Education
Government spent $112K on school buildings review
The cost for the review - which was delivered by former National minister Murray McCully in June - included consultation fees and travel costs.
Students struggling to find summer jobs
Young people are finding themselves pitted against hundreds of other applicants for entry-level positions. Audio
This Weekend: Scarecrow's Big Day Out
Gladstone, a 15-minute drive from Carterton in Wairarapa, is putting on its annual Scarecrow's Big Day Out, where locals and school kids make their own scarecrows to line the school fence, culminating… Audio
Dyslexic students tackle global problems at specialist workshops
A group of young Kiwi students with dyslexia got the chance to develop their entrepreneurial skills in tailor-made workshops this week. Audio
Students with Dyslexia developing entrepreneurial skills in workshops
It's like Dragons Den with a different kind of dragons, a group of young kiwi students with Dyslexia have got the chance to develop their entrepreneurial skills in tailor-made workshops this week -… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Friday 8 November 2024
In today's episode, from December, Aucklanders will not be able to use the train network for nearly 100 days over the next year, as work on the City Rail Link continues, the Military and Maori… Audio
Principal loses teacher registration over serious misconduct
The Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal has cancelled a principal's teaching registration and order him to pay $16,000 for serious misconduct seven years after RNZ raised questions about his use of school… Audio
NZQA defends exams students say were 'ridiculous'
'Excellence' grade questions are supposed to be hard, officials say, as students launch a petition.
Principal got school funds for massages, clothes
David Wallis' behaviour amounted to "serious misconduct", tribunal rules.
'An awful life': Former students of deaf schools speak out about abuse
Children were raped and beaten at NZ's deaf schools, but could not tell anyone as they weren't allowed to use sign language.
Paperwork, cost of safe water plans 'tipping some principals over the edge'
Rural schools say they're disproportionately affected by new water rules which take a huge amount of time and money to comply with.
Elite private school widens roll
The Anglican boarding school in Hamilton allows girls to attend from Year 11 (fifth form).
No money for school lunch staples: 'We're completely out of funding'
Something as simple as a peanut butter sandwich and an apple can go a long way in a lunchbox, but an Auckland charity providing staples for families to make school lunches has run out of money.
Auckland charity making school lunches runs out of money
Something as simple as a peanut butter sandwich and an apple can go a long way in a lunchbox, but an Auckland charity providing staples for families to make school lunches has run out of money. The… Audio
Naenae College has questions over new school lunches
Naenae College is still weighing up the new food in schools changes, they still don't know how exactly it will be run. Ashleigh McCaull reports Audio
Why AI won't ruin children's education
Chat GPT is here and changing education, with new versions of the technology making the use of it harder to detect.
AI ate my homework
Chat GPT is here and changing education, with new versions of the technology making the use of it harder to detect Audio
UC students 'no longer trust' halls' food
More than 100 students fell ill on Sunday night after eating what they described as a "bad chicken souvlaki". Audio
Study finds phonics tests made little impact on reading achievement in UK
It comes just months before the government here introduces similar tests.
Over 100 UC students sick with suspected food poisoning
It's the stuff of nightmares for any student on the eve of a big exam. But more than a hundred Canterbury University students have been struck down by what they believe was a dodgy chicken dish served… Audio
