Education
Rural schools look to online classes as they struggle to hire teachers
Some rural school principals say they will have to resort to online teaching next year because they cannot find enough staff.
For parents, having somewhere for kids to go after school is a godsend
AUT radio student Robbie McFarlane visits after-school care. Audio
Christ's College Drama Director David Chambers
A teacher who helped to shape the NCEA secondary school Drama curriculum - and fought to have it included as a NZQA subject - is about to retire after more than 40 years. David Chambers was appointed… Audio
The Soil Your Undies Challenge
Soiling your undies isn't normally encouraged, unless it's for the good of science! Students from six North Otago schools are undertaking a number of activities to assess soil health in their schools… Audio
The Soil Your Undies Challenge
Soiling your undies isn't normally encouraged, unless it's for the good of science! Students from six North Otago schools are undertaking a number of activities to assess soil health in their schools…
AudioClassics, latin and more dropped from NCEA L1
Classics is set to be dropped from NCEA Level 1, and Latin will disappear from the curriculum by 2023. Audio
'Disappointment and frustration' over NCEA Level 1 subject changes
Classics teachers say they are disappointed by an announcement to drop the subject from NCEA Level 1, and cut Latin from NCEA entirely. Audio
Integrated schools take govt to court over property funding
Integrated schools are taking the government to court over its refusal to give them millions of dollars of extra property funding.
Classics teachers disappointed at NCEA Level 1 removal
Classics teachers say they are bitterly disappointed but not surprised by an announcement to drop Classics from NCEA level 1, and cut Latin from NCEA entirely.
The Education Minister Chris Hipkins… Audio
NZMA sign off Sustainable Māori trades training campus at Hoani Waititi Marae
A new trades and training campus will be set up at Auckland's Hoani Waititi Marae to help more Māori and Pasifika into skills-based education.
Deal promises pathway for eventual return of foreign students
The government has announced a deal it hopes will create a cohort of foreign students who will be ready to enter New Zealand when the borders open.
Tertiary Education Union on Auditor-General's report
There's a call for the University of Auckland's vice chancellor to pay back thousands of dollars in discounted rent for a $5 million house in one of the city's priciest suburbs.
The university bought… Audio
Auckland University slammed for $5m house purchase, vice chancellor urged to pay full rent
An investigation by New Zealand's highest watchdog has slammed the University of Auckland over its purchase of a $5 million house in one of the city's priciest suburbs for its vice chancellor to rent… Video, Audio
Teaching Council backtracks on remarks over prosecution powers
The Teaching Council has backtracked after warning the government this year that it lacked the statutory power to prosecute people who teach illegally.
Research reveals Māori and Pasifika female academics earn 'significantly less'
Māori and Pasifika female academics are paid nearly $8000 less a year than their non-Māori and Pasifika male counterparts, new research has revealed.
University glass ceiling: Māori and Pacific promotions and pay
New research shows not only are MÄori and Pasifika under-represented in the New Zealand university workforce - they're also likely to be paid less and less likely to be promoted. Using New Zealand's… Audio
Māori and Pasifika female academics paid $8k less per year
Māori and Pasifika female academics are paid nearly $8000 less a year than their non-Māori and Pasifika male counterparts.
That's just one of the findings from a new study, led by Dr Tara McAllister… Audio
Maori/Pacific academics paid less, lower chances of promotion
New research has found that Maori and Pacific academics in New Zealand universities are paid less and have a significantly lower chance of promotion compared to their colleagues. The authors of the… Audio
NZ Made:Miriama Walesi from Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust
Every week we have a look at a unique New Zealand business and this week we're talking to the Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust. Started from a kitchen table in the home of Jo Poland The R.Y.A.L.T… Audio
Auditor-General warns schools to budget carefully
The Auditor-General is warning that hundreds-of-millions of dollars of school income is at risk because of the pandemic and schools must budget carefully to avoid financial problems.
