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Adult education funding cuts protest, 2009

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Adult education funding cuts protest, 2009

In 2009 the government announced that funding of adult education evening and weekend classes would be considerably reduced. Auckland woman Chris Barry and other members of the Jobseekers Network took part in a protest against this decision. However, the funding cuts proceeded. 

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: NZH-1053749

by Greg Bowker

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, Adult education – Challenging times, 1980s to 2010s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/46616/adult-education-funding-cuts-protest-2009 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 2 June 2015.