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Govt backs down on bulk funding proposal
The government has abandoned plans to introduce a form of bulk funding, after opposition from teachers and principals.
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Parata 'disappointed' in response as school reforms go ahead
The government has found new indicators it considers more accurate than the decile system for identifying disadvantaged children who do badly at school.
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Day two: Evacuations, flooding and buildings closed
Evacuations from Kaikoura, flooding and rolling aftershocks marked a day after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake at Hanmer Springs killed two people and caused widespread damage.
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NZQA criticised over post-earthquake exams
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) should have postponed yesterday's NCEA exams, the secondary teachers union and some school principals say.
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Online schools make for 'wild west' education system
Schools could face empty classrooms if large numbers transfer to online schools, the government was warned.
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Invercargill school defends use of 'safe room'
A school at the heart of a row about seclusion rooms is defending the use of its "safe room".
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Push for funding increase for early childhood sector
An early childhood teacher union is launching a campaign for increased government funding for the sector today. Audio
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Govt spends up for Christchurch schools
The government is to spend $6 million on the seismic strengthening of eight schools in Christchurch.
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Ministry accused of cop-out on seclusion rooms
Disability provider IHC says the Ministry of Education must shut seclusion rooms now, after revelations only six of eight schools have agreed to stop using them.
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Parata accused of 'semantics' over seclusion room knowledge
The Green Party is rejecting Education Minister Hekia Parata's claims that she first heard about the use of seclusion rooms in July.
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Hundreds affected by Novopay privacy breach
A error with the school payroll system involved the details of 530 staff at 10 schools, the company behind it says. Audio
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Minister stands by seclusion room timeline
The Minister of Education is adamant she first heard about the use of seclusion rooms in July, despite a family saying they complained to her a year earlier. Video, Audio
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Mother angry at Parata's claims
The mother of an autistic child says she has been trying to get the Education Minister to ban seclusion rooms for years - and is furious she claims to have only known about their existence since the… Audio
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Hekia Parata maintains she only knew about seclusion rooms from July
Education Minister Hekia Parata is adamant she only knew about seclusion rooms from July. She joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
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Seclusion rooms in schools to be banned
Seclusion rooms will be banned in schools under new laws proposed by the government. Audio
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Autism NZ pleased to hear seclusion rooms to be outlawed
The Education Minister Hekia Parata wants to introduce a law early next year to ban the use of the rooms in schools. Audio
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Hekia Parata says locking children up is 'unacceptable'
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the law will be changed because locking children in cell-like rooms is totally unacceptable. Audio
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Top stories for 3 November 2016
Audio 3 Nov 2016Schools are to be banned from using seclusion rooms; Hekia Parata says locking children up is 'unacceptable'; "Racial discrimination" mars swearing in for Auckland Councillor; Labour says McCully's… Audio
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Christchurch's Redcliffs School gets a new home
Staff and parents of Redcliffs School in Christchurch have learned their school's final fate - same suburb, new location. Audio
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Redcliffs School gets a new site
The school was forced off its original site after the June 2011 aftershock - and now the school has finally learned its fate. The Board of Trustees and principal Rose McInerney, met with Education… Audio
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Officials apologise for handling of seclusion complaints
The Ministry of Education is apologising for the way it handled complaints from parents about the use of a seclusion room at Miramar Central School. Audio
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The Week In Review for week ending Fri Oct 21 2016
Audio 21 Oct 2016The family of Warriena Wright cried in court when Gable Tostee was cleared of all charges in the death of the 26 year old Wellingtonian, about two and a half thousand junior doctors didn't show up to… Audio
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Hekia Parata and her husband's health
Despite the outgoing Education Minister saying otherwise the Prime Minister John Key has repeated Sir Wira Gardiner's health has influenced her resignation decision. Audio
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The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Penny Aston (Part 2)
Audio 21 Oct 2016Unshakeable beilefs, Pardon for gay men in UK, Hekia Parata and her husband's health. Audio
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Minister should have acted sooner over seclusion rooms - Greens
Education Minister Hekia Parata should have stopped the use of seclusion rooms in schools as soon as she found out about them, the Green Party says.