Education
Tutoring company boss faced similar complaints in Australia
The director of a company fined for duping parents into buying maths lessons online faced similar complaints in Australia before setting up here.
Company fined $351k over hard-sell tactics
A company that used scare tactics and deceptively difficult maths tests to trick parents into buying education software has been fined $351,000.
Education software scammers sentenced on 11 charges
A company that tricked thousands of parents into thinking their children were failing at maths so it could sell them education software has been fined $350,000. Audio
School music festival faces big hall rental rises
The chair of the Auckland Primary Schools Music Festival Leyette Callister talks about what raising the rent for the Auckland Town Hall will do to the event. Audio
Rinku's story - Life after the dark
In July 2015, international student Rinku Deol walked into the office of his local MP, dowsed himself with petrol and threatened to set himself alight. The young Indian man claimed he was being… Audio
Rinku's story - Life after the dark
In July 2015, international student Rinku Deol walked into the office of his local MP, dowsed himself with petrol and threatened to set himself alight. The young Indian man claimed he was being…
AudioThe impromptu crossings to Hauraki School
A North Shore mum is doing everything she can to help her kids and others walk to school safely, including breaking the law. Audio
Money Matters: Brittany Teei - KidsCoin
Pro tennis player turned innovator, Brittany Teei on her software that teaches children good money habits. Brittany Teei, of Ngai Tahu and Cook Island descent, has developed the KidsCoin app to… Audio
Industry warns against rush to university
The Industry Training Federation says a growing number of new apprentices are starting their trades training after already gaining a university degree - with the loan to match. It fears that the… Audio
Restraint reporting too detailed, but vital - teachers
Mandatory reporting of hundreds of cases of teachers physically restraining children will show the scale of the behaviour problems they're dealing with, school principals say.
Principals back mandatory reporting of physical restraint
School principals say mandatory reporting of hundreds of cases of teachers physically restraining children will show the scale of the behaviour problems they're dealing with. Principals who have… Audio
Student allowance 'not just tertiary education' - PM
The National Party says the government needs to explain how it will make sure people on the dole don't exploit the increase in student allowances planned for next year. National's Tertiary Education… Video, Audio
Govt's student allowance boost will be exploited - National
National says Labour's planned boost to the student allowance makes it vulnerable to exploitation by people on the jobseeker's benefit. They're warning that decoupling the allowance from benefit… Video, Audio
Trouble in schools
New figures from the Education ministry show teachers are having to physically restrain children from hurting themselves or others 130 times a month. More than half of the cases involved children with… Audio
Med students want new govt to lift loan cap
Medical students who have already hit the eight-year borrowing limit on their student loans will have to find another way to pay their fees next year.
Teachers restraining children more than 130 times a month
The Education Ministry has released figures showing every month there a more than 130 cases of teachers using physical force to stop children hurting themselves or others. Schools have had to notify… Audio
Teachers restraining children more than 10 times a day
The Education Ministry is being told ten times a day of incidents where teachers have physically restrained students. Schools have had to notify the ministry since the first of August whenever… Audio
Medical students demand action on loan cap lift
Medical students who have already hit the eight-year borrowing limit on their student loans will have to find another way to pay their fees next year. During the election campaign, Labour promised to… Audio
Teachers restraining children 130 times a month
Figures reveal how often teachers are physically restraining students, following the first three months of new rules for reporting the incidents.
