Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew says it’s great to see so many parents using PlunketLine, with an increase of 39% in calls.

“Government funding to expand PlunketLine to 24/7 for parents has seen the service answer nearly 27,000 more calls in the 2009/10 year compared with two years previously,”  Mrs Goodhew says.

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 Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew is delighted that alternate education providers in both South and Mid Canterbury will be better funded after  today’s announcement of an overall 8.4% funding increase.

 Over the past three years I have written to both the former and current Ministers of Education regarding the shortfall in funding for students involved in alternative education, said Mrs Goodhew.

 “This is the first funding increase since 2000 so it’s been a long time  coming.”

 I have been very supportive of the involvement of registered teachers in this educational option and am pleased to see this cost will be covered,  she said.

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Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew is urging communities in the Rangitata Electorate to seize the opportunity to recognise those amongst them who have made a positive contribution.

Nominations for the New Zealander of the Year Awards 2011 have just opened offering New Zealanders an opportunity to nominate people who have inspired them and made a difference.

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There are major problems with water management in Canterbury, and the National-led Government has made a number of changes to address these. Your views about these changes are important. Please take the time to download and read our water pamphlet (click here for that), complete the response form, and return it freepost to me. I look forward to hearing from you.

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Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew has today echoed the deep concern expressed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully in relation to the 20-year prison sentences handed down by the Government of Iran to the leadership of the Baha’i faith.

“I have met with members of the Baha’i community who live in my electorate and they have grave fears for their family members who live in Iran and for the leadership of the Baha’i faith in Iran.”

“Mr McCully has expressed New Zealand’s dismay at Iran’s failure to uphold its international human rights commitments and its own due legal processes in this case. He has said that he hopes to see the Government of Iran grant the Baha’i Yaran immediate bail, pending an appeal of the sentence, and I endorse that statement,” said Mrs Goodhew.

“The sentences appear to be based wholly on the fact that these people are members of a minority religious group. It is apparent that the trial was conducted in a manner that was neither fair nor transparent.”

“I join with other New Zealanders in calling on the Government of Iran to protect the fundamental rights of all its citizens, and to end its ongoing and systematic persecution of the Baha’i,” said Mrs Goodhew.

Media contact: Jo Goodhew  021 443 803

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