debate among nzherald.co.nz readers. More than 40000 children are being fed by charities ...

It's all about keeping students safe - The Ashburton Guardian

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The Ashburton Guardian
The school received $120000 of funding from the Ministry of Education and added around $30000 of school funding to help build a fence around the entire school to protect special needs students. The fence is around 1.8 ...

Rick Boven

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Chris talks to Rick Boven from the NZ Institute about their discussion paper, More Ladders, Fewer Snakes: Two Proposals to Reduce Youth Advantage...

Ideas for 24 July 2011 - The Nation's Youth

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We hear from two of the country's youngest councillors and Chris talks to Rick Boven from the NZ Institute about their discussion paper, More Ladders, Fewer Snakes: Two Proposals to Reduce Youth Disadvantage.

Wainui High set on toilet cameras - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Wainuiomata High School will install cameras in toilets, despite a Privacy Commission warning it could breach pupils' privacy. The cameras would not be in cubicles but in the main washroom, principal Martin Isberg said. They were to stop vandalism, ...

Feature Guest - Professor Sir David Skegg

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It is his final week in the role of Otago University Vice Chancellor. He is Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine at the university, and his primary research interest is cancer epidemiology. He has acted as a consultant to the World Health Organisation and to the New Zealand government. In 1990, he was awarded an OBE for services to medicine and, in 2009, received a knighthood. He has contributed to the study of cervical, breast and prostate cancer, as well contraceptives and reproductive health.

Police investigate AUT's missing $500k

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Do you know more details? Email jared.savage@nzherald.co.nz Hundreds of thousands of dollars have gone missing from the accounts of a taxpayer-funded Auckland university. AUT is...

Maori 'thriving' at trades-focused education centre - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The founder of a trades-focused education centre says Maori students thrive under its guidance. Stuart Middleton has set up a Tertiary High School at Manukau Institute of Technology, which has been running for about a year, and caters for students ...

Mana College stalwart fondly remembered - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Mana College stalwart fondly remembered The Dominion Post POPULAR MAN: Bruce Crowley, who passed away last month, will be remembered with fondness by many in the Mana College and Porirua community. Mana College hosted a service to remember popular teacher Bruce Crowley last month. Known as 'The Crow', ...

MP lends ear to educators in Hawke's Bay - Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today

URL: MP lends ear to educators in Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Today Mrs Moroney visited Early Childhood Education centres and primary schools to talk to educators about the recent ECE Taskforce report and National Standards. She said the Government's Taskforce was a hot topic with ECE providers such as Te Kohanga Reo ...

Surpluses at public institutions raise questions about priorities

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Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 25
Ministry of Education statistics show the average surplus as a percentage of revenue at public tertiary education providers climbing dramatically from 1.9 percent in 2006 to 5.2 percent last year. In 2006 public tertiary education providers made a combined surplus of $66 million on revenue of $3.5 billion. Last year the same institutions made a combined surplus of $280 million on revenue of $4.4 billion.

Govt 'recognises preschool concerns'

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Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples says the Government recognises concerns by the Kohanga Reo National Trust that Maori early childhood centres are being discriminated against.

Kohanga Reo important for diversity - academic

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A Maori Studies expert says assessing Kohanga Reo against Ministry of Education standards is “comparing apples with oranges”.

Hundreds protest 'bias' against kohanga

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About 400 Maori descended on the Waitangi Tribunal yesterday calling for protection of kohanga reo amid concerns that the language centres could have their funding slashed.The protesters gathered outside Parliament in the morning...

1200 take part in Kohanga Reo hikoi

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A 1200 strong hikoi has marched to the Waitangi tribunal to file a claim alleging the crown is discriminating against Kohanga Reo.

No Maori bid for science scholarship - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
... scholarships to Maori university students, because it couldn't find any interested in science. Rangahau Ahumara Kai, or Plant and Food, is now planning to attract younger Maori to science by offering scholarships to college and high school pupils. ...

Sir John Graham and John Taylor: Getting the best from school and country

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The following suggestions for debate and action are based on our experiences and observations as secondary school teachers and principals over the past 50 years. We appreciate that times have changed and that, as revealed in the...

