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Supporting new and creative Pacific education practices as part of our COVID-19 response and recovery is the focus of a new $28.5 million Pacific Education Innovation Fund announced today by Associate Minister of Education Jenny Salesa.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

The Government is investing $39.7 Million over four years to support the educational needs of Pacific learners and families in the regions hardest hit by COVID-19, with Auckland getting an immediate boost, Associate Minister of Education Jenny Salesa says.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

Ensuring Pacific learners and families are valued, culturally safe and better equipped to achieve their educational dreams and aspirations is the focus of a new action plan released today by Associate Education Minister Jenny Salesa.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

Thousands of Pacific learners across fifty schools in Auckland will benefit from the expansion of a Pacific-centred mathematics initiative that was launched by the Government today.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

Pacific learners want to see their identities, languages and cultures valued in the classroom, according to a new report.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • 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

More children and young people who migrate to New Zealand will benefit from specialised support to learn English, thanks to a $13.2 million increase in funding announced today by Associate Education Minister Jenny Salesa.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

The Wellbeing Budget focuses on ways to give Māori and Pacific peoples more scope to lift their own wellbeing. When Māori and Pacific peoples set their own wellbeing goals and aspirations and when we as a Government use our ability to change the system and help Māori and Pacific peoples achieve those aspirations – equality can start to be a reality.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Hon Aupito William Sio
  • Corrections
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Health
  • Māori Development
  • Pacific Peoples
  • Whānau Ora

Dr Jodie Hunter has been appointed to the Board of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), Associate Minister of Education Jenny Salesa announced today.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

Associate Education Minister Jenny Salesa has today launched a cultural competency tool for teachers working with Pacific learners at Otahuhu Primary School in South Auckland.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

Associate Minister of Education Jenny Salesa and Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio have announced five appointments to the Board of the Pacific Education Foundation (PEF).

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Hon Aupito William Sio
  • Education
  • Pacific Peoples

Pacific people want to be valued and see more of their culture and identity reflected in New Zealand’s education system, says Associate Minister of Education Jenny Salesa, who has just concluded a series of pan-Pacific Education fono across the country.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

Associate Education Minister Jenny Salesa is pleased to announce appointments to the New Zealand National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (the National Commission).

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

The Government today took another step towards making education fairer for all by ending a private school scholarship scheme that offers only a small number of places at exclusive schools.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

The Government’s three year work programme for Education reaffirms our commitment to lifting and sustaining achievement for Pacific children and young people, says Associate Education Minister Jenny Salesa.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education

Associate Education Ministers Kelvin Davis and Jenny Salesa have welcomed schools’ commitment to tikanga Māori and te reo Māori. 

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Education