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Conservation Minister Nick Smith today announced Government approval for a $800,000 upgrade of the Whakapapa Visitor Centre involving substantial expansion of the building, new interactive displays

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  • Conservation

"The Government has commenced an information campaign to make young New Zealanders aware of the 1 December changes to the drinking laws," Education Minister, Nick Smith and Justice Minister, Tony R

  • Nick Smith
  • Education

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today said Government's $10.9 million investment in the protection of 3300 ha of virgin indigenous forest on Stewart Island was a sound strategic investment that wo

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Conservation Minister, Nick Smith today announced the protection of the habitat containing the largest surviving population of both the Otago and grand skinks in a major land swap deal.

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  • Conservation

Conservation Minister Nick Smith and Rakiura Maori Lands Trust Chair Graham Lloyd today signed a historic deed of settlement and deed of covenant to protect 3,515 hectares of native forest at the L

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  • Conservation

Education Minister Nick Smith today released the final report of the Working Party that reviewed the length of the school day and the school year saying the recommendations would benefit students

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  • Education

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today announced grants of $90,000 and $30.000 from the Nature Heritage Fund for the purchase of two bush remnants on the Port Hills.

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  • Conservation

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced the first set of integrated schools to receive Government assistance for expansion to accommodate roll growth, at St Patrick's School in Kaiapoi.

  • Nick Smith
  • Education

Next year tertiary students will be able to pay their loans back faster and will pay less interest because of the bringing forward of changes to the Student Loan Scheme, Tertiary Education Minister

  • Nick Smith
  • Education

Education Minister Nick Smith says parents have a right to information about the National Assessment decisions made by Government so they can get more reliable information on how well their childre

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  • Education

Conservation Minister Nick Smith said Labour's Conservation Policy is short on detail, and if their previous performance is anything to go by, conservation will again be relegated to the margin of

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  • Conservation

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced a new approach to funding rural schools through an Isolation Index at the Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast Principals Association Conference in Nelson.

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  • Education

Conservation Minister Nick Smith is bitterly disappointed at Labour's decision today to vote against the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Bill and said the Government had withdrawn the Bill from further co

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  • Conservation

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today announced his approval of the 948 ha Marine Reserve between Cable Bay and the Glen, north of Nelson, as proposed by the Nelson Royal Forest and Bird Protectio

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  • Conservation

Education Minister Nick Smith today opened the rebuilt Panguru Area School in Northland. The School was ravaged by flood in January and has been rebuilt on higher land at a cost of $4 million.

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  • Education

Hui Hui Tatou Katou

I, like others, want to start with thank yous.

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  • Education

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and Education Minister Nick Smith today launched 'Legislation for Learning' - a discussion paper on making the Education Act work better for students, at the celebratio

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  • Education

"S.P.I.C.E. FOR EDUCATION"
Standards, Pride, Innovation, Choice, Excellence

Plaza International Hotel, Wellington

Kia Ora Hui Hui Tatou Katou

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Nelson College, Nelson

Kia Ora Hui Hui Tatou Katoa

Good afternoon and thank you for the welcome. Can I acknowledge Lennane Kent and the organising team.

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  • Education

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced Government decisions on a new assessment policy for primary schools that includes new diagnostic tools, the development of exemplars of pupils' work ac

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  • Education

Thank you for this opportunity to address your conference.

  • Nick Smith
  • Education

Education Minister Nick Smith is shocked and surprised at just how backward looking Labour's education policy has become following Helen Clark's address to the NZEI Conference today.

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  • Education

Education Minister Nick Smith today gave a flavour of National's education policy in a keynote speech to the PPTA annual conference in Wellington, emphasising standards and innovation.

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Conservation Minister Nick Smith is disappointed that Public Access New Zealand is to legally challenge the return of Mt Hikurangi to Ngati Porou and the new  access agreement that has been ne

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  • Conservation