School Caretakers and Cleaners (incl Canteen workers) Collective Agreement

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Effective 22 July 2011 to 18 July 2013...

$34m plan to help find missing tots

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Toddlers attending playcentre and kindergarten will be assigned unique numbers and have their early education tracked through a new $34 million computer system.

New Zealand's young brain boxes

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'And right behind you is genito-urinary ... that stuff might interest you.' If he had been talking to any other group of school kids they would have dissolved into mass sniggering. But this is the Brain Bee and these are no ordinary...

Tertiary high school

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Stuart Middleton developed Tertiary High School at Manukau Institute of Technology in 2010 and has also established the Centre for Studies in Multiple Pathways which better links schools to post-secondary education and training.

Quake affected students fly in for extra classes - TVNZ

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TVNZ
The 100 pupils have flown in for an intensive four day workshop to help them catch up on lost classroom hours. It is estimated with the disruption from the earthquakes students have missed out on three weeks of schooling. "With all the craziness going ...

Competition for the brightest and best in IT - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
From the outside looking in, there is competition for the best students and we are a tiny country and all our universities are competing with each other. Yes we compete a lot but we also collaborate a lot. So I'ma PI [Prime Investigator] on a ...

Prestigious innovation award for university-based website - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
They said, “It is a shining example of collaboration in the highly competitive educational environment.” Project Co-Director, former dean of the Faculty of Education and new Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Alister Jones says, “This award is ...

Our hungry kids: Pullout by Countdown leaves gap in school day

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Hundreds of pupils will arrive at school on Monday to find the breakfast they have come to rely on is no longer available.The last of the free Red Cross breakfasts were served at the end of last term, bringing to an end a popular...

Why schools' leaders support merger - The Daily Post

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The Daily Post
The plan was prompted by a pattern of low student achievement, declining rolls and students leaving Murupara for secondary school, issues identified by local principals, the Ministry of Education and community members in 2008. ...

Soldier's death inquiry finds faults in training - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Soldier's death inquiry finds faults in training New Zealand Herald But the inquiry found some deficiencies in training to cope with the hostile terrain in Bamyan province, and that the 757 that transported the body of Lt O'Donnell and the injured home was not properly configured and could have compromised their care. ...

NZDF's reputation could be damaged by training shortcomings

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The New Zealand Defence Force has been warned by its own court of inquiry its reputation could be significantly damaged by shortcomings identified during a fatal attack on a patrol in Afghanistan last year.

Kohanga reo position understood - Sharples

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Pita Sharples | Education
The Associate Minister of Education and Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, is assuring the whanau of kohanga reo that their concerns have been recognised, and solutions are being investigated...

Everything fine then in education? Yeah, right! - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
But New Zealand doesn't have an interesting education policy, just national standards and NCEA. One size fits all. Square pegs do fit round holes. It's a damning indictment on politicians and bureaucrats. Every New Zealand child is entitled to 13 years ...

New National Standards reading and writing illustrations

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Set 4 of the National Standard Reading and Writing Illustrations are now available on Literacy Online.

$920k project 'won't meet target' - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
When Prime Minister John Key launched the KiaOraMai training programme two years ago, it was touted as raising the skills of 10000 service-industry workers in time for the Rugby World Cup. The project was given initial funding of $440000 by the ...

Schools struggle to teach curriculum - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
A new report from the Education Review Office shows 18 per cent of schools can provide minimal or no evidence of adopting the principles it was built on such as the Treaty of Waitangi and community engagement. Wellington's Clyde Quay School principal ...

See http://www.ero.govt.nz/National-Reports/Directions-for-Learning-The-New-Zealand-Curriculum-Principles-and-Teaching-as-Inquiry-May-2011

Kohanga Reo movement to lodge claim for Waitangi protection

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The Kohanga Reo movement is lodging an urgent Treaty of Waitangi claim, saying it may not survive five years unless it gets special protection.

Directions for learning: The New Zealand Curriculum principles, and teaching as inquiry May 2011

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In early 2010, the Ministry of Education asked the Education Review Office (ERO) to conduct an initial evaluation, and a follow up evaluation one year later, to investigate how schools were using the eight principles and the teaching as inquiry process as outlined in The New Zealand Curriculum.

