Education
Schools forced to find hundreds of foreign teachers
The government is spending $40 million on advertising, relocation grants and finders' fees to attract teachers from overseas, including luring New Zealanders home, in an effort to fill 900 vacancies… Video, Audio
Overseas teachers recruitment plan - analysis
RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen joins Gyles Beckford with analysis of issues around the govt's plan to recruit teachers from overseas. Audio
Teacher recruitment drive risks creating 'conveyor belt'
Workloads and pay would need to improve before NZ teacher Michael Harvey would consider returning as part of the government' recruitment drive, he says. Audio
Overseas teacher plan risks 'conveyor belt' staff - teachers
Teachers say the government's plan to recruit from overseas to deal with the chronic shortage risks creating a conveyor belt of teachers without increasing the supply. The government has increased its… Audio
Hipkins responds to criticism of overseas teacher drive
The government's plan to recruit hundreds of overseas teachers in New Zealand classrooms by the beginning of the next school year has been dismissed as a nonsense by some teachers. The government has… Audio
Working in NZ classroom 'depressing' - UK teacher
A British teacher who came to New Zealand to work in a secondary school is questioning the government's drive to recruit teachers off shore to shore-up teacher numbers. The government has increased… Audio
Teaching considered for official skill shortage list
The government is considering fast-tracking work visas for foreign teachers by recognising teaching as an official skill shortage area.
Govt considering fast-tracking work visas for foreign teachers
The Government is considering recognising teaching as an official skill shortage area, therefore enabling it to fast-track work visas for foreign teachers. Audio
A crisis of the humanities
In an era of fake news and partisanship, society needs critical thinkers more than ever. So why are students increasingly turning away from the humanities? Kate Newton reports.
Degree over experience for teacher salary
A woman with over 40 years experience in teaching is earning $12k less than her son who is also a teacher and trained a decade ago. There was no Bachelor of Teaching when Eileen Gilmour trained. Her… Audio
The Green Bay and Gore libraries providing free or low-cost holiday activities
Former West Auckland toy-lending librarian Anne Riley and Gore library manager Lorraine Weston-Webb talk about their services and how families make use of them. Audio
Is R&D funding working for NZ?
Tech commentator, Paul Matthews, looks into whether research funding in NZ is moving the country in the right direction, plus how many dial-up connections are still out there? And an update on the… Audio
Australian rules on religious schools rejecting gay students
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has no plans to change laws that allow religious schools to reject gay students.
Protesters occupying school ordered to leave
Protesters occupying a closed Catholic school have been ordered by a judge to pack up their things and leave in the next 48 hours.
Assault law needs changing to give teachers more power: Principal
The laws need to change to protect teachers acting in good faith, the President of the Tai Tokerau Principals association has said.
Judge reserves decision for protestors occupying school
The Catholic Diocese of Auckland will have to wait and see if protestors occupying a closed Catholic school can be moved.
Principal 'grilled and grilled and grilled' after restraining child
Police are defending their four-month investigation into a principal who physically restrained a child in his class and stopped him running away from the school.
Principal 'grilled' by police after restraining violent pupil
A principal feels he can no longer protect children after he was at the centre of a four-month long police investigation for physically restraining an out-of-control boy in his class. The principal… Audio
Numbers at polytech still declining - MIT head
The funding model for polytechs needs to allow for pastoral care for at risk students, not just focus on the number of students, says the head of the Manukau Institute of Technology.
Mental Health Week
The Panelists talk about introducing mental health initiatives to schools. Audio
