Education

The Government is ploughing money into a bid to stop students skipping class.

The latest truancy figures paint a grim picture - 60,000 students are missing at least three days of school each… Audio

Panellists Leonie Freeman and David Slack discuss Three Waters Reforms, school truancy, and what makes someone seem boring at a party. Audio

Kathryn talks with parenting coach and education consultant Joseph Driessen about parenting skills for blended families. Audio

Panellists Michelle A'Court and Mark Sainsbury discuss older people in the workforce, the growing number New Zealand children struggling with concentration in school, and a glass bottle collection in… Audio

Early trials suggest some students will struggle to pass new compulsory NCEA standards in numeracy and literacy.

The new standards will be brought in for NCEA Level 1 next year.

While some teachers… Audio

Teenagers who don't know how many minutes are in an hour or when to use full stops could soon fail NCEA.

A test run of tougher literacy and numeracy standards, to come into effect next year, revealed… Audio

A trial test of tougher new NCEA standards shows some teens will fail because they don't know how many minutes there are in an hour and don't use capital letters and full stops

The literacy and… Audio

Join Chey and the team as they go back in time to one of the most heart-warming speeches about our nation at Waitangi by none other than Bishop Whakahuihui Vercoe. Video, Audio

The civil construction industry is not training enough new workers to keep up with the boom in roading and infrastructure projects.

A report by the Civil Workforce Forum and Civil Contractors New… Audio

Researchers asked kids to draw comics as a way to understand how they're coping with the pandemic. Dr Julie Spray led the study and talks to Wallace about what they learned from kids' lockdown art. Audio

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of new teachers have been under-paid since the start of the year.

They are getting $200 to $300 a week less than they should and some are struggling to get by.

It's an… Audio

Hundreds - possibly thousands - of new teachers are being underpaid by up to $300 a week.

This woman says she is being paid about $300 dollars a week less than she should be.

It happens at the start… Audio

Our presenters are challenged in this episode to translate the most famous speech of all time; Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream”. This is one of the finest pieces in human history. Will our… Video, Audio

Let's kick it old school, each presenter has their own piece, so listen up because Will Smith is the OG one to beat. So, let's see how it sounds in Māori and if our team can bring the heat. Video, Audio

Chey and the team translate Jacinda Ardern’s announcement to the country of our first level 4 lockdown. Covid has affected us all and this is certainly a topical issue for our Whakamāori team to dive… Video, Audio