30 Mar 2021

An increase in Māori and Pasifika tertiary enrollments

From Afternoons, 1:27 pm on 30 March 2021

Record numbers of Māori and Pasifika students have signed up for tertiary education this year.

Figures show that Māori student enrolments are up 14.5 percent and Pasifika students up by 15.2 percent.

Jesse speaks to Jaistone Finau, president of Tauira Pasifika, the national association for Pasifika students about the upsurge in enrollment numbers.

Students at Pacific Advance Secondary School. Note only use identifying pictures for stories about PASS - only non-identifiying pictures may be reused.

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

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