EDUCATION LOANS IN NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand provides student loans and allowances to tertiary students who satisfy the funding creteria. Full- time students can claim loans for both fees and living costs while part-time students can only claim training institution fees.
A non-refundable means-tested student allowance for living expenses can be claimed by students who are over 24 years old or whose parents have a low income. This criteria has caused anger among student bodies who point out that it excludes many self- sufficient adults from help due to parental income levels, and also that by age 24 most people have completed tertiary education.