URL: Government invests $9.5 million in new ECE services
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the Government is investing $9.5 million in property funding to build eight new early childhood education services. 440 new places for children will be created in areas of high need in South and East Auckland, as the Government targets increased participation for Maori, Pasifika and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds...
Friday, June 17, 2011
Better financial literacy good for the economy
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Bill English | Finance
Improving New Zealanders’ knowledge of personal financial issues will help contribute to a healthier economy based on more savings and less debt, Finance Minister Bill English says. “Better financial literacy is not only good for the economy – it also helps individual New Zealanders make better decisions about their own personal finances,” he said today in launching the New Zealand Centre for Personal Financial Education in Wellington...
Bill English | Finance
Improving New Zealanders’ knowledge of personal financial issues will help contribute to a healthier economy based on more savings and less debt, Finance Minister Bill English says. “Better financial literacy is not only good for the economy – it also helps individual New Zealanders make better decisions about their own personal finances,” he said today in launching the New Zealand Centre for Personal Financial Education in Wellington...
Ads speak to parents of overseas student borrowers
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Peter Dunne | Revenue
An advertising campaign has been launched this week to get parents of overseas-based student loan borrowers to remind them to repay their loans, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today. The advertisements build on the success of the Government initiative which has recovered $2 million in outstanding student loan debt from borrowers in Australia in the last six months, Mr Dunne said. “Often for young people who have gone overseas, it is a case of out of sight, out of mind and they stop paying off their student loans or are very slow to do so...
Peter Dunne | Revenue
An advertising campaign has been launched this week to get parents of overseas-based student loan borrowers to remind them to repay their loans, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today. The advertisements build on the success of the Government initiative which has recovered $2 million in outstanding student loan debt from borrowers in Australia in the last six months, Mr Dunne said. “Often for young people who have gone overseas, it is a case of out of sight, out of mind and they stop paying off their student loans or are very slow to do so...
The Muritai School Newsletter ~ The Bird's Eye View: 16 June
URL: The Muritai School Newsletter ~ The Bird's Eye View: 16 June
NATIONAL STANDARDS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS! Muritai has made good progress with the recently introduced Ministry of Education developed National Standards for Reading, Writing and Mathematics. ...
NATIONAL STANDARDS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS! Muritai has made good progress with the recently introduced Ministry of Education developed National Standards for Reading, Writing and Mathematics. ...
Massey starts longterm probe of financial literacy - National Business Review
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National Business Review
Massey University researchers are starting a 20-year longitudinal study of 300 young people in a bid to work out why many New Zealanders struggle with their personal finances. The participants -- aged between 18 and 20 years -- will be initially ...
National Business Review
Massey University researchers are starting a 20-year longitudinal study of 300 young people in a bid to work out why many New Zealanders struggle with their personal finances. The participants -- aged between 18 and 20 years -- will be initially ...
Govt to invest $9.5 into new ECE services - TVNZ
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TVNZ
Tolley says the extra places will give more children the benefits of a quality early childhood education before they start school. "This is part of the $91.8 million participation programme announced in Budget 2010, to establish an additional 3500 ECE ...
TVNZ
Tolley says the extra places will give more children the benefits of a quality early childhood education before they start school. "This is part of the $91.8 million participation programme announced in Budget 2010, to establish an additional 3500 ECE ...
Targeted ECE projects welcome but cuts cancel out benefits
URL: Targeted ECE projects welcome but cuts cancel out benefits
The government continues to mask the effects of its cuts to early childhood education and mislead the public about how much it is investing,” says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
The government continues to mask the effects of its cuts to early childhood education and mislead the public about how much it is investing,” says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
Funding for Auckland childcare centres
URL: Funding for Auckland childcare centres
Eight new early childhood centres for 440 children will be built in South and East Auckland with $9.5 million set aside by the Government in last year's Budget.
Eight new early childhood centres for 440 children will be built in South and East Auckland with $9.5 million set aside by the Government in last year's Budget.
