Funding a fresh approach to youth offending

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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is pleased to announce the successful applicants to the Fresh Start Innovation Fund. “Nine providers have received funding to make a real difference with young offenders, particularly with young Maori,” says Ms Bennett. “As part of the Fresh Start policy for young offenders, the Innovation Fund supports new ideas or programmes that offer a different approach to working with at risk young people,” Ms Bennett says...

Maori Health Research Knowledge Translation Symposium

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Tariana Turia | Health
Thank you to Professor Smith, and our kaumatua, Beau Haereroa, for laying out the whariki by which our korero today can be held. This is an extremely important forum and I want to acknowledge the commitment of the Maori Health Committee of the Health Research Council, in hosting this hui; and in providing us all with an opportunity to map health research to Maori health gains...

Minister wishes students good luck in NCEA exams

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has wished students the best of luck for this year’s NCEA exams which get underway tomorrow. More than 143,000 candidates are preparing for the NCEA and NZ Scholarship exams, which continue until 30 November. “The Government is ambitious for every single New Zealand student,” says Mrs Tolley. “I know students all over the country are studying hard, and I want to wish them all the very best of luck in the days ahead,” says Mrs Tolley...

Editorial: Standards of education - Timaru Herald

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Timaru Herald
The Education (National Standards) Amendment Bill tackled other matters: it doubled the maximum fine for truancy, for example, and allowed the Secretary of Education to initiate prosecutions, alongside boards of trustees. Most contentiously, however ...

National standard critics happy with most parties' policies - Radio New Zealand

3News NZ

URL: National standard critics happy with most parties' policies Radio New Zealand Opponents of national standards in reading, writing and maths say they are pleased with cross-party support for abolishing or watering down the controversial policy. The Green, New Zealand First and Mana parties want to abolish the standards, ...

National hits back at Goff's 'vital statistics' - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
National is using trades academies, Youth Guarantee, National Standards in schools, and other programmes to tackle this issue. 8. The economy has grown by just 0.4 per cent since John Key took office. Labour's legacy was that the economy shrank by 3.4% ...

Labour to ease hated education measure - Marlborough Express

Marlborough Express

URL: Labour to ease hated education measure Marlborough Express Timaru principals say they will consider dropping national standards if Labour wins the election. Labour's education spokeswoman Sue Moroney was in Timaru yesterday talking to primary school principals about her party's education policies, ...

Island Bay School battles ministry over national standards - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The school's principal, Perry Rush, said the ministry had not followed correct procedure in a dispute over national standards, and an official complaint had been laid with the Ombudsman. Rush, who leads the opposition to national standards, ...

Election 2011: Latest Updates Nov 9 - New Zealand Herald

The Nelson Mail

URL: Election 2011: Latest Updates Nov 9 New Zealand Herald 8:45am: Radio New Zealand news reported that the Green, New Zealand First and Mana parties want to abolish education National Standards. Labour wants them to be voluntary and United Future wants to change them. As they are supported by the National ...

School calls Ombudsman over national standards

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Island Bay School is at loggerheads with the Ministry of Education.

Maori Party wants all schools to offer Te Reo by 2015

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The Maori Party says it wants all schools to offer lessons in Te Reo Maori by 2015.

Speech; Launching Te Umanga Oranga - Hon Tariana Turia - Voxy

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Voxy
The question is, if everything is so good, why is it then, that we have lost St Stephens College for Boys and Queen Victoria School for Girls, and others of our traditional Maori boarding schools like Te Aute College, have been reported as struggling ...

Special needs children face mainstreaming

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Campbell Live has been reporting on school closures, now it is the education of some special needs children is facing the axe.

Launch of Maori Party Education Policy - Voxy

Otago Daily Times

URL: Launch of Maori Party Education Policy Voxy Initiate nationwide discussion about compulsory early childhood education. Encourage schools to engage with families to improve educational outcomes for young people by increasing community literacy programmes, such as Reading Together; ...

Maori Party wants te reo available to all - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Maori Party wants te reo available to all New Zealand Herald Hato Petera College deputy head prefect Chenay Dadley (right) greets Tariana Turia yesterday. Photo / Dean Purcell The Maori Party wants to make te reo "compulsorily available" in schools by 2015 but students wouldn't be compelled to ...

auckland.scoop.co.nz » TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 41

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TEU released the third of its election graphs on the state of tertiary education this week. It shows that for the last two years over 10000 full time equivalent students in study were not funded by the government. “What that means,” said Dr Grey “is that institutions need to cut .... Six industry training organisations have been given until February to improve their performance or face losing all taxpayer funding – New Zealand Herald. Content Sourced from scoop.co.nz ...

Programme contributes to improved performance of workers - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
An independent evaluative report released this week into the Learning Representative Programme shows that workplace learning supported by Learning Representatives (Learning Reps) led to improved individual worker and workplace performance. ...

Council raises bar for employee engagement - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... it has become the benchmark for best workplace practices nationwide. The survey is done by asking employees of participating organisations a range of questions, grouped into categories such as culture and values, learning and development, ...

Quake-hit teens start NCEA exams - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
More than 143000 year 11, 12 and 13 pupils across the country will sit their National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) over the next three weeks. The exams have kicked off with level 1 media studies and scholarship drama at 9.30am, ...

Knowing kids' minds - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Knowing kids' minds Stuff.co.nz Palmerston North's Our Lady of Lourdes deputy principal Jody Hayes has received the CORE Education Award for Professional Learning and Reflective Practice within a primary or intermediate school for her Student Voice and Choice project. ...

Pupils form image of high-tech engagement - Wairarapa Times Age

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Wairarapa Times Age
PHOTO / SIENA YATES The tech-savvy students of Fernridge school are learning about bright lights and cameras. Keen Year 5 and 6 pupils are writing, acting, filming and editing their own videos, with help from teacher Andrew Hutchby. ...

High student drop out rate at Otaki wananga - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Tertiary Education Commission figures show the Otaki-based Te Wananga o Raukawa is the worst of three Maori universities in terms of students completing their qualifications and staying in study. Only 43% of students successfully finish their courses, ...

Leaky-schools bill passes $1 billion - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Education Minister Anne Tolley has said it would be a huge expense fixing leaky schools - and one that would add to pressure on the budget for school buildings. Photo / Christine Cornege A survey aimed at revealing the real extent ...

School rejects ministry's quake minimum - Radio New Zealand

The Dominion Post

URL: School rejects ministry's quake minimum Radio New Zealand Wellington East Girls College will not accept a Ministry of Education proposal to strengthen its earthquake-prone main building to 40% of the national building standard. The main building and the school's hall were evacuated in July after it was ...

Grants to Waikato schools

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Meridian Energy has given more than $80,000 in grants to eight community projects surrounding the Te Uku wind farm.