Friday, July 8, 2011

New $8.4 million school for students with special needs

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has officially opened the new $8.4 million Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre, based at Mana College in Porirua. “This new school and resource centre shows the Government’s commitment to providing education for students with special needs,” says Mrs Tolley. “Mahinawa Specialist School ensures that some of our most vulnerable students have a learning environment that effectively supports their additional learning and support needs...

New SOE appointments

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Tony Ryall | State Owned Enterprises
State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall has today announced three new appointments to State Owned Enterprise boards and an airport company board. Chair of the Lotteries Commission Judy Kirk has been appointed as director of MetService. Mrs Kirk is a former president of the National Party. Alistair Scott has been appointed to the board of Transpower. He is a director of numerous boards, and is a former executive at Meridian Energy and Credit Suisse First Boston...

Kia ora! Molweni! epitomises te reo and manaakitanga - Sharples

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Pita Sharples | Maori Affairs
A cutural exchange between senior students from five kura kaupapa Maori, and their host families and schools in South Africa, epitomises the values of te reo Maori and manaakitanga, according to the Minister of Maori Affairs. The visit was documented for television, and the series ‘Kia ora! Molweni!’ is to be screened on Maori Television later this year...

Govt only interested in 'tick-the-box' standards compliance - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
It is clear the Minister of Education is simply looking for 'tick-the-box' compliance on National Standards and has no interest in the quality of the information, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. In parliament the Minister Anne Tolley ...

Political Dumpground: Back Pedalling Begins

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160 schools called her bluff on them being sacked and submitted school plans which do not fully incorporate the National Standards which means they now cannot be fully implemented there next year. ...

Journal on the Art of Record Production » Creation of Media Based ...

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Conference Proceedings, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington (New Zealand). Inglis, S. 2009. Rupert Flindt: Recording Elbow Live at Abbey Road, Sound on Sound, September 2009. Petty, G. 2004 . ...

Incoming Children's Commissioner - Russell Wills

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He is a Hawkes Bay paediatrician, who has just taken over the job of Children's Commissioner - a role he will do part-time.

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 24

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Universities need to face up to aging workforce TEU National President Sandra Grey believes that Universities NZ should take a greater leadership role in addressing the ageing workforce problem it has identified. Universities NZ has rightly identified ...

Training funded for 11 dead people - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Competenz, the ITO for engineering, manufacturing, baking and food and beverage manufacturing industries, had to repay $2.2m to the Tertiary Education Commission. Total overpayment was actually $9.5m, but more than half was written off in recognition ...

Marya-Luise finds Te Reo useful for career

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Maori Language Week 4-10 July acknowledges Manaakitanga, a theme that encompasses making people feel welcome and how regard and care is given to others in our company.

Pushy adults put stress on their gifted children - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
More than 230 gifted teenagers met yesterday at a conference organised by the Secondary Auckland Gifted Educators (Sage) to give the students a chance to meet like-minded people, expose them to life outside high school - and address the pressures they ...

'Awesome' students inspiring kids to read - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
MANAAKITANGA — to nurture, care and be kind — is a well-known concept to a group of Maori-speaking Gisborne Boys' High School students. Manaakitanga is also the theme for Maori Language Week 2011. Students Rikki Terekia, Navajo Hibbs, Bruce Taiapa, ...

Student opens gate to Inglewood - Stratford Press



Stratford Press
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Stratford Press
Gateway provides real work experience for students who know what they would like to do when they leave school. One day a week, the student will spend time in their preferred work environment to gain some experience in this field of work. ...

Woodhill School is on the mend - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
Mr Murray, who started at the beginning of last year, has worked collaboratively with the acting principal, staff and board of trustees overhauling the many systems within the school. They were relieved an outstanding 2010 Education Review Office visit ...

Matariki theme inspires Aratoi’s school holiday programme

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Children will get a hands-on, creative insight into a special time of year in the Maori calendar, in this month’s school holiday programme at Aratoi. Matariki is the theme of a series of workshops led by Carterton artist Tina-Rae Carter, for children ...

Students get financially SavY with BNZ

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A financial literacy programme for teenagers, that was developed and is run entirely by University of Auckland Business School students, has successfully secured ongoing funding from one of New Zealand’s biggest banks.

Public Meeting: Ranui special needs unit facing closure

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Special needs Unit at Ranui Primary school faces clousure. Cathrine Delahunty MP, John Minto (QPEC) and other MP's supporting parents. MOE officials from Wellington are attending. See below for background.