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Chris Carter is the Labour MP for Te Atatu, a diverse urban constituency in West Auckland. He was first elected in 1993, after a long career as a secondary school teacher. He has held the seat with substantial majorities at three of the four subsequent elections.
WANAKA — Wanaka Primary School's redevelopment is ready to proceed to the next stage, David Parker announced in Wanaka today, on behalf of the Education Minister Chris Carter.
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Education Minister Chris Carter today announced grants worth $9.3 million for 27 early childhood education providers across New Zealand.
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Education Minister Chris Carter has today announced a new appointment to the board of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).
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School leaver data released today by Education Minister Chris Carter shows that more students are leaving school with higher qualifications.
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Suspension rates in New Zealand schools have hit an eight year low, Education Minister Chris Carter announced today.
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Education Minister Chris Carter today launched a range of initiatives aimed at making schools safer for students and to ensure schools have anti-bullying programmes in place.
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Croatian New Zealanders have much to celebrate on their National Day this year, which marks the community’s 150th anniversary of settlement in this country, says Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter.
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Another National MP has confirmed that the party plans to spend less on education than the government, says Education Minister Chris Carter.
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Education Minister Chris Carter has welcomed guests at a film premiere to mark the second annual Dyslexia Awareness Week with a commitment to improve accessibility to information about dyslexia.
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Education Minister and Minister Responsible for the Education Review Office Chris Carter will attend the APEC Education Ministers’ Meeting in Peru later this week where major changes to the New Zealand education system will be showcased.
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Budget 2008 sees schools get a significant boost in funding to help meet their day-to-day running costs and provide computer technology, Education Minister Chris Carter announced today.
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Funding for the day-to-day running of schools has gone up every year under the Labour-led government, Education Minister Chris Carter says.
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The first in a series of DVDs looking at climate change gives students a chance to produce their own news segment, Education Minister Chris Carter said at the launch of “Sustainability in Action” in Auckland today.
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AUCKLAND — Improvements to the schooling network worth $51.7 million, including a new primary school, are in the pipeline under Aucklands Tamaki Edge strategy, Education Minister Chris Carter announced today.Â
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AUCKLAND — Education Minister Chris Carter today expressed his profound sympathy for Elim Christian College and its community after the tragic loss of life at Tongariro National Park.
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Education Minister Chris Carter has today heard from Wellington students about their plans to get fellow students eating better and doing better at school as part of the Fuelled 4 School challenge.Â
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Results from an innovative project designed to lift reading and writing skills have been hugely successful, Education Minister Chris Carter says.
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WELLINGTON CITY — A new publication to help parents and teachers identify and nurture gifted and talented children was launched at Northland School in Wellington today by Education Minister Chris Carter.
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Education Minister Chris Carter says his visit to Viet Nam this week helped strengthen ties between the two countries and won a high degree of praise for New Zealands education system.
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New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Browns comments today on latest statistics on the Asian population in New Zealand are a nonsense, Minister for Ethnic Affairs Chris Carter said.
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KAWAKAWA — The Minister of Education, Chris Carter, says he will visit the site of the serious fire at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarere in Northland tomorrow.
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New Zealand had much to celebrate on Race Relations Day including latest research showing race relations as the top issue New Zealanders felt optimistic about, says Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter.
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Education Minister Chris Carter says he is concerned over a story in today’s Herald on trainee teachers that is quite simply wrong.
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Education Minister Chris Carter has welcomed the ratification of all the major collective employment agreements for teachers and principals in the education sector.
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Minister for Ethnic Affairs Chris Carter said today that he was pleased that American authorities had tracked down and taken into custody wanted fugitive Nai Yin Xue.
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OTAGO — Education Minister Chris Carter officially opened Otago’s newest school buildings in the Clutha Valley today.
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QUEENSTOWN — Education Minister Chris Carter has announced the proposed Frankton Primary School near Queenstown now has a board of trustees and a confirmed site.
