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Legal limbo: 14yo boy barred from school during custody battle
The boy's mother has asked the court three times to let her son go to school.
‘Not making the connection’: Kiwis grim over cost of living despite economic upturn
Pessimistic outlook despite steady inflation and falling interest rates.
Simon Wilson: Why are we raising speed limits around schools?
OPINION: 155 schools in Auckland are getting higher speed limits in their neighbourhoods.
Cryptosporidiosis outbreak: Second swimming pool drained after ill person attends lesson
A symptomatic person attended a swimming lesson last weekend.
Opinion: The other deficit: How our most vulnerable children are suffering
OPINION: The learning support deficit is a result of decades of under-investment.
School bans energy drinks after spike in sick bay visits
Students were feeling sick after skipping breakfast and "guzzling" energy drinks instead.
Cryptosporidiosis outbreak numbers soar beyond yearly average
The region has had more cases recently than it normally has in a year.
Watch: Luxon speaks amid tariff turmoil, as Govt releases 38 actions for this quarter
But it failed to complete some last quarter.
‘I try my hardest’: Teen makes history for his family as first to attend university
He received a First Foundation scholarship for Otago University.
‘Nearly called an ambulance’: Mum describes horror symptoms amid crypto outbreak
The Lower Hutt woman said her husband looked like he was having a seizure.
Watch: Principal, parents issue warnings over childhood social media use
Michael Morrah spoke to parents who gathered for a seminar about online harm in Cambridge.
Wellington crypto outbreak: Health NZ issues fresh warning
More cases of contagious bug reported since March 21, particularly in the Hutt Valley.
South Taranaki kura community rallies after 11 students injured in van crash
Three students remained in hospital on Thursday afternoon but all are expected to recover.
Opinion: Netflix’s Adolescence - is social media really to blame? What can parents do to help
OPINION: Adolescence is not actually a show about the evils of the internet.
Act MP can’t name one ‘race-based’ policy she’s trying to outlaw
The MP says policies for Māori and Pasifika students are unfair but struggles to name one.
‘Such big development potential’ - why Queenstown place went for $45.5m
'The price was big because the sale included so much flat land.' - local investor
ERA hears ‘poo’ allegations against Christchurch Boys’ High headmaster
Susan Mowat is giving evidence at an Employment Relations Authority hearing today.
Opinion: Preparing kids to start school – it’s not as simple as blaming parents
OPINION: Parents are doing their best within constraints not entirely of their making.
Editorial: Rising intolerance casts shadow over our political landscape
OPINION: Education in this country is being increasingly divided by class.
Opinion: How students feel a year into the school phone ban
OPINION: Here's what young people really think about the ban.
Ex-teacher claims unfair dismissal from top Christchurch boys’ school
Susan Mowat is giving evidence at an ERA hearing today.
University law school merger decision looms amid legal challenge threats
The proposal could go ahead despite overwhelming opposition from the university's senate.
Editorial: Wealth, not race, divides educational opportunities
OPINION: Education in this country is being increasingly divided by class.
‘Why not me?’: Mum of seven pursues dream to retrain as mechanic
Māori and Pasifika student numbers at MIT and Unitec are rising.
Apple doubles kura programme to 5000 students, upgrades Maps with iwi place cards
Tech giant doubles down on its efforts to close the digital divide.
Opinion: Why Govt’s latest plan for schools might fail history test
OPINION: A recent experience with standardised testing didn’t achieve what was promised.