Education
Principals struggling to fill teacher vacancies
Desperate principals warn that finding teachers to fill vacancies is becoming a nightmare in some parts of the country. While some teachers take off overseas, the traditional arrival of foreign… Audio
Reading the signs: Why literacy rates are falling
The Detail - We've got vast amounts of knowledge and information available to us at our fingertips - so why are literacy rates steadily declining?
The Finale
To wrap up this first season of Whakamāori: The Podcast, the team take a look back over all 12 episodes and recap on some of their favourite moments. Join them in their final whakamāori efforts. Video, Audio
Reading the signs: Why literacy rates are falling
We've got vast amounts of knowledge and information available to us at our fingertips - so why are literacy rates steadily declining? Audio
Reading the signs: Why literacy rates are falling
We've got vast amounts of knowledge and information available to us at our fingertips - so why are literacy rates steadily declining?
AudioYoung vapers consuming more nicotine than a pack-a-day cigarette habit, group says
Some rangatahi who vape are consuming as much nicotine as someone smoking a pack-and-a-half-a-day of cigarettes a day, a youth health education organisation says.
Students allowed to wear Pacific attire to Christchurch school
A New Zealand school's adoption of a Pacific garment is being described as a step in the right direction but more needs to be done to lift students up.
Worries over teen vaping rise in New Plymouth
A New Plymouth school is appealing to the community for help with what it says is a growing vaping problem.
Boom in non-enrolled students at Correspondence School
There's has been an almost 50 percent increase in the number of students who have stopped going to their regular school, and enrolled at the Correspondence School in the last year. Te Kura, which… Audio
Intermediate school wants help with vaping issues
A New Plymouth intermediate school is appealing to the community for help with what it says is a growing vaping problem.
Highlands Intermediate has disciplined 17 students so far this year for vaping… Audio
Secondary principals unhappy about foreign teacher accreditation
The Secondary Principals' Association is unhappy that schools must apply to Immigration New Zealand for accreditation to employ teachers from overseas.
Begin at the centre: interning at Parliament
The House chats with current and former parliamentary interns from Steven Levine's Victoria University of Wellington internship programme about starting work at the very centre of things. Audio
Begin at the centre: interning at Parliament
The House chats with current and former parliamentary interns from Steven Levine's Victoria University of Wellington internship programme about starting work at the very centre of things.
AudioFinders' fees, relocation grants among best ways to attract new teachers
An independent review shows efforts to recruit thousands of teachers have cost an average of nearly $10,000 per teacher.
Hana O'Regan: a view from Te Waipounamu on the name Aotearoa
Does the name Aotearoa truly apply to all of new Zealand and how appropriate would the name change be? Dr Hana O'Regan of Ngai Tahu is a member of the Waitangi Tribunal and is the CEO of CORE… Audio
Scholarships for Māori scholars announced
Thirteen Māori scholars are the recipients of the 2022 Ngarimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarships, awarded to exceptional Māori applicants.
Covid-19: Urgent need for schools to adopt winter action plan
Keeping schools open during Omicron has left communities exposed to widespread infection and disrupted learning, Amanda Kvalsvig writes.
School principal on plans to lift attendance
The government has announced ambitious targets to improve school attendance.
Truancy have been rising since 2015 and last year only 60 percent students attended regularly during term two.
The… Audio
Government aims to improve declining school attendance
The government has announced targets for a dramatic improvement in school attendance.
Govt aims to cut chronic truancy to 5 percent by 2024
Truancy targets have arrived - and the government says it wants school attendance up at 70 percent by 2024. Associate Education minister Jan Tinetti says the government also wants to cut the number of… Video, Audio
