No early chance for international education to resume - Robertson

No early chance for international education to resume - Robertson
Pattrick Smellie
Finance Minister Grant Robertson appears to have dashed the hopes of some international education providers that foreign students could start coming to New Zealand within weeks to study after spending time in quarantine using facilities already in use for New Zealanders returning to this country. At the daily government press conference updating on the country's progress in eliminating the covid-19 virus, Robertson made it clear the government had no intention of allowing special access to New Zealand for students from countries outside Aust...

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