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An Auckland woman was shocked to discover this note and photographs of herself and her son in a bottle on her hotel bed when she checked in. Photo / supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Guest finds 'creepy' note, photo of her son on hotel bed

28 Feb, 2019 6:38pm
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A personalised note and two photographs in a bottle greeted her as she entered the room.

NEW ZEALAND

Watch: 'Terrifying' moment cyclist hit by car at busy intersection

27 Feb, 2019 4:36pm
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An injured cyclist says he may not have survived a crash if the car was going any faster.

A man riding a Lime scooter in Auckland. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Lime scooters: Injuries appear to drop following two council bans

26 Feb, 2019 2:52pm
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E-scooter Injury claims appear to have dropped dramatically since Lime was suspended.

A man riding a Lime e-scooter in Auckland. Photo / Greg Bowker

BUSINESS

Lime scooters stay off the streets

25 Feb, 2019 8:22am
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Lime says its e-scooters are safe, but it is unclear if they will be back on the streets.

The speed with which Piha can flood makes it hard for city-based emergency crews to help. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Piha floods: Double dam and $45m tunnel among options sent to council

22 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Piha residents asked to build "community resilience" and emergency plans.

Ben Zhang from Macleans College in Auckland has just returned with a gold medal from the International Biology Olympiad in Coventry, UK. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

The Kiwi 'Olympic' heroes you've probably never heard of

18 Aug, 2017 5:00am
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They've arrived home with a gold, two silvers and nine bronzes - have you heard of them?

Hurimoana Dennis of Te Puea Marae hopes to engage the private sector to help struggling families get back on their feet. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

Homeless family: 'We failed our kids'

17 Aug, 2017 5:00am
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An Auckland marae wants big business to help struggling families, like this family of 11.

Lynn Abraham has been sentenced to home detention. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Early childhood teacher smacked, force-fed children

31 Jul, 2017 3:02pm
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Lynn Abraham has been sentenced to five months' home detention.

NEW ZEALAND

Footballer died 'doing what he loved'

15 May, 2017 11:31am
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Friends say 38-year-old's death during match comes a month after his father died in Fiji.

Auckland Grammar School headmaster Tim O'Connor says schools and parents should talk to their children about healthy consensual relationships. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Porn and consent education at top school

9 Mar, 2017 6:08pm
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A top Auckland boys' school is tackling sticky topics in a healthy relationships programme.

Labour's education spokesman Chris Hipkins. Photo / Ben Fraser

NEW ZEALAND

Under-spend: Flagship education policy

24 Feb, 2017 5:00am
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A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.

The Long Bay College community is mourning the deaths of Peyo Crus (left) Rachael De Jong and Kim Gray. Photos / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Principal: 'We have to learn to carry on'

21 Feb, 2017 7:04am
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The Long Bay College community is reeling after three deaths in the school community this year.

An 11-year-old boy was approached by a stranger in a white van on his way to a Northcote school yesterday. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Attempted child abduction in Auckland

16 Feb, 2017 1:46pm
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An Auckland schoolboy was approached by an unknown man in a white van yesterday, in what is suspected to be an attempted abduction.

Macleans College teachers Andrew Mackenzie (left) and Phil Goodyer are both taking part in a programme to train new principals. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Principal shortage at 'critical' levels

15 Feb, 2017 6:47pm
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A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

The pass rate for the MCAT rose last year, newly released data shows. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Higher pass rates for 'too hard' exam

8 Feb, 2017 9:22am
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Pass rates for the controversial MCAT exam, which reduced some students to tears, are higher than previous years.

Nervous students will find out today if they secured scholarship awards for their tertiary study. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Scholarship results released today

8 Feb, 2017 5:00am
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Anxious wait over for 7500 top students who will get their scholarship results today.

A number of financial irregularities were uncovered at Papatoetoe Intermediate School. Photo / Nick Reed

NEW ZEALAND

'Illegal' payments to teachers uncovered

30 Jan, 2017 10:52am
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Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

Former Dargaville principal David Bargh has been censured for stalking a young teacher. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Principal lurked in female teacher's yard

27 Jan, 2017 11:57am
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A principal who stalked a young teacher has been censured by the teacher's body.

Dodgy teachers: 50 censured or struck off

27 Jan, 2017 11:31am
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Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

Schools are struggling to fill teaching positions. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Teacher shortage 'at crisis point'

27 Jan, 2017 9:47am
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The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

The vast majority of primary school principals are working large amounts of overtime, struggling with limited resources and huge demands. Picture / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Principal stress: Burned-out and 'just surviving'

25 Jan, 2017 6:00am
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Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

Aotearoa Tertiary Institute (ATI) New Zealand, a school for international students in Otahuhu, has been closed after failing to meet standards. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Training school 'failed to meet standards'

24 Jan, 2017 3:16pm
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A tertiary training school for business and management students has been closed down by officials.

