Education
Taihape school gets rebuild a decade after flaw identified
A country town's school blighted by leaks and backed-up sewage is finally getting a rebuild, but that won't be until next year - a decade after the flaws were exposed.
Taihape School dogged by substandard facilities
More than 250 children in Taihape face another winter in a school that officials have known for a decade is leaking, afflicted by backed-up sewage, and has substandard classrooms.
A parent and ex… Audio
Taihape farmer slams state of local school
A Taihape farmer and father is calling the Education Ministry 'incompetent'.
The town's year one-to-13 Taihape Area School, built in just 2009, has been slammed in official reports for years for its… Audio
Ditching Latin could be part of wider trend, PhD student warns
PhD student Josh King says Latin is a subject that encourages a love of language and opens more possibilities for students. Audio
New technology with Bill Bennett
Bill talks to Kathryn about Vodafone saying it’s pushing ahead with 5G and will sell fixed wireless broadband in competition with the fibre networks. Also, Chorus turning in a result with lower… Audio
University drives bid to rein in scarfies' wild behaviour
Orientation Week is underway at the University of Otago - a source of trouble for Dunedin in previous years.
Dunedin's orientation week giving emergency services less trouble
Orientation Week - or Ori, as it's known - is underway at Otago University.
In years gone by, this meant trouble for Dunedin and its emergency services.
But, as Timothy Brown reports, things are… Audio
Absence of foreign PhD students hitting hard - professor
Academics warn major research projects will be held back by a lack of foreign research students.
Lack of foreign PhD students hurting research projects
University staff warn a lack of foreign PhD students is hurting major research projects.
They say most doctoral students need to be in New Zealand for laboratory and fieldwork but border restrictions… Audio
Hundreds of Aucklanders home after Covid-19 case's Kmart shift
Hundreds of Auckland workers are being forced to stay home after being identified as casual plus contacts of a Kmart worker who tested positive for Covid-19.
The good news is there are no new… Video, Audio
Ministry of Education to monitor modern classroom noise
Principals are welcoming the Ministry of Education's move to electronically monitor the air quality, warmth and noise in new classroom blocks.
Papatoetoe High School likely closed for rest of the week - principal
Papatoetoe High School principal Vaughan Couillault says the school can't be cleaned until everyone has returned a negative test. Audio
Ministry to monitor open plan classrooms for noise, airiness
Are modern classrooms any good?
Some teachers and parents don't like the open-plan classroom blocks that schools are building and now the Education Ministry is using electronic monitoring to assess… Audio
Papatoetoe High closes after positive cases, parents worried
Three people have now tested positive for Covid-19 since Auckland dropped down the alert levels to level one. Last night, the Ministry of Health announced two siblings of the Papatoetoe High School… Audio
Papatoetoe High School principal on latest Covid-19 case
Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault joins Lisa Owen to discuss the latest Covid-19 case - another student at the school. Video, Audio
Covid-19 Response Minister responds to new Papatoetoe case
After news of a new Covid-19 community case linked to Papatoetoe High School, Lisa Owen asks Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins to clarify the status of the school - will it open again this… Video, Audio
Mobile testing back in Papatoetoe after new Covid-19 case
The Covid-19 rollercoaster continues in Auckland after a new community case of Covid-19 was identified this morning.
The Ministry of Health says the 'casual plus' contact, also a student at… Video, Audio
How to Write - A Crossword
Alan Shuker, who's been creating the weekly crosswords for the New Zealand Listener for 30 years, tells us how to write a crossword. Audio
Keeping it local: School lunches at Shannon School
Shannon School principal Nick Julian tells Jesse about the locally-sourced lunches at the small Horowhenua primary school. Audio
Te Tira Kāpuia back calls for resignation of Unitec board
A group of kaumātua are backing calls made by Māori for the resignation of the board chair of Unitec.
