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Auckland schools revert to compulsory mask-wearing after Covid surge
Rising community cases prompt move.
Trades training receives $230m boost in Budget 2022
The investment will provide support for another 24,000 apprentices.
Budget 2022: 10 key things - Where the money's gone
Here are the highlights as Grant Robertson announces the Government's plans.
Budget 2022: Nearly $3b to education including decile changes and pay parity
It comes as the sector moves away from the decile system.
Budget 2022: Education funding not keeping up with inflation
'Air is going out of the tyres faster than it's being pumped back in,' one principal says.
Phil Goff: Maximising return of international students
OPINION: Auckland Mayor outlines a rebuild strategy for the foreign student sector.
Roger Partridge: Border announcements a mix of half-measures, muddled thinking
OPINION: NZ's border settings continue to confound, NZ Initiative chairman writes.
School suspensions can help get support for autistic kids, principal says
Autistic students are almost three times more likely to be stood down or suspended.
'Punished for their disability': Autistic students three times more likely to be stood down
Government funding helps lower suspension odds - but there's not enough for everyone.
You shall go to the ball: Student dyes dress blue for Cinderella look
Covid meant many students missed out on school balls last year but this year it's all on.
Editorial: Back to the brain drain as world beckons our best
EDITORIAL: Fully open border means NZ back competing for workers, students and tourists.
Chris Hipkins wants more diverse international students
Education Minister wants to build the sector back with students from a wider pool.
International students welcome back from July 31
Government seeks a full resumption of what was a $5.1 billion industry.
Editorial: Covid has played Pied Piper
OPINION: Our editorial on the worrying numbers of students missing out on school.
'Every conspiracy theory possible': Principals' concern for thousands of absent kids
One in five absent due to fear of Covid-19 or vaccinations and a rise in home-schooling.
US school shooting survivor's long road to recovery from trauma
Teen's trauma recounted as jury selection for gunman's death penalty trial gets underway.
'Exceptional leader': Former Auckland high school principal dies
David Hodge spent time at the helm of St Kent's, Rangitoto and Tāmaki College.
Unexpected event grades: NZQA confident marks were fair
Thousands of students skipped exams last year due to Covid.
Tracey Edmonds: My daughter was sexually assaulted. This is how we can stop people like serial rapists
A teenager who raped and sexually violated multiple girls avoided jail at his sentencing.
High school avoids prosecution after student drowns
Instead, an "enforceable undertaking" will cost Melville High School about $266,000.
'A lucky break': Teen rapist avoids jail for 'appalling' attacks on girls
'I truly feared for my life that night and that terror never left me.'
Schools not required to report students accused of sexual assault to Ministry
'Schools are required to act on incidents if they occur.'
'It's not a choice': No transport, no school for dyslexic teen
Mum says daughter with learning needs was unfairly penalised for going to private school.
Beloved teacher farewelled after losing cancer battle
Rodney Gordon taught at Auckland Grammar for three decades.
Remuera assault: Teen house party turns vicious
One neighbour said he heard people repeatedly yelling "why, why, why".
Claire Trevett: Labour back to tuck shop politics, and what is Winston up to?
OPINION: Normal politics is back in all its magnificent, inane and mundane glory.
Rising costs forcing kids out of school to help families, says principal
Costs forced up by Covid and Ukraine war are again hurting struggling families.
Teacher loses licence after assault leaves boy with bloody nose
Te Kawe Terence Ratu pled guilty to assault after his actions left boy with a bloody nose.
Fake gun accused held in custody until next hearing
Woman accused of pulling fake gun on teen during fight between students appears in court.
Covid rates in South Island schools increase as peak passes Auckland
Daily case numbers reported by schools in Wellington are also up.
Children's declining maths, literacy performance to be tackled
'We must do better for our kids,' minister says.
Dunedin's Kavanagh College to be renamed after sexual abuse investigation
The school will become Trinity Catholic College from January 1, 2023.
School leaders 'very much relieved' for increased access to RATs
Fifty nine per cent of schools in the Bay are managing Covid cases.