Hon Erica Stanford

New international data validates the Government’s plan to transform maths education in New Zealand, Education Minister Erica Stanford says.

The Government has released its Māori Education Action Plan which sets out its approach to deliver better outcomes in the classroom for Māori students, Education Minister Erica Stanford says.

The Government has today taken steps to ensure New Zealand attracts and retains the workers and skills it needs by returning open work rights to partners of high-skilled migrants.

The Government is ensuring more Kiwi kids get extra support with their reading and maths by boosting the level of targeted interventions in classrooms around the country.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has apologised to all New Zealanders who were abused in the care of state and faith-based institutions.

The Government is introducing several law changes to better protect people in state care, in response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care.

The Government is urging the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) to put the education of their students first.

The Government’s responding to overseas members of the Mongols who are attempting to enter the country. 

The Government is continuing to transform maths education, by trialling a targeted maths acceleration programme to give more Kiwi kids confidence in mathematics.

The Government is addressing historic redress inequities for some survivors abused at the Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit.

The Education Minister is travelling to Australia today to attend the 23rd edition of public policy conference, Consilium.

The Government is ensuring New Zealand attracts and retains the workers and skills it needs by returning open work rights to partners of high-skilled migrants.

The Government has confirmed further details about the national apology to survivors of abuse in care.

The Government is continuing to stabilise the immigration system by tightening the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa (MEPV).

The Government has broadly accepted the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care whilst continuing to consider and respond to its recommendations.

The Government is taking decisive action in response to the Ministerial Inquiry into School Property, which concludes the way school property is delivered is not fit for purpose.

The coalition Government is supercharging schools to lift maths achievement by delivering new resources and more support for teachers and students for Term 1 next year.

For the first time, schools can use a purpose-built tool to check how a child is progressing in reading through te reo Māori.

The coalition Government is delivering targeted and structured literacy supports to accelerate learning for struggling readers.

With two months until the national apology to survivors of abuse in care, expressions of interest have opened for survivors wanting to attend.

The coalition Government is driving confidence in reading and writing in the first years of schooling.

The Education Minister has established a Māori Education Ministerial Advisory Group made up of experienced practitioners to help improve outcomes for Māori learners.

A Crown Response Office is being established within the Public Service Commission to drive the Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care.

More support will be available for Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers to help them drive better literacy and numeracy outcomes for young learners, Education Minister Erica Stanford announced today.