Interview: Hekia Parata

Ruth Laugesen talks with the new Education Minister about National's plans for the sector.

By Ruth Laugesen In Current Affairs, Politics

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7th April, 2012

The new Education Minister is breathless. She has rushed back to the office from a “learning conversation” at one of the country’s most liberal high schools, Wellington High. Her daughter has just started school there, and the parent-teacher-student meeting was held to set learning goals for the year. Hekia Parata seems bemused by this new take on the parent-teacher meeting. “It was very good, actually.” With her chunky gold jewellery, high-heeled patent slingbacks and Chanel-style suit jacket, she looks like a conservative matron who would insist on a private-school education ...

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