Education
How to homeschool your kids
The police have made their first arrests of people breaching the lockdown, and we get some top tips for homeschooling your kids.
Covid-19: Foreign student industry faces dramatic drop
The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year's enrolments now in doubt.
Coronavirus: Multi-billion dollar foreign student industry takes a hit
The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year's enrolements now in doubt.
Visa figures indicate only 60,000 of the nearly 120,000… Audio
Swapping Chromebooks for knitting needles
Crossbred wool is in Andrea Bulleid's DNA. She farms sheep and beef at Longridge North in Southland with her husband Chris. A frustration with poor wool prices and lack of education about wool led her… Audio
Swapping Chromebooks for knitting needles
Crossbred wool is in Andrea Bulleid's DNA. She farms sheep and beef at Longridge North in Southland with her husband Chris. A frustration with poor wool prices and lack of education about wool led her…
AudioCoronavirus: ECE centres could get huge payout
Hundreds of childcare centres will be paid tens of millions of dollars for loss of income during the Covid-19 crisis thanks to a special insurance deal that excludes almost all other businesses.
The… Audio
Some childcare centres hit by lockdown to get insurance payout
Hundreds of childcare centres will be paid out millions in insurance for loss of income during the Covid-19 crisis because of a special arrangement with their broker, but others will get none.
Covid-19 - Marist College cases now 13
The Auckland girl's school Marist College is one of the clusters of infection being tracked by health authorities.
Marist College Board Chair Stephen Dallow tells Lisa Owen the confirmed cases are… Video, Audio
Children's writing competition kicks off early
For several years now a group of New Zealand authors have been running a children's story-writing competition, and this year the competition is kicking off early. Audio
Teachers respond to challenge of online learning
Teachers are in class today for the last time before the lockdown begins and they are all preparing exactly the same lesson for the nation's 800,000 school children.
Coronavirus: Teachers at school for last time before lockdown
Around 800,000 children are about to learn that there's no escape from school work - even during a global pandemic and national lockdown.
They've been ordered home for nearly five weeks and today… Audio
Coronavirus: Entire high school treated as close contacts
Worried parents from an Auckland secondary school are trying to work out how to best isolate their children after the whole school was declared closed because of coronavirus.
There are now four… Audio
Parent sends aroha as school copes with four Covid-19 cases
A parent from Marist College says students and teachers are stressed and shocked after finding out four people from the school have tested positive for Covid-19.
Preparing for remote learning
Auckland teacher who's been leading e-learning professional development for a decade, Claire Amos shares the best practices for schools and teachers going remote from today. Audio
Covid-19: What you need to know about school closures
As hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren begin four weeks of lockdown, here is some practical advice and key information for all students and parents or caregivers. Audio
School's out: Now what?
Schools around the country have fallen silent today - as the doors are closed to all but the children of "essential workers". After tomorrow, they'll close to all students for at least the next four… Audio
Transport woes for stranded students
Kathryn Ryan speaks with Rachel Uttley a Hawke's Bay Mum struggling to get her daughter home from Dunedin. Audio
University students scramble to get home
Around the country there are more than 16,000 students in university accommodation, they're urgently trying to get home or face the prospect of being locked up in their halls of residence. Victoria… Audio
Coronavirus: Schools closed from today
All schools will be closed from today except for the children of essential workers such as doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers and police.
From Thursday they will be closed full stop.
Some schools… Audio
Covid-19 lockdown: Education Minister on school closures
The government says its decision to shut down the country for at least the next four weeks was 'monumental' - but one that was absolutely essential.
From tomorrow all bars, restaurants, cafes, gyms… Video, Audio
