New Zealand Education

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History

2002 June - Prime Minister Helen Clark apologises to Samoa for New Zealand's poor treatment of its citizens in colonial times. The apology is made at a ceremony in Samoa marking 40 years of independence.
2002 June - Prime Minister Helen Clark apologises to Samoa for New Zealand's poor treatment of its citizens in colonial times. The apology is made at a ceremony in Samoa marking 40 years of independence.
2004 May - Intense debate over proposed bill to nationalise sea bed. Maori protesters say bill would infringe ancestral rights.
2004 December - New Zealand and China begin talks on a potentially-lucrative free trade agreement.
Parliament passes bill which recognizes civil unions between gay couples.

2008 September - New Zealand's economy goes into recession for the first time since 1998.
2009 March - Official figures show the New Zealand economy shrank at its fastest rate in 17 years in the last three months of 2008.
2009 June - New Zealand's economy shrinks for the fifth consecutive quarter, making it officially the longest recession in the country's history.
2009 November - New Zealand's unemployment rate hits a nine-year high of 6.5% in the third quarter as the economy sheds 17,000 jobs.
2010 –National Compulsory Education Standards

1877-Education Act makes primary education free. Education becomes compulsory from ages 7-14.
1914-Education Act makes secondary school free to all who pass a proficiency examination.
The Thomas Report addresses the egalitarian education system and called for equalization in education for technical high schools.
1980’s- 1990’s-Widespread educational reform calls for a curriculum review, but ends in administration-based reforms.
Department of Education is replaced with a Ministry of Education

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