Training
'Earning earlier gives you a huge head start'
A new report reveals tradies earn more money than university graduates for a longer period of life. Audio
Brighter Future, How are young Maori faring after school?
As part of RNZ's Is this the Brighter Future series, our Maori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes, looks at how Maori are faring in education, training and employment. Audio
Training doctors using VR
Virtual reality technology is already touted as a safe, effective way to train pilots, parole officers, surgeons, soldiers and bus drivers. A pilot study at Waitemata DHB is now using VR to train… Audio
Off the Track Training from the Outback
Kathryn Ryan chats to the outback Australian farmer whose health and fitness programmes are an online hit. For the last eight years Joy McClymont has run a virtual personal training business from her… Audio
New NZers learn to ride bikes
Can you imagine learning to ride a bike as an adult? A group of refugees and new migrants did just that at a recent women's cycling day in Wellington. Audio, Gallery
Are talented kids doing too much sports training?
Children are increasingly doing long hours of sport training from a young age, across multiple sports, but is it causing more harm than good? Audio
Using VR to teach the surgeons of the future
The world's first virtual reality operation was streamed live from London recently to an audience in the tens of thousands in 140 countries. Video, Audio
How should I choose study and career paths in 2016?
Are our schools, universities and trades training preparing students and graduates for the future of work? A panel discussion about how our higher education and training can best serve New Zealand… Audio
Getting jobs in the future
In a world where technology is rapidly changing the future of the workforce, what does global evidence tell us about how the education system can lead to good jobs for people?
Kathryn Ryan speaks to… Audio
Peak performance
In his book Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise Anders Ericsson (pioneer of the '10,000 hour rule') sums up the state of our knowledge about skills and abilities and how we can acquire… Audio
The future of tertiary education
Why is it that when so many industries have had huge increases in efficiency thanks to computers and the internet it still takes the same amount of time to get a tertiary education? What's more, with… Audio
Olympic Fit
What New Zealand's top athletes will be doing this summer in preparing themselves physically for the Rio Olympics in August 2016, with athlete trainer David Slyfield from High Performance Sport New… Audio
Sports: Eric Murray and Hamish Bond
Last year's Halberg Supreme Award winners, the unbeatable duo of Eric Murray and Hamish Bond on their rowing highlights of this year, and how preparations are going for next year's Rio Olympics. Audio
Tongan High School graduates
Two hundred high school students in Tonga who were at risk of failing school have graduated with new skills thanks to a joint initiative with New Zealand. The Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT)… Audio
Constructing the Tutu
Tutus add to the spectacle of classical ballet and are equally as important as the set design. This August, the New Zealand School of Dance launched an appeal to raise $9,000.00 towards the… Audio, Gallery
Loss of training accreditation at Hospital departments
The group that represents newly-trained doctors says an unprecedented number of hospital departments have lost their accreditation to train doctors over the past year, a sign that clinical standards… Audio
Outside the Wire
Prisoners at the Otago Corrections Facility near Milton are being trained in agriculture skills. The Facility has a dairy farm where prisoners milk about 350 cows on the 123 hectare property that the… Audio
Security guard's death shouldn't be in vain - lawyer
The lawyer for a 22-year-old beaten to death just hours into his first shift says recommendations from a coroner's report should not just be filed away. Audio
Coroner reports on security guard's death
A coroner's inquiry into the killing of a security guard on his first shift has found a new code of practice is needed to ensure guards are trained properly.
Iwi-led training launches in Timaru
A trades training programme for Maori and Pacific carpenters has been launched in Timaru.