Minister calls for submissions on Māori economy discussion document

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Pita Sharples | Māori Affairs
The Minister of Māori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, is encouraging people to make submissions on a Māori Economic Development Panel: Discussion Document which was released today “Māori are significant players in the New Zealand economy, with assets worth $36.9 billion, but when Māori realise our full potential, we can contribute so much more than we do already,” Dr Sharples says.

Te Manu Korihi News for 14 March 2012

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A Director of Crest Energy says its tidal turbine project in Kaipara Harbour is legitimate, and should go ahead despite opposition by local Maori, who have imposed a rahui or customary ban over the harbour; The Wairoa District Council's turned down a request from a local marae, which applied for a grant to help pay its eight-thousand dollar insurance bill; A west Auckland Kohanga Reo teacher fears many Maori traditions could be squeezed out, if the Ministry of Education continues to manage the 480 pre-schools; Organisers of Auckland's Polyfest which begins today, have brought in top kapa haka judges to help raise standards on the Maori stage.

Peter Gall: How to compare schools on NCEA - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Of greater concern is the lack of understanding of what really matters for students as they work towards their NCEA. The most important measure of student achievement is the level of qualification a student has gained when they finally leave school.

Polyfest puts spotlight on varying NCEA rules

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Many students taking part in New Zealand's biggest cultural performance festival this week will be gaining credits towards their NCEA qualification.But others will miss out on the opportunity because their schools say the workload...

Concern over ITO culling - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Concern over ITO culling Stuff.co.nz "Major structural change" shrinking the number of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) from 33 to as few as six will not help economic growth, Labour says. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said he expected the number of ITOs to fall from 33 ...

ITOs could drop to 6 - minister - Stuff.co.nz

The Dominion Post

URL: ITOs could drop to 6 - minister Stuff.co.nz Industry Training Organisations are expected to shrink from 33 to as few as six within two years in a process Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce is labelling "a guided democracy". The Industry Training Federation (ITF) appears somewhat taken ...

Concern over ITO culling - Marlborough Express

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Marlborough Express
"Major structural change" shrinking the number of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) from 33 to as few as six will not help economic growth, Labour says. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said he expected the number of ITOs to fall from 33 ...

Govt ready to rein in student loans 'in big way': Key - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Govt ready to rein in student loans 'in big way': Key New Zealand Herald "That is about the only thing that will get [students] out of bed before 7 o'clock at night to vote, but it's not politically sustainable to put interest back on student loans. It may not be great economics, but it's great politics.

Average graduate income to be made public - TVNZ

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URL: Average graduate income to be made public TVNZ Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said the scheme had been set up to help students make better choices about the courses they studied. Even at a secondary school level, too many students were ''taking choices that stop them doing things that ...

Shearer chews the fat in Labour's heartland - Stuff.co.nz

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Mr Shearer spent yesterday morning at Porirua Alternative School, which educates truant teenagers or those considered too disruptive for mainstream classrooms. Every day 25 children come to the run-down building, which used to be a "rough-as" pub, ...

Young leader heading off to US - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Young leader heading off to US Stuff.co.nz LEADING THE WAY: Palmerston North Girls' High School student Isobel Pepper, 14, has been chosen to represent New Zealand at the biennial National Coalition of Girls' Schools conference in Dallas, Texas, later this year. Isobel Pepper may only be 14 ...

Chief Justice endorses NZ's first school-based ethics centre - Voxy

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Voxy
But curious young students from Auckland's Diocesan School for Girls subjected Chief Justice Sian Elias to a surprisingly rigorous cross-examination when she visited the school recently for the launch of New Zealand's first school-based Centre for ...