3 September, 2008
This year’s conference theme ‘Private Tertiary Education – a new era’ aptly reflects this progress and the path we are all on as we settle into the new way of planning, funding, monitoring and quality assuring tertiary education.
Read full speech >>30 August, 2008
This year has been an important one for disability issues, not just in New Zealand, but worldwide.
Read full speech >>21 August, 2008
Praise for a company which recognises that providing the opportunity to learn literacy and numeracy at work is an important part of supporting their employees to deliver the best service possible to their customers.
Read full release >>20 August, 2008
Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson has appointed Deirdre Dale as a Commissioner of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). He also announced the reappointment of Dr Bill Rosenberg who has been a Commissioner of the TEC since 26 May 2006.
Read full release >>13 August, 2008
Speech to the Insitutes of Technology and Polytechnics New Zealand.
Read full speech >>13 August, 2008
Institutes of technology and polytechnics are key agents of innovative change, in developing skills and aptitudes in students and in the firms where they work
Read full release >>7 August, 2008
Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson today announced that the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) Council would be re-established in October and its Crown debt written off over a five-year period.
Read full release >>7 August, 2008
Speech by Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson to the 17th Annual Education NZ International Conference.
Read full speech >>4 August, 2008
Speech to the award ceremony celebrating the Upskilling Partnership Programme (UPP), designed to assist employees and raise demand for literacy and numeracy skills training in the workplace.
Read full speech >>24 July, 2008
Address by Associate Tertiary Education Minister Maryan Street to the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.
Read full speech >>24 July, 2008
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) will receive a capital injection of $8.132 million to build a new Arts and Media Block.
Read full release >>16 July, 2008
This year’s Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award recipients form an extraordinarily high calibre and motivated group of teachers, Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson said tonight.
Read full release >>9 July, 2008
Whitireia Community Polytechnic even better placed to contribute to trades training with a brand new Industry Training Centre
Read full release >>5 July, 2008
Maryan Street addresses the national conference held at the Manukau Institute of Technology.
Read full speech >>3 July, 2008
Tertiary education in the Auckland region will be reviewed to assess its contribution to Auckland as a globally competitive city.
Read full release >>27 June, 2008
Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson signalled stability in student fees today when he announced the proposed Fee and Course Cost Maxima rates for 2009.
Read full release >>30 May, 2008
The launch of the upskilling partnership between Sanford Seafood Ltd and the Department of Labour in Havlock.
Read full speech >>23 May, 2008
Pete Hodgson's speech to Open Polytechnic graduates in Wellington on recent Budget 2008 funding for the Unified Skills Strategy and the importance of young graduates.
Read full speech >>22 May, 2008
Budget 2008 further strengthens the government’s investment in tertiary students with a student support package valued at $130.8 million in operating funding and $24.4 million in capital funding over four years
Read full release >>16 May, 2008
Associate Tertiary Education Minister Maryan Street opens the conference and acknowledges the organisation’s role as the largest provider of English for speakers of other languages in New Zealand.
Read full speech >>15 May, 2008
In the 15 years to 2006, funding for universities hasn't declined; it has has increased by 87 per cent
Read full release >>13 May, 2008
International students have high praise for New Zealand, according to the latest National Survey of International Students, Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson and Education Minister Chris Carter said today.
Read full release >>8 May, 2008
Government's job training policy producing skilled workers well-suited to the needs of regional business growth and productivity
Read full release >>5 May, 2008
Maryan Street welcomes the upskilling partnership signed between the Department of Labour and the NZ Army in a ceremony at Defence House, Wellington.
Read full speech >>2 May, 2008
Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson has welcomed the appointment of Professor Roy Sharp as TEC chief executive.
Read full release >>1 May, 2008
Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson and his Associate Minister Maryan Street today saw the direct benefit of the government’s $180 million ongoing commitment to Industry Training through visits to several worksites.
Read full release >>1 May, 2008
Tertiary Ministers Pete Hodgson and Maryan Street mark Industry Training at Work Day.
Read full release >>29 April, 2008
Previous work on skills has generally focused on the “flow” of workers out of education and training. This is the first work with a focus on the “stock” of existing workers – as 80% of the workers we will have in 2020 are already working, it is critical that we make the most of their skills.
Read full speech >>29 April, 2008
The skills of New Zealanders already in work moves to centre stage with the release of a comprehensive discussion document.
Read full release >>29 April, 2008
The skills of New Zealanders in work move centre stage with the release of a comprehensive discussion document
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