Export education in New Zealand has grown rapidly since 1990, earning significant foreign
exchange and underwriting the finance of domestic education. As principal owner of
education institutions, the national state is the primary investor. Previous governments
treated the 'industry'as both windfall and cash‐cow as they advanced the neo‐liberal project
of disentangling state from economy and making education providers self‐regulating. The
current 'Third Way'inspired government has adopted a more prominent management interest …