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Katherine Rich

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Born in 1967, Katherine grew up on the Taieri Plains, attended St Hilda's Collegiate, Dunedin and Otago University. She is married to Andrew and combined they have four children, Jonathan, Georgia, Daniel and Emma. Katherine has a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing), a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and was a finalist in the 1999 Her Business Woman of the Year. Previous employment included General Manager, Silverstream Ltd; Marketing Manager Knitting Yarns Division, Alliance Textiles; Project Analyst, Foundation for Research, Science and Technology and Project Analyst, Ministry of Agriculture. katherine.rich@national.org.nz www.national.org.nz




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Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Politics 11:09AM
Katherine Rich to stand down at election

National MP Katherine Rich today announced that she was standing down from Parliament at the next election.

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Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Education 11:39AM
Labour's plan – make it even harder for unhappy students

Helen Clark and her Labour Government have taken a giant leap backwards by effectively banning 16- and 17-year-olds from leaving school to get work, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich.

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Sunday, 27 January 2008
Politics 3:04PM
Paperwork consultant for school wasteful and silly

The Education Ministry's insistence that a small school hire a consultant to help with filling in forms to carpet a staffroom is bureaucracy gone mad and a waste of money, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich.

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Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Politics 10:34PM
Parental donations attitude dangerous

Chris Carter's blasé comment that parents can blithely make 'a call' to pay, or not pay, their parental contributions or donations, is irresponsible and will have dire consequences for schools, says Nationals Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich.

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Thursday, 10 January 2008
Education 1:40PM
C-minus for teacher scholarships programme

Labour's scholarship scheme for would-be teachers through TeachNZ barely rates a pass mark for encouraging fresh talent to teaching, says National's Education spokeswoman, Katherine Rich.

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