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I also met with the Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, Felix de Vicente andannounced a new exchange programme, Flying Kiwis, which will see a group of 15 and 16year-old Spanish language Kiwi students travel to Santiago later this year. It is a response tothe highly-successful Chilean government-sponsored Penguins without Borders programme,which was piloted in New Zealand this year, and saw forty Chilean students come to NewZealand to live and study for two terms in the first half of the year. Another 100 students willarrive later this year.

School Visits

As you know and would expect I get around the country as much as possible to visit ourschools and early childhood centres. As there are over 2,500 schools and 5,300 ECE, there is nopossibility that I can get to them all. But last week I was in New Plymouth and one of theschools I visited was Waitara East Primary School where the quality of leadership and teachingand learning was on full display as was the sheer enjoyment of the kids.

Waitara East Primary School students [Photo: Taranaki Daily News]Electorate

Electorate Survey

By now those of you living in the Mana electorate would have received a survey encouraging youto send in your thoughts and opinions. All your answers help to shape the way I can bestadvocate your concerns. So, thank you and if you havent yet had a chance to fill them in andget it back to us there is still time and I am looking forward to seeing all your answers.

Shine - The Porirua Education Initiative

The Shine Summit was held at Te Raupapaha Arena on 14th of June. I was unable to attend dueto my presence in Chile.

Officials from the Ministry of Education attended as well as a representative from my electorateoffice.

It has been great to hear that there were theme discussions around strengthening education inPorirua and connecting students to organisations that can serve as support systems outsideschool. It does take a village to raise student achievement for all our children!

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I look forward to hearing of further action points from the event, and to being as supportive as Ican be.

You can support the initiative too by liking their Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/#!/ShinePorirua

Patrick Snedden, Chair of Manaiakalani

Education

Dr Cathy Wylie, Chief Researcher, NZ Council of Education Research

Pacific Business Trust

In June, I also attended the Pacific Business Trust event Unlimited Pasifika at the Westpac

Stadium.

The Porirua-based Pacific Business Trust is helping Pacific businesses and entrepreneurs get off theground and guiding them towards their goals. This support is essential to their success.

The support of the Pacific Business Trust means that new and established Pacific businesses areable to call upon the knowledge of business experts to assist them in their own business journey.

I encourage you to contact them if you would like more information and ensure you visit them in theirPorirua office on Parumoana Street.

For more info go to their Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/PacBizTrust

Unlimited Pasifika Pacific Business Trust event: Meeting with John Fiso, Director, NZIS

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Porirua Youth Award Nominations Now Open

Together with Partners Porirua and Porirua Foundation I am pleased to announce thatapplication forms for the Porirua Youth Awards fund are available and we are looking fornominations from your school community.

The awards are for young people in two age groups, 12-15 and 16-19 years; who are excellingin art and culture, education, environment and community, and sport in Porirua, as well asstudents who live in Porirua but study outside of the electorate. Successful applicants will

receive an award of up to $1,000 to recognise their excellence, and to assist them with theirfuture aspirations.

Applications open 1 July 2013 and close 9 August 2013 and a special awards presentation eventwill take place 12 September 2013.

Please promote this opportunity to your school community; teachers, students, their parentsand families. We have had a significant focus on sport in the past year and would be keen toencourage nominations in the other categories for 2013.

This fund has been established because we believe that excellence should be encouraged, andsuccess and achievement recognised and where possible, rewarded. There are many talentedyoung people in Porirua, and we are hopeful that the awards are one more incentive in ourcommunities to translate that talent into action, and on to achievement.

For an application form please visit:http://www.poriruafoundation.org.nz/porirua-youth-awards

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Dame Margaret Shields

I would like to pay tribute to the life and the many contributions of Dame Margaret Shields.Dame Margaret was a Cabinet Minister and represented the electorate of Kapiti whichencompassed Paraparaumu, Waikanae and Raumati from 1981 to 1990.

She was a prominent figure in various New Zealand social movements and her work on womensmatters, on the Wellington Regional Council, as well as her commitment to the Mana and takielectorates will not be forgotten.

Moe mai e kui, moe mai i ng parirau tapu a te Ariki.

UFB and Rural Broadband Rollout

Our UFB and Rural Broadband rollout is now reaching nearly 1500 schools and more than171,000 homes and businesses.

The Mana electorate is becoming better connected, with residents living in Whitby, Plimmertonand Papakowhai now able to connect to the UFB network.UFB gives people peak speeds of at least 100 Mbps, which helps to make us one of the mostconnected countries in the world!

Our National-led government is investing $1.35 billion in delivering UFB as part of ourcommitment to deliver better public services. This investment in high-tech infrastructure is great

news for the Mana electorate and New Zealand as a whole!

