7. Hon MARIAN HOBBS (Labour—Wellington Central) Link to this
to the Minister for Tertiary Education
What Government initiatives are helping our young people to become better skilled and better placed to participate in our thriving economy?
Hon PETE HODGSON (Minister for Tertiary Education) Link to this
So far, 13,838 young New Zealanders are undertaking, or have completed already, a Modern Apprenticeship. That is a remarkable turn-round from 10 years ago—10 years ago there were no Modern Apprenticeships. There were none; apprenticeships had been abolished by National—an act of arrant stupidity.