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The first two years at secondary school are being described as the forgotten years in a new report from the Education Review Office. Audio

The Chiefs have beaten the Highlanders 27-21 in Dunedin to secure a place in the Super Rugby playoffs and all but end their opponents' hopes of making the playoffs. The...

This week is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th Century, who helped break German codes in World War II and was one of the…

Actor and director Kenneth Branagh has been knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Dames include ex-Olympic minister Tessa Jowell, Dr Mary Archer and Games architect Zaha Hadid.

Police have named a man killed in a crash near Fox Glacier on Friday night as the award-winning mathematician Charles Edward Miller Pearce.

Science and engineering courses are in for a surprise boost in the May Budget - but it might come at a cost to other subjects.

Parents in the Northland town of Moerewa are considering correspondence school as an option for their children following the closure of a senior unit at their local school.

Manchester United put more distance between themselves and rivals Manchester City in the Premier League title race by beating Queens Park Rangers 2-nil while City, who had Mario Balotelli sent...

The Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes the destiny of an intriguing battle for the English Premier football League title could be decided this weekend. The mathematics of the…

To counter continuing poor results in public schools in the Marshall Islands, the new Education Minister Dr. Hilda Heine and the Education Secretary Gary Ueno are pushing a series of...

A candidate for Lieutenant Governor in American Samoa, Sandra King Young, says the territory has an educational crisis on its hands. She has told a forum on education the number...

Auckland City sealed New Zealand football's minor premiership for the fourth time in the club's history as the race for second place heated up after wins for Canterbury and Waitakere.

The use of shear or exterior walls to hold up buildings has been called into question at an inquiry into the Canterbury earthquakes.

The Sydney Thunder's Big Bash Twenty/20 cricket season is all but over following a crushing nine-wicket loss to Perth that was triggered by the controversial dismissals of openers Chris Gayle...

Professor Stephen Hawking has been forced to miss a symposium to mark his 70th birthday because of ill-health.

The Giants beat the Jets 29-14 in a pivotal New York showdown that gave the winners a direct path to reach American football's NFL playoffs and imperilled the loser's chances...

Jenson Button showed he will make Sebastian Vettel sweat for his second world Formula One championship after the Briton topped the timesheets in both practice sessions at the Japanese Grand...

Qualities such as perseverance and curiosity are stronger indicators of success in the NCEA than academic ability. Audio