Hauora Maori Scholarships available

Hauora Maori Scholarships available
Tariana Turia | Health
Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia is encouraging Maori students to apply for Hauora Maori Scholarships to help them start or finish their studies in health related courses. “These scholarships are about supporting students in their studies, and recognising their contribution to their community. “This year a new category has been included for Community Health Workers and I would encourage students to apply,” says Mrs Turia...

Projects will go on - Tolley - Stuff.co.nz

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Education Minister Anne Tolley says money earmarked for Nelson schools will not be affected by the Christchurch earthquake, including a promised $4 million for a new Maori school in Richmond next year. Mrs Tolley was in town yesterday to talk to ...

Budget cutbacks ahead - to the tune of $800m - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Budget cutbacks ahead - to the tune of $800m New Zealand Herald Speaking on Q+A yesterday, Mr Key said much of that new spending was originally tagged for health and education. The government still expected to inject new funds into those areas - but warned they would now have to come from cuts in other areas rather ...

Quake exposes skill shortages - Stuff.co.nz

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For Jeremy Baker, executive director of the Industry Training Federation, market signals will take too long. He says there's resistance to detailed workforce planning but the sort of analysis being done in the building industries could be done much ...

Keeping youth in work, training vital - The Southland Times

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The Southland Times
The programme has been running for more than 10 years and has had an 80 per cent success rate in getting young people into further training and work. Work'n It Out was set up to ensure all school leavers in the southern region from Timaru south gain ...

Emergency and general messaging

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Emergency and general text messaging services are available to Christchurch schools free of charge.

Rewriting the history of Moriori - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Rewriting the history of Moriori Stuff.co.nz The Ministry of Education is rewriting New Zealand history in the school curriculum – altering what textbooks say about the Moriori. Generations of New Zealanders have grown up believing Moriori were an inferior, pre-Maori race driven from New Zealand ...

Anger over Pacific language books - TVNZ

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TVNZ
A group of Pacific Islands parents are taking the Ministry of Education to court over its decision to indefinitely suspend producing Pacific language books. A coalition including schools, churches and community groups is behind court action that the ...

Pupils learning leadership skills - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
By Joe Dodgshun on Fri, 18 Mar 2011 This year, all year 8 pupils at St Joseph's School are being cultivated as leaders to make a positive difference for both themselves and younger pupils. Due to the size of St Joseph's, each of the 18 year 8 pupils ...

Tool to help pick the right major for you - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Tool to help pick the right major for you Otago Daily Times Logan Park High School pupils (from left) Branagh Hender (15), Andrew Brinsley-Pirie (16) and Merlin Callister (16) use software created by the Graduate Factory Ltd at the University of Otago Centre for Innovation ...

Girls get down and dirty - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Last week a Wanganui Girls' College student was taken to hospital after she was viciously attacked by another student who has been stood down from the school. The victim was left unconscious after allegedly being stomped on the head. ...

Chch students stay away - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
Statistics New Zealand says nearly 8200 students from the Christchurch City, Selwyn and Waimakariri districts have re-enrolled in other schools since the February earthquake. Only 655 students have decided to return to their original schools. ...