Mallard Rolls Over For Winston
Education Minister Trevor Mallard has committed his most cowardly and unprincipled act yet in endorsing the call by New
Zealand First for a cap on foreign student numbers, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today.
"Mr Mallard has ignored the facts and sold his own values to win back votes from a bunch of populist, unprincipled
politicians.
"Our country is not flooded with foreign students.
"This move is not just blatantly anti-Asian, it is anti-New Zealand. Export education brings over one billion dollars
to New Zealand every year. This income funds opportunities for every child that we'd otherwise lack. Foreign fee-paying
students bring diversity and life to our classrooms. They are welcome.
"After his time in office, I have very low expectations of Mr Mallard, but even those were let down today. I will wait
to see what sort of "cap" or "halt" he proposes, but I promise the Minister that ACT New Zealand will fight
tooth-and-nail any measure to bring race-based quotas to our classrooms," Mrs Awatere Huata said.