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Budget 2016: Free education comes at a cost

The state has never spent more on education but the cost of sending a child to school has never been greater.

Stacey Davies
Thu, 05 May 2016

The website www.education.govt.nz proudly states that between the ages of five and 19, your child’s education is free. But is it really?

On the face of it, the state has never spent more on education. In last year’s Budget the government touted its record $10.8 billion annual investment in

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Stacey Davies
Thu, 05 May 2016
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