Thursday 22 May 2014

Friday, 23 May 2014


Budget 2014: $2.5m for youth enterprise initiatives

Nikki Kaye | Budget 2014
The Government has confirmed $2.5 million of new operating spending over the next three years for youth enterprise initiatives, Youth Affairs Minister Nikki Kaye says. “This funding supports a number of initiatives for young people to learn financial literacy and business enterprise skills, as well as get opportunities to develop social-enterprise projects,” she says. ...

Budget 2014 - Education

Interest.co.nz
Please note that some of the allocation titles have been shortened for the sake of space. Also some of the previous items recorded under the heading of Education are no longer included in this section. Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$.

The school of politics

Stuff.co.nz
Charter schools, Christchurch school closures and student-loan defaulters have all been hot topics of debate. Education was the key focus of the prime minister's state of the nation address in January, with announcements including lucrative allowances ...

Charter schools to receive $9M from govt

3News NZ
Labour's education spokesman, Chris Hipkins, says the five newly established charter schools already receive up to $40,000 per student per year - more than five times the amount local state schools are given. "No doubt [education minister] Hekia Parata ...
National shovels more cash to charter schools

Give money to schools, not Govt

Stuff.co.nz
We asked for your views on school fees and donations - is education really free in New Zealand? Having worked in a management role in healthcare for many years, and been on the school boards of three different schools, there are some similarities.

Caution over super-school proposal

Manawatu College has asked to be included if a review of education in Horowhenua goes ahead, but is happy to not be part of talks about a possible Levin super-school.

Writing on the web for old-school text books

Printed books are becoming ornamental at the country's largest university as the number of library loans falls by more than 100,000 each year.The drop is being outpaced by a growth in the number of digital texts being accessed while...

When bullying stops, everyone wins

A Blenheim teenager who used to torment his classmates and teachers is now friends with some of his victims after turning his back on bullying.

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