总理杰辛达·阿德恩 (Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern)和教育部长克里斯·希普金斯（Hon Chris Hipkins）宣布为奥克兰的Northcote College中学提供大量资金升级改善。这是新的学校重建计划的第一期工程，该计划将在未来10年对学校进行升级。
自2018年以来，政府对Northcote College的投资断断续续，然而这次猛增$4850万，使得总投资达到了$6000万。额外的资金将用于翻新两处历史建筑，并将第三处历史建筑迁至的更好的位置。将建造一个新的体育馆，并重建或升级20个年久失修的教室。
总理表示，以上投资是四个新的项目之一，而四个项目总价值是$1.26亿，将需要雇佣数百名熟练工人。Northcote College的设计工作将很快开始，建设有望在明年年初开始动工。
“孩子能够在温暖、干燥和舒适的教室里学习是每个家庭的合理期待，而我们正在努力实现这一目标，这也是新西兰能在教育方面成为世界最佳选择的标准之一。”总理说。
其他三个项目包括：
- 扩大瓦纳卡山阿斯匹灵山学院（Mt Aspiring College ）的现有再开发项目，以改善教室条件优化配置，以适应未来的增长，预计耗资$3350万（加上本届政府于2017年宣布的$1300万）。预计将于2021年初开始施工。
- 重建特威泽尔地区学校（Twizel Area School），以改善教室条件，预计耗资$2100万。设计工作将于2021年初开始。
- 对塔拉纳基（Taranaki）的Spotswood College学院改善教室条件，预计耗资$2300万。设计工作从2021年中开始。
“学校重建计划将所有项目整合到统一的计划当中。这是新西兰政府目标最为宏达的学校重建计划，并将在未来10年内升级约180所学校，服务93,000多名学生，并会创造更多的工作机会。”
“第一期包括大约40所学校，预算高达$13亿。”总理说。
教育部长克里斯·希普金斯表示，这四个项目以及最近宣布的泰塔学院（Taita College）$3200万资助，将对地区经济产生重大推动作用。
“这项投资对于改善教学条件及教学质量至关重要。另一个巨大的好处是，参与项目的建筑公司需要进行工程规划，而政府的前瞻性计划，以及将零散项目合并成大型计划的做法——比如全国教育发展计划（National Education Growth Plan）——为他们提供了确定性。”
“至关重要的是，政府这种做法向建筑行业发出了一个强烈的信号，即我们已经准备了一份完整的工作清单，并且我们需要一支熟练的劳动力来做这份工作。”
“仅这五个项目就需要数百名工人。我们也在为此提供免费的学徒培训和培训课程，并为企业在疫情期间保留学徒提供支持。八月份，我们将为计划中的其余学校提供更多信息”
“这是在去年年底宣布的$4亿的学校投资计划基础之上新增的投资，为学校开展规模较小的建设及升级项目提供支持。”
（以上为简译，仅供参考，具体内容请见原文）
英文原文
Four new projects announced as part ofthe biggest ever national school rebuild programme
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Education Minister Chris Hipkins today announced significant funding for Auckland’s Northcote College as part of the first wave of a new nationwide school redevelopment programme to upgrade schools over the next 10 years.
The $48.5 million project brings the total investment in Northcote College to $60 million since 2018. The additional funding will be used to refurbish two of Northcote College’s heritage buildings, and relocate a third to a better location on the site. A new gym will be built, and 20 ageing classrooms rebuilt or upgraded.
Jacinda Ardern said Northcote College is one of four projects announced today, worth $126 million, which will need hundreds of skilled workers. Design work at Northcote will start shortly, and construction is on track to start early next year.
“Families rightly expect their children to be able to learn in warm, dry and comfortable classrooms, and we are working hard to make that happen as a major contributor to New Zealand being the best country in the world to bring up a child,”Jacinda Ardern said.
The other school redevelopments announced today are:
- Extending an existing redevelopment project at Wanaka’s Mt Aspiring College to replace poor condition relocatable classrooms, and better configure the site to accommodate future growth – $33.5 million (plus $13 million announced by this government in 2017). Construction is expected to start in early 2021.
- A rebuild of Twizel Area School, replacing existing relocatable classrooms that are up to 49 years old and in poor condition – $21 million. Design work to start early 2021, and
- Rightsizing Spotswood College in Taranaki, and replacing poor condition classrooms – $23 million. Design work starts from the middle of 2021.
“The schools are part of a new National School Redevelopment Programme that bring projects together under one co-ordinated plan.
“It is the most ambitious school redevelopment programme by a New Zealand government and will upgrade around 180 schools over the next 10 years, representing more than 93,000 student places and needing many more workers.
“The first wave includes around 40 schools and has a budget of up to $1.3 billion,” Jacinda Ardern said.
Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the four projects and the $32 million for Taita College, announced recently, will be a major boost to regional economies.
“The investment is vital to improve learning through higher quality classrooms. But there is another huge benefit from today’s announcement.
“Construction companies need confidence to plan, and this government’s approach to plan ahead and roll projects up into large, billion dollar programmes – which we’ve also done with the National Education Growth Plan – provides greater scale and certainty.
“Critically, this funding and our approach to look 10 years ahead sends a strong signal to the construction sector that we’ve got a full book of work lined up, and we’ll need a skilled workforce to do it.
“These five projects alone will need hundreds of workers. We’re working on that too by offering free apprenticeships and training courses and providing support to firms to keep on their apprentices through Covid.
“In August, we’ll make information available for the remaining schools in the programme, which is funded from a mix of depreciation funding and future roll growth.
“It adds to the $400 million Schools Investment Package, which we announced late last year and brings forward support for schools to carry out smaller scale building and upgrade projects,” Chris Hipkins said.
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