The University of Auckland has confirmed its intention to buy the ex-Lion Breweries site in Newmarket.

Tuhoe plans to set up three charter schools and are negotiating with the Education Ministry on how they can do it on their own terms.

A higher birth rate and an ageing workforce mean hundreds of teachers could be needed to meet a staff shortage as school rolls surge over the next decade.

Failure starts before a child has even set foot in the classroom, writes Jim Traue.

In 2004 the Govt closed seven small Northland schools. Alan Perrott and Steven McNicholl return to find out what happened.