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Schools reopen - but one in six don't expect any students
Schools are officially open again - but many are not expecting any students.
Editorial: How will history judge NZ's Covid-19 response?
We say: The Government's call to "go hard and go early" appears to have paid off.
Childcare in Level 3: Sandpits closed, parents told to stay in cars
Sandpits stay closed; parents advised to wait in cars at dropoff if necessary.
Editorial: Back-to-school nerves understandable
WE SAY: It is a big deal to start relaxing our mental programming of the past month.
Level 3 backdown: Kids can use playgrounds
Playgrounds can now open at childcare centres but are still closed in schools and parks.
Preschool centres like a 'petri dish of sickness' says mum
Schools and early childhood centres will open on April 29
No soft toys, play dough or sandpit: Early childhood centres prepare for level 3
Centres reveal safety measures as they prepare to reopen.
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.
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.
Hipkins: Govt 'won't be heavy-handed' if childcares stay shut
Hipkins: 'We are not being too heavy-handed on this.'
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'.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
Schools given more time; Minister addresses teachers' 'babysitter' concerns
Grant Robertson announced schools will have more time to prepare after lockdown lifted
Lockdown set to lift with 'a whole lot' of businesses likely to reopen - Winston Peters
Can you get a takeaway or go to the pub? The Government will reveal all today.
Digital learning tool vacuum for thousands of students starting term 2
Education Ministry scrambling to supply students with connections and devices.
Learning in lockdown: 1m Kiwi kids start screen lessons today - are parents ready?
A million Kiwi kids start learning online today in which could be a 'game-changer'.
Restrict daycare for essential workers' kids first
COMMENT: Children are not immune, and can be carriers.
Childcare seen as 'greatest risk' for virus
Expert calls for restrictions on reopening daycares to avoid more Covid-19 outbreaks.
Schools may reopen for some pupils before others; hybrid version likely
Reopening schools and childcare may be a staggered process over months.