Every Monday night, Chance Morgan watches Piha Rescue - it's one of her favourite television shows - so she knew the lifeguards before meeting them on school camp.

Hundreds of teachers have declared a motion of no confidence in Education Minister Hekia Parata at a rally in Christchurch.

Education Minister Hekia Parata folded under pressure to apologise over Novopay this afternoon.

Christchurch teachers are likely to deliver a vote of no confidence in Hekia Parata's record as Education Minister after her proposed education shake-up in the rebuilding city.

A rally against proposed Christchurch school closures and mergers is planned this afternoon following Hekia Parata's controversial education plans for the area.

Principals of the three intermediate schools tagged for closure said yesterday they were not told the truth by Education Minister Hekia Parata.

Hekia Parata or no Hekia Parata in the job, Cabinet ministers had few illusions from the start.

Prime Minister John Key is standing by his Education Minister in the face of a poll which found a majority of voters think she should have been dumped from Cabinet.

Looking after children is expensive and most people underestimate the cost, writes David Mayes. That cost is not just in terms of the money we pay out at the time,

The fate of Christchurch schools facing closure or being merged will be known today when Education Minister Hekia Parata announces the Government's decisions.

A majority of voters think Education Minister Hekia Parata's poor performance should have seen her dumped from the Cabinet last month

Orthopaedic house surgeon David Choi, 24, works more than 12 hours a day tending to trauma patients with broken bones at Auckland City Hospital, but is also

The country's medical schools are lending support to a music teacher who has sounded an alarm over talented students ditching arts to pursue science studies.

An Auckland school is asking parents to make sure their children are showering daily and wearing antiperspirant so they don't have "overpowering" body odour.

The Ministry of Education is reviewing a key test for school pupils amid concerns that it is producing unusually high results.

A teacher at one of New Zealand's most prestigious private boarding schools was sacked after a disagreement over grades descended into an drawn-out dispute.

At 2.2m, Bronx native "Mighty Joe" Dorsett-Jeffreys often gets the jump on his opponents in the New York streetball circuit.

The Ombudsman's office has criticised a move to exempt charter schools from scrutiny under the Official Information Act, saying the same rules should apply to all public-private bodies.

Minister in charge of Novopay Steven Joyce has admitted he can't rely on the information he received from the Ministry of Education over the last school pay round.