Good progress on the curriculum compromised

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa warns much of the good progress being made on implementing the New Zealand Curriculum is being compromised by the government’s narrow focus on National Standards.

Tough market squeezing out foreign teachers - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Tough market squeezing out foreign teachers Stuff.co.nz TAYLOR-MADE: Iain Taylor, principal at Manurewa Intermediate in south Auckland, believes New Zealand-trained teachers are better for our students because of their local knowledge and culture. First-year and overseas-trained teachers are being squeezed ...

Skills training plummets under National - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“New figures reveal that industry training numbers have dropped by a staggering 31000, or 23% since National took office in 2008,” Phil Goff said. “In the building industry alone, skills trainee numbers are down by almost 3600 or a massive 40%. ...

Fire Service role draws out leadership skills - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Station management includes staff management, training, skill and equipment maintenance and crew development. Operational functions include fire prevention and fire-safety activities, strategy and tactics for a wide range of emergencies and command and ...

Targeted training a solution for long-term unemployed - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A Tertiary Education Commission report shows The Salvation Army's employment training arm, Employment Plus, assisted 752 unemployed people into jobs or additional vocational training last year – 63 per cent of those who completed the programmes. ...

Why parents should veto this school tool - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Photo / Sarah Ivey Orewa College has on its website an 1800-word FAQ justifying its instruction that from 2012 all year nine students should have a "one to one computing device and our preference for that device is an Apple iPad 2". ...

Our hungry kids: 40,000 NZ kids fed by charities

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School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes, a Red Cross scheme which ended this month after Countdown supermarkets withdrew...

Our hungry kids: 40,000 NZ kids fed by charities

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School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes, a Red Cross scheme which ended this month after Countdown supermarkets withdrew...

Our hungry kids: Hungry pupils 'need taxpayer help'

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A Herald investigation shows many children are going to school unfed. We explore why, and what can be done. by A children's lobby group says New Zealanders should stop blaming the parents of hungry children and allow their tax...

Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home

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Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...

Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home

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Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...

Our hungry kids: Angels breakfast charity began at home

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Takanini mother of five Bronca Fox started feeding hungry children from a local caravan park who came to her door a decade ago. Today, her charity feeds 250 children at five local schools.'I'm opposite the street where the caravan...

Our hungry kids: More schools feeding children

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At least three-quarters of New Zealand's low-income primary and intermediate schools have joined charitable schemes to feed pupils.A Herald survey has found many schools have signed up with several charities to cover breakfast...

Healthier kids for 20c a day

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The price of battling obesity in New Zealand could be just 20c a day per child, according to analysis of a new programme which has shrunk the number of overweight children across an entire district.A draft report on Project Energize...

Secret History of Social Networking (Part 3)

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The final part of The Secret History of Social Networking with Rory Cellan-Jones of the BBC.

Tablets too hard for some - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Orewa College is not the only school encouraging students to go digital. Photo / Dean Purcell Orewa College hit the headlines this week when it told parents that part of the stationery requirements for Year 9 students would be a ...

Two-thirds back in quake city schools - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Statistics New Zealand figures show that of the 11139 primary, intermediate and secondary pupils who enrolled in other schools, 4509 are yet to return to their original school. At the March 17 peak of the exodus, 7581 pupils at one time were being ...

E-learning taking off - The Nelson Mail

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The Nelson Mail
New students in one Nayland College class next year will have the option of taking many of their classes electronically, using iPads or other devices. The issue has come into the national spotlight after Auckland's decile nine Orewa College told ...

Unitec campus set to open off Albany Highway

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Unitec's new Albany campus will start holding classes next week, making vocational education an option for many North Shore residents, says chief executive Rick Ede.Classes at the Albany campus will begin from August 1 after growing...

Creating an IT hub around a great university - Computerworld New Zealand

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Computerworld New Zealand
If we as a nation want to have a strong technology hub here, then really what we need is a great university. If you look around the world the great technology hubs are associated with great universities. So I am pretty passionate about the fact that ...

Crime centre under threat in university cutbacks

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A unique criminal research centre may soon be closed down under changes proposed by Victoria University that would also lead to redundancies in several departments.

