Education
Education forges ahead under multiple levels
Schools remain at the heart of a lot of concern about the levels and steps of the covid response. To respond to Government announcement at 1PM and to talk about what teachers are facing on the ground… Audio
Hamilton's Covid-19 response
Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate joins Jesse from his home town to discuss how things are going in Waikato and what the Government's announcements mean on the ground. Audio
Covid-19: Students on how school return went
With the first day back at school now behind them, year 11 to 13 students in Auckland and Waikato are looking ahead to final exams, which are only weeks away.
Mask-wearing, physical distancing, and… Audio
'So much going on, it's stressful' - Senior students return to school in Auckland
Some Auckland students have returned to the classroom for the first time in over two months. Audio
'Astronomically good' to see friends at school, student says
Senior high school students who donned their uniform for the first time in two months today have described mixed emotions of "tremendous" excitement and rattled nerves.
Some Auckland senior students return, while younger years wait for news
There was no update today for Auckland pupils - and parents - about when children in younger year levels will go back to school. But some Auckland students have returned to the classroom for the first… Video, Audio
More than half of Papatoetoe High School's senior students return
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
'I'm feeling really worried about my peers at school, my community in South Auckland'
While Manurewa High School student Selina Silila Helg was initially excited to return to class, she says opening schools back up to senior students poses a risk for Māori and Pasifika. Audio
Covid-19: Senior students back at school in Auckland
Senior school is back.
RNZ reporter Katie Todd spoke to Susie Ferguson from outside Mount Roskill Grammar School. Audio
Covid-19: Auckland primary schools relieved to stay closed
Auckland primary school principals are relieved they are not reopening their classrooms to more children today.
They say it is not worth risking people's health even though the ongoing lockdown is… Audio
Covid-19: Students nervous about return to school
Auckland students who are heading back to school this morning, including year 13 Krish Patel, who is head boy at Howick College, and year 12 Rosie Risbrook, from Whangaparaoa College.
When Auckland… Audio
Covid-19: Principals on senior students headed back to school
Across Auckland this morning, almost 60,000 students are heading back through the school gates to classrooms for the first time in ten weeks.
Students from years 11, 12 and 13 are allowed back -… Audio
Auckland primary principals relieved to remain shut
Principals spoken to by RNZ said it was not worth risking people's health even though the ongoing lockdown was harming some children's learning.
Covid-19: Study finds some positives to learning in lockdown
Massey University researchers talked to more than a 170 children in years four to eight after last year's lockdown.
They've produced a report which has found there have been positive learning… Audio
Covid-19: Not all Auckland schools welcoming students back today - Principals' Association
Across Auckland this morning, senior students are packing their school bags and putting on their uniforms to return to classrooms, after 10 weeks of learning from home.
Years 11, 12 and 13 can return… Audio
"Level 3" secondary schools face challenges as students return
And to one of those schools welcoming back students - Claire Amos is the tumuaki / principal of Albany Senior High School and she's up early to be with us. Audio
Senior students wary of return to school in AK, Waikato
After 10 long weeks of at-home learning, Zoom lessons, and separation from friends, Auckland and Waikato senior students will be putting on their school uniforms and returning to campus this morning… Audio
Principal hopes 'like hell' teachers will get Covid-19 vaccine
Te Tai Tokerau principals are noting "major" concerns that Covid-19 vaccine mandates are driving out irreplaceable staff.
Niwa working with Education Ministry to monitor CO2 in classrooms
Air quality experts are working with officials on rolling out carbon dioxide monitoring in classrooms to help counter the threat of Covid-19.
Fears some playcentres will close over vaccine mandate
There are fears that smaller, vulnerable playcentres may not survive the government's mandate which requires all staff - and 22,000 volunteers - to be vaccinated.
