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COMET Auckland - Te Hononga Akoranga is an independent charitable trust and an Auckland Council CCO championing better and fairer education, skills and lifelong learning for all Aucklanders.

We provide high quality and effective research, project development and leadership for cross-sector initiatives and action.

CE's Pen - August 2018

Learners in Auckland are missing out on great teachers because of unreasonable English language requirements for migrant teachers - requirements that most New Zealand-born professionals would struggle to meet.

These unnecessarily high, academic IELTS requirements are contributing to our worsening teacher shortage and harming the early childhood sector in particular.

At COMET we are backing a call for Parliament to review the application of IELTS requirements, especially for Pasifika ECEs. You can help by circulating a petition from the Early Childhood Council.

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New participatory science projects

Ten new SouthSci projects are underway in 2018 in south Auckland with topics ranging from edible insects, to algae for biofuel, raising queen bees and ‘smart’ recycling bins that signal when they’re full. 

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Talking Matters in Wonderland

Making books to read to younger siblings is a big hit at our Talking Matters stall at the Winter Wonderland day in Glen Innes.

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