Jan Tinetti
Class sizes ratio announcement a 'slap in the face' - principal
The government has unveiled plans to reduce primary school class sizes by just a single student. One teacher to 29 children is the current ratio for years 4 to 8.
The government plans to drop it to… Video, Audio
The government defends stalling child poverty stats
The Government's efforts to reduce poverty have stalled, with more than 100,000 children still living in extreme hardship.
Data out today from Stats NZ shows no change between 2021 and 2022.
These… Audio
Education Minister on teachers heading on strike
The Education Minister says she's committed to reaching a deal with striking teachers.
Thousands of primary and high schools and kindergartens will be closed today as the teachers strike over the pay… Audio
Minister of Education on fail rates for proposed literacy and numeracy exams
The Ministry of Education is so concerned with fail rates in proposed literacy and numeracy exams, they've asked the Qualifications Authority to allow students to use spell check during testing.
A… Audio
School attendance officers make a comeback in new government package
The government will spend a further $74 million to tackle poor school attendance.
Some of the money will pay for 82 attendance officers to make sure children with low or falling attendance go to… Audio
Secondary students to receive NCEA results today
More than 160,000 secondary school students from across the country will be able to access their NCEA results today, after yet another Covid-disrupted year.
The students can find out how they did in… Audio
Govt promises more support for children with dyspraxia
An advocate for children with dyspraxia says more needs to be done for better access to diagnosis and increased funding.
They say the developmental disorder, which impacts a person's fine motor… Audio
Māori students stood down at higher rates than pakeha
Māori students are stood down from school as a punishment for bad behaviour almost twice as much as Pakeha students.
Official figures show the rate for Māori is almost 5 percent, compared to 2.5… Audio
Government to scrutinise FENZ culture changes
Bullying and harassment victims are being traumatised by Fire and Emergency's complaints process.
An independent reviewer is recommending sweeping changes to change the culture and restore trust… Audio
Minister on low attendance rates at schools
Attendance rates in schools are still low but what is going to be done about it?
Latest attendance figures show just 40 percent of children went to school regularly in term two this year.
The… Audio
Government makes an offer long-running firefighter pay dispute
Firefighters have called off today's strike action after the Government stepped in with an offer to help settle the long-running industrial dispute.
Fire and Emergency's chief executive Kerry Gregory… Audio
Lottery grants system under review
Billions of dollars from Lotto's gambling profits have been handed out using an incoherent funding model, that sees Maori, Pasifika and other minority groups miss out. The Department of Internal… Audio
Govt pledges $44m for 1000 teachers, tutoring services
The government is funding $44 million into recruiting 1000 more teacher and supporting students behind in their learning due to Covid disruptions.
The aim is to coax 700 teachers here from overseas… Video, Audio
Is the Counsellors in Schools programme failing to deliver?
A fundraiser in Mount Maunganui to help the local intermediate school employ a counsellor for the next two years is raising questions about whether the government's $44 million Counsellors in Schools… Audio
Pressure building to stop Lotto selling to children
The government is under pressure to stop Lotto selling gambling products to children.
There is no age restriction on buying Lotto tickets and one study of Pasifika children in New Zealand found seven… Audio
Government defends new numeracy and literacy tests
The government is defending high failure rates in trial writing and maths tests - saying the tests are still under development. Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti spoke to Māni Dunlop. Audio
Minister looking into curbing extremist school board candidates
Efforts are being made to curb what's being described as 'extremist parents' being elected on school boards.
This follows a white supremacist standing for the board of trustees at one of… Audio
Extra credits available to help students pass NCEA
High Schoolers will again get help passing NCEA with extra, 'learning recognition credits' available, to make up for the disruption caused by Covid-19.
Students can receive one learning recognition… Audio
Tauranga voter turnout underwhelming for byelection
The dust has settled, the hoardings have been packed away, the sun finally came out, and to nobody's great surprise, Tauranga voters overwhelmingly chose National's Sam Uffindell to be their new MP.
… Audio
Labour's Tauranga candidate sad Māori Party copping abuse
The Māori Party will not stand a candidate in the Tauranga by-election calling the city a hot spot for hate speech.
The Labour Party candidate for Tauranga Jan Tinetti told Māni Dunlop she was… Audio
