Advisory group says national standards need a champion
The Government is being told it needs a hero to rescue its national standards policy from doubting teachers and parents.Kōhanga Reo Statement
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata and Associate Minister Dr Hon Pita Sharples have met with representatives of the Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board tonight to discuss the allegations made against them. “While we were encouraged by the actions that the Trust has taken so far, which they have advised us of tonight, we have informed the Trust that the Ministry of Education will be commissioning an independent, specialist audit firm to review the controls the Trust has in place to assure itself that public funding is being used appropriately. ...
Christchurch secondary school announcement
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today that, following an extensive consultation process, all Christchurch secondary schools will remain open because the schools are well located and provide good access for students. However, two schools that had significant land damage, Avonside Girls High School and Shirley Boys High School, will be relocated to a new shared site in eastern Christchurch. Education officials are working to identify a site. ...
Govt orders urgent review of Kohanga National Trust
An urgent audit of the public funding received by the Kohanga Reo National Trust Board has been ordered by government ministers, after a late night meeting at the Beehive.Kohanga Reo summoned to Beehive
The Kohanga Reo National Trust has been summoned to the Beehive tonight to meet Education Minister Hekia Parata and Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples to discuss allegations of the misuse of funding.Ms Parata confirmed the meeting...PM promises action if kohanga claim proven
New Zealand HeraldLabour's Maori Education spokeswoman Nanaia Mahuta said Ms Parata had no other option than to call for a "please explain" from the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust. "Given the serious nature of the allegations around the use of Kohanga funds Ms Parata ...
Parata calls meeting over accusations
Inquiry into Kohanga Reo
Govt orders credit card spending inquiry
"Government puts a huge amount of money into funding early childhood educationthrough Kohanga Reo – about $79 million a year – and what is happening is that the ministers responsible for that are calling in the trust… to ask questions," he said on ...
"I've never seen a wider array of Maori organisations in a state of dysfunctionalism. So that's why I think something is seriously awry and I put it at the feet of Dr [Pita] Sharples. "He came as the guardian of the language and an expert in Maori ...
Kohanga Reo spending alarm
Kohanga Reo Trust's credit card use questioned
Govt leaves kohanga investigation to board
Inquiry into Kohanga Reo
Govt orders credit card spending inquiry
Kohanga Reo board 'not happy' with spending
3News NZ"Government puts a huge amount of money into funding early childhood educationthrough Kohanga Reo – about $79 million a year – and what is happening is that the ministers responsible for that are calling in the trust… to ask questions," he said on ...
Fears raised about Kohanga Reo's future
3News NZ"I've never seen a wider array of Maori organisations in a state of dysfunctionalism. So that's why I think something is seriously awry and I put it at the feet of Dr [Pita] Sharples. "He came as the guardian of the language and an expert in Maori ...
Kohanga Reo spending alarm
Kohanga Reo Trust's credit card use questioned
Govt leaves kohanga investigation to board
Report shows further evidence of National Standards failure
Suggested changes to the reporting of National Standards by a Government advisory group show that the Government has been reduced to “spin” in order to fix the unfixable.
Eastern Christchurch's Avonside Girls High and Shirley Boys High are to be relocated to a new shared site following a review of the quake-shattered city's secondary schools.Education Minister Hekia Parata said the decision was made...
Two schools to share site in city's east
Stuff.co.nzEducation Minister Hekia Parata has today announced all secondary schools will stay open because they were well-located and provided good access for students. Parata said Avonside and Shirley, which both had significant land damage, would operate on ...
Lack of answers from Parata shows contempt for schools
Hekia Parata's refusal to answer basic questions about the closure and merger of schools in Christchurch shows her utter contempt for the communities she is tearing apart, Labour's Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.The Buck stops with the Minister
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“On top of the class size debacle, and her total mismanagement of the Christchurch school closures, this new information shows her education portfolio is in tatters. “Even the Minister's own National Standards advisory group is calling for someone else ...
"Riding the global education revolution from NZ"
Interest.co.nzSo we make sure folders are created easily, that information can be shared seamlessly and that teachers know what's going on in their classrooms. “Our goal therefore is to have a significant impact in terms of the operational efficiency for a teacher ...
Head for no-name school
Stuff.co.nzThe school may not have a name or location, but the merger between Discovery 1 and Unlimited has a new principal. Steven Mustor, principal at Southland's Waiau Area School, will take charge at the new Christchurch school ahead of its January opening.
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