Education

Eighteen people including children and a baby spent a second night sleeping at a Whakatane kura after being trapped by slips. Deputy principal Robert Eketone says a helicopter dropped in supplies… Audio

A private Auckland school will pay reparations to two boys whose throats were slit in a school production of the muscial Sweeney Todd, but it won't be prosecuted. Audio

Northland principals frustrated by a lack of support for violent children say the funding squeeze is also hurting children with disabilities. Associations president Pat Newman has warned he's looking… Audio

The state of the economy and low unemployment is being blamed for a drop in enrolments at the country's polytechnics, which has so far cost the 16 institutions more than 1500 students. Audio

Don Brash and Tariana Turia are among 27 politicians and academics who've signed an open letter, saying free speech is under threat at universities. Audio

The latest National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement is out, having tested four thousand students at two areas of English - listening and viewing. The results show primary school children score… Audio

Drastic action may be needed to save a sick Cook Islands lagoon; Call for a Fiji media sedition charge to be dropped; Lack of funding means there's a teacher shortage in Vanuatu; Claims that Penang… Audio