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		<title>Support staff are our schools’ unsung heroes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[School support staff are the unsung heroes of our education system and deserve our respect and gratitude for the enormous contribution they make, says Labour&#8217;s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
&#8220;Today is School Support Staff Day. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the caretakers, office staff, librarians, sports coordinators, teacher aides, lab technicians, secretaries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resignation won’t fool anyone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another official from the Ministry of Education falling on their sword, and yet there is still no sign that the Ministers responsible for the Novopay debacle are being held to account, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.
“Hekia Parata, Craig Foss and Bill English signed-off Novopay’s implementation, yet they continue to duck responsibility. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only constant is Hekia’s waffle</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1071</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is about as much integrity in the National Standards data as there is in the senseless waffle Hekia Parata uses to justify it, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
“It’s now abundantly clear that National Standard results are neither national nor standard. There is no proper process in place to ensure that a student judged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regrets – she’s had a few</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1069</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hekia Parata needs to stop blaming everyone else and accept responsibility for signing-off Novopay &#8211; despite glaring inadequacies in the information she was relying on, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
“The Education Minister was advised that there were 147 known software defects, yet she signed-off Novopay’s go-live without asking for any more information about them.
“Hekia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministers must be accountable for Novo-fail</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1066</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most profound failing in the Novopay debacle is that of the ministers responsible, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
His comments follow the release of National’s Ministerial Inquiry into Novopay this afternoon.
“Ensuring our teachers and school staff are paid for their work correctly and on time is the responsibility of the Minister of Education.
“Minister in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consultation in name only for Christchurch schools</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1064</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 04:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fate of Canterbury’s schools looks to have been settled with little regard for the opinions of those that matter most &#8211; parents, boards and teachers, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
Education Minister Hekia Parata chalked up her verdict for the region this afternoon, closing seven schools, merging up to five and extending three existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All kids deserve qualified teachers</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1062</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 05:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All Kiwi kids deserve fully qualified teachers in their classrooms, and the Maori Party has the power to guarantee they get them, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
Labour is proposing a number of amendments to address the most dangerous aspects of the Government’s Charter School legislation.
“With Maori Party support, New Zealanders will have an assurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister finally sees sense over Salisbury</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1060</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Minister Hekia Parata’s latest decision to keep Salisbury School open is the right one – it’s just a shame it took a court ruling, relentless community work and a major dose of negative press to bring the Minister round, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
“Salisbury School’s Board and supporters had to fight for more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another $2 million from taxpayers for Novopay</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1058</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers will fork out another $2 million for auditors to deal with the mountain of complications created by Novopay, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins has revealed.
“The climbing cost of the payroll system is not going unnoticed. The Ministry’s latest allowance, setting aside an additional $1- $2 million dollars for the OAG, takes the taxpayer tab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No need for secrecy around charter schools</title>
		<link>http://chrishipkins.org.nz/?p=1055</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 04:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government should lift its veil of secrecy surrounding the establishment of charter schools and be up-front with the public about who has applied to set them up, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
“Parliament hasn&#8217;t even passed the bill that would give charter schools the go ahead, but it seems the government is well down [...]]]></description>
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