Education
Leaky Taihape school's land not sliding away - engineers
Engineers say the land under Taihape's area school is stable enough to build another school on - a decade after chronic watertightness and infrastructure issues were exposed in new buildings.
Māori academics doing unpaid work as cultural guides for colleagues, study finds
Māori academics say they're having to pull double-shifts - working both as researchers and as unpaid cultural guides for their non-Māori colleagues. Audio
Wellbeing programme extended to schools in five more DHBs
A mental health and wellbeing programme for primary and intermediate school children will be expanded to five new district health board areas.
Teaching children (and adults) wellbeing and coping skills
The best way to empower young people is to give them tools to manage their own emotions says clinical psychologist Jacqui Maguire. She's written a children's book When the Wind Blew, which introduces… Audio
Cutting the jargon and demystifying money
100 financial organisations including banks, insurers, financial advisers and the non-profit sector have joined a plan to help demystify money and enhance the financial literacy and capability of the… Audio
Hutt Valley High School principal hoping for mouldy building replacement
Hutt Valley High School remains hopeful the Education Ministry will demolish and replace a major classroom block that has been closed after the discovery of black mould.
Yesterday, all 1700 students… Audio
Teen wins science prize for quantum computing research
19 year old James Zingel has won the Prime Minister's future science prize for his research into whether quantum computing could improve breast cancer diagnosis. His research project, started while… Audio
Hipkins defends Ministry's handling of mould problem at Hutt Valley school
The Education Minister has defended his ministry's handling of serious problems that forced Hutt Valley High School to close an entire block of classrooms.
Hundreds of senior students will have to… Audio
Minister blames 'legacy issues' over school's mould, leaks
Education Minister Chris Hipkins has defended the ministry's handling of serious problems that forced Hutt Valley High School to close an entire block of classrooms.
Not enough money going toward school maintenance say principals
There's not enough money being dedicated to keep ageing school blocks in good nick, say principals. That comes as hundreds of Hutt Valley High School students are being forced to study at home for… Audio
Science teacher on state of the subject's teaching in NZ
Many children are not getting a good education in science.
The Education Review Office says only half the primary schools and early childhood centres it visited recently were teaching the subject… Audio
Hutt Valley High School parent not happy after toxic mould found in classroom
More now on the mould-riddled conditions at Hutt Valley High School which are forcing up to 500 of its senior students to desert classrooms and study from home for two and half days a week in term… Audio
Principal 'beyond angry' as classrooms closed due to mould, students sent home
The Hutt Valley High School principal says officials have known about the problems for years and failed to act. Audio
Hutt Valley High School principal believes mouldy block not fixable
Hundreds of senior students from one of Wellington's biggest high schools are being forced to study from home because their classrooms are riddled with toxic mould.
Hutt Valley High School is blaming… Audio
Ministry of Education on toxic mould at Hutt Valley High School
Hundreds of senior students from one of Wellington's biggest high schools are being forced to study from home because their classrooms are riddled with toxic mould.
The principal of Hutt Valley High… Audio
Toxic mould forces Hutt Valley High School student back to home learning
Hundreds of senior students from one of Wellington's biggest high schools are being forced to study from home because their classrooms are riddled with toxic mould.
The principal of Hutt Valley High… Audio
Hutt Valley students nervous about study from home - Student
Hundreds of senior students at Hutt Valley High school will be forced to study from home until their classrooms filled with toxic mould are fixed.
Year 12 and 13 pupils will spend two and a half days… Audio
High school students to study from home as classrooms close due to mould, leaks
Senior students at Hutt Valley High School will be forced to study from home because so many classrooms have been closed due to toxic mould and leaks.
Return of random checks on early childhood services 'utterly vital'
Early childhood service owners are wary of plans for a flying squad to investigate potential fraud and safety failures but others in the sector say it is urgently needed.
Lawyer's New Zealand history resource website hobby helps teachers with kaupapa
A Māori lawyer is creating interactive online resources to help primary school teachers teach Aotearoa's history and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