University to Establish Study Centre in Castle Street

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The University of Otago Council has approved a proposal to establish a new study and social centre at the site of the former Gardens Tavern in Castle Street. This will help to meet a need, which was identified in the Campus Master Plan, for more ...

Chester Borrows: No simple answers to education woes - Wanganui Chronicle

Wanganui Chronicle

URL: Chester Borrows: No simple answers to education woes Wanganui Chronicle The Government has attracted a scrap with the teaching fraternity regarding the implementation of national standards. I think it is time we recognise that there is a big chunk of our community who do not learn in school. The difference in the past was ...

The Challenge to Care in Charm City: Consider New Zealand's Approach

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According to Dr. Hipkins who is a distinguished Chief Researcher of New Zealand's Council for Educational Research, New Zealand doesn't believe that school learning should be entirely based on epistemology, ...

Timely focus on career help - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
Dr Karen Vaughan, researcher for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, was recently interviewed by National Radio. As she and others pointed out, it has probably never been satisfactory to have a sole careers councillor as the expert ...

Cook Islands students perform well in NCEA qualification - Radio New Zealand International

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Radio New Zealand International
A new analysis of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement shows Cook Islands students performing well compared with Pacifica students at school in New Zealand. NCEA is the standard qualification for secondary students in New Zealand but is ...

Schools struggle to teach curriculum - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
A new report from the Education Review Office shows 18 per cent of schools can provide minimal or no evidence of adopting the principles it was built on such as the Treaty of Waitangi and community engagement. Wellington's Clyde Quay School principal ...

Families forced to sacrifice early childhood education to make ends meet

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Fee increases in early childhood education are helping push up the cost of living and families should not be forced to sacrifice their children’s education to make ends meet, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 26

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TEU challenges change proposals at Victoria Victoria University of Wellington is currently undertaking five separate change proposals affecting academic staff. Two of these are located in the Faculty of Education, where management claim there is ...

‘Review It!’ another success for students’ associations

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NZUSA is congratulating Massey University students’ associations on the launch of Review It!, a new survey designed to review courses and improve quality and student choice, developed in collaboration with Massey University. Launched just this semester, ...

Maori students top Weltec trades study completion ates - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Young Maori learning trades are better at finishing their courses than all other students at the same Hutt Valley technical institute. The success is being put down to the new Tamaiti Whangai Academy, a initiative run by Wellington Institute of ...

School principal heads north - Timaru Herald

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URL: School principal heads north Timaru Herald Raising the profile of Timaru's smallest primary school has taken six years, but principal Shaun Brooker is now starting to see a change. He joined Timaru Christian School when it was at its North St site and there were just 34 pupils. ...

Computers in schools could prevent youth crime - think tank - TVNZ

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TVNZ
Improvements in schools could be the answer to solving issues like excessive drinking and drug use, obesity and teenage pregnancy according to a New Zealand think-tank. The New Zealand Institute has released a report which recommends two proposals that ...

Should new technology like iPads be in schools?

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Orewa college has asked Dr David Parsons, a senior lecturer in information technology at Massey University, to evaluate its pilot iPad programme next year. Dr Parsons is also the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning.

Fresh Start reforms in operation: a progress report

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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has today publicly released a progress report on Fresh Start Youth Justice reforms. “These reforms were only implemented eight months ago, so it is early days, but we’d like to provide some transparency about how they’re going.” So far at least 1,150 young people have been provided with one or more of the new Fresh Start programmes or new orders...

We're ahead on youth job front - The Ashburton Guardian

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The Ashburton Guardian
School leavers were divided into three categories – those in full time work, apprenticeships or at university who did not need assistance; those in temporary work or training who would need assistance in the future and those who were out of work and ...

Minister responds to youth unemployment news

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So many of New Zealand's youth are struggling to find employment, but the Minister for employment and youth affairs, Paula Bennett, says jobs are out there for those with the right attitude.

New Zealand youth most disadvantaged in the OECD

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A New Zealand think tank says our young people are more disadvantaged than in any of the other 33 countries in the OECD. The New Zealand Institute cites figures which show we have the highest proportion of youth unemployment in the developed world.

