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Govt to spend $17m on two Waikato school 'redevelopments'

Cambridge High School and Ngaruawahia High School Waikato will both undergo major redevelopments at a cost of $17 million.

PM John Key's high decile school visits

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

Paul Little: Violence against kids is not okay

COMMENT: Recent cases indicate violence between and against children is widely accepted.

Pupils, aged six, to learn about 'male privilege'

Australian children will be taught about "male privilege" and shown images of men cleaning dishes and women playing football in a drive to break gender stereotypes.

NZ-India relationship examined

Fraud and the risk of exploitation means New Zealand should focus on "quality not quantity" in the Indian student market, a former High Commissioner to India says.

Police concerned about secret school ball

Party-goers and concerned police will be given just 24 hours' notice of the venue for an unofficial school ball.

Is your IQ high enough to solve this?

Thousands of Facebook users have been baffled by this head-scratcher. Can you figure it out?

Seclusion rooms to be investigated

The Chief Ombudsman will investigate the use of seclusion rooms in schools, following reports that locked "time out" rooms had been used to restrain children.

Long-serving JP 'just glad to help people'

Brian Jaques has spent more than half his life serving as a Justice of the Peace and has no plans to call it quits any time soon. He

Creepy clown craze hits Kiwi campus

Latest 'scary clown' sighting has been caught on camera at the University of Auckland.

School boy kicked attacker 'in groin'

A primary student kicked a man in the groin after an attempted abduction outside a Hamilton school.

Calls for inquiry into 'time out' rooms

An independent inquiry should immediately investigate the use of "time out" rooms in schools, says the head of the national Autism charity.

Teacher hit child with laptop cover

A teacher hit one of her students across the head several times with a soft-shelled laptop case after she tripped on his items and hurt her injured hip on his desk.

Controversial principal gets new job

Fairfield College's former, and controversial, principal is set to take up one of the top positions at Waikato's most prestigious school.

Anger over 'time-out' room revelations

Angry parents say they will pull their children from a Wellington school caught using a "time-out" room for naughty pupils unless there is more accountability.

Show changes the lives of NZ youth

Brave Auckland teenagers hit centre stage for their final performance in Manawa Ora: Courage is Contagious.

Southern Cross Campus impression released

Construction is underway on the Southern Cross Campus redevelopment's $23.5 million second stage in Mangere.

Locked in 'dark cell': 'I'll be good'

Revelations a primary school was locking misbehaving children in a cell-like "time out" room has prompted the Children's Commissioner to look into it.