What will private schools be spending extra Budget money on? David Seymour says he’s ‘open’ to giving more funding

What will private schools be spending extra Budget money on? David Seymour says he’s ‘open’ to giving more funding

Eva de Jong

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Multimedia journalist·NZ Herald·

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Scots College headmaster Graeme Yule says private schools pay large amounts of tax to the Government on their fees.

Scots College headmaster Graeme Yule says private schools pay large amounts of tax to the Government on their fees.

Private schools got a boost of $4.6 million, upping their annual Government funding to $46.2m, announced in Budget 2025. Associate Education Minister David Seymour says he is open to that amount increasing, but what exactly is the money going towards?

At St Cuthbert’s College, a morning stroll across the school

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