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The 120 students at Auckland Point Primary in Nelson will benefit from a much-needed upgrade of six rundown classrooms, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Crown has adopted a new strategy for resolving historical claims arising from abuse in state care that better reflects its principled response to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry, State Services Minister Chris Hipkins and Attorney-General David Parker said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon David Parker
  • Attorney-General
  • State Services

Six industry-led Workforce Development Councils (WDCs) will be established to provide industry with greater leadership across vocational education and training, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced the members of Te Taumata Aronui, a group to work with Government on tertiary education policy from a Māori community and employer perspective.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government has changed the law to improve student safety and welfare in university halls of residence and other student accommodation.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

International education continues to thrive as the Government focuses on quality over quantity, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Onslow College in Wellington will get 20 new classrooms for more than 400 students, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

More than 250 young New Zealanders will add international experience to their education, thanks to the latest Prime Minister's Scholarships for Asia(PMSA) and Latin America (PMSLA), Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Today’s launch of He taonga te Tamaiti: Every child a taonga: The Early Learning Action Plan 2019-2029 provides the foundation for long-lasting changes to early learning, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins today announced the appointment of Māori education specialist Dr Wayne Ngata and Business NZ head Kirk Hope to the Board of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC).

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Education and Training Bill 2019, introduced in Parliament today, proposes the biggest education changes in decades and is an important step towards improving success for all our learners, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Nearly every state schools will receive a capital injection next year valued at $693 per student to bring forward urgent school property improvements, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Prime Minister
  • Education

Auckland’s Lynfield College is set for a major upgrade, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

An upgrade of Wairarapa College is to be completed with an additional $9 million funding boost, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government has approved $80 million to help Lincoln University rebuild its earthquake-damaged science facilities, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Four parcels of land have been bought in Omokoroa, in the Western Bay of Plenty District, for an education facility that will accommodate both a primary and secondary school on a campus-like facility, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins today introduced into Parliament a Bill that will make it easier for the public service to tackle the biggest challenges facing Governments.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • State Services

The families of more than 416,000 students will be better off next year as their schools have signed up to the Government’s donations scheme, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Te Wānanga o Raukawa and the Crown have signed a relationship agreement to progress the issues raised by the Wānanga in its Waitangi Tribunal claim, lodged in 2017.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Nelson’s Salisbury School is to be rebuilt, creating a modern and suitable learning environment for students at the residential special school, Education Minister Chris Hipkins and A

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Children
  • Education

The Government’s reform of the Tomorrow’s Schools system will put more frontline support closer to schools to give every child the best chance to succeed, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has wished students the best of luck for this year’s NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship exams which start tomorrow.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is supporting schools to cut down their energy consumption and reduce environmental impacts, with a quarter of all schools having their lights replaced with LEDs, a sustainability contestable fund and a plan to improve the environmental sustainability of all schools in the future.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Six New Zealanders tonight received medals for their meritorious work in the frontline public service.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • State Services