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04 MARCH 1, 2019 Homelink Polytechnics to merge into a New Institute of Skills Education Minister Chris Hipkins (Photo for RNZ by Richard Tindiller RETAIL BUSINESS FOR SALE In a busy Retail Centre in Pukekohe Opportunity to be part of a national chain within a Cooperative group of store-owners. This business has been established for 18 years and has further opportunities for growth. Suit someone wishing to be their own boss or an energetic husband/wife team. Price $150,000 plus stock Interested enquiries, Ring Peter on 021-567609 or (09) 2383346 The government has proposed merging all 16 polytechnics in the country into a single National Institute and radically reforming industry training organisations. Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the Plan was challenging but necessary for shoring up a sector that had suffered falling enrolments and multimillion dollar deficits. Mr Hipkins said that the proposal included creating a New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology that would have asingle Governing Council and would manage all 16 institutes’ capital and operational budgets, staffing, and computer systems for managing their courses. He said that would solve the sector’s financial problems and make better use of taxpayer funding. Consolidated Organisation “A consolidated organisation would make better strategic use of capital, achieve greater efficiency in programme design, development and delivery, and reduce replication of back-office functions,” Mr Hipkins said in a Paper to the Cabinet. The Plan also suggested stopping industry training organisations from arranging and paying for training and paring back their role to setting standards and qualifications and advising the Tertiary Education Commission under the new title of Industry Skills Bodies. Mr Hipkins said that tertiary institutions would take over the job of organising and providing work-based Proposal for Public Consultation industry training and that would be a big challenge. “Providers would take responsibility for approximately 140,000 trainees and apprentices in addition to the approximately 110,000 vocational education learners they already serve (based on 2017 figures). This would require increased capability and capacity. This change will promote better alignment between on- and off-job education and training, and stabilise provision of vocational education across the economic cycle,” the Cabinet paper said. Negative response expected The paper said industry training organisations (ITOs) might respond negatively to the proposals, but they included asignificantly increased leadership role for the industry. Mr Hipkins said that the proposed changes would be disruptive but the current model was not sustainable. He said the amalgamation of polytechnics might result in more or fewer main campuses in the regions and some of the institutes might need more financial support before the changes were implemented. Mr Hipkins’ Cabinet Paper showed the Treasury was worried that it was not clear how much the proposals would cost. “We are concerned that Cabinet is being asked to agree to asignificant in-principle decision without a clear indication of the likely overall financial implications of the changes proposed, including short-term transition costs, and enduring funding changes,” the Paper said. Last year the government loaned $50 million to Unitec and gave $15 million to Whitireia in Porirua after the two institutions ran into serious financial problems. The money was on top of abailout for the West Coast’s Tai Poutini Polytechnic in February that included an $8.5 million capital injection and a write-off of $25 million owed to the Tertiary Education Commission. The Auditor-General warned in November last year that polytechnics were under pressure and needed first-rate governance. The most recently available financial results for polytechnics showed nine of the 16 institutions made deficits and 11 suffered falling enrolments in 2017. Consultation on the proposals close on March 27, 2019. -Published under aSpecial Agreement with www.rnz.co.nz Additional Reading: The devil in the details of the proposed Mega-Poly under Educationlink Smart money choices made simple. We’ll help you find the sweetest mortgage deal whether it’s your first home or investment property, and arrange the best insurance to suit your needs. Mortgage services Home loans Construction loans Refinances and restructures Top ups & debt consolidation Commercial & Business loans Insurance Life, Trauma Medical/Health General Business Income Protection Call us today 0800 21 22 23 Level 1, 3/53 Cavendish Drive Manukau
