John Gerritsen
Primary teachers to consider new pay offer
After calling off a nationwide strike, primary teachers have a new pay offer to consider.
The potential deal includes a $4,500 lump-sum payment, and three pay rises.
NZEI members will consider the… Audio
Foreign students returning to NZ faster than pre-pandemic
Foreign students are returning to New Zealand at a faster rate than before the pandemic. In the past eight months, Immigration New Zealand has approved more than 32,000 study visas for first-time… Audio
Teachers march for better pay
Teachers on strike are marching on parliament.
It's part of national action, with secondary and area school teachers in the lower North Island walking off the job.
The strike has gone ahead despite… Audio
Education Ministry investigates pay equity among teachers
The Education Ministry is investigating whether sexism means teachers are paid less than they should be.
The pay equity investigation covers 90,000 school and early childhood teachers and principals… Audio
Six week teacher strike begins
Secondary teachers begin six weeks of strike action today. Members of the Post Primary Teachers Association are refusing to teach Year Eleven students, prompting many schools to ask that year group to… Audio
ECE teachers describe children manhandled, locked outside, and babies left to cry
Early childhood teachers have described children being manhandled and illegally locked outside at some centres as well as babies being left to cry.
They say regular audits often miss bad practice and… Audio
Education Ministry makes fresh attempt to settle teacher pay
A new attempt to break the deadlock in secondary teachers' pay talks is unlikely to stop further industrial action.
The Employment Relations Authority says it will start facilitated bargaining… Audio
University launches emergency scholarship for struggling students
Students are struggling so much with rising costs that one university has launched an emergency scholarship.
Another has warned that the pressure is causing serious mental health problems such as… Audio
New NCEA tests unfair on Māori, Pacific teens - report
An independent report says it's likely the design of new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests is unfair on Māori and Pacific teenagers.
The report says the online tests could be harder for students who… Audio
Five North Island universities see 4500 student drop
The number of New Zealanders enrolling in universities has dropped.
The fall in domestic enrolments is concentrated on the five North Island universities.
Between them they have 4500 fewer… Audio
Teachers could resort to further strike action if agreement not reached soon
Teachers could resort to further strike action if unions and the government can't sort out a collective agreement soon.
Tens of thousands of teachers walked off the job yesterday with current… Audio
Thousands of teachers march across NZ for better conditions
Angry, forgotten, under-appreciated. And out in their thousands today, teachers up and down the country stepping out of the classroom to say enough is enough.
Marching and chanting in rallies today… Video, Audio
50,000 school and kindy teachers walking off the job
About 50,000 school and kindergarten teachers and principals are striking today, forcing the closure of hundreds of schools.
It's only the second time primary and secondary school teachers have… Audio
Thousands of teachers ready to strike over stalled pay talks
Hundreds of thousands of school children will get a day off school when about 50-thousand school and kindergarten teachers join forces in a mega-strike next week.
Members of the Post Primary Teachers… Audio
School closures likely next week due to teachers' strike
Widespread school closures are likely next week after primary and kindergarten teachers voted to go on strike on the same day as secondary school teachers.
The decision means nearly 50,000 union… Audio
Teachers agree NZQA made 2022 trial NCEA exams too difficult
Teachers agree the Qualifications Authority unwittingly made trial NCEA tests too difficult last year.
Documents show the Education Ministry warned the authority that the way the reading, writing and… Audio
Education Ministry, NZQA at loggerheads over test failure rates
If they can't pass just make the test easier. That was the Education Ministry response to high failure rates in new High School literacy and numeracy tests.
Documents obtained by RNZ show the… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Could be months before some schools reopen
An insurer says owners of cyclone-hit homes that were flooded in metres of water and contaminated silt can expect a write-off.
But that's not been the experience of some Hawkes Bay residents, who are… Audio
Universities encouraging students to actually attent lectures
Universities are encouraging students to actually turn up to their lectures instead of watching them online.
Academics say talking to near-empty halls last year was demoralising and they worry it… Audio
$74 million fund to boost school attendance across NZ
More than 90,000 children miss two or three weeks of class each term, and they could be getting a knock on the door very soon.
This morning the government announced a $74 million attendance package… Audio