Kindergartens crying poor - with big cash stashes

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Kindergartens have increased fees, put playgrounds on hold and made staff redundant because of Government funding cuts - but many have large sums of money in the bank.A search of the charities register reveals many kindergarten...

iPads, computers 'essential' for schools - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: iPads, computers 'essential' for schools Auckland stuff.co.nz A researcher asked to evaluate the integration of iPads into an Auckland school's classrooms says there is no point trying to prepare children for the future with nineteenth century tools. Orewa College has told parents a "one to one computer device" ...

Computers in schools could prevent youth crime - think tank - TVNZ

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TVNZ
It says getting students more engaged in learning through using computers, and providing better employment advice could help solve the root of most social problems, unemployment. "We believe if we can reduce unemployment by reducing the causes of youth ...

St Mary's may introduce iPads - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: St Mary's may introduce iPads Stuff.co.nz At least one Taranaki school is considering adding the iPad to its educational arsenal – and it could ask parents to pay. Stratford's St Mary's Diocesan School is investigating introducing laptops or iPads to take full advantage of ultrafast broadband ...

Students ditch paper for digital books - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Outside the classroom a hot summer day beckons, but fourth-grade teacher Yeon Eun-jung's students are glued to their tablet PCs as they watch an animated boy and a girl squabble about whether water becomes heavier when frozen. ...

C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: New Zealand is Ready!

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I recently got the opportunity to discuss these important questions with Dr. Rosemary Hipkins, the distinguished Chief Researcher of New Zealand's Council for Educational Research. What kind of educational system will ...

Education Amendment Bill No 4

URL: Education Amendment Bill No 4: Status: New
ID: bill/government/2011/0279/11.0
Version: Reported from the Education and Science Committee on 19 July 2011
Information type: bill
Legislation type: government
Year: 2011
No: 279-2

Appointment of Chief Executive and Secretary for Education - Voxy

Voxy

URL: Appointment of Chief Executive and Secretary for Education Voxy The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today announced the appointment of Lesley Longstone to the position of Chief Executive and Secretary for Education, Ministry for Education. Ms Longstone is currently Director General for Infrastructure and ... New education chief executive announcedThe Dominion Post UK appointee to head Education MinistryRadio New Zealand

NZEI hopes to build constructive relationship with new Secretary for Education - Voxy

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Voxy
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa hopes the new Secretary for Education will bring with her a solid understanding of New Zealand's unique and vibrant education system. It has been announced that Lesley Longstone will replace Karen Sewell as ... and more »

iPads will help disadvantaged students - principal - Newstalk ZB

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URL: iPads will help disadvantaged students - principal Newstalk ZB Auckland University Education Faculty senior lecturer John Roder says many factors will determine whether it's the right time for schools to make them compulsory. "I would say possibly in the next five years it would be hard not to be asking a question ... and more »

Orewa College leads iPad introduction

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Orewa College has informed parents of Year 8 students that the iPad 2 is on next year's stationery list - but why are the expensive devices required?
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Principals' Assoc. weighs into iPad debate

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The president of the Secondary Principals' Association says the Ministry of Educations should be funding iPads in schools.
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iPad request by schools unfair on parents - King

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The Ministry of Education is declining to be drawn into a growing argument over whether college students need iPads.
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School iPads tough on parents: budget advisors - Otago Daily Times

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URL: School iPads tough on parents: budget advisors Otago Daily Times An Auckland college's decision to make iPads a compulsory stationary item will put more pressure on already struggling families, a budgeting advisor says. Parents of students at Orewa College will have to fork out at least $800 for an iPad 2, ... Principal says other schools will follow iPad stance TVNZ 'No money' for school iPads - parent New Zealand Herald iPad request by schools unfair on parents - King 3News NZ Stuff.co.nz -Newstalk ZB -Radio New Zealand

Should tablet PCs be compulsory for high school students? - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
An Auckland school has triggered an uproar by placing the new iPad on its 'compulsory' stationery list for Year 9 students next year. Orewa College last month sent a letter home to the parents of Year 8 students saying they need their "help and ...