The average student has nearly $21,000 of debt, with the nominal value of student loan balances sitting at $15.3 billion. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Student loan debt 'balloons'

24 Jan, 2017 9:03am
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The average student is in $21,000 of debt, which will take them more than eight years to pay off.

An artist's impression of what the new entrance of the University of Canterbury will look like when its campus master plan has been completed. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Canterbury Uni reveals new campus design

23 Jan, 2017 1:55pm
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The University of Canterbury has revealed its new post-earthquake design.

Robin, Tsana and Carl Plessius at home in Glen Innes, Auckland. Tsana says the rising cost of going to school makes her question the idea of a free education. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

'Free' education costs $40,000 per child

20 Jan, 2017 6:00am
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The cost of putting a child through state school has risen by 15 per cent in 10 years, new figures show.

A student sitting an NCEA exam. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

20,000 quake emergency grades

17 Jan, 2017 2:39pm
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More than 20,000 students asked for an emergency derived grade following the Kaikoura earthquake.

Jaimee McLaughlan had hoped to do better in her NCEA exams. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

NCEA exams: Results site under pressure

17 Jan, 2017 10:28am
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The NZQA website is running slow as anxious students scramble to check their results.

Jaimee McLaughlan gets her NCEA results today. Picture / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

Wait over: NCEA exam results out now

17 Jan, 2017 6:12am
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The wait is over - NCEA results are now available.

Jaimee McLaughlan gets her NCEA results today. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

NCEA Results: Remember Bill Gates and Walt Disney

17 Jan, 2017 5:00am
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Exam results day can be a stressful one all round for both students and their parents.

Former Rutherford College student Oxana Repina and other top scholars, including Thomas Hayes, left, with then Prime Minister John Key and Education Minister Hekia Parata. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Top scholars: Where are they now?

16 Jan, 2017 5:00am
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Catching up with the nine top scholars from 2015 NCEA exams, a year on from their results.

Kiwi entrepreneur and double-Harvard graduate, Jamie Beaton. Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi whiz-kids make the cut at top unis

16 Jan, 2017 5:00am
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A record number of New Zealand students have received early round offers to some of the world's best tertiary institutions, including the Ivy League.

BUSINESS

Lakeside homestead donated to uni

12 Jan, 2017 5:16am
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A "spectacular" multi-million dollar homestead on the edge of Lake Wakatipu and the foothills of the Remarkables has been donated to the University of Otago.

Haden Te Haara, 18, secured a coveted place at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Photo / Brett Phibbs

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi musician off to US to 'pursue my dream'

10 Jan, 2017 7:49pm
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A West Auckland pupil is packing his suitcase to fly out to a prestigious music college.

An 11-year-old boy was abducted down the street from the Ranui train station in November last year. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

NEW ZEALAND

More than 80 kids abducted each year

9 Jan, 2017 12:21pm
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More than 80 Kiwi kids were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016.

Malachi Freeman, 10, left, and Phoenix Rigby,6, inspect the damage at Riverhills Primary School in Pakuranga Heights. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Fires cost schools millions

4 Jan, 2017 5:00am
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Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

Pupils building a bird-house at Island Bay Primary School, which was one of the last to accept the 2010 introduction of National Standards. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

National Standards: 'No positive impact'

13 Dec, 2016 12:01am
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Few teachers think National Standards have had a positive impact on achievement, a new report says.

Northcote Primary School is looking for a new principal who is 'like Batman'. Photo / via Education Gazette

NEW ZEALAND

Wanted: Batman-like principal for school

11 Dec, 2016 5:00am
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Grab your cape and mask, one Auckland school is seeking a principal who is 'like Batman'.

Act Party leader David Seymour. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

Charter schools 'not deceiving public'

8 Dec, 2016 6:24pm
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David Seymour has disputed claims charter schools have been inflating their NCEA exam results.

Exam results will be available from January 17. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

NCEA exam results release date revealed

7 Dec, 2016 11:47am
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After an exam season marred by mistakes, the date NCEA students will be able to check their results online has been released.

Education Minister Hekia Parata in her Beehive office. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Where do NZ students rank in OECD?

6 Dec, 2016 11:00pm
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NZ students rank above OECD average, but girls and rich students have seen their results drop.

Job advertisements for teaching positions.

NEW ZEALAND

Hundreds of teaching jobs advertised

6 Dec, 2016 5:00am
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Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

NEW ZEALAND

NZ pupils below average in maths

29 Nov, 2016 10:00pm
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New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.

NEW ZEALAND

NZ school bullying among worst in world

29 Nov, 2016 10:00pm
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Nearly a quarter of 10-year-olds say they are bullied on a weekly basis.

A mistake in Level 1 Mathematics exam. Photo / supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Maths exam botch-ups at every level

29 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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NCEA maths exams have been hit with mistakes at every level, the Herald can reveal.

