Budget 2026 Guts Tertiary Education – Labour
More than $1 billion stripped from Fees Free. Student fees rising again. Shanan Halbert says Budget 2026 abandons the generation meant to build the future.
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The Puritan Budget: Budget 2026 Punishes the Poor
State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. The rich remain protected. This is not a recovery Budget, it is punishment with a sermon attached.
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Budget 2026 Cuts: The Abandonment Budget
State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. Banks get a token levy. Budget 2026 is not recovery, it is abandonment.
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Greens Warn NCEA Changes Will Fail Students
The Greens say National’s planned NCEA overhaul could push thousands of students out of education success and back towards outdated standardised assessment.
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Greens Slam Fees Free Cuts Amid Youth Crisis
Young New Zealanders are leaving, unemployment is climbing, and the Government’s answer is to make tertiary education harder to afford.
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AUTSA Calls For Winter Energy Support For Students
Cold flats. Empty fridges. Rising power bills. Student leaders say tertiary students are being abandoned during the worst cost-of-living crisis in years.
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My old College wanted $230 for a Ball ticket??? Tell ’em they’re dreamin!
$230 for a school ball? Parents are pushing back, and asking when school events became luxury experiences.
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Fuel relief a start, but most Kiwis still struggling
Labour says the Government’s fuel relief announcement leaves too many New Zealanders behind, with rising petrol prices adding to an already brutal cost of living crisis.
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WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: It will be the Working Class, Beneficiaries, Students, Pensioners, Māori, Pasifika and Disabled who will be hurt most at the Pump
As petrol prices rise, it’s the working class, beneficiaries, Māori, Pasifika and disabled people who will carry the greatest burden.
