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Student loan defaulters in Oz could face courts
NZ student loan borrowers in Australia who told Inland Revenue to 'go to hell' could find themselves before the courts.

Students pay high price for freedom
Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.

Australia lauds indigenous Rhodes Scholar
The daughter of an Outback stockman has been named Australia's first indigenous Rhodes Scholar.

Banning of student marches considered
Scotland Yard will consider asking the British Home Secretary to ban further student marches.

School fruit programme gets reprieve
Research shows the Fruit in Schools scheme is helping kids stay focused and better behaved in the classroom.

Kiwi soldier had been 'a rising star'
Tributes to Private John 'Jack' Howard, reveal a brave man known to his British mates as 'Kiwi'.

Words of wisdom
At 15 the world is your oyster, but what would you have liked your teenage self to know? Some high-profile New Zealand women share their pearls...

Four exam errors slip past check system
There were four mistakes in this year's secondary school exam papers despite "robust" checks.

New kids on the block
For a young person in a competitive job market, getting your foot in the door in your chosen industry is key.

Teacher who wouldn't play the game
Judy Kraidy lost her job teaching foreign students because she refused to pass those who didn't learn anything.