Selwyn Times: October 07, 2020
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Wednesday <strong>October</strong> 7 <strong>2020</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 39<br />
Education<br />
We will repair and rebuild schools, reduce class sizes, invest more in students with complex learning needs and put more<br />
teacher aides in schools.<br />
9 National’s First 1,000 Days plan will empower parents to make the best choices for their child in their first 1,000 days –<br />
we will give parents more resources, more choices and more support, including there days maternity stay, and a $3000<br />
grant to purchase support services.<br />
9 National will fix schools in your community - we are committing $4.8 billion in new spending to deliver world-class<br />
education infrastructure.<br />
9 We will increase the number of teacher aides in our schools by investing $150 million over four years to fund about six<br />
million additional hours of teacher aide support in classrooms – equivalent to around 1,500 new teacher aides.<br />
Agriculture<br />
National is proud of New Zealand’s history as the world’s best producer of food and fibre, and we are committed to it being<br />
New Zealand’s future as well.<br />
9 We will repeal or review the nine new water regulations Labour has introduced to create workable legislation that won’t<br />
harm farm productivity.<br />
9 We will repeal the Resource Management Act (RMA) and replace it with an Environmental Standards Act and Planning<br />
and Development Act.<br />
9 We will create a fast-tracked Primary Sector Visa and also allow skilled workers and Recognised Seasonal Employer<br />
(RSE) workers to enter New Zealand.<br />
9 We will pass seven changes to the Zero Carbon Bill, including a review of the methane target as well as remove the<br />
review process around introducing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2022.
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