Education
Distance learning Te Reo Maori for kids
Kiwi kids are keeping up with learning Te Reo Maori this term through a distance learning TV channel during school hours each day on the Te Reo Channel and online. It's called Mauri Reo Mauri Ora and… Audio
University has plans for bringing back international students
Victoria University has a plan for international students' quarantine it will put to government, in the hope students will be allowed back before the border reopens. Audio
Secondary schools angry they aren't getting compensation
Secondary school principals are angry the government is not helping them cover millions of dollars in lost income from international students.
Coronavirus: Schools prepare for students returning
Teachers and lecturers can now start planning for the return of more than a million children and tertiary students under Alert Level 2.
The Education Ministry says children shouldn't touch or breathe… Audio
Coronavirus: Universities told to work out quarantine regime
The borders will still remain closed under Level 2 - and that is keeping international university students out.
The Education Minister, Chris Hipkins, has challenged universities and polytechnics to… Audio
Coronavirus: Secondary schools call for financial relief
Secondary school principals are angry the Government is not helping them cover millions of dollars in lost income from international students.
They say it is unfair that private schools have been… Audio
Covid-19 alert level 2 details: What you need to know
With the prime minister unveiling the details on level 2, here are all the basic changes you can expect and what rules will apply when we do move.
Principals respond to Alert Level 2 announcement
We speak to Perry Rush, the President of the New Zealand Principals Federation. Audio
Coronavirus: International students upset by universities' 'marketing ploy'
The International Student's Association says it's hypocritical of universities to be using New Zealand's Covid-19 response as a "marketing ploy" to try and attract more international students next… Audio
Coronavirus: Home education channels should be automatically subtitled - expert
A literacy expert is urging parents to turn on the subtitles when their children are watching the government's two educational tv channels during the lockdown.
Ros Lugg from Christchurch told RNZ… Audio
Going back to school: 'There has to be a transition time'
Education advisors are urging schools to help children avoid mental health problems for years to come due to the lockdown.
Coronavirus: Schools warned to be careful of mental health on reopening
Education advisors are warning that children could suffer mental health problems for years to come if schools botch their return to the classroom.
They say the Christchurch earthquakes and Australian… Audio
Coronavirus: Schools warned to be aware of kids' mental health
Education advisors warn that the nation risks serious anxiety and mental health problems among young people if the return to schooling is not handled right.
The University of Auckland this week… Audio
Marist student tests positive for Covid-19 nearly seven weeks after outbreak
Nearly seven weeks after confirming its first case of Covid-19, and weeks into a nationwide lockdown, another student from Auckland's Marist college has tested positive.
It brings New Zealand's… Video, Audio
OCD in a pandemic
An obsession with hand washing might seem like a boon in the middle of a global pandemic, but the reality of living with OCD right now is a very difficult experience. Audio
'I refuse for our kids to be unemployed' - principal
Education leaders have warned Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee that students' education is suffering under the lockdown. Audio
Woman sentenced after receiving $150k in covert commissions
A woman who received $150,000 in secret commissions while employed at a tertiary college has been sentenced to nine months home detention.
Kiwi book publishers struggle to regroup after seeing sales obliterated in April
New Zealand book publishers are facing what could prove to be the most challenging time in their history. Sales are down to a fraction of usual levels and the future is looking very uncertain…
Educators call for urgent clarity on level 2 conditions
Education leaders by turns slammed and praised the Education Ministry's response to the Covid-19 pandemic at Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee today.
'I refuse for our kids to be unemployed' - principal decries Education Ministry lockdown planning
Glen Denham is the principal of Massey High School in West Auckland. He discusses the impact of the level 4 and level 3 lockdown on education in New Zealand. Video, Audio
