Education—Increases in International Students

Wednesday 10 November 2010 Hansard source (external site)

9. ALLAN PEACHEY (National—Tāmaki) Link to this
to the Minister for Tertiary Education

What trends are there in New Zealand’s international education industry?

Joyce Hon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister for Tertiary Education) Link to this

The number of international students enrolled to study in New Zealand is continuing to increase. The latest enrolment figures show a nearly 5 percent increase in numbers for the first 8 months of this year. This increase comes on top of an increase of 6 percent for 2009. International education contributes at least $2.1 billion to our economy and supports about 32,000 jobs, so it is very pleasing to see the sector continuing to grow despite strong competition from Australia and other countries.

Peachey Allan Peachey Link to this

What more can be done to improve the industry’s contribution to New Zealand’s economy?

Joyce Hon STEVEN JOYCE Link to this

The Government, of course, is already investing additional funds in marketing international education, with an additional $2 million in the Budget last year and again this year. The Government is confident that New Zealand has an excellent education system, and the Government—

Mallard Hon Trevor Mallard Link to this

There was a massive cut the year before.

Joyce Hon STEVEN JOYCE Link to this

If there was a massive cut the year before, it was when Mr Mallard was in Government in 2008. I think that is called an own goal.

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