Protect free speech or lose cash, New Zealand universities warned

Free tuition also to be switched from first to last year of tertiary study, under pact between new governing parties

Published on
November 24, 2023
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November 24, 2023
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Wellington, New Zealand - February 25, 2013 Lion outside the Beehive building - Parliament of New Zealand in Wellington city as view from Wellington Citizens War Memorial on February 25, 2013.
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Reader's comments (3)

#1 Submitted by ja_quintero_unesco_org on November 25, 2023 - 7:46am
Such a policy will be deterrant to the most vulnerable people, as they will have no any financial support to enter tertiary education. It is the first country I become aware that financial support or fees-waving is placed for the final of the education degree.
#2 Submitted by b.tweed on November 30, 2023 - 7:35pm
Is the NZ coalition blind to the irony of imposing a free speech policy?
#3 Submitted by dicksonevaluation on December 1, 2023 - 6:11pm
Ja_Quintero_unesco your comment betrays ignorance about how Tertiary education operates in NZ. Any applicant accepted for most fee paying longer duration courses can apply for a non-means tested zero interest student loan tocover fees (obviously there are limits to how many times). Further, those of limited means can get weekly $upport - also non refundable. The notion that there is a high financial barrier to enter Tertiary study in NZ is incorrect.

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