May 13th 2013
Expansion of Maori and Pasifika trades training announced
A major expansion of Maori and Pasifika Trades Training to 3,000 places as part of Budget 2013 was announced this week (May 9) by Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce, and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Tariana Turia.
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May 8th 2013
Big Apple beckons University of Waikato scholar
University of Waikato Fulbright Scholar Lora Vaioleti is heading to New York City to work with a global partnership dedicated to helping island leaders work together on climate change, conservation and progress towards a sustainable future.
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May 7th 2013
Pacific success in tertiary education
Why do some Pacific students do well at tertiary education, while others find it more difficult to complete their qualifications?
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April 26th 2013
New Caledonia bans shark fishing
6,000 copies of the children’s story book “The Children Take Action – a Climate Change Story” were handed to the Permanent Secretary for Education this week (April 24) for delivery to all primary schools in Kiribati.
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April 24th 2013
Pacific Bridge Back Project
Undergraduate student, TJ Aumua, is currently studying a Bachelor of Communications at AUT University of Technology. She shares with SPASIFIK her story about the Pacific Bridge Back Project, a programme that aims to encourage troubled Pacific youth to get back into school.
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April 19th 2013
More Pacific students achieving NCEA Level 2
The Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs want Pacific college students to “keep up the good work” following the release of figures showing more of them achieving NCEA Level 2.
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April 18th 2013
New Pasifika director appointed
Tongan-born Dr Malakai Koloamatangi has been appointed as the new Pasifika director within the Office of the Assistant Vice Chancellor (Māori and Pasifika).
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April 15th 2013
More Pacific parents embracing early learning for their children
Increases in Pacific children enrolling in early childhood education should continue as work ramps up to share the message about the benefits, the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs says.
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April 9th 2013
Long road to graduation for Theresia Kau
When Theresia Kau walks on stage at the University of Waikato’s graduation ceremony on April 18, she will stand out for more than just her academic achievements.
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April 8th 2013
ISSUE 55 EXCLUSIVE
Community still driving force for Nick
Former police officer Nick Tuitasi is well known for his work developing programmes for youth around the country.
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March 28th 2013
Solomon Islands student receives MFAT scholarship for academic excellence
University of Waikato student Sireta Laore, from the Solomon Islands, has been awarded the New Zealand Development Pacific Scholarship for Highest Academic Achiever in 2012 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).
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March 21st 2013
David Tua promotes Pacific literacy
David Tua visited the Mangere Town Centre Library last week (March 15) reading books to a group of children. The professional heavyweight boxer swapped his boxing gloves in a bid to improve Pacific Literacy.
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March 18th 2013
View into the Otara Window
Walk through the Otara Town Centre and you may become aware of a transformation taking place. As part of a partnership between Manukau Institute of Technology and the Otara Business Association, work is underway to revitalise the run down town centre.
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March 8th 2013
From West Side Story to The Factory
With her operatic training beginning at the age of two, dance classes at seven and acting at 15, Milly Grant has always been destined for a career in the performing arts. The Otara resident has the starring role in The Factory, New Zealand’s first Pasifika musical now showing at Auckland's Q Theatre.
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March 7th 2013
Public schools in Hawaii receive $1M in grants
Hawaii's state Department of Education has given US$1 million in one-time grants to 32 local schools as part of the “Strive HI” campaign, which rewards and supports public schools who have shown progress in academic performance and in meeting annual progress goals tied to the No Child Left Behind Act.
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March 4th 2013
Australia Awards Scholarships supporting future leaders in Pacific
Australia’s Foreign Minister Bob Carr last week (Feb 28) congratulated the three recipients of Australia's Pacific Island Forum 40th Anniversary commemorative Scholarships.
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March 1st 2013
Appointment of independent advisor on kohanga reo
Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the appointment of Sir Michael Cullen as an independent advisor to work with the Crown and Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust.
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February 26th 2013
A unique path to Early Childhood Education
Fed up with school at 16, many teenagers will either drop out or become so disengaged they fail. Jess Gaul-Crown was determined this wasn’t going to happen to her.
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February 22nd 2013
Education key to Kiribati's future
President Anote Tong told Australia Network's Newsline that if some of the Kiribati population has to relocate he wants them to qualify as skilled migrants, not climate refugees.
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February 18th 2013
Benefits of early childhood education to Pacific families
Pacific Island Affairs and Education Minister Hekia Parata welcomed the first of a series of local workshops to inform Pacific families of the benefits of early childhood education (ECE) in Auckland.
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February 15th 2013
Minister welcomes launch of MaoriFutureMakers
More than 500 young people and their families helped develop a new website that aims to inspire Māori to take on tertiary studies and industry training.
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February 15th 2013
Sports opportunity helps solo father at MIT
With a promising career in rugby league, Malakai Latu had his future mapped out. He had just completed a contract for French club Villefranche and planned to spend the next five years playing in Australia.
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February 13th 2013
Maori scholar to share knowledge of school communities in the US
Māori scholar Dr Melinda Webber (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hau) from the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education will share her unique knowledge of Aotearoa school communities with American counterparts at the University of Wisconsin– Green Bay later this month, with the help of a Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Travel Award.
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February 12th 2013
Former Tongan Prime Minister awarded UC Honorary Doctorate
Former Tongan Prime Minister Dr Feleti Sevele (Lord Sevele of Vailahi), leading New Zealand artist Bill Culbert and Supreme Court Judge Sir William Young are to be awarded Honorary Doctorates by the University of Canterbury (UC) in April.
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February 12th 2013
Manukau Institute of Technology students unaffected by Mainzeal receivership
Work on Manukau Institute of Technology’s (MIT) new campus in the centre of the Manukau CBD has halted as a result of the Mainzeal receivership.
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February 5th 2013
Commonwealth announces finalists for youth awards in development work
The Commonwealth has announced the finalists of the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work. The 16 finalists will each receive a £1,000 grant to advance their development work.
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February 5th 2013
Worries for truants as a South Auckland truancy contract is canned
The number of truants in the South Auckland area is expected to grow as the Otara Boards Forum has lost its truancy contract.
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February 1st 2013
Calls for applications- Pacific Writer's Residency
Fulbright New Zealand and Creative New Zealand invite applications for the 2013 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency, which offers a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage the opportunity to work for three months on a creative writing project.
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February 1st 2013
Minister celebrates with Porirua Pasifika community to raise Pasifika achievement
The Government’s Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017 has been received by the Porirua Pasifika community as the Government continues its focus on raising achievement for five-out-of-five kids.
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February 1st 2013
Pacific students ready to step into the trades
A unique partnership between tertiary education organisations (TEOs) and Pacific churches has seen hundreds of Pacific people trained to help in the Christchurch rebuild, says Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Pacific Island Affairs Minister Hekia Parata.
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