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Erica Stanford: Education Minister responds to Labour's plan for education

The Education Minister says Labour's plan to ditch the mandated hour of reading, writing and maths is just 'ridiculous'. Chris Hipkins revealed he'd leave it up to the schools to decide - at last night's TVNZ leaders debate.  But Erica Stanford says the policy was based on a recommendation in the…

Full Show Podcast: 07 October 2026

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 7 October, 2026, cricket bosses finally front on the NZ20 debacle - five days after Sir Richard Hadlee asked what's going on? Erica Stanford trumpets a 40 percent rise in teacher enrolments. Barbara Edmonds defends Labour's fi…

Bruce Kearney: Rangiora High School Principal on the 40% surge in people in teacher training since 2023

High unemployment could be behind a sudden surge of people wanting to become teachers.  New Ministry figures show the number of people in training is up 40% from 2023.   Education Minister Erica Stanford credits the School Onsite Training scheme, which pays people to learn on the job.   Rangiora…

Full Show Podcast: 08 October 2026

On the Early Edition with Andrew Dickens Full Show Podcast Thursday 8th of October 2026, Labour is promising to shake up the banking sector if re-elected, Professor Claire Matthews head of the school of accountancy, economics and finance at Massey University shares her thoughts.  National’s got a …

Chris Abercrombie: PPTA President on the 40% jump in people training to be teachers since 2023

The country's teacher pipeline is showing signs of recovery.  Education Minister Erica Stanford is crediting the School Onsite Training Programme for a 40% jump in the number of Kiwis training to be teachers between 2023 and now.  But the current figure of 4,500 is still well below the 6,800 trai…

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: National's winning on education - and parents agree

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So I reckon there was one moment in that leaders' debate that would have worried parents up and down this country, and it was this one. Chris Hipkins conceded that, if Labour were to win the election, he would scrap the one hour of reading, writing and maths for primary school kids. It's weird to…

Erica Stanford: Education Minister responds to Labour's plan for education

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The Education Minister says Labour's plan to ditch the mandated hour of reading, writing and maths is just 'ridiculous'. Chris Hipkins revealed he'd leave it up to the schools to decide - at last night's TVNZ leaders debate.  But Erica Stanford says the policy was based on a recommendation in the…

Erica Stanford: National's Education spokesperson on the party campaigning on requiring students to finish Year 11

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National's Erica Stanford says the Government's put a lot of work into boosting educational outcomes - and she wants students to improve.  The Party is campaigning on requiring students to stay in school until they finish Year 11, rather than being able to leave as soon as they turn 16. Stanford …

John MacDonald: Is forcing kids to stay at school longer the answer?

If a 16-year-old doesn’t want to be at school anymore, is it worth forcing them to stay until they’ve completed Year 11? At the moment, they can leave as soon as they turn 16. But National says, if it’s re-elected, it will make it compulsory for students to stay until the end of Year 11. Irrespec…

Erica Stanford: National's Education spokesperson on the party campaigning on requiring students to finish Year 11

National's Erica Stanford says the Government's put a lot of work into boosting educational outcomes - and she wants students to improve.  The Party is campaigning on requiring students to stay in school until they finish Year 11, rather than being able to leave as soon as they turn 16. Stanford …