Education
The university launching space students
Auckland University's new space centre will soon take control of a satellite that detects the world's worst methane emitters. Audio
The university launching space students
Auckland University's new space centre will soon take control of a satellite that detects the world's worst methane emitters.
AudioReasoning behind cutting free lunches - Jan Tinetti
To politics now and the coalition government is looking at cutting the free lunches in schools programme by up to 50 percent. The government said Labour did not set aside enough money to fund the… Audio
Students gaming the allowance system
Some have found a way to get allowances up to $300 a week, even if they are already getting handouts from their parents.
Parents hiding parts of income so children can gain student allowance
Tertiary students have found way of cheating the loan system to get allowances of up to $300 a week, even if they're already getting big handouts from their parents. Checkpoint has also learned that… Audio
Calls for a universal student allowance: Students gaming the allowance system
Some university students are crying foul over people gaming the student allowance scheme. Checkpoint has uncovered instances where parents have funnelled money into trusts, so their household income… Audio
School protesting MOE redesign
The principal says "substantial" changes were not discussed with her, being presented by the Education Ministry as a done deal.
More kids stop home schooling, families lasting less than a year
The number of children leaving home-schooling spiked last year, but total home-school numbers dropped only slightly last year.
Children's Minister Karen Chhour on bootcamps
The Minister of Corrections and Police denies that a coalition government plan to introduce military style academies is a crackdown on young offenders.
The first of the pilot boot camps should be… Audio
Former bootcamp inmate warns Government to be selective over plans
A former bootcamp inmate is warning the Government should be selective about who they choose for their youth military academies.
Wayne attended the Rangipo Prison Farm corrective training facility in… Audio
Parents face months-long waits for childcare as centres close up
Mounting pressures on the early childhood sector is leaving some parents on months-long waitlists for a spot. Audio
Youth advocate critical of boot camps for young offenders
A youth advocate says evidence shows boot camps for young offenders don't work and that teens continue to break the law when they return to the community.
This follows the coalition government's… Audio
Auckland Girls' Grammar gym sliding down bank
The principal of a central Auckland school is worried that plans to fix the gym, which is sliding down a bank, are dead in the water as the government moves to review school property projects.
The… Audio
School left with no gym for four years
It is one of many schools struggling to overcome mounting paperwork and rising costs as it tries to finish a building.
Boot camps for youth offenders to begin mid-year
The first of the boot camps promised by the coalition government should be operating by the middle of the year.
The plan is to begin with a pilot boot camp that has both a military-style component… Audio
The special school that's being starved
An Auckland school for some of our most vulnerable children is crumbling, and any hopes for a rebuild have just been dashed by the government's moves to halt school property developments. Audio
The special school that's being starved
An Auckland school for some of our most vulnerable children is crumbling, and any hopes for a rebuild have just been dashed by the government's moves to halt school property developments.
AudioSchool stand-down rates highest in 20 years
More than 25,000 students were stood down in a year, over assaults, smoking, vaping and alcohol.
Secondary Principals Council chair on school stand-down numbers
The number of students being stood down from school is at the highest its ever been according to Ministry of Education figures.
School stand-downs are the formal removal of students for up to five… Audio
Principal 'deeply disappointed' over plans to cut free school lunches programme
A Porirua Principal is deeply disappointed the government is looking to axe funding for free lunches in schools by up to 50 percent.
The $323 million programme is under review with ACT leader and… Audio
