Education
Covid-19: Should Government update messaging for youths?
Students are calling on the government to re-invent their Covid-19 health messages for a younger audience.
Despite the most recent Covid-19 cluster being centred around a school, some students have… Audio
Childrens' Commissioner criticises Principals' Federation call to members over violent kids
The Principals Federation has called for its members to defy a directive that forces them to enrol students kicked out of other schools for violence.
Federation boss Perry Rush says schools aren't… Audio
How Auckland children are being affected by another lockdown
It has been a year since New Zealand's first case of Covid-19, with more than a quarter of a million Auckland school students now spending their ninth week learning from home in lockdown. And they're… Audio
How to Write - A father of the bride speech
Today talented author, satirist, public speaker and broadcaster David Slack is talking about the tradition of the father of the bride speech at weddings. He talks about how to write the speech and if… Audio
University leader says general Covid-19 messaging isn't cutting it
A Māori university students association leader in Auckland says the government has been too general in its Covid-19 messaging and they are having to take matters into their own hands to ensure their… Audio
Schools told to consider refusing enrolment of violent children
The Principals' Federation has suggested schools defy legally-binding directives to enrol violent children who have been kicked out of other schools.
Principals Federation suggests members ignore directives to enrol violent students
The Principals Federation has advised its members to defy legally binding directives to enrol violent children who have been kicked out of other schools.
It says principals should consider refusing… Audio
Principals Federation suggests members defy Ministry of Education over violent students
The Principals Federation is challenging the authority of the Ministry of Education to order schools to enroll violent children.
It has told its members to consider contesting any directed enrolment… Audio
'Everyone's doing it hard this week' - Papatoetoe High School principal
Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault told Checkpoint it is a tough week for everyone around the school community, but they are there to offer support.
He said he has a skeleton crew… Video, Audio
Covid-19 lockdown: Home-schooling again for Auckland families
Auckland parents and students are once again getting on with at-home schooling for the fourth time in a year.
About 250,000 children are being taught from home this week as Tāmaki Makaurau endures… Audio
International student downturn costs 700 university jobs
Universities are missing hundreds of millions in student fees this year because they are expecting less than half the normal number of international students.
Universities cut nearly 700 jobs after foreign student loss
Nearly 700 university staff are losing or leaving their jobs because of a financial hole left by falling foreign enrolments.
The cuts began last year and many are being made through early leaving or… Audio
Taihape school gets rebuild a decade after flaw identified
A country town's school blighted by leaks and backed-up sewage is finally getting a rebuild, but that won't be until next year - a decade after the flaws were exposed.
Taihape School dogged by substandard facilities
More than 250 children in Taihape face another winter in a school that officials have known for a decade is leaking, afflicted by backed-up sewage, and has substandard classrooms.
A parent and ex… Audio
Taihape farmer slams state of local school
A Taihape farmer and father is calling the Education Ministry 'incompetent'.
The town's year one-to-13 Taihape Area School, built in just 2009, has been slammed in official reports for years for its… Audio
Ditching Latin could be part of wider trend, PhD student warns
PhD student Josh King says Latin is a subject that encourages a love of language and opens more possibilities for students. Audio
New technology with Bill Bennett
Bill talks to Kathryn about Vodafone saying it’s pushing ahead with 5G and will sell fixed wireless broadband in competition with the fibre networks. Also, Chorus turning in a result with lower… Audio
University drives bid to rein in scarfies' wild behaviour
Orientation Week is underway at the University of Otago - a source of trouble for Dunedin in previous years.
Dunedin's orientation week giving emergency services less trouble
Orientation Week - or Ori, as it's known - is underway at Otago University.
In years gone by, this meant trouble for Dunedin and its emergency services.
But, as Timothy Brown reports, things are… Audio
Absence of foreign PhD students hitting hard - professor
Academics warn major research projects will be held back by a lack of foreign research students.