'No money' for school iPads - parent - New Zealand Herald

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URL: 'No money' for school iPads - parent New Zealand Herald An Orewa College parent says the use of iPads in school work would be good for the schools and its students, but the community just does not have the money to pay for them. The Auckland school has triggered an uproar by placing the new iPad on its ... Principal says other schools will follow iPad stance TVNZ Compulsory school iPads tough on parents: budget advisors Otago Daily Times iPad request in schools unfair on poorer families - King 3News NZ Stuff.co.nz -Newstalk ZB -Radio New Zealand

IT expert applauds compulsory iPad plan - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: IT expert applauds compulsory iPad plan Stuff.co.nz An IT specialist has applauded the move by an Auckland school to make iPads the star of the classroom. Orewa College has made the iPad 2 compulsory and has told parents of Year 9 students they must buy the device, which sells for between $799 and $1148 ... Principal says other schools will follow iPad stance TVNZ

iPads 'compulsory' for Year 9 students - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: iPads 'compulsory' for Year 9 students Stuff.co.nz An Auckland school has made the iPad 2 compulsory for all junior pupils next year, a move a Labour education spokesperson says could create a two-tiered schooling system. Orewa College has told parents all Year 9 students will need the device which ... Dear parents, please buy your child an iPad TVNZ College wants students to take iPad to school Radio New Zealand iPads 'compulsory' at Auckland school New Zealand Herald Auckland stuff.co.nz -Newstalk ZB -3News NZ

Capital Debate: iPads at schools - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Capital Debate: iPads at schools Stuff.co.nz TECH EDUCATION: Stoke School pupils Pukawa Turu, 6, left and Malachi Luke, 6, using an Ipad as an educational tool. A decile-nine Auckland state school has put the latest iPad on its "compulsory stationery list" for all year nine pupils next year. ... Tablet computers likely to be the 'new' text books Radio New Zealand

Tablet devices 'essential' for students, but who pays? - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Tablet devices 'essential' for students, but who pays? New Zealand Herald Orewa College isn't the first school to require students to have their own computers or tablets. Photo / Sarah Ivey All students will eventually have to take a tablet device such as an iPad to school, principals say. ... St Mary's may introduce iPads Stuff.co.nz Principals' Assoc. weighs into iPad debate 3News NZ Principal says other schools will follow iPad stance TVNZ Otago Daily Times -Newstalk ZB -The Ashburton Guardian

Principal says other schools will follow iPad stance - TVNZ

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URL: Principal says other schools will follow iPad stance TVNZ An Auckland school putting iPads on the compulsory stationery list says other schools will follow suit. From next year, all year nine students at Orewa College must have their own notebook or laptop, and the school is strongly recommending it be a top ... School iPads tough on parents: budget advisors Otago Daily Times 'No money' for school iPads - parent New Zealand Herald iPad request by schools unfair on parents - King 3News NZ Stuff.co.nz -Radio New Zealand -Newstalk ZB

iPads for Remarkables primary school kids - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Wakatipu High School board of trustee chairman, Alistair Nicholson, said it had a number of technological tools and was also looking at buying iPads. "We're constantly reviewing the technology we've got and at some point we would like to see each pupil ... and more »

No call for iPads at college - yet - The Ashburton Guardian

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URL: No call for iPads at college - yet The Ashburton Guardian Ashburton College does not include iPads or laptops as compulsory stationery items for its students, but will expand its use of technology next year when wireless internet access spreads across the whole school and playground. ... School iPads tough on parents: budget advisors Otago Daily Times Principal says other schools will follow iPad stance TVNZ 'No money' for school iPads - parent New Zealand Herald 3News NZ -Stuff.co.nz -Newstalk ZB

Nine to Noon

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"Kathryn Ryan speaks to Professor Sir David Skegg in his final week in the role of Otago University Vice Chancellor, in Nine to Noon"

Disadvantaged NZ youth bottom of OECD league - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
It recommends radical reforms including widespread use of computer-based e-learning, putting students on to pathways to work from the first year of intermediate school (Year 7), giving employers more input into what schools teach and giving all ...

Government programmes help young people

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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says the Government has maintained a high priority on young people with a particular focus on employment. “This Government has spent millions on upskilling young people, getting them work experience and that vital foot in the door with a first job,” says Ms Bennett.
Since 2009 the National-Led Government has invested $66 million in Job Ops, $57 million in Community Max, $44 million in the Limited Service Volunteer programme (LSV) and just over $17 million in Skills for Growth.  ...  read more