NZ Government Budget 2009
The NZ Government's Budget for 2009/10 was presented by the Finace Minister, the Hon. Bill English on 28 May 2009- Click here to download a copy of his speech (PDF file)
- Click here to download a copy of the Vote Education appropriation (PDF file)
Other Ministerial comment:
Hon. Anne Tolley, Minister of Tertiary Education
- Letter to ACE Aotearoa about Budget 2009 and TEC direction for tertiary educationt, 28 May 2009 click here to read
- "Minister cuts "low value community education hobby courses", 26 April 2009 click here to read
- Speech to New Zealand Tertiary Education Summit, 29 April 2009 click here to read
- Adult Community Education - Community Colleges Conference; Grace Hotel; Sydney, Australia, 20 May 2009. Click here to read
Schools out for night classes in New Zealand
Adult and Community Education Aotearoa says the eighty percent budget cut to the funding of Adult and Community Education through secondary schools is extremely disappointing and shows a lack of understanding by government of the critical relationship between adult learning and workforce productivity.
Click here to read the full media statement by Margie Scotts, ACE Aotearoa CEO on 30 May 2009
