Strypey on Nostr: "Labour had campaigned on covering two years of academic study in 2021 and three by ...
"Labour had campaigned on covering two years of academic study in 2021 and three by 2024. But in 2020, the planned expansion of the scheme was paused indefinitely.
Then-education spokesperson Chris Hipkins said additional funding would be spent in areas 'critical for the country's economic recovery in the post-Covid environment'."
#KatieKenny, 2024
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/508677/the-new-government-is-scrapping-first-year-fees-free-what-you-need-to-know
In hindsight, Hipkins' centre-right politics were obvious long before the 2023 election.
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Then-education spokesperson Chris Hipkins said additional funding would be spent in areas 'critical for the country's economic recovery in the post-Covid environment'."
#KatieKenny, 2024
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/508677/the-new-government-is-scrapping-first-year-fees-free-what-you-need-to-know
In hindsight, Hipkins' centre-right politics were obvious long before the 2023 election.
#NZPolitics