Two students say they saw a tutor write answers for their class. But no one investigated.

Immigration NZ suspects managers at several schools are abusing the Indian student market.

Another school for international students runs into trouble with NZQA.

Manukau Institute of Technology is under investigation over claims which include cheating.

COMMENT: No one can save fast enough to match house price increase, writes Andrew Laxon.

NZQA says qualifications at a big school for international students may not be valid.

Rising numbers of international students forced the Government to clamp down on immigration last year.

COMMENT: This week's series on widespread cheating and fraud at schools has prompted many readers to contact the Herald. Here are some of their stories.

International students are manipulating the immigration system to get visas and may be pushing Kiwis out of low-paid jobs, say reports to the Government.

Immigrants are using bakery jobs just to get residency, then leaving the profession, claims a union boss.

Employers are exploiting international students, who put up with illegal wages and working conditions so they can get a visa and stay in New Zealand.

One of NZ's biggest schools for international students has been given a no confidence rating after an inspection found "widespread evidence of systemic plagiarism".

A female Indian student who has tried to immigrate honestly to NZ tells how she was propositioned and asked to pay for jobs to get her visa.

An experienced New Zealand teacher has opened up about international education, calling it "a scam".

Schools with thousands of international students have been warned after officials fear they showed similar problems to a college shut down after a cheating scandal.

A couple who have been struggling to afford a house for two years find their dream home in west Auckland.

The Herald's Home Truths series has highlighted the serious problems that make our housing unaffordable - but also pointed to some solutions.

At the end of Home Truths series, the three would-be buyers who invited readers to follow their journey tell Andrew Laxon how they found the experience.

Almost one in 10 houses in Auckland change hands within a year, a much higher turnover rate than the rest of New Zealand.

Auckland Council's plans for higher density housing cannot succeed unless the city expands into the countryside, says the council's chief economist.

Investors chasing capital gains in Auckland property market are making it harder for first-home buyers to afford a house. Andrew Laxon outlines problems.

Auckland's runaway house prices have made an average home in the city more expensive than Sydney.

INTERACTIVE: Discover how many properties are within your price range, around the country.

House hunters who say they can't afford to buy a home in Auckland need to give up Sky TV or expensive cars and just save harder, says a mortgage broker.

House prices in Auckland have risen so fast that many single people on ordinary incomes now find it impossible to buy a first home on their savings.

The Reserve Bank could expand mortgage lending restrictions in an effort to head off the housing boom as it rolls down the country, economists say.

Cecile Bourgeois, 39, would like to buy a house in Auckland, but experts agree her most realistic option is leaving the city and setting up somewhere else.

Aucklanders are buying at least 20 per cent of properties in nearby regional main centres, as soaring city prices force house hunters to look elsewhere.

Gemma Mann and Mike Alsweiler are thinking about leaving Auckland to find a house they can afford, even if it means saying goodbye to their families.

How do Auckland property prices compare with the rest of the world? Andrew Laxon finds it all depends on where you look.

The number of highly paid professionals and managers unable to afford to buy a home in Auckland has almost doubled in just over a decade.

Auckland house prices are now so expensive that most young first-home buyers cannot afford to buy without help from rich parents, says an expert.

How hard is it to buy your first home in Auckland today? Three house hunters share their stories.

Runaway house prices have put almost 90 per cent of the Auckland housing market out of reach for typical first home buyers.

Teena Harris likes to have a movie night with her family once a week, so they can enjoy watching TV together for a change.

Some Kiwis have been living on $2.25 of food and drink a day this week to experience Third World poverty. Andrew Laxon decided to join them.

How did the 19th century murder of a vivacious young Englishwoman affect the invasion of a Maori pacifist settlement one year later?

Andrew Laxon found the best way to convert his teenage children to the delights of travelling in India was to do things, not look at them. Here are some of his highlights.

A family backpacking trip became a school in internet expression for Andrew Laxon.

Rolling Stone magazine this week retracted a story of alleged university gang rape after an investigation found it was a “journalistic failure”. Andrew Laxon examines the fallout.

Former country cop Gavin Benney talks to Andrew Laxon about policing in shorts and Jandals, getting ambushed by colleagues and how the job isn’t fun any more.

A recently retired policeman says his fellow officers set a failed trap to catch him drink driving on the way home from a sports club.

Trams could be heading into Auckland city again, almost 60 years after the original tracks were torn up.

Irradiated fruit and vegetables from Australia are likely to go on sale here as early as next year.

If it’s September, this must be New Zealand... Andrew Laxon catches up with the students and Kiwi founder of an international travelling school which has arrived in Auckland

Water pollution from decades of farming may be approaching a "tipping point" which threatens marine life in the Hauraki Gulf, says an experienced scientist.

It’s our number one export and the backbone of our economy. But has the dramatic growth of the dairy industry come at too high a cost for our streams and rivers?

A New Zealand director's movie on the afterlife starring Robin Williams is enjoying renewed popularity since the entertainer's death.

The New York Times has named Christchurch as the second of 52 places in the world to visit this year.

Lindsay Jones has no desire to knock down his 129-year-old church at the top of Queen St. But as things stand, the senior pastor and his congregation can't afford to keep it open either.

A billion-dollar earthquake upgrade affecting about one in 10 commercial and multi-storey apartment buildings is set for a major overhaul.

Only 10 years ago members of the congregation at St Benedict's Catholic church in inner-city Auckland raised about $2 million to lovingly restore their Victorian red brick church.

Fatal crashes are becoming rarer and the reasons go beyond the safety messages we usually hear.

Speed limits on some open roads could be lowered because road safety officials believe they are too dangerous to drive at 100km/h.

Taxpayers look likely to foot at least part of the bill for an $80 million debt blowout which brought down a small Northland council.

Just over a week into his big OE, Jake Green is having the time of his life.

Ease into tramping with an overnighter at the Pinnacles Hut in the Coromandel, writes Andrew Laxon.

It's been called the poor man's teleporter, based on the fictional Star Trek invention that beamed humans on to hostile planets and reassembled them, molecule by molecule.

Consumers have never had it so good, thanks to an explosion of cheap, high-quality goods now available globally at the click of a mouse. But gow are traditional stores coping?

Growing up and having kids needn't stop you backpacking round the world. It just changes the way you do it.

A student learning expert has suggested a top-level review of the schooling system after international testing showed 15-year-olds had slipped in maths, science and reading.

Commissioners eyeing legal action after report into Mangawhai sewerage scheme debacle.

In Mangawhai, hundreds of otherwise law-abiding home owners have been on a rates strike for more than a year.

Last week, microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles won the Prime Minister's Science Media Communication Prize.

The Pike River coal mine should have been shut down well before the devastating explosion, says the author of a new book on the tragedy.

More than 20 untested brands of synthetic cannabis are now legally on sale and likely to stay on the shelves well into next year.

Thanks to the internet, everyone can now get a free education at the world's top tertiary institutions. Does this mean the end for higher learning or a new beginning?

University students will start to sit exams online from their own home or office under a remote monitoring system being tested this year by Massey University.

The commissioners of debt-ridden Kaipara District Council have begun a new inquiry into its past financial decisions.

Dunne says internet sales from overseas sites will be banned but sales from local sites will be permitted. The buyer's age will be checked from credit card details, as already occurs on lottery and gaming sites.

The manufacturer of the controversial synthetic cannabis product K2 has decided to stop supplying the drug in New Zealand until new regulations are imposed.

Gordon Faber sacked a bogus refrigeration engineer who falsified his work history, wrecked customers' equipment and almost electrocuted one of his fellow workers. Then he had to pay the man more than $10,000 for lost wages and distress.