Education
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 4 March 2025
In today's episode, the new lunch in schools programme has been riddled with problems, with delayed and poor quality meals, wastage - and most recently MPI investigations into halal meals and melted… Audio
Principals discuss school lunch programme
The new lunch in schools programme has been riddled with problems, with delayed and poor quality meals, wastage - and most recently MPI investigations into halal meals and melted plastic packaging… Audio
Photos show school lunches with melted plastic
A ministry is investigating School Lunch Collective meals served to kids with plastic packaging melted into the contents, one of four food probes into the troubled scheme. Audio
Daily school attendance increases for start of 2025
Daily school attendance is improving. Over the first five weeks of the first term an average of 88 percent of children were at school every day, up from 85 percent last year. Education correspondent… Audio
School attendance shows early signs of improvement
More children have been attending school each day than at the same time last year, according to the latest data.
'Very sad': Founder of former govt lunch provider on new programme's rollout
Claire Kelly said her company had provided lunches to nine west Auckland schools, until the government switched to Compass this year.
Morning Report Essentials for Monday 3 March 2025
On today's episode, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with European leaders at a summit in London - for security talks, an incredible exchange between Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump… Audio
Principals call for end to new NCEA tests
Schools are warning the online exams will create a generation of school-leavers with no qualifications. Audio
Auckland principal calls for govt to scrap new NCEA tests
An Auckland high school principal says it will be a disaster if the government does not stop its new NCEA reading, writing and maths tests. Papakura High School principal Simon Craggs spoke to Alexa… Audio
Principals from poorest communities call for end to new NCEA tests
Principals from the country's poorest communities have united to call for an end to new NCEA reading, writing and maths tests. Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports. Audio
Preparing our kids for the wild world of the internet
Are we paying enough attention to giving our children the ability to sort out what's real and what's not in the murky depths of the internet?
Record scholarships celebrated for 'Covid' student cohort
Auckland's Mt Albert Grammar Headmaster Pat Drumm and Westlake Boys Headmaster Paul Fordham talk record scholarship results for 2024 Audio
Preparing our kids for the wild world of the internet
A claim we're not paying enough attention to giving our children the ability to sort out what's real and what's not in the murky depths of the internet. Audio
Most schools comply with reading, writing, maths requirement
The Education Review Office has found that most, but not all schools are teaching reading, writing and maths for at least an hour a day each.
Otago school library 'unusable' as temperatures drop to -4C in winter
Tarras School is one of 10 national recipients of a $1000 grant from Pulse Energy.
Union flabbergasted by plan to switch funding for resource teachers
While the Minister of Education Erica Stanford said difficult decisions would need to be made, she said the government was not looking to defund expert teachers who support literacy or te reo Māori.
Why unorganised play may be better for children than sports
'Queen of Commonsense Parenting" Maggie Dent tells parents to save money on organised activities, and let young children roam instead. Audio
Students learning new skills at the Māngere enviro-hub
The Māngere enviro-hub is a Kainga Ora-owned site which has been repurposed from housing to an area with a community garden, composting and tree planting in the heart of South Auckland. Audio
The Panel with Ed Amon & Ali Jones (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon & Ali Jones. They discuss the 5th anniversary of our first COVID case, and the school lunch saga rumbles on. Ali Jones is a member… Audio
Students learn about growing food and looking after environment
The Mangere-Enviro hub is a Kainga Ora owned site which has been re-purposed from housing to an area with a community garden, composting and tree planting in the heart of South Auckland. Luka Forman… Audio
