07:00pm Thu 21 Dec, 2023
Only 46 per cent of school pupils attended classes regularly in term three, one of the worst figures on record, with Māori and Pacific students worst affected,... Read More
07:00pm Mon 18 Dec, 2023
A mother of five teenagers this week graduates with a doctorate from the University of Auckland and a huge sense of achievement. Lucy Hardie's research, in... Read More
06:45am Mon 18 Dec, 2023
A school visit from Waihi School to the University of Auckland's medical school planted the seed of medical graduate Kate Dunstall's passion for rural medicine. Kate,... Read More
01:00pm Sun 17 Dec, 2023
A new medical graduate grew up largely identifying as Pākeha, but his koro's death and the University of Auckland's Māori and Pacific Admissions Scheme... Read More
07:00am Sun 17 Dec, 2023
The EVES Open is back in Pāpāmoa in less than a week - and students at Pāpāmoa Primary School have got the ball rolling! After the success of last year's... Read More
03:00pm Sat 16 Dec, 2023
In a year that has been tough for many whānau, a children's sunflower-growing contest has brought smiles to thousands of young faces and imparted useful lifelong... Read More
01:00pm Wed 13 Dec, 2023
A new Genesis survey has revealed that nearly 90 per cent of New Zealanders believe the primary school years are vital for children to learn and develop STEM... Read More
11:45am Wed 13 Dec, 2023
A homeschooled student from Tauranga is among 25 students selected from hundreds of applicants across New Zealand to attend the Antarctic Heritage Trust Young... Read More
07:00pm Tue 12 Dec, 2023
The government is taking advice on its predecessor's plan to make online maths and literacy tests a prerequisite for NCEA qualifications from 2026. Trial... Read More
07:00pm Mon 11 Dec, 2023
New Zealand students may be some of the worst-behaved in the world. Or they might just have less tolerance for disruption in the classroom. An OECD survey... Read More
09:15am Mon 11 Dec, 2023
The proportion of 14-15 year old Year 10 students vaping regularly has decreased significantly for the second year running in the annual ASH survey of Kiwi youth.... Read More
02:00pm Sun 10 Dec, 2023
Charlotte and Ariana couldn't name a famous cricketer. But 10-year-old Ivy thought she could. 'I feel it could be someone with the last name Williams, or... Read More