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Auckland schools boast best-ever NCEA results - have we been too generous?
21 Jan, 2021 05:50 AM
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Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm: We are absolutely delighted. These are easily the best results we have ever had. Photo / Dean Purcell
Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm: We are absolutely delighted. These are easily the best results we have ever had. Photo / Dean Purcell
Exam results in some Auckland schools have jumped - raising questions over whether bonus credits awarded because of the Covid-19 lockdowns were too generous.
Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm said pass rates in all three levels of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) were the best we ve ever had .
Keith Ingram was made a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to the fishing and maritime industry. Times photo Wayne Martin
Rosa Chow and Keith Ingram, both of Half Moon Bay, have been recognised in the 2021 New Year Honours.
Ingram was made a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to the fishing and maritime industry.
Chow was awarded The Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to immigrant communities.
Ingram is recognised as a maritime industry and recreational fishing advocate who has been a member of the New Zealand Recreational Fishing Council for the past 35 years, including 12 years as president. He is a past president of the New Zealand Marine Transport Association (NZMTA), where he contributed significantly to the Maritime Transport Act 1994.
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