A school principal says schools need more resources to support students, not mandatory tests.

The Government's introducing phonics checks for primary pupils after 20 weeks of schooling and repeated at 40 weeks. 

Twice yearly progression monitoring on reading, writing, and maths will also be introduced for children in Years 3 through 8. 

Auckland's May Road School principal Lynda Stuart told Mike Hosking there are some children that those tests don't work for. 

She says some have English as a second language and need more support in that area, and some have high anxiety with assessments.

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A school principal says schools need more resources to support students, not mandatory tests.
The Government's introducing phonics checks for primary pupils after 20 weeks of schooling and repeated at 40 weeks.  
Twice yearly progression monitoring on reading, writing, and maths will also be introduced for children in Years 3 through 8.  
Auckland's May Road School principal Lynda Stuart told Mike Hosking there are some children that those tests don't work for.  
She says some have English as a second language and need more support in that area, and some have high anxiety with assessments. 
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Lynda Stuart: May Road School Principal on the need for resources instead of standardised testing in primary schools

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The latest forecast from BusinessNZ shows New Zealand's economy's regained momentum.

It's predicting solid economic growth out to 2028, citing the fact business confidence is holding up, the Performance of Manufacturing and Services Indexes are back in black, tourism's growing, and credit activity's increased. 

Chief Economist John Pask says performance is improving across the board.  

He told Mike Hosking there's still some concern in regard to the upcoming election and political risks surrounding policy changes, but businesses are basically saying that they are concerned, but they're moving forward.  

Pask says elections are important, but they're not the be all end all, as it were. 

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The latest forecast from BusinessNZ shows New Zealand's economy's regained momentum.
It's predicting solid economic growth out to 2028, citing the fact business confidence is holding up, the Performance of Manufacturing and Services Indexes are back in black, tourism's growing, and credit activity's increased.&nbsp;
Chief Economist John Pask says performance is improving across the board. &nbsp;
He told Mike Hosking there's still some concern in regard to the upcoming election and political risks surrounding policy changes, but businesses are basically saying that they are concerned, but they're moving forward. &nbsp;
Pask says elections are important, but they're not the be all end all, as it were.&nbsp;
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John Pask: BusinessNZ Chief Economist on their latest forecast predicting solid economic growth out to 2028

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There's a view National's alternative to a bed tax would remove some pressure on smaller councils.  

The party's pledging to re-set the International Visitor Levy, putting aside $100 million a year for conservation and $50 million for tourism.  

The rest would go to councils, divvied up based on how many international visitor nights they host.  

Local Government New Zealand President Rehette Stoltz —who's the mayor of Gisborne— told Mike Hosking this allocates it fairly across the country.  

She says $600,000 or $700,000 represents a 1% rate rise for some smaller councils. 

There are some councils who are unhappy with the proposal, with both the Mayors of Auckland and Queenstown saying they would be better off under a bed tax. 

But Stoltz says there's a chance future discussions could fix where the policy falls short. 

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There's a view National's alternative to a bed tax would remove some pressure on smaller councils. &nbsp;
The party's pledging to re-set the International Visitor Levy, putting aside $100 million a year for conservation and $50 million for tourism. &nbsp;
The rest would go to councils, divvied up based on how many international visitor nights they host. &nbsp;
Local Government New Zealand President Rehette Stoltz —who's the mayor of Gisborne— told Mike Hosking this allocates it fairly across the country. &nbsp;
She says $600,000 or $700,000 represents a 1% rate rise for some smaller councils.&nbsp;
There are some councils who are unhappy with the proposal, with both the Mayors of Auckland and Queenstown saying they would be better off under a bed tax.&nbsp;
But Stoltz says there's a chance future discussions could fix where the policy falls short.&nbsp;
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Rehette Stoltz: Local Government NZ President and Gisborne Mayor on National's proposed alternative to a bed tax

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The Education Minister believes improving attendance is one reason for the narrowing achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students. 

PISA results find it's narrowed in the last four years, largely because disadvantaged students performed better. 

It also shows New Zealand students remain above the OECD average across all three subjects, ranking ninth in reading, tenth in science, and 16th in mathematics. 

Education Minister Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking attendance is vitally important. 

She says when PISA was last done in the Covid year of 2022, attendance was around 39%, compared to this year where it's 64.3%. 

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The Education Minister believes improving attendance is one reason for the narrowing achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.&nbsp;
PISA results find it's narrowed in the last four years, largely because disadvantaged students performed better.&nbsp;
It also shows New Zealand students remain above the OECD average across all three subjects, ranking ninth in reading, tenth in science, and 16th in mathematics.&nbsp;
Education Minister Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking attendance is vitally important.&nbsp;
She says when PISA was last done in the Covid year of 2022, attendance was around 39%, compared to this year where it's 64.3%.&nbsp;
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Erica Stanford: Education Minister on PISA results stabilising, reading, science, and math results sitting above OECD average

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Lynda Stuart: May Road School Principal on the need for resources instead of standardised testing in primary schools

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