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Regal and vice-regal Government Other party leaders in parliament Judiciary Main centre leaders Regal and vice-regal Head of state – Charles III Governor-General – Cindy Kiro Charles III Cindy Kiro Government Legislature term: 54th New Zealand Parliament. The Sixth National Government, elected in 2023, continues. Speaker of the House – Gerry Brownlee Prime Minister – Christopher Luxon ...
Bullying is a widespread issue in New Zealand schools. In 2007, one in five New Zealand high school students reported being cyber-bullied. [64] In regard to physical bullying, an international study in 2009 found New Zealand had the second highest incidence of bullying out of the 40 countries surveyed. [65]
New Zealand celebrates Waitangi Day on 6 February; the summer holidays in New Zealand may or may not extend as far as that day, depending on the year. [27] [28] Mid Term breaks: In Australia, there is typically a break of two weeks mid-semester (i.e. after Term 1 and after Term 3) and a break of three weeks in the middle of the year.
New Zealand has over 2,500 primary and secondary schools. State schools and state integrated schools are primarily funded by the central government. Private schools receive a lower level of state funding (about 25% of their costs). See Secondary education in New Zealand for more details.
Rangiora High School is a state co-educational secondary school located in Rangiora, New Zealand. Established in 1881 by an act of parliament [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and opened in 1884, the school has a roll of 1,598 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of November 2024, making it the fifth-biggest school in the South Island.
According to Ministry of Education statistics, of the 284,052 secondary students (Years 9–15) enrolled in New Zealand schools at 1 July 2012, 81.6 percent (231,817) attend state schools, 12.6 percent (35,924) attend state integrated schools, and 5.7 percent (16,230) attend private schools.
The establishment of the school was the fruition of the long held dreams of building a school in the Jesuit tradition in service of the South Auckland community. [5] The college was the second Catholic school with an "Ignatian charism" founded in New Zealand. The first was St Aloysius College in Dunedin which opened in 1878 and closed in 1883. [6]
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