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 Education Amendment Bill (No 4)
 The Export Education Industry Development Fund and Levy
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 Disclosure of expenses
 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Complaints Summary 2013
 Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Public Funding Review
 National schools weather-tightness survey
 Residential Special Schools information release 2012
 Ministerial Inquiry: Employment of a convicted sex offender in education
sector
 Novopay information release
 Māori Education Trust
 Information for the community - Relocation of school to Havelock North
 Turakina Māori Girls' School Report
 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Complaints Summary 2014
 Ministry move to Mātauranga House
 Ministry of Education response to the allegation against Robert Burrett on
23 March 2015
 Residential Special Schools information release 2016
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23 June 2016
New Lyttelton Primary School officially opened
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24 June 2016
Ceremony marks opening of $18.5m Shotover Primary School
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27 June 2016
Wakatipu education survey to find preferred ideas
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04 July 2016
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, 4-10 July
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Reading celebrated during Government Book Week 2016
06 July 2016
Digital technology part of the NZ curriculum & Te
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05 July 2016
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
04 July 2016
Immunisation best way to prevent measles
30 June 2016
FindMyPath tool launched
30 June 2016
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The Media Centre contains links to other education agencies, the Beehive and useful links as
well as media releases and archived media releases.
Contact the media team media@education.govt.nz.
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