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Auckland schools: 'We'll do our bit for the recovery'
Schools expect only 5 to 10 per cent of students to turn up in alert level 3.
PM's former principal hits back at her comments: 'I don't want an epidemic in my community'
"We don't want a situation to develop where all of the hard work is undone."
Jacinda Ardern's former school is not happy with her back-to-classroom plan. How she responded
Morrinsville College principal's warning: 'Children can contract Covid and they can die'.
Kiwi home-learning TV host apologises after outrage over pillow
Nathan Wallis was slammed for pillow featuring the confederate flag.
Revealed: Surprising stat that allowed NZ schools to open
Ministry says closing schools and childcare reduces deaths by only 2 to 4 per cent.
Early learning centres facing a minefield of challenges to reopen
'You cannot change a nappy and social distance': educators question reopening risks.
Q&A on schools: How will bubbles work? Are there enough teachers? Can kids use the playgrounds?
Ashley Bloomfield and Iona Holsted answered people's Facebook questions.
Hipkins: Govt 'won't be heavy-handed' if childcares stay shut
Hipkins: 'We are not being too heavy-handed on this.'
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Are teachers doing their bit?
COMMENT: Parents and teachers are concerned about the decision to reopen schools.
Focus Live: Five new cases, Auckland woman dies of coronavirus
There are five new cases of Covid-19 today. There was a further death - a woman in her 70s from St Margaret's rest home in Te Atatu. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says that distance learning will continue 'for some time'.
Reopening schools 'a calculated risk' - expert
Experts say we don't know how much children transmit Covid-19 to others.
'Take a breath New Zealand': it's time to support parents and teachers
An Auckland mum is on a mission to spread calm after return to school furore online.
'Deeply disturbing': ECE services feel ignored by Government
The Early Childhood Council had called for centres to remain closed until alert level 2.
Need a new laptop? Why it might take months to get one
Plus: Ministry of Education updates on its mega-order.
Lockdown stand-off: Kids not as contagious says Bloomfield; childcare centres refuse to reopen
Some childcare centres will stay closed, but most schools will open on April 29.
PM on why she's left it for parents to decide when their kids will go back to school
PM confirms parents will decide if children go back to school.
Coronavirus: Schools should decide when to reopen - Teaching Council
The council wrote a letter to the Education Minister about the issue of reopening.
NZQA holds firm: pandemic won't change NCEA
NZQA holds firm against reducing NCEA requirements during the pandemic.
Kyle MacDonald: Contemplating life after lockdown spawns new worries
Let's get through this together.
Childcare centres want to stay closed at alert level 3
Childcare centres want to stay closed at level 3 because of the risk of spreading virus.
Principal: Alert level 3 is going to create a social class divide at NZ schools
Some families forced to "put their lives on the line", while others stay safe.
Three babies have virus amid fears of rise in cases when school returns
Fewer severe Covid-19 cases in children, but some will still get very sick, expert warns.
Psychologist: Lockdown isn't hurting most kids
A psychologist has reassured parents most children will make lockdown their new normal.
Comment: Back to school, but what's that going to be like for children?
School, as children knew it, no longer exists - or won't for a while, writes Vera Alves.
Covid-19: Can your child go back to school under level 3?
The Ministry of Education has released new information.
Exclusive: School at level 3 won't be voluntary after all
Children won't be allowed back to school unless there is no one to look after them.
Lockdown turns new entrant timetable upside down
Many new entrants are unable to start school as lockdown drags into fourth week.
Local Focus: Young innovators in lockdown
How to innovate an innovation competition. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
The gut-wrenching decision faced by parents - return to school or not?
An Auckland mother asks - do you put them at risk in the classroom, or keep them home?
Schools given more time; Minister addresses teachers' 'babysitter' concerns
Grant Robertson announced schools will have more time to prepare after lockdown lifted
Principals welcome school at alert level 3 - with caution
Bay school leaders say guidance from the Ministry of Education will be needed.
Teachers angry over alert level 3 rules: 'We are not babysitters'
High school will become daycare under alert level 3, principals say.