Govt invests $108 million in education in fastest growing district

Education Minister, Erica Stanford, said the Selwyn district in Canterbury is getting a new 12 classroom primary school, 52 new classrooms at other existing schools as well as the government land-banking a site for a future primary. It's part of $161 million of spending on schools in the wider region. Timothy Brown was at Lincoln Primary School for the announcement, and filed this report.

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