Erica Stanford

New resources and support for teachers to lift maths achievement will be paid for by cutting back a programme that helps them learn te reo Māori.

The government is causing more harm with its plan to limit the number of people who can attend the national apology for abuse in state care, survivors say.

Education Minister Erica Stanford said this would help kaiako focus on what ākonga need to help them become confident readers.

The Education Minister acknowledged the shortage of secondary teachers adding the government had placed them in the "green list as another interim fix“.

Kōhanga reo received $12 million from the budget to spend over four years for property maintenance and upgrade cost pressures but Angus Hartley said some kōhanga will miss out.