MARCH 1 , 2019 NZ-Australia talks highlight deportations Chris Bramwell The issue of Australia deporting New Zealanders who have committed crimes across the Tasman has become corrosive in the relationship between the two countries, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said. Ms Ardern and her Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison held their annual talks in Auckland on Friday, February 22, 2019. Mr Morrison has forgone the normal overnight stay opted by his predecessors. Busy time in Australia It is election year in Australia and polls across the Tasman are indicating it could be a tight race, so Mr Morrison will be keen for the photo opportunity with Ms Ardern, but at the same time wanting to avoid any criticism that he is visiting wineries on Waiheke Island instead of working in Canberra. Ms Ardern thanked Mr Morrison for making the trip, saying she realised it was a busy time in Australian politics. Tremor tears Mr Morrison replied thanking Ms Ardern, but also acknowledging that the days of their meeting was the eighth anniversary of the Canterbury earthquake. He said that Australians grieved and shed tears with their Kiwi cousins on that day. OPENING JUNE 2019* Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern at Government House in Auckland on February 22. (Photo: Pool/Diego Opatowski/AFP “For us to be able to meet on that day is a sign of that friendship, and when it comes to these meetings it’s always families first and we are family here in the Pacific, but particularly between Australia and New Zealand,” he said. While the two leaders discussed areas where they agreed, Ms Ardern said that they also talked about the areas where they disagreed, including deportations of New Zealanders. Corrosive in relations “In my view, this issue has become corrosive in our relationship over time, I made it clear that New Zealand has no issue with Australia taking a dim view of newly-arrived non-citizens committing crime, but equally the New Zealand people have a dim view of the deportation of people who moved to Australia as children and have grown up there,” Ms Ardern said. Mr Morrison was unrepentant about the issue. “Our government has taken a very strong line when it comes to those who are in Australia who are on visas, see visas are not citizenship, visas are provided on the basis of people being compliant with those visas and that doesn’t include committing crimes,” he said. Strained relations with China News that Australian coal imports were being held up at the Chinese border was also the subject of questioning at the joint media conference, but both leaders batted away any suggestion that their countries’ relationships with China were under any strain. Mr Morrison said it was not the first time that there had been issues at Chinese ports. “There is no evidence before me or us that would suggest that it has the connotations that it has anything to do with anything more broadly than that, this happens from time to time and we just work constructively with our partners in China,” he said. Chris Bramwell is Deputy Political Editor at Radio New Zealand. Indian Newslink has published the above article and pictures under a Special Agreement with www.rnz.co.nz Homelink We take the stress out of the New Zealand immigration and settlement process ● Acting on behalf of clients overseas and in New Zealand ● All types of New Zealand visa applications ● New Zealand Employers recruiting migrants ● Sorting visa problems (PPI letters and Visa Revocation) ● Declined visas, complaints and complex cases ● Section 61 requests for people unlawfully in New Zealand ● Deportation orders and Detention issues ● All types of Appeals (legally aided for some) ● Refugee/Asylum and Family reunification cases ● New Zealand Citizenship ● Sale, purchase and Property Refinancing Transactions ● Enduring Powers of Attorney and Wills Winner of the Indian Newslink Community Award 2018 for Distinguished Legal Services to communities AUCKLAND OFFICE Level 1, 207 Broadway, Newmarket 1023, Auckland Phone: +64 9 283 0157 Fax: +64 4 461 6019 Email: auckland@idesilegal.co.nz Website: www.immigrationlawyersauckland.co.nz WELLINGTON OFFICE Unit 4, 18 Moorefield Road, PO Box 13208, Johnsonville, Wellington 6037 Phone: +64 4 461 6018 Fax: +64 4 461 6019 Email: admin@idesilegal.co.nz DUNEDIN OFFICE Level 1, 252 Cumberland Street, Dunedin Central 9016, Dunedin, Phone: +64 3 926 9755 Fax: +64 4 461 6019 Email: dunedin@idesilegal.co.nz MEDICAL CENTRE OWNERS WANTED 05 This award-winning development is looking for medical centre owners to open in Sugartree Lane, a convenient pedestrian lane linking Union and Nelson Streets in Auckland’s central city. Sugartree Lane has a range of spaces perfectly suited to your practice whether you are a GP, physio or a medical specialist. DON’T MISS OUT, CALL TODAY TO VIEW. Julie Warbrick 022 639 3028 | julie@sugartree.co.nz SUGARTREELANE.CO.NZ * PROJECTED COMPLETION DATE
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