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Live updates: Government to abolish NCEA in radical shake-up of main secondary school qualification

Jamie Ensor
By Jamie Ensor
Political reporter·NZ Herald·
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Jamie Ensor is a political reporter in the NZ Herald press gallery team based at Parliament. He was previously a TV reporter and digital producer in the Newshub press gallery office. In 2025, he was a finalist for Political Journalist of the Year at the Voyager Media Awards.

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