Should tuition at public universities be free?

Yes, but should be on a bonded basis, a qualification should need to be completed and then the loan paid off

first year free

first year should be free but dependent on the results of secondary studies. succeeding years can either be free or not also depending on the first year results

For certain courses

Subsidised

Some to little help with costs?

Yes for the last year

Free for first year

First year free is good

First year only

Only first year

Keep first year free

Yes but only for the first year

Only if you pass

If the students deserve it and are smart enough to get in there normally and increase the amount of free collage

I think that fees free is i great idea and we should keep that going as it can help get people in to uni

No but provide more institutions providing access for those not in Auckland. I would have studied in Healthcare in tauranga if the option was available. Couldn't afford to live in auklandaway from family.

Yes as long as students commit to giving back to the country that has allowed them to study for free

No, but the current first year free system has been effective in getting people that otherwise would not have gone on to further study into tertiary environments and then gives them a bit of time to arrange payment plans for the following years

Selected courses should receive fee subsidies (above what they're already getting) to encourage people into fields where we have a shortage of qualified professionals, like health. Other courses should remain as they are.

All persons should be eligible for funding but only reimbursed based on attendance and achieving the intended qualification.

Depends on he job status eg nurse doctors should be made to stay in the country for example 2-3years to get back the effort put in

2nd yr free because that's when students are showing serious commitment. Plus pay nursing and med students fees in exchange 4 bonding for same time

Yes but with criteria - e.g. free nursing degree on the provision you complete a minimum of 10 years working in NZ in a nursing type role. If you leave NZ to work overseas you will be liable to pay back your education.

Tertiary education should not be free, but there should be scholarships for people with excellent grades and CV, irrespective of family income.

Essential services - such as medical/nursing and teaching should have tuition fees - and the fees are proportionally reimbursed through a bonding scheme over a 7 year period.ie, the costs are wiped.

No, but student allowance should not be based on parents wages. A lot of students pay for uni themselves with assistance from their parents

Yes. But on becoming qualified all students using tertiary education in NZ should be indentured to work in NZ for at least 5 years

Yes but if they do not pass and or leave the country with in 5 years or do not work and go on benefit they do must pay back with interest during those times if they begin work or come back to NZ to work then they stop having to pay back.

Yes, but only if they pass. If providing free education, then make them commit to staying in nz for at least 3 years before going overseas.

yes, but a certain minimum grade needs to be maintained and community/volunteering hours to be required to continue free education

consideration for students in their final years so there is already a commitment to finish. Lower cost to study overall

No but the system of allowances should be made fairer, get rid of means testing parents incomes. give all students the equivalent of the dole to live

First year free as that would get a lot more people studying and stay longer because they tried the first year and may have done better than they thought.

I think it should be discounted or refunded for careers that are need in this country once qualified so education is completed

Free for relevant practical courses - not plilosphy or arts type degrees. Universities need to tighten their belts and decrease fees as they are frivalous.

Yes, but only if you complete the degree. Hence if you start other degrees without finishing, those course costs are not free

Need to meet qualification standards and offer free tuition in last year of education. Or Government scholarships to students who achieve excellence.

Change the first year free, to the last year free, then move to 2nd year free, make it progressive. If you are committed to your study then subsidise it. Also, in areas where there is greater need, then make it free, nursing for example.

Government should offer your last year of tertiary education free, as an incentive to get people to stay at university, and hopefully come out as functioning, earning and spending members of the economy

Yes for areas with high need for graduates, on the proviso that the graduate works in NZ for a period afterwards to qualify

It should come at a cost but as you stay in your field working in New Zealand it should reduce money off your debt for giving back to our country and not leaving.

Yes 100%, with the cost of living as high as it is and students needing to study and work in order to earn enough in life to literally just survive. The least the government can do now is to provide if not all free tertiary education, then at least the first two years of it free.

No, but it should be less. and shouldn't depend on what your parents earn on weather you can get student allowances etc, as many students don't get financial help from family. but wont get accepted because there parents earn too much

Do the last year free, not the first, that way it's for those who will actually finish their degrees

No but in jobs where staff are needed they should pay in return for a commitment of a service time like nurses.

Student loans should cover full cost of university hall accommodation. On qualifying should be bonded to stay in NZ for min 5 yrs then gets paid off

Nurses, doctors, teachers and other essential workers should have their tuition fees wiped if they work for three years in NZ after graduating.

Yes, but those who obtain tertiary education should pay an additional 1% tax on any earnings above $70,000.