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!['Opened the door and out came a flood': Suburb has 36 temporary classrooms half a century old](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Opened the door and out came a flood': Suburb has 36 temporary classrooms half a century old
They were intended to last 20 years. But Govt cuts mean they'll have to last even longer.
![New Zealand’s 10 busiest builders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New Zealand’s 10 busiest builders
Winners of highest value of construction projects in 2023: BCI Central names top 10 in NZ.
![Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds slams Te Pūkenga priorities](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds slams Te Pūkenga priorities
Govt is defending shifting balance of tertiary education costs from providers to students.
![Pause in Education Ministry job cuts after union challenge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pause in Education Ministry job cuts after union challenge
The ministry has made a series of decisions that cut more than 700 roles to save money.
![Letters: 'A' for effort on education; minister wrong about speed limits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: 'A' for effort on education; minister wrong about speed limits
OPINION: 'The NZEI always talks absolute rubbish, so they should be ignored.'
![More than $8m spent on redundancies at one Govt ministry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
More than $8m spent on redundancies at one Govt ministry
Thousands of roles have been cut, or are on the line, across the public sector.
![Sir Ian Taylor: David Seymour's stance on school lunches 'ridiculously divisive'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sir Ian Taylor: David Seymour's stance on school lunches 'ridiculously divisive'
OPINION: For many children, school meals are the only meals they can look forward to.
![Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700
The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.
![Union files legal action against Ministry of Education over job cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Union files legal action against Ministry of Education over job cuts
A total of 755 roles are proposed to be slashed.
![Education gets $2.9b new funding for new classrooms, teachers, IT and initiatives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Education gets $2.9b new funding for new classrooms, teachers, IT and initiatives
This is the coalition Government's first Budget.
![Ryman Healthcare selling controversial former university campus after profit plummets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ryman Healthcare selling controversial former university campus after profit plummets
The Ministry of Education transferred the land to the university for just $10 in 2014.
![Public sector cuts: Education ministry prepares to use consultants](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Public sector cuts: Education ministry prepares to use consultants
Consulting firms already asking ministry staff being made redundant to work for them.
![Act leader David Seymour announces $153m to fund return of charter schools](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Act leader David Seymour announces $153m to fund return of charter schools
The restoration of charter schools is part of Act's coalition agreement.
![Watch live: Question time - School lunches scheme gets new, cut-back funding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch live: Question time - School lunches scheme gets new, cut-back funding
The free school lunch programme was initially launched by Labour in 2019.
![Ministry of Education now producing daily school attendance data](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry of Education now producing daily school attendance data
Reporting by schools is voluntary but will become mandatory next year.
![Million-dollar donor's long wait for sports centre almost over](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Million-dollar donor's long wait for sports centre almost over
Philanthropist says he will be more excited once a construction contract has been signed.
![Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
![Official docs reveal Govt warned NZ school cellphone ban ‘may not be warranted’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Official docs reveal Govt warned NZ school cellphone ban ‘may not be warranted’
The Ministry of Education looked at policies from Europe, Australia, the USA and Asia.
!['Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector
Workers have been told not to make a decision 'on a whim'.
![Watch: PM distances himself from Peters' 'defamatory' remarks, literacy boost announced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: PM distances himself from Peters' 'defamatory' remarks, literacy boost announced
The NZ First leader's comments overshadowed a Government policy announcement on education.
!['It's destroyed me': School's struggle with asbestos removal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'It's destroyed me': School's struggle with asbestos removal
The Ministry of Education is considering giving schools more help with asbestos problems.