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Mrs Stanford was there to attend the Kāhui Ako Regional Hui, where she spoke in front 74 educators from 14 kāhui ako across Otago and Southland.
Speaking to the ODT afterwards, Mrs Stanford said she was pleased to be in Alexandra, one of the first education ministers to visit the town in recent memory.
"It’s not often that ministers of education get out to places like Alexandra.
"The fact the students came and performed their amazing haka was just an incredibly nice touch", she said
"What a great opportunity to be able to take up the invitation from the Kāhui Ako groups to have come and have a chat to teachers."
It was "extremely valuable" to reach areas away from the main centres to gather a different range of perspectives, she said.