Students sitting an NCEA exam. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Another NCEA exam mistake revealed

26 Nov, 2016 8:25am
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A second maths-related exam cock-up has been revealed this afternoon, following a statistics exam apology.

Women make up only 2 per cent of all building trades workers, but the country needs 64,000 new construction workers alone by 2020. Photo / Nick Reed

BUSINESS

'Women the solution to trades shortage'

25 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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Women are being branded an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry.

Students with learning difficulties from decile 10 schools are three times more likely to apply, and receive, special assessment conditions (SACs) than their decile 1 counterparts, new figures show. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Thousands more decile 10 students get exam help

24 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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Pupils with learning difficulties struggle to get the help they need, despite Government changes to tackle inequity.

History and chemistry scholarship students will sit their exams next week. Photo / Brett Phibbs

NEW ZEALAND

New dates for history, chemistry exams

23 Nov, 2016 11:41am
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Dates have been set for NCEA scholarship history and chemistry exams, which were cancelled following last week's earthquake.

Prime Minister John Key and Parmjeet Parmar visited the Waikowhai Intermediate School in Mt Roskill today. Picture / NZME

NEW ZEALAND

Schools at centre of byelection battle

17 Nov, 2016 6:23pm
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Two schools became an unexpected battleground today in the squabble over who will win over Mt Roskill.

Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced the investment in the Education Council. Photo / Doug Sherring

NEW ZEALAND

Education Council gets $21m investment

17 Nov, 2016 11:23am
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The Education Council is set to receive $21 million, to keep it afloat until it can raise teacher registration fees.

Honk Kong's richest man Li Ka-Shing is donating $5million to the University of Auckland. picture / Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Hong Kong rich-lister gives $5m to NZ uni

16 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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Hong Kong's richest man is to donate $5 million to the University of Auckland to support entrepreneurship.

A river rises as it nears Porirua Harbour in Wellington. Photo / Marty Melville

NEW ZEALAND

Schools close, exams disrupted due to flooding

15 Nov, 2016 2:24pm
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A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

Pupils studying at Kelston Girls College. Photo / supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Kelston Girls in bid to boost girls' learning

15 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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A west Auckland secondary school has hit a wall in its attempt to expand into a full secondary and bilingual facility.

History scholarship pupils at Takapuna Grammar School were told to go home today. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Students sent home after seeing exam

14 Nov, 2016 11:54am
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Students at an Auckland school were 20 minutes into their history scholarship exam this morning before it was cancelled.

Diocesan School for Girls student Zoe Tinkler, who is currently sitting her NCEA exams. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'Teething problems' hit English exam

10 Nov, 2016 1:40pm
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Some technical issues hit students sitting the digital version of NCEA English Level 1 this morning.

Michelle Cheng with her two-year-old daughter, Chelsey, who has just been diagnosed with a rare form of stage-four cancer. Photo / Nick Reed

NEW ZEALAND

Toddler's battle: 'Our family is fighting'

9 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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Doctors say 2-year-old Chelsey Cheng has only a 20% chance of reaching her 5th birthday.

Mark Cameron (left), Dr Deborah Lambie, Ryan Allen and Dave Cameron of LearnCoach, an online study guide for NCEA students. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Students ditch paper for online revision

7 Nov, 2016 5:15pm
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Thousands of school students are ditching the paper and pen and taking their revision online.

Auckland University's Maidment Theatre, on Alfred St, has been closed for good. Photo / Greg Bowker

ENTERTAINMENT

Maidment Theatre to close for good

2 Nov, 2016 3:45pm
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The University of Auckland's Maidment Theatre is to close for good, as the price-tag to fix it soared to more than $16 million.

Jack Goldingham Newsom, founder of Thynke, an education enterprise designed to help students learn how to revise. Photo / supplied

BUSINESS

Kiwi set to help students pass exams

2 Nov, 2016 2:45pm
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A young Kiwi entrepreneur has put his study skills to the test and set up a business to help other students pass their exams.

A traumatic incident can be anything from the sudden death of a student or teacher, a death from illness, the death of a parent, injury or a violent incident on the school grounds. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Schools seek more trauma help

31 Oct, 2016 5:00am
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Requests for help from the Ministry of Education's traumatic incident team are coming in on more than a daily basis.

Dennis Dredge pictured at his sentencing in North Shore District Court in September 2015. Photo / Nick Reed

NEW ZEALAND

Taxi driver denied parole

28 Oct, 2016 9:50am
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A taxi driver who repeatedly molested a special needs teenager has been denied parole.

University of Canterbury Vice-Chancellor Rod Carr. Photo / File

Canterbury uni hikes parking charges

26 Oct, 2016 8:52pm
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University of Canterbury students and staff will have to fork out a lot more for parking following a sharp increase in fees.