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  "path": "/2026/05/the_failure_of_fees_free.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T23:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Fees free tertiary education a central policy for Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins. They promised in 2017, that it would boost tertiary participation, especially for those from poorer families, who they said were put off by high fees. The policy bombed almost straight away. We know this because Labour never implemented the full policy. They […]\n\nThe post The failure of fees free first appeared on Kiwiblog.",
  "title": "The failure of fees free"
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