Education and Training Amendment Act 2023
Education and Training Amendment Act 2023
The Education and Training Amendment Act 2023 has been passed by Parliament.
The Education and Training Amendment Act 2023 has been passed by Parliament.
You can find more information at The Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 3) – Education in New Zealand.
The key changes that affect tertiary students, and education and training providers are:
- introduction of a new governance framework for wānanga that better reflects the nature of the Wānanga relationship with the Crown and principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi
- university and wānanga annual reports to include information about employee, former employee, and chief executive (vice chancellor) remuneration of $100,000 per annum and above
- removal of the requirement that tertiary education institutions (when not bound by any collective agreement) must consult the Public Services Commissioner when appointing senior staff
- a minor amendment to ensure that, if the term of a Te Pūkenga council member expires before their successor is appointed, the member can continue in office until their successor’s appointment takes effect
- amendment to the definition of ‘domestic student’ in the Act so that holders of a residence class visa studying overseas must satisfy criteria in the Education (Tertiary Education – Criteria Permanent Residents Studying Overseas Must Satisfy to be Domestic Students) Regulations 2016 to be considered domestic students.