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An OECD report on youth employment shows major new initiatives announced by the Labour-led government are in line with international best practice, Education Minister Chris Carter and Youth Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today.
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WELLINGTON — The model of a sculpture that will be gifted by New Zealand’s Chinese community to the New Zealand Beijing Olympic Team will be unveiled at Chinese New Year celebrations being held at Parliament this evening, Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter says.
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A new professional development initiative on leadership for the country’s 2500 school principals was launched by Education Minister Chris Carter today.
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Education Minister Chris Carter says the government’s recently-announced Realising Youth Potential initiative, to be known as Schools Plus, will significantly boost the economy and increase prospects for young New Zealanders.
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Education Minister Chris Carter said today that National’s retiring education spokesperson Katherine Rich had been a hard-working Member of Parliament and had made a contribution to public debate about education.
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The Education Review Office (ERO) is carrying out a special review at Hutt Valley High School, Education Minister and Minister responsible for the ERO, Chris Carter, announced today.
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Thirteen new early childhood education centres (ECE) across the country have received grants with a combined worth of $485,000 to help them start providing services, Education Minister Chris Carter announced today.
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Education Minister Chris Cater today announced funding of $10 million to help New Zealand schools boost their performance by sharing good ideas.
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Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter has spoken with Somali community leaders following the incident on the Eagle Air flight travelling from Blenheim to Christchurch which involved a member of the Somali community.
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The thousands of young New Zealanders starting school or heading back to school this week are joining a world class education system with more teachers, more funding and major initiatives successfully implemented, says Education Minister Chris Carter.
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Education Minister Chris Carter says a new Ministry of Education publication showing just how committed schools are to reducing the number of students who leave school early or without qualifications is a great example of just how innovative New Zealand schools are.
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Education Minister Chris Carter has today stood by his comments to the Education Review that school donations are indeed voluntary.
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Modern communication technologies are not just transforming the world we live in but are a vital part of any world-leading education system, Minister of Education Chris Carter says.
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The first of a new generation of school leaders will get a helping hand from a new professional development programme, Minister of Education Chris Carter announced today.
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Research grants on teaching and learning projects announced.
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New Figure it Out booklets help younger students learn financial literacy.
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Launch of Figure it Out financial literacy books for younger students.
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Today is another milestone in New Zealand's education system and I'm particularly proud to be here to help launch Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.
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Every kindergarten in the country is now offering the Labour-led government's 20 hours free early childhood education, saving families up to $4500 a year per child, says Education Minister Chris Carter.
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Education Minister Chris Carter announced today teachers would be given a professional development day in the next year to help plan for the new curriculum.
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Prime Minister Helen Clark and Education Minister Chris Carter today launched the new New Zealand Curriculum.
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Kiwi Encounter at Rainbow Springs hatches its 500th kiwi chick.
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CANTERBURY — Snow-capped mountains, crystal clear lakes and a popular skifield are included in the largest public park created in more than twenty years.
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New Zealand's Conservation Minister expresses concern over live exports of dolphins from Solomon Islands.
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AUCKLAND — Speech at Architecture Week, Monday 15 October 2007, Britomart Centre, Auckland.
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500th chick to hatch at Taiaroa Head has fledged and begun flight over southern oceans .
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SOUTHLAND — Important ecological investment for threatened flora and fauna.
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Major milestone reached of 3000 families taking up Welcome Home Loans.
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Opening of Fo Guang Shan temple a time to remember lack of human rights in other parts of the world, particularly Burma.
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PORIRUA — Housing Minister Chris Carter says Housing New Zealand (HNZ) took tenants' complaints seriously and he had prepared a detailed reply to concerns raised by Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia over the condition of state housing in Porirua.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter says while tonight's Moon Festival in Waitakere City will be tinged with sadness over the death of An An Liu, it is important to remember the event is an opportunity for all communities to come together to value what they have.
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HASTINGS — Older people to benefit through Housing Innovation Fund, Housing Minister Chris Carter says.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Purchase of land a boost for kiwi conservation.
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