Vaughan Couillaut

Thousands of high schoolers will sit their NCEA level two English and level one History exams Wednesday morning - but it's not just students feeling the pressure.

A glitch in the system for school… Audio

The Principals' Federation has dismissed National's proposed ban on cellphones in schools, calling it unnecessary and unworkable.

National says it will ban cellphones in schools if it becomes the… Audio

The Government has announced a crackdown on the sale of vapes to curb the numbers of young people using them From August, vapes will need to have batteries and new shops won't be able to open within… Audio

Just 40-percent of children regularly attend school, and it turns out most of us don't rate the issue as important.

"Regular attendance" means missing one or fewer days of school each fortnight.

And… Audio

Many of Auckland's senior High School students returned to class this morning - now wearing masks - more than two months after the first community case of the Delta variant of Covid-19 was detected in… Audio

Some Auckland secondary school principals want students back in the classroom next Tuesday.

Auckland schools have been shut for nine weeks because of the delta outbreak.

Education Minister Chris… Audio

School holidays in Tāmaki Makaurau will go ahead from the beginning of October as planned. The government considered bringing the dates forward in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown, but has… Audio

Children across the country are not allowed to go to school today even if their parents are essential workers.

The Prime Minister says three days is too short a time to make plans for on-site… Audio

Of course the level 4 lockdown means that school's out - for at least a week in Auckland and Coromandel and three days for the rest of the country. Teachers and staff are scrambling to get online… Audio

An expert in the spread of Covid 19 wants the country to stay at Alert Level 2 even if the government decides to take Auckland out of Level 3.

Cabinet is meeting today to decide whether the country… Audio

Two students at Papatoetoe High School in Auckland have tested positive for Covid-19.

The first is a close contact of a member of the South Auckland family that tested positive for the virus during… Audio

Papatoetoe High School remains closed today as staff, students and visitors get tested.

Health authorities hope to test 2000 to 3000 people at the school, including most of the school's 1500… Audio

The daughter of the family at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak attends Papatoetoe High School.

The school is closed today and tomorrow for cleaning and all students are being asked to get tested.