Education
Late-life language lessons
In this episode of Voices; we find out how hard it is for older Chinese people to learn a new language in a new country.
AudioNAISA panel discussions: Spaces of Kanaka Maoli Resurgence
Te Ahi Kaa features highlights from NAISA – or the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association conference hosted by The University of Waikato. Professor Mary Tuti Baker and Tina Grandinetti… Audio
$1.2b education spend includes new school and 200 classrooms in Auckland
The government has revealed more details on how it will spend the $1.2 billion allocated in the Budget for school property, with new schools and classrooms to be built for 100,000 students.
Parents fight sudden closure of Wellington school
Parents in the Wellington suburb Whitby are scrambling to fight the closure of a local high school at the end of the year - which they only learnt about this week. Audio
One new school, 228 classrooms for Akl as population booms
The government has revealed plans for a new school in Milldale and 228 additional classrooms across 42 Auckland schools. Political Editor Jane Patterson reports. Audio
What's going on behind the scenes in medicine?
They're tasked with helping us get better when we're sick, but what about the health and wellbeing of doctors themselves? Author Lucy Mayes was prompted to look at the pressures doctors are under when… Audio
ECE centres fear widening pay disparity with kindergartens
Early childhood services are worried they cannot afford to keep up if kindergarten teachers win the same big pay rises as school teachers recently got.
Schools encouraged to get sedentary teens moving
Australian researchers are concerned about the length of time teenagers are sedentary and are encouraging schools to help to get students moving. The Deakin's Institute for Physical Activity and… Audio
Primary principals boycott Education Ministry work for 6 weeks
Primary and intermediate school principals are boycotting all work with the Ministry of Education for the next six weeks.
The principals, who are members of the Educational Institute, are unhappy… Audio
ECE centres worried about kindergarten pay rises
Early childhood services are worried a huge pay disparity for their teachers will get even worse if kindergartens get the same big pay rises that school teachers won last month.
They say their… Audio
ECE centres fear widening pay disparity with kindergartens
Early childhood services are worried their teachers will be left behind if kindergartens win the same big pay increases as school teachers.
The Educational Institute is negotiating with the Education… Audio
Principals to boycott work with ministry for six weeks
Primary and intermediate school principals are set to boycott of all work with the Ministry of Education for six weeks over stalled collective agreement negotiations.
ECE teacher stripped of registration after falsifying records
An Auckland early childhood teacher has been stripped of her registration for what has been described as the "worst kind of misconduct."
Kindergarten teachers seek pay rise
Kindergarten teachers are seeking big pay increases to keep up with those recently won by school teachers. Audio
Kindergarten teachers seek pay rise
Kindergarten teachers have become the latest group of teachers to ask the government for a big pay rise. RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen, has the details. Audio
Ruapehu rural reading scheme spells out a winning idea
Once a month, Fiona Thomas and Libby Ogle load up with books and head out to isolated schools that are otherwise too far away from libraries for kids to access them.
Helen Clark: In Nepal to mark Sir Ed's 100th birthday
Former Prime Minister and keen mountaineer Helen Clark was in Nepal to mark Sir Ed Hillary's 100th birthday. She explains how important Sir Ed's trust is for the Nepalese. Audio, Gallery
Principals demand better pay deal, 'fairness'
Primary and intermediate school principals took their campaign for a better pay deal to the Ministry of Education offices around the country today.
Principals deliver warning letters to Education Ministry
Primary and intermediate school principals took their campaign for a better pay deal to the steps of the Education Ministry today, fronting up to nine of the ministry's regional offices to hand over… Audio
Kids turning up to early childhood centres ‘daily without food’
Some babies are being dropped at pre-school with no formula or nappies, and toddlers are going without shoes or lunches in the middle of winter. Audio
