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Hon Steve Maharey
Associate Minister of Education
(Tertiary Education)

The Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE) announced today will push the frontiers of knowledge in key areas vital for New Zealand’s future.

A new brochure detailing the range support available to people who are raising someone else’s child was launched today by Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

Comments at the launch of the City of Manukau Education Trust (COMET) publication, Business and Schools in Manukau. Manukau City Council chambers.

Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey is backing a new publication calling for better school-to-work partnerships.

Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey is urging university staff and their employers to go back to the negotiating table.

Facts are getting in the way of Act leader Richard Prebble’s attempts to mislead students about the impact of the government’s no-interest-while-studying policy.

More job seekers moved into long-term employment during January than in any other month over the past two and a half years, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey

Two new centres being established in Porirua and Kaitaia this year will provide face-to-face personalised advice and learning support to people about the range of available study options.

Discussing social work registration reminds me of a conversation I had with National Radio’s Kim Hill about the Department’s Maori strategy Te Pounamu.

The government will hold the ‘headline’ interest rate for the student loan scheme at 7 percent for the third consecutive year, Revenue Minister Michael Cullen and Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey announced today.

Child, Youth and Family is turning the corner after a decade of under-investment, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said this evening.

It is both a pleasure and an honour to participate in the opening of this Centre today.

Presentation to mark the opening of the University of Canterbury Social Science Research Centre.

More Maori and Pacific students are enrolling and completing tertiary qualifications, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

The eleven short-listed applicants for the government’s new $60m Centres of Research Excellence fund all have the potential to make a major contribution to New Zealand’s future economic and social development, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

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The number of young people taking up Modern Apprenticeships opportunities continues to increase – and has now topped 2,000.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey has welcomed the fact that employment continued to grow in the December quarter of last year.

“Employment increased by 16,000 over the quarter, and 41,000 over the year.

Social Services and Employment Steve Maharey is encouraging Act MP Richard Prebble to read the Household Labour Force Survey, released this morning, after he issued a press release late this afternoon incorrectly claiming that the number of long-term un

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today he has decided to proceed with the crown owned Runners Rd site proposed for Child, Youth and Family’s new Christchurch-based youth justice residence.

Students have found 13.6% more jobs so far this summer, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey says that that prospects for job seekers are looking positive given the solid foundation that the Government has put in place in the first 18-months of the Employment Strategy.

Up to 200 new forestry workers on the East Coast will benefit from a pilot scheme launched today that will top up their wages while they’re learning the trade.