In this chapter I explore the Reform of Vocational Education (RoVE) programme as a policy and system-level phenomenon. These reforms represent the most significant change in 30 years to vocational education and training (VET) in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). In basic structural terms, they involve the dismantling of two sectors, the creation of new national entities, and significant changes to the funding system. These changes are, however, intended by the government to create deeper changes in how VET is organised and offered. This chapter outlines the reforms, their background, and goals. The first section contextualises RoVE by an overview of how Aotearoa NZ’s VET system – and broader approach to skills policy – developed since the market reforms of the 1990s. The next section discusses the immediate factors that caused Minister Hipkins to begin a programme of reform. And the final two sections outline the initial proposals and the final decisions. Together, this provides background for the following chapter, which explores some of potential implications of the RoVE changes. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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