Education
Talking with teenagers about consent and healthy relationships
High School students have been canvassed to help the writers of a new theatre show which addresses consent and healthy relationships. Working with 16 to 18-year-olds from three high schools, Eleanor… Audio
Student group puts out 48-hour phone-free challenge
A student organisation is challenging people to go phone free for 48 hours to raise awareness of the dangers of using a phone while driving.
'Wake Up': Thousands of children chant for climate change
The second round of climate change strikes have been taking place today with thousands of school and tertiary students around Aotearoa skipping classes to take part. Audio
Celebrity Kiwi scientist inspires girls in Fiji
Celebrity Kiwi scientist visits Fiji to help inspire girls from squatter settlements to stay at school and pursue STEM subjects. Audio
Gagana Samoa Children's books
Wainuiomata's Dahlia Malaeulu is a teacher, an advocate for Sāmoa and Pasifika education and also an author. She has written series of children's books Milas' My Gagana. The first three of the six… Audio, Gallery
Tips for raising independent kids
CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Boyes says the job of mums and dads is to ensure that kids can parent themselves by age 18 - and that one day, they leave home! She says the path towards this starts as… Audio
One year on - the GDPR's unexpected benefit
Tech correspondent Mark Pesce looks at how legislation to tighten data protection in the EU has had an unexpected benefit to everybody - and what that might mean for the success of the Christchurch… Audio
Rich? Try extreme life-coaching
Extreme life coaching is all the rage - if you're bored and rich enough. That's the headline of a piece in The Guardian this week, looking to the latest luxury travel trend. Audio
No phones for week-long retreat
A UK girls' school has banned phones for a week-long retreat. Students at the elite private school Roedean will spend a week at a country house to practise how to interact face-to-face. Audio
Secondary principals call for 15 percent pay rise
The government is facing yet another big pay demand from school staff, with secondary principals tabling a claim for a 15 percent pay rise and six weeks annual leave. The Post Primary Teachers… Audio
Secondary principals want 15 percent pay rise
Education Minister Chris Hipkins says secondary principals' claim for a 15 percent pay rise is unlikely to be successful.
Secondary principals want 15 percent pay rise
Secondary school principals are the latest group of school staff to lodge a pay claim with the Education Ministry. They're after a 15 percent pay rise, another week of annual leave and $1000 a year to… Audio
Marlborough school community shocked by sex scandal
Parents from Marlborough Boys College in Blenheim have spoken of their grief and anger over a sex scandal that's erupted at the school. The College has confirmed a teacher is on leave while… Audio
Updating the research on Traumatic Brain Injuries
A new initiative to bridge the gap between research and clinical care for Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) has been announced by Auckland University of Technology. Currently, 36,000 New Zealanders… Audio
School phone ban
Intesting item here by Kelly Makiha, Roroua Daily Post lookig at the issue of celphones in schools. How to get the balance right between students being allowed their phones and being distracted by… Audio
Police investigate racist online forum post
Police are investigating a racist post in an online forum used by University of Auckland students, which contains allusions to violence against Asians.
Proposed law change to stop NCEA being offered overseas
The Education Act already stops state schools from awarding the NCEA to students in other countries, but that prohibition doesn't cover private schools and tertiary institutions.
Calls for transparency at USP
Staff and students at the University of the South Pacific gathered on Thursday to demand greater transparency from the university's administration. Audio
Proposal to protect a child's right to attend school
A proposed law change protecting children's right to attend school is being welcomed by disability advocacy groups.
Children's right to school may get legal protection
Schools that block or discourage disabled children from attending classes for the entire school day are in for a shock - the Education Ministry has proposed a law change giving children the legal… Audio
