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The Government is moving swiftly to change the law to improve the welfare and pastoral care of students living in university halls of residence and other tertiary hostels.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

I’m delighted to have this opportunity to address the NZEI conference, the first opportunity I’ve had to do so since I became Minister of Education almost two years ago.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

A new regional approach to skills planning will see our workforce, education and immigration systems working together to better meet the differing skills needs across the country, Ministers announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

School Leavers will get the core skills and knowledge they need to help launch their post-school lives, with the School Leavers’ Toolkit, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

School deciles will be replaced in 2021 or 2022 by an Equity Index that better aligns equity funding to actual levels of socio-economic disadvantage in our schools, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Ministerial Diary August 2019

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  • Hon Chris Hipkins

More roll growth classrooms are set to be built at schools in the wider Wellington region as part of a nationwide school expansion programme, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

New Zealand’s national curriculum will be kept regularly up to date, be easier to use, and its most significant learning steps made clearer, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins is encouraging New Zealanders to have their say on the future of education – from early childhood to tertiary and beyond – with the release of a draft document detailing the priorities that will help shape that future.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins today announced a number of appointments and reappointments to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

New Zealand history will be taught in all schools and kura by 2022, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

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

Education Minister Chris Hipkins tonight celebrated with finalists and winners of the annual PM’s Education Excellence Awards at a ceremony in Wellington, where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the winners.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is building a new school and new classrooms at five schools for 840 extra students in Southland and Otago.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Around 1700 schools will soon be able to opt in to receive additional funding, with information on the school donations scheme released today to provide certainty for parents and schools, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The rapidly growing residential area of Drury in south Auckland is set to gain a new primary school by 2022, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is building a new school and 50 new classrooms to provide around 1,300 additional student places at 23 schools and kura across the Bay of Plenty and in Taranaki, Manawatū and Whanganui.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Legislation has been introduced in Parliament today that will create a unified and cohesive vocational education and training system and help New Zealanders prepare for the future of work, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

More New Zealanders will be supported through literacy and numeracy training in the workplace, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today.

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

Kia ora koutou and Good Morning

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

A new centre of excellence for vocational education is to be established for the construction sector to drive innovation and strengthen links between education providers and industry, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Building and Construction
  • Education

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has announced the appointment of the new Chair to the Board of Trustees for Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) and has acknowledged the leadership of Dame Karen Sewell, who is stepping down from the role after seven years.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The Government is seeking nominations for Te Taumata Aronui, a group which will help develop tertiary education, including the reform of vocational education, from Māori community and employer perspectives, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

The primary sector has been named the first centre of excellence for vocational education, to drive innovation and strengthen links between education providers and industry, Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Education

Abuse in state care survivors can take part in the forthcoming Royal Commission proceedings without being bound by any confidentiality obligations to Crown agencies under their historic claim settlements, Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins said.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • State Services