Education
Autistic pupils are regularly excluded due to behaviour
Autism New Zealand says it regularly receives requests for help from parents of children excluded from schools because of their behaviour. A 13-year-old autistic boy, who was suspended after being… Audio
Boy asks Children's Commissioner: 'Can you please come to my school and help me?'
An autistic boy has written to the Children's Commissioner telling him being excluded from school makes him feel "like I shouldn't exist". Audio
Formalised review process needed for school exclusions - Perry Rush
The New Zealand Principals' Federation president, Perry Rush, is supportive of the implementation of a formalised review process to investigate school exclusions.
His comments come after… Audio
Children's Commissioner reacts to school's treatment of autistic boy
Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft has stepped in after the thirteen-year-old boy asked for his help.
The autistic teenager was removed from his Auckland school after a fight.
Judge… Audio
Auckland school isolates and excludes boy with autism
An Auckland school has excluded a boy with autism despite pleas from the Children's Commissioner to let him stay.
Judge Andrew Becroft stepped in after the thirteen-year-old boy asked for his help.
… Audio
Mother disappointed by son's exclusion
The mother of an autistic boy says she is heartbroken that her son's school has decided to exclude him, despite the intervention of the Children's Commissioner.
The thirteen-year-old was suspended… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 27 April 2021
An autistic boy excluded from his school pleads for the help from the Children's Commissioner. The Associate Housing Minister says emergency housing conditions are "Inhumane" and "undignified". People… Audio
Calling Home: Shannon Digby in Zons, Germany
Blenheim-born and Wellington-bred Shannon Digby is a mum of three who lives in Zons, a fairy-tale village on the edge of the Rhine river in the mid-West of Germany. Audio
Roads will be safer if school speed limits drop - transport minister
The government is proposing to drop speed limits outside schools across the country to 30 km/h around urban schools and a 60 km/h maximum in rural areas.
Learning on the land
A circle of log seats placed around a fire will be one of the outdoor classrooms when the Motueka Steiner School moves onto its new farm campus in May. The school bought the 14 hectare block on the… Audio, Gallery
Learning on the land
A circle of log seats placed around a fire will be one of the outdoor classrooms when the Motueka Steiner School moves onto its new farm campus in May. The school bought the 14 hectare block on the…
AudioDrop in foreign students: Auckland University spent $44m on redundancies
Annual reports show the Covid-19 pandemic wiped millions of dollars off universities' balance sheets last year.
Auckland Grammar headmaster not happy with proposed changes to out-of-zone enrolements
The head of a prestigious secondary school for boys is stunned by a Ministry of Education proposal to change rules around accepting out-of-zone students.
Priority for children of former students and… Audio
Migrant can't start studies due to visa hold-up
A young migrant accepted into the Science Faculty at the University of Auckland can't start his studies because of visa hold-ups.
The man, who has been in the country for 5 years now, says he’s been… Audio
New zones for Auckland schools: 'There'll be some pretty angry people'
Some Auckland principals are expecting confusion and hostility when they introduce enrolment zones for the first time next month. Audio
Auckland principals bracing for pushback over enrolment zones
Auckland principals are bracing for some pushback when enrolment zones are introduced for the first time at some schools next month.
The Ministry of Education says the zones are needed to deal with… Audio
Principals fear parent anger over new zones
Auckland principals in some parts of the city are expecting confusion and hostility when they introduce enrolment zones for their schools for the first time.
The schools are part of an unprecedented… Audio
Pop-It's - the new craze at primary schools
Over the last 10 years loom bands, fidget spinners and the floss dance have captured the imagination of the nation's school children. Now Pop-It's a moulded plastic toy -- which mimics the sensation… Audio
Senior roles at University of Waikato under threat due to finances
The University of Waikato has proposed cutting 12 mostly senior roles from its management school because of $3 million revenue losses.
High levels of bullying, depression and self-harm in rainbow youth
Rainbow young people are still facing higher rates of stigma and discrimination than their peers, according to new research.
