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Call Manoj Singhal on 021 987 499 Making Home Loan process easy OR 0800 700 600 www.financematters.co.nz IMMIGRATION October 15 - October 21, 2020 I 3 Border exceptions for a small number of international students with visas he Government has established a recovery and rebuild of New Zealand and demand on our quarantine facilities and contribution to our research and Tnew category that will allow 250 the need to continue the fight against the the complex nature of bringing students innovation systems and boost the global international PhD and postgraduate pandemic. It will enable us to welcome back into the country. reputations and competitiveness of our students to enter New Zealand and back a good portion of those PhD “Allowing these students to travel institutions,” Chris Hipkins said. continue their studies, in the latest set of and Masters students who are caught to New Zealand is a step in the right The Ministry of Education will now border exceptions. off-shore, and who need to be in New direction for the international education contact Tertiary Education Organisations “The health, safety and wellbeing Zealand to complete their work. sector. The Government will review other to work through student identification of people in New Zealand remains the “These are students who hold or held possible border exceptions, as and when and selection. Students that have Government’s top priority. Tight border a visa for 2020, and whose long-term it is safe to do so. questions about this process should restrictions remain critical to protecting commitment to study here was disrupted “International PhDs and other contact their providers in the first New Zealanders against COVID-19 and by COVID-19. Priority will be given first to postgraduate students make a significant instance. -TIN Bureau ensuring that Kiwis can return home,” those who need to be in the country Education Minister Chris Hipkins said. for the practical components of “There are many calls on the their research and study. Government to grant exceptions. So far “The first students are likely to around 10,400 exceptions have been arrive November 2020, with the granted for people such as essential majority arriving in the new year. health workers, other critical workers “The number of international and family of New Zealand citizens or students we are granting exceptions permanent residents. for is a very small proportion “Just last month, new exceptions were compared to the numbers we are announced for some normally resident used to. 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Airport Oaks 09 255 5500 Manukau 09 263 5555 Henderson 09 836 5555 Tauranga 07 577 0011 4 I October 15 - October 21, 2020 NZ POLITICS Securing a pipeline Green Party releases of teachers tourism policy he Government is changing its or to become a teacher. They have been Tapproach to teacher recruitment as leaders in our communities during n Tuesday, the Green Party’s climate impact of international air COVID-19 travel restrictions continue, COVID-19 and have helped get the Oconservation spokesperson Eugenie travel. by boosting a range of initiatives to get country moving again. Sage went kayaking on Akaroa Harbour to • Invest in regional rail and safe cycling more Kiwis into teaching. “We want to make sure that people highlight the greater protection achieved so tourists can explore the country “When we came into Government, we who have recently lost their jobs due to for Hector’s and Maui dolphins this term using low carbon transport. were faced with a teacher supply crisis,” COVID-19 or are thinking of a change and the Greens’ election commitment • Implement stronger controls on Education Minister Chris Hipkins said. see teaching as an attractive career path. to supporting sustainable tourism. vehicle camping and encourage “Over the past three years, we have That’s why we are boosting initiatives “More people exploring New Zealand on visitors to use local accommodation invested $135 million on a range of that gets people into classrooms in as holiday can help support the many small providers. teacher supply initiatives, including little as 12 months.” businesses in the tourism sector while • Review the New Zealand-Aotearoa recruiting teachers from overseas to The Government is fast-tracking our international borders are closed. Tourism Strategy in the light of plug the immediate gap. We also gave the process to get qualified teachers That’s why the Green Party’s tourism COVID-19 and strengthen the teachers the biggest pay rises in a decade who have left the profession back into policy focuses on encouraging domestic commitment to sustainability to ensure that we have high quality teaching and encouraging those seeking tourism, to help revitalise the sector whilst and protecting areas for local teachers in our classrooms. a career change to join the profession reducing our impact on the climate." communities to enjoy. “The workforce is estimated to through: Key points in the Greens’ tourism policy • Create jobs upgrading walking tracks, grow by 1,100 teachers by the end of 240 more enrolments in the Teacher include: huts and other popular tourism this year, which means around 3,000 Education Refresh programme which • Encourage domestic tourism to infrastructure. - TIN Bureau more teachers since 2017. We saw helps teachers return to or stay in revitalise the sector and reduce the more teachers entering and fewer classrooms. This increases Ministry leaving between 2017 and 2019, and subsidised enrolments to 560 and there the estimates for 2020 show a further have already been 2,621 enrolments since decrease in teachers leaving the January 2018. workforce. Many of these teachers are 150 Limited Authority to Teach overseas trained teachers, and they places for schools hiring people without have done a fantastic job supporting our teaching qualifications to teach, where children and young people. specialist skills are in short supply. “While this puts us in a good place A new employment-based teaching for next year, we cannot afford to take course, giving up to 100 people the our eye off the ball now. With our opportunity to gain a secondary teaching borders now closed to overseas teachers qualification while working as a teacher. wanting to work in New Zealand, we “Those wanting to change their are reprioritising funding to bolster career to teaching can also get financial domestic teacher recruitment. support through 175 scholarships that “Teaching is a strong, interesting pay a yearly allowance worth $30,000 and and highly respected profession. There course fees,” Chris Hipkins said. - TIN is no better time to return to teaching Bureau Little fake news, some half truths in New Zealand election campaign - research hile New Zealanders can be assured campaign, and have already analysed really good, so we nearly have no fake entirely fake. Wthey are not being bombarded well over 1000 Facebook posts placed by news for the parties in Parliament. We The research is also measuring positive with "fake news", there is evidence of the parties and leaders over a two-week have some half truths for them, so for versus negative campaigning. Individual misleading behaviour from some political period. example ACT has even 9 percent of half posts can be both positive - meaning it parties, researchers say.