Some 1200 Canterbury school children will not be able to return to their schools for weeks.

Looking back at interior design helps inform today's choices, says visiting lecturer Stephen Taylor.

Standing on snakes and having trees fall on him are all in a day's work for the archaeologist who's been called Auckland's Indiana Jones.

Secondary teachers' plans to go on strike next month show they disconnected from the real world, Prime Minister John Key says.

A West Auckland principal is taking a zero-tolerance attitude to unruly students at his new school - and winning hearts and minds in the process.

Just over a quarter of teachers have limited or no understanding of how national standards work, despite the new system being introduced in primary and intermediate schools.

The country's Lions Clubs have struck a deal with the Reserve Bank to get the full value of defunct NZ coins, for charity.

Swim coach Scott Talbot is destiny's child. His mum and dad were top swimmers and then top coaches. So, as Suzanne McFadden finds, it was almost inevitable the former Olympic swimmer would become a coach too.

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

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.

Teaching is a privilege, but proposed changes require careful consideration, says an education lecturer.