17 Jul 2025

Failure rates for literacy and numeracy tests over 50 percent in Northland and South Auckland

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 17 July 2025

Alarming figures show most Tai Tokerau/Northland and South Auckland teenagers who sat NCEA literacy and numeracy tests in May failed. Education correspondent John Gerritsen spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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Failure rates for literacy and numeracy tests over 50 percent in Northland and South Auckland

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