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New Zealand has both state (public) and private schools. The private sector is relatively small. This is perhaps because New Zealand is a realtiely egalitarian society. And most parents were happy to send their children to the public schools. The Labour Governments have incouraged this. The Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 was designed to bring private schools into the state system. It was optional, but quite a number of private schools have chosen to integraye. The most important group was the Catholic schools, primarily bcause the Church was having trouble financing the schools. Some more traditionl schools also having financial problems also chose to integrate. While this was happening, another development was in progress. Many parents were becoming disturbed about declining standards in the public schools. Thus parents who had attended public schools have begun to consider private school for their children.
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