Confusion remains high for parents as an unprecedented day of strike action looms.

Bruce Steedman's widow is now seeking legal advice after the tragic death.

Auckland Beekeepers Club says there is no problem with honey bees being aggressive.

The Chilean woman, who loved living in Torbay, drowned while swimming this week.

A personalised note and two photographs in a bottle greeted her as she entered the room.

An injured cyclist says he may not have survived a crash if the car was going any faster.

E-scooter Injury claims appear to have dropped dramatically since Lime was suspended.

Lime says its e-scooters are safe, but it is unclear if they will be back on the streets.

Piha residents asked to build "community resilience" and emergency plans.

They've arrived home with a gold, two silvers and nine bronzes - have you heard of them?

An Auckland marae wants big business to help struggling families, like this family of 11.

Lynn Abraham has been sentenced to five months' home detention.

Friends say 38-year-old's death during match comes a month after his father died in Fiji.

A top Auckland boys' school is tackling sticky topics in a healthy relationships programme.

A massive under-spend of more than $330 million for a flagship Government educational policy has been revealed.

The Long Bay College community is reeling after three deaths in the school community this year.

An Auckland schoolboy was approached by an unknown man in a white van yesterday, in what is suspected to be an attempted abduction.

A "critical" need for trained principals has spurred a programme to give school leaders key skills for the job.

Pass rates for the controversial MCAT exam, which reduced some students to tears, are higher than previous years.

Anxious wait over for 7500 top students who will get their scholarship results today.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

A principal who stalked a young teacher has been censured by the teacher's body.

Dozens of teachers were disciplined or struck off last year for sexual, inappropriate or aggressive behaviour towards students.

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

Primary school principals are burned-out and leaving the profession because of high stress and 'relentless' workload.

A tertiary training school for business and management students has been closed down by officials.

The average student is in $21,000 of debt, which will take them more than eight years to pay off.

The University of Canterbury has revealed its new post-earthquake design.

The cost of putting a child through state school has risen by 15 per cent in 10 years, new figures show.

More than 20,000 students asked for an emergency derived grade following the Kaikoura earthquake.

The NZQA website is running slow as anxious students scramble to check their results.

The wait is over - NCEA results are now available.

Exam results day can be a stressful one all round for both students and their parents.

Catching up with the nine top scholars from 2015 NCEA exams, a year on from their results.

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.

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.

A West Auckland pupil is packing his suitcase to fly out to a prestigious music college.

More than 80 Kiwi kids were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016.

Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

Few teachers think National Standards have had a positive impact on achievement, a new report says.

Grab your cape and mask, one Auckland school is seeking a principal who is 'like Batman'.

David Seymour has disputed claims charter schools have been inflating their NCEA exam results.

After an exam season marred by mistakes, the date NCEA students will be able to check their results online has been released.

NZ students rank above OECD average, but girls and rich students have seen their results drop.

Schools are struggling to recruit hundreds of teachers ahead of the 2017 school year.

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, a new study shows.

Nearly a quarter of 10-year-olds say they are bullied on a weekly basis.

NCEA maths exams have been hit with mistakes at every level, the Herald can reveal.

A second maths-related exam cock-up has been revealed this afternoon, following a statistics exam apology.

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.

Pupils with learning difficulties struggle to get the help they need, despite Government changes to tackle inequity.

Dates have been set for NCEA scholarship history and chemistry exams, which were cancelled following last week's earthquake.

Two schools became an unexpected battleground today in the squabble over who will win over Mt Roskill.

The Education Council is set to receive $21 million, to keep it afloat until it can raise teacher registration fees.

Hong Kong's richest man is to donate $5 million to the University of Auckland to support entrepreneurship.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

A west Auckland secondary school has hit a wall in its attempt to expand into a full secondary and bilingual facility.

Students at an Auckland school were 20 minutes into their history scholarship exam this morning before it was cancelled.

Some technical issues hit students sitting the digital version of NCEA English Level 1 this morning.

Doctors say 2-year-old Chelsey Cheng has only a 20% chance of reaching her 5th birthday.

Thousands of school students are ditching the paper and pen and taking their revision online.

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.

A young Kiwi entrepreneur has put his study skills to the test and set up a business to help other students pass their exams.

Requests for help from the Ministry of Education's traumatic incident team are coming in on more than a daily basis.

A taxi driver who repeatedly molested a special needs teenager has been denied parole.

University of Canterbury students and staff will have to fork out a lot more for parking following a sharp increase in fees.

A top Auckland school is losing three science teachers as houses become an "unrealistic" goal for many in the profession.

A Massey High School student has secured a place at a prestigious music college, the same institution that sparked the careers of John Mayer, Imagine Dragons and Quincy Jones.

Increasing numbers of parents are worried they do not have enough money for their child's education.

Education Minister Hekia Parata revealed that 8 of the 64 special schools in New Zealand are using a seclusion room.

Top education and police chiefs are investigating their own staff following accusations they sent porn to a Northland principal.

Lincoln University has repaid $1.5m after it was found it did not teach for as many hours as it was funded for.

The University of Auckland has hit out at plans by Waikato University for a new medical school, calling it "ill conceived" and costly.

A respected Northland principal says 1500 pornographic images found on his work computer were 'joke' emails sent to him by other principals and others.

Mandatory CCTV cameras in special needs transport is still not in place, more than a year after the Ministry of Education vowed it was imminent.

Four of NZ's leading women have designed a bespoke bed to raise money for Breast Cancer.

The Prime Minister has visited more than three times as many high decile schools this year, than low decile.

Cats and dogs damaging rental properties are among the cases prompting the Government to clarify when tenants must pay up.