Playground
Revamped playground earns top award for Kapiti
A revamped playground on the Kapiti Coast has won Playground of the Year for some outside-the-box thinking. Audio
Free to Roam
When Richard Ashcroft was a boy he loved sailing toy boats down a stream, building huts and swinging on vines in the bush. He thinks modern day kids especially those in towns and cities have been… Audio, Gallery
Do we wrap our kids in too much cotton wool?
Remodelled Dunedin playground criticised for being "too safe" Audio
School fundraising 'a constant battle'
The rise of crowd-funding and corporate sponsorship in our school system. Kathryn Ryan talks to Waitakere Primary School Principal Heather Atkinson and Mark Potter who is the principal of Berhampore… Audio
Child’s play: unlocking creativity in the young
Unstructured play and allowing children’s imaginations to run wild is the key to nurturing creative, problem- solving young people, a child educator says. Audio
Parliament playground
Soon the front lawn of the Beehive will be ringing with the laughter of children. Yes, actual children not MPs.The Speaker Trevor Mallard says it's to help "demystify" Parliament and "make families… Audio
Mahy playground gets tick of approval from children
Hundreds of children have been trying out the 20 million dollar Margaret Mahy playground which opened in Christchurch today. Audio