Many Auckland students, still under Lockdown Level 4, are pulling out all the stops to keep focused.
More than half a million young people returned to classrooms last week as schools outside of Auckland reopened.
That's no consolation in Tamaki Makaurau though, where students are having to be positive and determined.
Ledwina Katuke, head girl at Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate and Lyric Te Ao, a House Leader at Papatoetoe High, spoke to Susie Ferguson.
