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Following on from the Education Summit, a series of wānanga are being held from Kaitaia to Dunedin to help shape the future of Māori education, Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

Good morning everyone and thank you all for the warm welcome.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

“I had never been hit or abused, until the day the men came to take me away.  I still don’t even know why.”

That’s how Sam began to tell me his story at a marae in Whangarei.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

The Government is investing $30 million to expand two schools, providing their staff and students with permanent sites to teach and learn from, Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

30 highly-accomplished Māori and Pasifika student teachers have been awarded prestigious Kupe Scholarships in a presentation ceremony hosted by Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis in Parliament today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

The Government will make $8.5 million available for immediate actions recommended by the Responsible Camping Working Group, Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

A 530-kilometre continuous cycle trail network across the Otago region will spread tourism spending to more local communities and create an estimated 329 full-time jobs, Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

The first foundations have been laid for the 2019 China-New Zealand Year of Tourism, with a new website launched and funding for a major exhibition at Te Papa, Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis is hosting an impressive group of 12 Māori experts in Wellington today to help realise the potential for two education initiatives flagged in this year’s Budget: Te Ahu o te reo Māori and Te Kawa Matakura.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

The decision on the rebuild of Waikeria Prison was made by Cabinet based on the 2017 Justice Sector Projections, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis said today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

A new National Learning Centre opened this morning will ensure new recruits and existing staff receive the highest possible standard of training to keep them and the public safe, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis says.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

As a Government we need to find a way to provide sustainable funding to invest in both our Tourism Infrastructure and our Conservation estate. We don’t believe that the financial burden should rest purely on the shoulders of New Zealanders. Today I am launching a discussion document on an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

Plans to ease the cost burden on communities and ratepayers for tourism-related infrastructure through a proposed a levy on international visitors have been announced by Minister of Tourism Kelvin Davis today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

Today I am announcing that we will build a world-leading 500 bed facility here at Waikeria alongside a 100 bed mental health unit that is the first of its kind in New Zealand.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

The Government will build a world-leading high security replacement prison at Waikeria, setting a new direction for Corrections in New Zealand while ditching the American-style mega prison planned by the previous National Government, Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

Schemes to help young ex-offenders get driver’s licences and help inmates develop Mānuka and Kānuka products will be supported by the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis and Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced in Kerikeri today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Corrections
  • Regional Economic Development

Unlocking the potential of the Twin Coast Discovery Route to boost tourism and jobs will be supported by a $6.2 million injection from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis and Transport Minister Phil Twyford have announced.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Tourism
  • Transport

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has today welcomed 40 new Corrections Officers to the frontline.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

Ka tanuku te maunga o Rakaumangamanga!

Ka ueue te whenua ka tangi te motu whanui mou e Kingi kua riro atu nei!

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Prime Minister
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

Supporting Māori students to succeed as Māori and investing to deliver te reo Māori in schools are key to lifting the achievement of our tamariki and rangatahi, says Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

Creating a more efficient justice system, investing in community housing, and additional funding to safely manage offenders on community-based sentences are important first steps in reducing New Zealand’s prison population, says Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

“This year’s Budget delivers for Māori,” Māori Ministers Kelvin Davis, Nanaia Mahuta, Peeni Henare, Meka Whaitiri and Willie Jackson said today. 

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Hon Meka Whaitiri
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Employment
  • Māori Development
  • Whānau Ora

Tourism is an economic bedrock. It’s our biggest export earner, employs hundreds of thousands of people, and the industry is the world’s window into our beautiful country.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis has welcomed new forecasts showing international visitor spending is expected to grow 40 per cent to $14.8 billion a year by 2024.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism