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Introduce a debt write-off scheme: each year the person stays in Aotearoa and contributes through paid or unpaid full time work, a year's worth of debt will be wiped
Establishing a universal student allowance, at the level of the unemployment benefit, for all full-time students
Work towards establishing a public ‘fee-free’ tertiary education system
Education should be learner centred, equitable, responsive, diverse, innovative, socially responsible, ecologically aware, publicly accountable and of high quality

Labour has already announced plans to widen student allowance eligibility in 2009, by raising to $50,000 the parental income threshold where allowance payments begin to reduce, and lowering the age of financial independence from twenty-five to twenty-four
We will continue to extend eligibility in 2010 and 2011 and abolish the parental income test altogether in 2012
From 1 January 2010, the threshold will increase to $70,000
From 1 January 2011, the threshold will increase again to $100,000
From 1 January 2012, the parental income test will be abolished altogether

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Introduce the first step towards a universal student allowance and proceed over three years to full implementation by progressively increasing the family income levels at which the abatement commences and when allowances disappear
Set interest rates on student loans at Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 2%
Only charge interest (whilst the student is engaged in study) at a rate equal to the CPI
Introduce a system that encourages graduates to provide a professional service for areas of New Zealand that suffer from a shortage of such services by way of fees abatement

Promote a universal living allowance for tertiary students
Ensure that students are able to cover the basics of living by increasing the accommodation supplement
Adjust the accommodation supplement to account for regional differences in the cost of living
Ensure all tertiary students unable to find work over the summer period have access to the Emergency Unemployment Benefit