Media Release | Universities New Zealand-Te Pōkai Tara launched | 5 August 2010

The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee will launch its new name, Universities New Zealand-Te Pōkai Tara, and associated visual imagery at Parliament tonight.  The event, hosted by Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce, is being held to inform the organisation’s stakeholders of the change and explain the reasoning behind the re-brand.

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Media Release | Budget does little to enhance universities’ contribution to economic growth | 21 May 2010

Yesterday’s budget does little to support our universities’ ability to contribute to the sustained economic growth that the government says will allow New Zealanders to realise their aspirations.

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Viewpoint | It’s not just what is under your feet... it’s also about what's above your shoulders | 27 April 2010

There has been a lot of talk recently about Australia’s economic surge ahead of New Zealand over the past couple of decades.  How do we catch up?  Can we catch up?   Is it minerals or something else?

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