export education & sister cities - wellington feb 2010
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A discussion of the potential linkages between export education and sister cities and the oportunities for economic development. A presentation to a Sister City New Zealand Workshop, Feb 2010TRANSCRIPT
Export education and sister cities
A return on investment?
February 2010
Export education and sister cities
A return on investment?
February 2010
New Zealand is an exporting nation, that
no longer exports enough to pay our
bills
We have large trade gaps, especially with
China
Make up of NZ exports ($millions)
Export commodities 2008 2009 % change
Milk powder, butter and cheese 9,207 8,018 -12.9
Meat and edible offal 5,145 5,142 -0.1
Logs, wood and wood articles 2,184 2,317 6.1
Crude oil 2,769 1,726 -37.7
Mechanical equipment 1,881 1,658 -11.8
Fruit 1,445 1,600 10.7
Seafood 1,217 1,262 3.7
Wine 903 1,014 12.2
Electrical equipment 1,075 982 -8.7
Preparations of cereals 802 961 19.8
Export Education 2,300 - +7% approx
Tourism is now topBUT…
export education is New Zealand’s 4th
largest export industry
Estimated economic impact
In 2009/10 the economic impact of export education on the NZ economy is likely to be in the order of $2.5 billion
and will directly and indirectly support 33,000+ jobs
For urban metropolitan New Zealand export
education is easily our largest export…
Why does no one know this?
Tuition fees paid ($million ex GST)
2005 2006 2007 2008
Schools $117.3 $106.0 $118.2 $118.6
Tertiary $434.2 $381.8 $338.1 $318.2
Private $140.5 $129.3 $132.3 $156.0
TOTAL $698.5 $623.3 $596.8 $602.3$602.3
2008 student enrolments by country
Schools Polytechnic Universities Private TOTAL
China 2,080 3,102 6,954 7,996 20,579
South Korea 6,584 769 1,215 8,076 17,189
Japan 1,667 832 984 6,688 10,676
India 76 2,065 927 2,971 6,040
Saudi Arabia 231 130 825 2,406 4,100
All Others 5,005 3,281 8,043 12,775 29,973
TOTAL 15,643 10,179 18,948 40,912 88,557
2008 student enrolments by regionSchools Polytechnic Universities Private TOTAL
Northland 222 238 19 479
Auckland 8,003 4,156 8,397 27,401 50,177
Waikato 895 799 2,713 1045 5,452
Bay of Plenty 728 505 39 1058 2,330
Gisborne 44 20 64
Hawkes Bay 317 375 373 1,065
Taranaki 107 299 679 1,085
Manawatu-Wanganui 517 266 799 622 2,204
Wellington 883 794 2,265 941 4,883
West Coast 20 86 106
Canterbury 2,650 1,508 3,088 7,197 14,443
Otago 713 448 1,568 1,144 4,528
Southland 80 176 12 268
Tasman 115 28 143
Nelson 286 326 370 982
Marlborough 62 18 80
Why does this matter for sister city links and
international relations?
Impact of councils’ international linksAuckland City
Average over 5 year period ending March 2007
$48 million pa
Opportunities for export education?
Wellington City
Waitakere City
Tauranga District Timaru DistrictNorth Shore City
Taupo DistrictRotorua DistrictPorirua CityNapier CityHutt CityHamilton City
South Taranaki District
Palmerston North
New Plymouth District
Nelson CityHastings District
Masterton District
Hauraki DistrictDunedin City
Far North District
Christchurch City
Auckland City
Sister City relationships
betweenNew Zealand
and China
Wellington
Ashburton District
Is your
Council
making the
most of this
opportunity?
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