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Northland educator Dr Te Tuhi Robust honoured as ONZM for services to Māori and education.
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‘Seismic shift’: Call for Māori-led educational reforms
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'It’s a great initiative', young Hawke's Bay entrepreneur backed by Rod Drury.
Is Double Grammar Zone losing its premium price tag?
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Rural Waikato school wins $50k of supplies in national contest
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Anaru Eketone: Equality has been for Pākehā first and foremost
Calls for true equality grow as systemic privilege persists in NZ's institutions and culture.
Keen to help: Northland students volunteer after fire and emergency course
Kawakawa Volunteer Fire Brigade's numbers have boosted thanks to a high school course.
How a life-changing tragedy inspired a young woman's medical journey
Dr Melenia Kaitaeifo, inspired by her brother's tragic death, graduates as a doctor from Otago.
'Erections in class': School finally acknowledges early complaint against teacher
The elite girls' school has now admitted it received an early complaint about Peter Thomas
Why curriculum changes could ignite cultural controversies in NZ
Teachers worry about public and political interference in curriculum rewrites.
Science funding drought prompts concern for kids from teacher who quit her job
A teacher was so shocked at science shortfall, she quit her job and started a movement.
What Tipene's return as a charter school means for South Auckland
Tipene, a former St Steven’s School, reopens in 2025, catering to Years 9 and 10.
How a new scholarship is shaping the future for Māori and Pacific youth
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Opinion: NCEA is flawed - it’s time to end this experiment on our teenagers
OPINION: We need to accept the inevitable and end our experiment with a flawed system.
Shine like a diamond: Special Rotorua school celebrates jubilee
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How Te Wiki Hākinakina is uniting Māori students across NZ
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Watch: Christchurch school band goes viral again with hit Coldplay performance
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Justice Joe Williams celebrates marae's revival at Victoria University
Te Tumu Herenga Waka marae reopens at Victoria Uni after three years, with new building Ngā Mokopuna
New Zealand's brand new schools: Are any being built near you?
School planners have focused on NZ's fastest growing suburbs over the next two years.
The Hawke's Bay company building affordable school classrooms in eight weeks
The offsite classrooms cut costs by more than half.
Schools struggle as NCEA literacy, numeracy pass rates drop sharply
Govt invests $2.5m to help 10,000 students pass NCEA tests amid rising failure rates.
Oliver Hartwich: From comedy dreams to reshaping NZ public policy
Dr Oliver Hartwich, head of The New Zealand Initiative, pushes for improved education policy.
Northland's first charter school to open under new regime revealed
New charter school Te Rito, Te Kura Taiao, opens in January, teaching in te reo Māori.
Christchurch and Auckland get new charter schools, including French immersion
The five new charter schools include Te Rito in Kaitāia and Ecole Francaise in Auckland.
Boys boost NZ maths and science scores, girls’ scores drop
Attendance linked to scores: 20% of Year 9s fail TIMSS maths benchmark due to disruption.
Only 12% of Māori at maths benchmark by Year 8: New education plan revealed
Plan to enhance te reo Māori resources, teacher training and whānau engagement.
Opinion: Privatisation by stealth – education changes opening the door to private interests
OPINION: Govt responsible for the education of all our children and should not outsource.
Taking truants' parents to court will 'punish' poor families, iwi leader says
The minister says only adults being genuinely obstructive or neglectful risk being fined.