The Fabled Tertiary Bursary

The Minister of Education told the Press Association that the student allowances and the standard tertiary bursary were a "substantial increased cost to the Government"

"Parent support of students in higher education was also becoming less and less significant, and hopefully would disappear".

Christchurch Press May 23

On pages 8 and 13 Salient investigates the Standard Tertiary Bursary. We conclude that parental support will still be necessary, and that the government will make a saving of about $4,500,000 by introducing it.