New Zealand will open its doors to 200 education scholarships for Pacific people, as well as commit $4.8 million towards the policing of Pacific fisheries, Prime Minister John Key announcement today.

"Expert practitioners" will work with schools to lift achievement, but a teachers' union is sceptical of the government's announcement.

Parents are surprised at the range of school reports on offer - from poor to wonderfully informative.

Call us loyal, but not to the Kiwi accent - nearly all New Zealand pop musicians sing with an American-influenced accent, new research has found.

A shoplifting spree in Queenstown has concluded with four boys expelled from their Melbourne school.

Rather than teaching young people how to be CEOs, it's better to start with the basics.

Confucius classrooms have opened for learning in New Zealand, thanks to a $250,000 investment by the Chinese Government.

An Education Review Office survey of 229 schools found about 20pc had inadequate inclusive practices for special needs pupils.

A freak road accident where a truck wheel came loose and killed a man in a bus on Auckland's southern motorway earlier this year is heading to court.

Criticism of NZ business can be hard to take...

A study shows a 30pc drop in the number of teens smoking - days after the Govt announced a $12m cut in funding for anti-tobacco initiatives.