NCEA pass rates 'will be affected' - Radio New Zealand
URL: NCEA pass rates 'will be affected'
Radio New Zealand
The Principal of Avonside Girls' High School in Christchurch says the ongoing earthquakes will have a huge effect on NCEA results this year. The school is having to share the site of Burnside High School because of quake damage to its buildings. ...
Radio New Zealand
The Principal of Avonside Girls' High School in Christchurch says the ongoing earthquakes will have a huge effect on NCEA results this year. The school is having to share the site of Burnside High School because of quake damage to its buildings. ...
Quake impact on schooling
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What impact are the earthquakes having on secondary students' education? Lynn Freeman talks to Principal of Avonside Girls High School, Sue Hume, and NZQA Deputy Chief Executive, Bali Haque. We also hear from John Bangma, President of the Canterbury Primary Principals' Association, on how primary students are coping.
What impact are the earthquakes having on secondary students' education? Lynn Freeman talks to Principal of Avonside Girls High School, Sue Hume, and NZQA Deputy Chief Executive, Bali Haque. We also hear from John Bangma, President of the Canterbury Primary Principals' Association, on how primary students are coping.
New Technology with Sarah Putt
URL: New Technology with Sarah Putt
Discusses the Ultra Fast Broadband network, the 2001 Catching the Knowledge Wave conference, and IT governance.
Discusses the Ultra Fast Broadband network, the 2001 Catching the Knowledge Wave conference, and IT governance.
SIT Chch attracting students - Southland Times
URL: SIT Chch attracting students
Southland Times
Chief executive Penny Simmonds said student numbers were up on last year, but warned this could be misleading as last year's numbers had been down while it was building a new campus and there had been a delayed start. There was increased interest in ...
Southland Times
Chief executive Penny Simmonds said student numbers were up on last year, but warned this could be misleading as last year's numbers had been down while it was building a new campus and there had been a delayed start. There was increased interest in ...
Rosie the cow spreads the word about dairying - The Daily Post
URL: Rosie the cow spreads the word about dairying
The Daily Post
As an internet-based educational programme for primary school students, it includes a website with teaching units, digital texts and digital learning objects. "The education website will use digital story books and games with a dairying context for ...
The Daily Post
As an internet-based educational programme for primary school students, it includes a website with teaching units, digital texts and digital learning objects. "The education website will use digital story books and games with a dairying context for ...
Growing tall poppies: future NZ leaders need opportunities
URL: Growing tall poppies: future NZ leaders need opportunities
Gifted children in New Zealand are falling through the cracks and without the proper support these potential New Zealand leaders may use their intelligence for the worse as opposed to the better.
Gifted children in New Zealand are falling through the cracks and without the proper support these potential New Zealand leaders may use their intelligence for the worse as opposed to the better.
Literacy class out for staff - Wanganui Chronicle
URL: Literacy class out for staff
Wanganui Chronicle
Spotless training manager Barbara Gaston developed and managed the 20-week course for the Whanganui and MidCentral district health boards. This joint venture between the company and the government-funded Workplace Literacy Fund enabled adult students ...
Wanganui Chronicle
Spotless training manager Barbara Gaston developed and managed the 20-week course for the Whanganui and MidCentral district health boards. This joint venture between the company and the government-funded Workplace Literacy Fund enabled adult students ...
TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 21
URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 21
WITT-less polytechnic gang face growing opposition A petition calling on the chief executives of Whitireia, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, NorthTec, Unitec and Wintec to start negotiating with their staff is drawing a steady stream of signatures since ...
WITT-less polytechnic gang face growing opposition A petition calling on the chief executives of Whitireia, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, NorthTec, Unitec and Wintec to start negotiating with their staff is drawing a steady stream of signatures since ...
UCOL hosts Kia Māia – a careers expo with a difference
URL: UCOL hosts Kia Māia – a careers expo with a difference
UCOL’s Atrium will be abuzz on Friday as it hosts the Kia Māia Careers Expo. Kia Māia is an Expo with a difference as it presents Maori training opportunities to the Maori community and whanau.
UCOL’s Atrium will be abuzz on Friday as it hosts the Kia Māia Careers Expo. Kia Māia is an Expo with a difference as it presents Maori training opportunities to the Maori community and whanau.
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