Party vote

Education

The third biggest chunk of government spending, after benefits and health, goes to education. Parties on the left propose expanding access to free early childhood education. Parties on the right want to introduce more targets and monitoring of student achievement.

Education

The third biggest chunk of government spending, after benefits and health, goes to education. Parties on the left propose expanding access to free early childhood education. Parties on the right want to introduce more targets and monitoring of student achievement.

Key policiesEarly childhood educationSchoolsTertiary education and researchTertiary fees and student supportTrades and vocational education

  • Extend 20 hours of free early childhood education to two-year-olds

    Require financial literacy to be taught in schools

    Increase the number of dental places at university by 50 percent

  • Remove education about gender and sexuality from the curriculum

  • Reintroduce partnership schools

    Report daily school attendance records

    Abolish the Fees Free tertiary education programme

  • Introduce and incentivise a national civic service programme

    Build a new primary and secondary school in Christchurch

    Introduce an accelerated post-graduate medical programme for people with relevant degrees

  • Introduce an income guarantee for all students

    Improve working conditions and staff-to-student ratios

    Create school hubs with health and social services

  • Ban mobile phone use in schools

    Set minimum times for reading, writing and maths in schools

    Introduce standardised twice yearly reports for schools

  • Introduce a universal student allowance

    Make Te Reo Māori and Māori history core subjects up to year 10

    Establish authority to oversee Māori language funding and audit providers

  • Promote alternatives to mainstream state schools

    Ban sex education in primary schools

    Ban education about gender in schools

Key policiesEarly childhood educationSchoolsTertiary education and researchTertiary fees and student supportTrades and vocational education

  • Extend 20 hours of free early childhood education to two-year-olds

    Require financial literacy to be taught in schools

    Increase the number of dental places at university by 50 percent

  • Remove education about gender and sexuality from the curriculum

  • Reintroduce partnership schools

    Report daily school attendance records

    Abolish the Fees Free tertiary education programme

  • Introduce and incentivise a national civic service programme

    Build a new primary and secondary school in Christchurch

    Introduce an accelerated post-graduate medical programme for people with relevant degrees

  • Introduce an income guarantee for all students

    Improve working conditions and staff-to-student ratios

    Create school hubs with health and social services

  • Ban mobile phone use in schools

    Set minimum times for reading, writing and maths in schools

    Introduce standardised twice yearly reports for schools

  • Introduce a universal student allowance

    Make Te Reo Māori and Māori history core subjects up to year 10

    Establish authority to oversee Māori language funding and audit providers

  • Promote alternatives to mainstream state schools

    Ban sex education in primary schools

    Ban education about gender in schools

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