Christchurch earthquakes
The Ministry of Education's response to the Christchurch earthquakes on 13 June 2011 and 23 December 2011 and subsequent aftershocks. For early childhood education services, schools, parents, international students and their parents, tertiary students.
In this section
- Announcements and updates
- Christchurch earthquakes key information for principals, boards, schools, ECE services, parents, and international students and their parents
- Enhanced provisions for surplus staff
- The Ministry of Education, NZSTA and NZEI and PPTA have agreed to enhanced provisions for surplus teaching staff in the wake of the Canterbury earthquakes
- Special enrolment scheme for Canterbury schools operating an enrolment scheme
- For Canterbury families who have moved, not by choice, and have found that ballots for school places have closed and they've lost the opportunity to enrol their children in the previous zone's school
- CERA land information announcements
- Information about schools and early childhood services following the Government's land information announcements for areas of Canterbury
- Early childhood services
- Reopening checks, wellbeing advice, Emergency Closure Funding, Order in Council. For ECEs after the Canterbury earthquakes.
- Schools
- Property checks to do before deciding to open or close your school. Relief staff. Wellbeing and EAP information. 2011 Attendance Survey. Accepting international students after the Christchurch earthquakes.
- School bus routes
- School bus route information for parents and students
- International students and parents
- Your welfare, fee refunds, transferring your course and contacting your provider, visas, religious and cultural support groups for international students and their families
- Tertiary students
- A link to Study Link for information about payments, transferring providers, exchanges and fee refund information