The Cabinet Office has posted Cabinet Committee membership and Ministerial delegations, with the most interesting parts being the roles of Pita Sharples and (especially) Tariana Turia.
Relevance: Medium relevance to lobbyists,...
The Skills for Canterbury package includes a new trades pool focused on Pacific Peoples (similar to the old Skill Enhancement), extra trades EFTS and some interesting CPIT-BETA projects to improve...
Aotearoa and Awanuiarangi were approved for the same SAC funding in 2012 as in 2011, plus Budget 2011 increases, while smaller funds had more for Aotearoa and less for Awanuiarangi....
There were no major funding cuts for ITPs other than in aviation and where some ITPs handed funds back when they were unable to meet enrolment targets. New funding went...
TEC cut funding for 3 PTEs with low 2010 completions and withstood challenges about over-delivery decisions, although the latter could have been avoided in part by earlier setting of benchmarks....
ITOs will have a 6% cut in STMs this year, with three dropping by 24-45%, as the full impact of TEC's operational policies takes effect. There remain opportunities for growth,...