Sponsored by Kingston Strategic (NZ) Ltd Bookmark and Share

Keep up to date with
Maori News on Twitter
Or follow the news on
Facebook.
Click above to access
the TKI RSS feed
Also click to see Te Karere
Ipurangi on Bebo.

11th
MAR

Joyce moves to soothe Maori Party

Posted by karere under Maori News

Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has headed off a row with the Maori Party over planned changes to higher education. Party co-leader Pita Sharples had said he feared wananga courses would be axed. Mr Joyce had to smooth ruffled feathers in National’s support partner yesterday after Dr Sharples, who is associate education minister, said he had not been consulted. Dr Sharples said he had grave fears the plans, which include cutting the number of qualifications and reducing funding to courses with high failure and non-completion rates, would be unfair to wananga and hit Maori hardest.

[full article]
Read all the news [here]