Articles tagged with Erica Stanford
Government Invests $30 Million to Expand State-Integrated Schools for Student Growth
1 week ago | 134 viewsThe Government is investing $30 million to support roll growth in state-integrated schools, providing more choice for parents in their child's education. This funding will create up to 1,250 new student places over four years, using cost-effective designs and offsite manufactured buildings. Education Minister Erica Stanford emphasizes the importance of integrated schools in meeting community needs and ensuring high-quality education options for students and teachers to thrive.
Tags: Government parents education investment classrooms students Erica Stanford funding choiceNew Zealand Government Establishes School Property Agency for Safe and Sustainable Learning Environments
1 week ago | 201 viewsThe Government is establishing the New Zealand School Property Agency to address issues in the school property system, including high costs, delays, and inefficiencies. The agency will be a separate entity responsible for planning, building, and maintaining school properties, allowing the Ministry of Education to focus on education policy. The new agency aims to improve project delivery, transparency, and value for money in managing the school property portfolio, with a dedicated board overseeing informed investment decisions.
Tags: Government School Property Agency Kiwi kids Education Minister Erica Stanford Ministry of Education New Zealand School Property Agency Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop Ministerial Advisory Group Murray McCully Mark BinnsAuckland Schools Receive $120M Investment for New Classrooms and Schools
1 week ago | 273 viewsThe Government is investing over $120 million to build 137 new classrooms in Auckland, creating space for 3,014 additional student places in schools facing growing rolls. The investment includes cost-effective repeatable designs and offsite manufactured buildings to maximize funding impact. Additional projects include establishing new schools in Pōkeno and Chapel Downs to accommodate future growth and ensure a safe and conducive learning environment for students in Auckland.
Tags: Erica Stanford Simeon Brown Auckland classrooms students schools education Budget 25 funding infrastructure constructionGovernment Strengthens Immigration System for Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity: Key Changes Unveiled
1 month ago | 330 viewsThe Government is taking another step to strengthen the fiscal sustainability and integrity of the immigration system following the successful first reading of the Immigration (Fiscal Sustainability and System Integrity) Amendment Bill. “Our immigration system needs to be smart, responsive and flexible to keep pace with the changing geopolitical context. The changes proposed will help ensure our settings appropriately respond to risk and are sustainable,” Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says.
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1 month ago | 516 viewsThe Government is attracting new migrants to bring their capital, experience and skills to New Zealand with a flood of formal interest in the new 'golden’ visa. Since only April – less than three months – Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has received 189 applications for the Active Investor Plus visa, significantly more than the 116 applications received over more than two-and-a-half years under previous settings, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis says. “New applications under the scheme represent a potential $845 million of new investment in New Zealand business.
Tags: Active intor plus English Erica stanford Immigration new zealand Investor plus New zealand Nicola willis North america Stanford ZealandExpanding Access to Immersive Learning: New Classrooms for Māori Education
1 month ago | 568 viewsThe Government is enabling more tāmariki access to full immersion learning in safe, warm and dry classrooms. A $28 million investment will deliver 20 new classrooms across four Māori Medium and Kaupapa Māori Education kura and the commencement of a permanent site for a kura north of Auckland – Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāringaomatariki. The announcement was made at Takaparawhau, Bastion Point, during Matariki Hautapu celebrations with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
Tags: Arowhenua Auckland Bastion point Erica stanford Hamilton Hautapu Hokianga Invercargill Kaikohe Kaiwaka Kaupapa māori Lower hutt Māori medium Māori new year Matarik Ngāringao Ngāringaomata Takaparawhau Te kura kaupapa māori Te wharekuraOtago students to benefit from more classrooms
1 month ago | 398 viewsThe Government’s ensuring hundreds more students in Otago benefit from new, safe, warm and dry classrooms. A $27 million investment into new infrastructure will help make sure schools meet the needs of their communities and gets ahead of new growth. It will support the construction of: Six new teaching spaces at Dunstan High School A twelve-teaching space expansion at Te Kura Whakatipu o Kawarau The investment is in addition to the purchase of a site at Ladies Mile in Queenstown last year, which will accommodate a new primary school in the area.
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1 month ago | 317 viewsThe Government’s ensuring some of New Zealand’s most isolated schools get the pipeline of teachers they need to teach the basics brilliantly. “For most new teachers, school placements play a significant role in deciding where they choose to teach once they qualify as a teacher. We know rural and isolated schools struggle to fill these rolls.
Tags: Erica stanford New zealand Onsite training programme Placements fund Principal StanfordMaking it easier for Chinese travellers to transit via New Zealand
1 month ago | 332 viewsThe Government is boosting tourism and trade by making it simpler, faster and cheaper for Chinese nationals to transit via New Zealand. From November, Chinese passport holders will no longer need to obtain a Transit Visa before transiting through New Zealand airports. Instead, they will be able to get a New Zealand electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA).
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1 month ago | 257 viewsThe Government is boosting New Zealand’s attractiveness as a destination for Chinese tourists by improving visa settings and processes. From November, New Zealand will trial visa waiver status for Chinese passport holders travelling from Australia with a valid Australian visitor, work, student or family visa, allowing them to visit for up to 3 months. “Our immigration settings play an important role in brightening our country’s economic future.
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