Education
Alice Snedden's Bad News | Episode 7: Prisoner Voting Rights
In this episode, Alice explores why there still isn’t universal suffrage for people in prison and why a charity single isn’t always the answer. Video
Covid-19: Auckland schools reopen after weeks closed
Auckland's return to Alert Level 2 today means schools can open their gates for the first time in weeks.
With Covid-19 still in the community, some parents are questioning whether their children… Audio
Crunch time for Victoria University restructuring plans
Angry staff at Victoria University are hoping to see the end of a controversial restructuring proposal at a university council meeting this morning.
The vice-chancellor Grant Guilford has told RNZ he… Audio
Covid-19: Parents split on returning to school
With hundreds of thousands of children returning to school in Auckland today, teachers and parents are divided over whether they should be going back at all.
For some, there are questions over the… Audio
Otago University confirms changes to medical school pathway caps
The University of Otago has confirmed it could consider imposing caps on the number of Māori admissions to its medical school through a designated entry pathway, but has refused to give any more… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland mother uncomfortable sending kids to newly reopened schools
Aucklanders are waking up to life in Alert Level 2 after the city moved out lockdown at midnight.
There are still restrictions on social gatherings, and Aucklanders are being encouraged to keep… Audio
Students in Auckland head back to school with masks
Students in Auckland are heading back to school today amidst the country's biggest covid-19 cluster and new mask requirements. And while they are keen to get back into the classroom, many say they are… Audio
Horomona Horo - opportunities for traditional instruments
Encouraging musicians who play traditional Maori instruments (taonga puoro) to be braver, more experimental - that's the goal of Horomona Horo. Horomona has just been appointed as both a researcher… Audio
Cuts and closures as polytechs face losses
Cuts in polytechnic leadership jobs and some closures are expected as the new national polytechnic struggles financially due to the pandemic.
Dispelling the myth of the end of the golden age of reading
In her latest book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Books, Harvard Professor Leah Price dispels the myth of the end of the golden age of reading by suggesting that reading might not have been so… Audio
Shaw 'working to find a solution' over govt funding for private school
Green Party co-leader James Shaw has apologised to members for signing-off on funding for a private school.
Catherine Delahunty criticises govt's $11.7m funding for 'green' private school
Green Party co-leader James Shaw is facing criticism from party members for approving nearly $12 million in funding for a privately-owned 'green' school in Taranaki.
It flies in the face of the… Video, Audio
'I wanted to vomit': Pressure on Shaw to pull support for private school
Pressure is mounting on Green Party co-leader James Shaw to pull his support for $11.7 million of taxpayers' money being handed to the privately-owned Taranaki Green School.
Pressure mounting on James Shaw over Green School funding
Pressure is mounting on Green Party co-leader James Shaw to pull his support for $11.7 million of taxpayers' money being handed to the privately owned Taranaki Green School.
It's not just principals… Audio
'The gap is pretty big and it needs to be addressed'
Pay talks for hundreds of early childhood teachers have again paused while employers and the teachers' union, the NZEI, urge the government to bankroll higher pay rates.
Green School government funding 'sickening'- Principal
Acting New Plymouth principal Kealy Warren says she felt physically ill when she heard a private green school in her community had been given $11.7 million by the government.
She says her low-decile… Audio
Critics pile on Green private school funding boost
Education Minister Chris Hipkins is distancing himself from an $11.7 million boost for a Taranaki private school after the National Party panned the taxpayer funding as "rank hypocrisy".
Taranaki education leaders furious at govt funding for private school
Taranaki teachers are fuming at a government decision to fund an $11.7 million expansion project at the privately-run Green School in Ōākura.
Teachers fume at Govt's $11.7m funding for private Green School
Taranaki teachers are fuming at a Government decision to fund an $11.7 million expansion project at the privately-run Green School in Oakura.
The government says it will secure 200 jobs in the… Audio
Anger at funding for Taranaki Green School
The Educational Institute says teachers are fuming at Green Party co-leader James Shaw's announcement of an 11.7 million dollar funding package for in a private school in Taranaki.
Shaw says the… Audio
