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Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today a new initiative designed to attract experienced teachers back into classrooms.

The Government now has twenty initiatives running to ensure it meets the challenge of having a trained and qualified teacher in every New Zealand classroom in 1997.

Forty eight schools on the West Coast of the South Island are to get extra help to attract teachers, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

Registered unemployment fell slightly again last month, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

Labour force participation rates are at an all-time high and employment is continuing to grow, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

Schools will from today receive details of the funding they will get from the $10 million property Financial Assistance Scheme, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech has announced that the Caretaker Government has made an interim funding decision for tertiary institutions for 1997.

"The Education Review Office report on the performance and quality of education in all Mangere and Otara schools represents a significant change in the direction of reports from ERO on schools in t

The Government has taken steps to give students more choice with their tertiary study by ensuring they have access to additional money for fees if studying at Private Training Establishments.

The Government today injected a further $14 million over two financial years into its campaign to provide more teachers in schools in 1997 and 1998.

The Government has agreed to a large new capital investment in Manawatu Polytechnic.

Education Minister, Wyatt Creech said today he hoped the lengthy and disruptive pay dispute with the secondary teachers was now at an end.

Auckland will benefit to the tune of $180 million for new school accommodation over the next 12 months, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

The Government today unveiled details of one of the largest school accommodation programmes the country has seen - with a price tag of almost half-a-billion dollars.

The Education Minister has asked the Secretary for Education to investigate the circumstances surrounding the failure of tens of thousands of education staff to get paid.

Total employment in New Zealand continues to grow strongly, and unemployment has fallen slightly, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

The Education Minister today clarified the time frame for negotiations between the State Services Commission and the PPTA - in case today's talks don't result in a settlement.

The Education Minister is calling on the PPTA to think carefully and act responsibly over its pay negotiations with the State Services Commission.

A resource centre could be set up in Gisborne to help people affected by the partial closure of Cedenco, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

No-one is more concerned than I am about ensuring sufficient teachers are available to provide a quality education for all New Zealanders, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today he was delighted to release to schools the final version of the first-ever Mäori language curriculum document, Te Reo Mäori.

As everyone here knows it was only a little over six weeks ago that I became Minister of Education.

Thank you for the invitation to be here to launch the Interactive Television Project today.

The Government is looking at changing the law to make it compulsory for schools to report details of each case of a child sent home on suspension, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.