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Back-to-school stress to be 'amplified' this year
The budget advisory service is busier this year as families prepare for back to school.
Schools preparing for Covid-19 lockdown
Schools have not even reopened for the year and they are already making lockdown plans.
Back to School: How to build a healthy lunchbox your kids will eat
Not having to make school lunches is one of the parental highlights of the holidays.
Editorial: NCEA results bring closure after Covid-disrupted year
EDITORIAL: Extra credit this year to students who achieved despite the circumstances.
NCEA results 'some of the best' despite pandemic - principals
One Auckland principal credits "a heightened sense of urgency" among students last year.
NCEA exams: Results published online this morning
Secondary students can see how they performed in their end-of-year exams.
Roll estimates give Tauranga a new biggest school
Principals of fast-growing schools complain the ministry is moving too slow on new builds.
Revealed: The Rotorua schools expecting growing rolls
More than 300 new students are set to join Rotorua classrooms this year.
Teen won't deny charges related to school lockdown
The boy appeared in Porirua Youth Court today. No more charges will be laid against him.
New opportunity to be 'good Treaty partner'
Tāwhiao McMaster says history must reflect Māori as well as Pākeha versions of events.
Summer jobs for students: Who's hiring - and what they'll pay
Plenty of young people want - or need - to earn while they don't learn.
Emily Baragwanath: Why kill Latin studies?
Opinion: If education isn't about raising aspirations then what is it about?
Ponsonby school fire: Residents left in the dark over asbestos risk
They were advised to leave their homes due to the risk, but what now?
Dilworth School sexual abuse investigation: Another accused named
Dilworth School was opened with the aim of helping boys from disadvantaged families.
Dilworth School investigation: Man charged with historical abuse dies
The school was opened in 1906, with the aim of helping boys from disadvantaged families.
Mt Albert Grammar hostel set alight during rain storm
School leaders say a midnight arson attack could have proved deadly.
'All the best' for exams: Hipkins acknowledges Covid-disrupted year
About 140,000 high school students will be taking the exams, which start on Monday.
Dilworth: Former assistant principal admits sex crimes
Ian Wilson held several positions of responsibility during his time at the school.
Dilworth School sex abuse investigation: Fifth accused loses name suppression
Another man involved in the Dilworth School sex abuse case has lost name suppression.
School under siege: Principal describes 'confronting' view out window
A West Auckland college is left shaken after armed police came onto school grounds.
Adam Duchac on New Zealand's truancy problem
A report has found that chronic absence rates have doubled in secondary schools and nearly tripled in primary schools since 2015. Video / Newstalk ZB
Girl power: Tauranga school to replace houses named after men
The Rutherford and Freyberg houses, kept on from the Tauranga College era, are on the out.
New scheme sees trainee teachers immersed in classroom - and fees covered
'Historically, training teachers have spent more time at university than at a school.'
School zoning may promote pupil exercise
Health expert says that if pupils attended nearest school, they would get more exercise.
'We are failing our kids': 1 in 5 teen students unable to access healthcare
Thousands of pupils are unable to talk with a health professional in private.
Top tips for getting term 4 ready
It's been a rough year for our kids - here's how you can help them navigate term 4.
Afghan brothers win Māori carving awards
Two young former refugees come home to Māori culture through the art of whakairo.
Study slump: NCEA credits reported drop by 20%
Schools hope student achievements will pick up again before the end of the year.
Dilworth School abuse occurred as early as 1950s: former student
The man has kept his alleged abuse at Dilworth School secret for 70 years.
Auckland school locked down after two people try to remove child
A staff member received minor injuries.
Toilet cam: Mum horrified at cameras in second school's bathroom
School says the cameras are focused on the washbasins and not inside the cubicles.
Big Read: How Dilworth historic abuse case was blown open
The Dilworth investigation started after an approach from a former student two years ago.
Students rip down 'covert' camera outside boys' toilet
Pupils thought the CCTV was filming them in the bathroom.