Prime Minister Christopher Luxon booed at ANZ Premiership netball final
The Mainland Tactix claimed their first title in the franchise's 28-year history, beating the Northern Mystics, the two-time defending champions, 58-46 – and Luxon
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Otago Daily Times
13 minutes ago
- Otago Daily Times
Govt plans to replace NCEA
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said evidence showed NCEA was inconsistent and did always deliver what students needed. Photo: RNZ The government is proposing replacing all levels of NCEA, the main qualification for secondary school students in New Zealand. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford made the announcement in Auckland this morning. Under the proposal, level 1 of NCEA (National Certificate of Educational Achievement) would be replaced with foundation literacy and numeracy tests. Levels 2 and 3 would be replaced with a New Zealand Certificate of Education and an Advanced Certificate. Students would be required to take five subjects and pass at least four to get each certificate. Marking would be out of 100 and grades would and range from A to E. The changes would be phased in from next year, with the new certificates in place for year 12 from 2029 and year 13 the following year. Luxon said evidence showed NCEA was inconsistent and did always deliver what students needed. '"This is about making sure our national qualification opens doors for every young person, whether they're heading into a trade, university, or straight into work," Stanford said. Consultation on the proposal begins next month. The proposal includes: • Removing NCEA Level 1, requiring students to take English and Mathematics at Year 11, and sit a foundation award (test) in numeracy and literacy • Replacing NCEA Levels 2 and 3 with two new qualifications (The New Zealand Certificate of Education at Year 12 and the New Zealand Advanced Certificate of Education at Year 13) • Requiring students to take five subjects and pass at least four to attain each certificate • Marking clearly out of 100 with grades that make sense to parents like A, B, C, D, E • Working with industry to develop better vocational pathways so students are getting the skills relevant to certain career pathways • The new qualification will be underpinned by a new national curriculum for Years 9-13 that will clearly outline what students need to learn in each subject and when, providing more consistency.
RNZ News
13 minutes ago
- RNZ News
Trump trade tariff decision came 'blunt and late', Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the 15 percent trade tariff is "not what he wanted". Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii The decision by US President Donald Trumo to hit New Zealand exporters with a 15 percent tariff came "blunt and late", the Prime Minster says. Speaking to Morning Report, Christopher Luxon said the tariff, which had been expected to be at 10 percent, being at a higher percentage was "not what New Zealand wanted". "We disagree with tariffs," Luxon said, "the president is pretty fixed on his views and unlikely to change." "The decision came pretty blunt and late." Despite this, top diplomat Vangelis Vitalis was flying to Washington in the wake of the announcement, with Trade Minister Todd McClay intending to visit in coming days too. Luxon said prior to the announcement New Zealand had "really constructive" conversations with the US about trade, and the decision had been made close to the announcement. Despite the higher tariff, Luxon said the government had "played it well". "We continue to register our disappointment about the decision, we've also done it since April." He believed New Zealand exporters were "nimble and agile" and there was still huge demand for New Zealand products and services globally. But the opposition, said the 15 percent tariff was a "slap in the face" for exporters. Labour's trade spokesperson Damien O'Connor told Morning Report , it was a major fail for the government and noted other leaders managed to cut deals that kept tariffs at lower rates. "This is a disadvantage relative to our competitors," he said. "There is a strong demand for our beef in the US, but this will start to squeeze the market." O'Connor said New Zealand would be competing head-to-head with other countries like Australia, Argentina and Uruguay who all had 10 percent tariffs. "That's going to be tough... That's going to hurt." Kate Acland, chairperson of Beef and Lamb New Zealand agreed competing countries having a lower tariff rate would hurt New Zealand. "I think the key is we're on a different rate to many of our competitors," she told Morning Report , "this is more than $300 million additional hit if it can't be passed on to the consumers." "It will have an impact, this is quite significant." Acland said New Zealand was "one of the good guys" who played by the rules when it came to trade, but perhaps the reason for the higher tariff was that it didn't have much to bring to the negotiating table. "There's quite a queue to negotiate over there, I think the strategy was right, it'd hard to know what we could have done. Kate Acland, chairperson of Beef and Lamb New Zealand said the US needed New Zealand meat exports. Photo: © Clare Toia-Bailey / "Going over there now is the right thing to do." Acland said there was a global shortage of protein, particularly beef, so the US did need New Zealand meat exports. "They need that lean beef so we do have a good story to tell there on the beef side. She believed exporters would be okay, but it did put them at disadvantage. Felicity Roxburgh, director of the International Business Forum agreed New Zealand was now at a disadvantage. She told Morning Report , exporters had done a really good job t absorbing the cost so far, but only time would tell what the impact of 15 percent would be. "We can't invent new markets overnight as an exporter it takes time to invest... There not endless headroom to pass the price to consumers." She said she welcomed Vitalis heading to Washington to try and press New Zealand's case. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
24 minutes ago
- RNZ News
Watch: Government proposes replacing NCEA school system
The government is proposing replacing all levels of NCEA. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford are making the announcement in Auckland. Under the proposal, NCEA level 1 would be replaced with foundation literacy and numeracy tests. Levels 2 and 3 would be replaced with a New Zealand Certificate of Education and an Advanced Certificate. Students would be required to take five subjects and pass at least four to get each certificate. Marking would be out of 100 and grades would and range from A to E. The changes would be phased in from next year, with the foundation award replacing level one from 2028. The new certificates would be in place for year 12 from 2029 and year 13 the following year. Luxon said evidence showed NCEA was inconsistent and did not always deliver what students needed. Consultation on the proposal begins next month. The proposal includes: '"This is about making sure our national qualification opens doors for every young person, whether they're heading into a trade, university, or straight into work," Stanford said. The government's decision is a sharp reversal of the previous government's 2018/19 decision to overhaul and retain level 1 because some schools wanted it either as a stepping stone to level 2 or as a base qualification for the nine percent of students for whom it would be their highest school qualification. The Education Ministry said it spent $157.6m from July 2021 to October 2024 on setup and initial consultation for the NCEA Change Programme and work, the full development of level one of NCEA, and the majority of the level two development until it was paused. NCEA was the only qualification held by about nine percent of school leavers in most years of the past decade. The Education Review Office last year reported the newly-revised level 1 needed another overhaul or should be scrappped . Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
