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Graduates Stay or Pay More | Auckland News
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Prime Minister Luxon’s new student loan plan aims to lure graduates by slashing the repayment rate to 10 cents for those staying in NZ, while boosting penalties for overseas borrowers — including a 1% interest hike and tougher enforcement. Labour pushes back, noting the current government raised rates in 2012 and unveils its own faster retirement village debt repayment policy — cutting turnaround from 12 to 3 months — as National hints at tackling punitive living conditions in aged care.
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