This article analyses school funding trends in New Zealand since the 1989 decentralisation of education administration to school level. It looks at the extent to which school funding became based on formulae linked to student numbers and characteristics. It concludes that by 1998, New Zealand could be seen as having a quasi-voucher system.
The full journal article is published in:
New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 34 (1), 1998. p. 99-109