For more information regarding these changes visit:http://www.med.govt.nz/sectors-industries/technology-communication/fast-broadband/government-action-plan-for-broadband

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Education Portfolio

National Standards and Ng Whanaketanga Rumaki Mori

The latest National Standards data shows an increase in Years 1-8 achievement, particularly forPasifika children.

We have a more complete picture of education in New Zealand with the inclusion of NgWhanaketanga Rumaki Mori information for the first time.

This data is powerful for identifying and providing support to all children, and targetingprofessional development to teachers to continue to improve their overall judgments against thestandards.

Its a credit to our teaching profession to see progress being made child by child and school byschool. I would like to thank teachers and school leaders for all their work and for thecontinuous improvement in collecting, compiling and using National Standards and NgWhanaketanga Rumaki Mori data.

Good quality data is essential if we are going to achieve a system wide lift and deliver bettereducation services for our children, and our goal is to see 85 per cent of children at or aboveNational Standards in 2017.

Regional and individual school data will be released later in the year, and I will update you in thenext panui.

Without data, it is just another persons opinion. Dr Andreas Schleicher, OECD

For more information visit:http://www.hekiaparata.co.nz/index.php?/archives/443-National-Standards-

and-Ng-Whanaketanga-Rumaki-Mori-data-released.html

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Education Amendment Bill Passes

The Education Amendment Bill 2012 passed in Parliament this month, amending the EducationAct 1989.

The Amendments provide for: Clarity on search, surrender and retention to ensure schools can maintain a safe learning

environment at all times. For the establishment of a new model of schooling, Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua.

The primary responsibility of Boards of Trustees as ensuring all students achieve theirhighest possible educational standards. Assigning a National Student Number to pre-schoolers at risk of not attending quality

early learning. Building of ECE on school grounds. Flexible timetabling in and by schools. Alternative constitutions for schools

For more information visit:http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?ArticleId=41183

Government

Primary Growth Partnership round nine opens

The next round for Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) funding is open, and were seekingapplications to join the investment of $658 million for the 13 projects currently underway.

The PGP invests in major programmes of research and innovation. Its aimed at boosting NewZealands farming, forestry, and food sectors.

Increasing productivity is crucial to achieve the Governments goal of doubling primary exportsby 2025 especially when these projects represent a potential benefit to the wider economy of

over $7 billion.

Applications must be received by midday 19 September, and applicants will be advised of theirproposals outcome by late November 2013.

More information visit:http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=41199

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Offender levy delivers more support for victims

Returns from Nationals Victims Offender Levy will put an extra $739,000 into supportingvictims of crime.

The extra funding will go towards piloting an enhanced homicide support service, supportingfamilies of victims killed by a criminal act, and Rape Prevention Education.

A new crime scene grant will also be introduced to support victims with accommodation costswhere their homes cant be used because they are crime scenes.

We are delivering on our promise to put victims first. It is critical victims get the support theyneed to help them recover and rebuild their lives.

We are well on track to deliver our Better Public Services targets reducing crime andreoffending will mean 18,500 fewer victims of crime every year from 2017.

More information:http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=41190

700 new homes for Christchurch

Our Government is building 700 new Housing New Zealand homes in Christchurch, the biggestGovernment house building programme in Christchurchs history.

The 700 New Builds programme is the third phase of Housing NZs response to the Canterburyearthquake. The first phase was 27,000 urgent and emergency repairs, and the second is Repair5000, involving substantial repair work to the 5000 homes economical to be repaired.

The new homes will be insulated and energy efficient, they will make better use of existing land,and will be of the right size and type to meet New Zealanders needs.

The 700 new homes mean a new house being built every working day from now until the end of2015. This will boost housing supply, provide jobs, and reinforces Nationals drive to rebuildChristchurch.

For more information:http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=41163

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Whats Coming Up

Youth Parliament

Youth Parliament will be held on the 16th and 17th of July. I will be meeting with Liam Booth, ourMana representative to pick his brain and offer some debating tips before the big event! If youhave any suggestions or words of encouragement for Liam dont hesitate to contact my officeand we will pass them along. Good luck Liam!

For more information on Youth Parliament 2013 visit:http://www.myd.govt.nz/young-people/youth-parliament/

Please feel free to visit my websitewww.hekiaparata.co.nz; where you will find my pressreleases and other key information. It could trigger you to provide comments or ask questionswhich I encourage you to do.

I update my social media pages regularly with photos, press releases, questions and comments.

Please follow me or add me as a friend on facebook.com/hekia.parata or Twitter @hekiaparata.

Please feel free to forward my newsletter to others who may be interested.

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