Funding
Ministry responds to mental health concerns
Last week Nine to Noon highlighted the issue of community mental health care after four serious attacks in Wellington in the last year by mental health outpatients - three of the victims died. Since… Audio
Marc Taddei
Orchestra Wellington Music Director Marc Taddei has a new job to add to his resume. He's just been appointed Music Director of the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area and… Audio
Principals discuss impacts of funding changes
How would a change to the funding system impact on schools? Manurewa East School and Wellington College principals Phil Palfrey and Roger Moses join Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Replacement for school deciles suggested
A leaked Education Ministry proposal reportedly suggests replacing the school decile system with a system that links the money to individual children. Audio
Funded by Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is putting funding into academic studies. Is that ok? Audio
David Alsop
Our regular visual arts contributor brings us the latest news on why the Melbourne Arts Fair has been cancelled, funding wars for Hundertwasser Art Centre, Gormley sculptures and the new head of Te… Audio
Paul James - CEO of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is openly inviting arts organisations to look further afield for its funding, rather than simply relying on the tax-payer. They suggest looking for funding from… Audio
Football, hockey and swimming get funding cuts
Football, hockey and swimming are the losers in the latest government funding announced for top level sport.
Science funding under the microscope
For the first time in New Zealand economists have carried out a detailed study of the effectiveness of science funding. The non-profit research organisation, Motu, says its research suggests the final… Audio
Questions about taxpayer money for social services
The Children's Commissioner is defending the government's handling of the funding in the social sector, but he says its come at the expense of early intervention programmes Audio
Health Minister advised to bin the plan for DHB funding shakeup
The way District Health Boards are funded could be in for a major shakeup. Audio
Plans for shakeup to DHB funding labelled a 'mixed bag'
And listening to that Professor Robin Gauld, the head of department of preventive and social medicine at Otago University. Audio
Leaked documents show DHB funding could be in for a shakeup
More leaked documents reveal the funding of District Health Boards could be in for a shake-up some say is reminiscent of changes made in the 1990s. Audio
DHB chair wary of mooted changes to health funding
More leaked documents reveal the funding of DHBs could be in for a shake-up. Audio
Getting funding for independent science research is getting tougher
Kate McGrath is the director of the MacDiarmid institute. Audio
Disability advocates call for review of services and funding
Parents of children with disabilities say there needs to be a culture change within Government, and a review of how it supplies services and funding to families with disabled children. Audio
Women in science - The Wireless
The place of women in STEM - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - has received a lot of media coverage in the past couple of years. A 2011 report by the New Zealand Association of Women… Audio
Govt makes $130 million bid for Olympic gold
The Government is investing more than 130 million dollars in top level sport ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, with the biggest amounts going to the most likely medal prospects. Audio
Schools move as much as 5 decile places in recalculation
Some schools have jumped as many as five places in the Education Ministry's recalculation of deciles which determines how much funding they get. Audio
Integrated schools hoping for big funding boost
Integrated schools are hoping for a multi-million-dollar funding boost to help them lower their fees and repay some of their 200-million-dollar debt for property upgrades. Audio
