Tim Dower: Would you pay for private schools?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Dec 5, 2023 · 2m

$27-28,000 a year. That's about the going rate for private secondary education in New Zealand right now.

And you'd pay it gladly wouldn't you, if you could afford it.

I hope the kids whose parents are working or on their way at five in the morning to help pay for it recognise what a privilege it is.

I referred to that St Andrew College prizegiving a little earlier, and the takeaway for me is the value of a good education.

The basics? Yep, obviously, but opportunities too for kids to explore what they're really interested in, and seek the passions that'll give them exciting, rewarding, and…