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What Price Citizenship?
Monday, 3 August 2009, 12:15 pm | New Zealand Government
It’s a great privilege to be the Government’s representative at this commemoration of the passing, 60 years ago today, of the referendum on Compulsory Military Training. To serve your country is an honourable and unique undertaking. It does not matter ... More >>
Key: Youth Opportunities - National Annual Conf
Monday, 3 August 2009, 11:43 am | New Zealand Government
The 8th of November 2008. What a night! With the support of 1,053,398 New Zealanders, we changed the Government and we changed the outlook for New Zealand. More >>
Rural youth to benefit from full wage subsidy
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:23 am | New Zealand Government
Tariana Turia says unemployed youth living in rural areas will be among those who benefit from an initiative which is part of a $40.3 million Community Max investment by the Government. More >>
Up to 700 new places at polytechnics
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:13 am | New Zealand Government
An $8 million funding boost will help high-performing polytechnics and institutes of technology collectively provide up to 700 new places to help cope with forecast enrolment growth next year, Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley announced today. More >>
Limited Service Volunteer Scheme expanded
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:09 am | New Zealand Government
More young people will get the unique opportunity to test their physical and mental boundaries under an expansion to the Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) scheme. The Minister for Social Development and Employment, Paula Bennett, and Associate Defence ... More >>
Jump-start for Youth Guarantee
Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:04 am | New Zealand Government
The Government will jump-start the first stage of the Youth Guarantee in 2010, a year earlier than originally intended, Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley announced today. “Up to 2000 full-time equivalent student places will be created for the ... More >>
Youth Boost for Industry Partnerships
Monday, 3 August 2009, 9:58 am | New Zealand Government
Up to 600 additional job training placements will be created for young people through a new reprioritisation of the Industry Partnership Programme, says Minister for Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett. Industry Partnerships are formalised relationships ... More >>
$5.3 million for youth jobs on Cycleway
Monday, 3 August 2009, 9:54 am | New Zealand Government
More than $5 million is being allocated to subsidise young people into work on regional projects that will form part of the National Cycleway Project. Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key announced the funding at the National Party Annual Conference ... More >>
Communtiy Max: Youth work for communities
Monday, 3 August 2009, 9:51 am | New Zealand Government
Young people and their communities will benefit from a new scheme to boost youth work opportunities, says Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett. More >>
Job Ops for Young Kiwis
Monday, 3 August 2009, 9:45 am | New Zealand Government
Creating job opportunities for young people is the focus of the Government’s new Job Ops scheme, says Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett. Job Ops targets unskilled 16 to 24 year olds with low or no qualifications who have limited ... More >>
Youth Opportunities Package announced
Monday, 3 August 2009, 9:30 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister John Key today announced a $152 million package to create new work, education and training opportunities for unemployed young people. The number of young people who want a job but can’t get one has more than quadrupled in the past year ... More >>
Sharples welcomes training and job plans
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:53 am | New Zealand Government
The Minister of Maori Affairs strongly endorses the Government’s focus on reducing unemployment among young people. “My own priority is young Maori, who are disproportionately affected. Te Puni Kokiri has already piloted several initiatives to train and upskill ... More >>
Rural youth to benefit from full wage subsidy
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:51 am | New Zealand Government
Tariana Turia says unemployed youth living in rural areas will be among those who benefit from an initiative which is part of a $40.3 million Community Max investment by the Government. More >>
Turia calls on rangatahi to get on the waka
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:44 am | New Zealand Government
Tariana Turia is calling on Maori and Pasifika youth to take up the opportunities that will be created by the Government’s $152 million investment in young people during the economic downturn. More >>
Opportunities geared to needs of Pacific youth
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:36 am | New Zealand Government
Pacific youth will benefit from the Government’s Youth Opportunities policy package, says Pacific Island Affairs Minister Georgina te Heuheu. Sixteen to 24 year olds make up about one-third of all people on an unemployment benefit. Of those 12 per ... More >>
1600 summer scholarships for students
Monday, 3 August 2009, 8:30 am | New Zealand Government
Sixteen hundred scholarships will be provided at universities during the summer break under a joint initiative funded by the Government and universities, Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley announced today. More >>
Audit report step forward for Mapua
Friday, 31 July 2009, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Government
The audit report on the remediation of the former Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site in Mapua has confirmed the land is now fit for residential, commercial and open space use – subject to certain conditions. More >>
Arts Minister expresses condolences for passing
Friday, 31 July 2009, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Government
Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson expressed his sorrow at the death of renowned weaver Diggeress Rangitutahi Te Kanawa, who passed away last night. More >>
Maori language research reports now complete
Friday, 31 July 2009, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Government
A set of research reports, which shows the health of the Maori language is improving, has been completed by Te Puni Kokiri. “It’s great to be able to say that te reo Maori is in a healthier state than it was five years earlier,” said Maori Affairs ... More >>
Marine Energy Fund Opens
Friday, 31 July 2009, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Government
Applications are now open for the third round of the Marine Energy Deployment Fund, which aims to get wave and tidal stream energy devices operating in New Zealand waters. Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says the purpose of the fund is to bring ... More >>
