‘Budget Leak’: Winston Peters Confirms Fees-Free University Scheme to Be Scrapped

Fees-free university scheme to be scrapped

Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Photo: RNZ The Finance Minister has confirmed claims by Winston Peters that the fees-free university scheme, which covers the final year of tertiary education study for students, will be scrapped in the upcoming Budget.

Fees-free university scheme to be scrapped in upcoming Budget, Nicola Willis confirms

Finance minister Nicola Willis said students completing study this year remain eligible.

‘Budget leak’: Winston Peters confirms fees-free university scheme to be scrapped

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the fees-free university scheme will be scrapped in the upcoming Budget. Peters described his revelation that...

Government removal of fees-free a sign of their values NZCTU

The removal of fees free from university students is a kick in the teeth for young people already being hammered by this government says Sandra Grey, President of the NZ Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi. “Rather than recognise that their economic plan hasn’t worked, this Government has once again forced young people to pay for their mistakes. Cutting the final year of support is a sign of how bankrupt this Government’s thinking is when i…

New Zealand to scrap fee-free university scheme

Students will no longer be given money off in final year as coalition minister calls policy ‘wasteful spending’