
The chemistry for success
Making lessons relevant and suited to students' shortened attention spans are some of the reasons why young women are flocking to chemistry lessons at one school.
Making lessons relevant and suited to students' shortened attention spans are some of the reasons why young women are flocking to chemistry lessons at one school.
Students accused of a "hazing" incident at King's College are likely to find out their punishment tomorrow.
Kiwis living in Australia are coming home and those planning to jump the Ditch have put their plans on hold because New Zealand's job opportunities and lifestyle hold more appeal.
Elite Auckland school King's College is investigating allegations of student bullying after reports Year 9 pupils were made to march like "prisoners of war".
On a rainy lunchtime at West Auckland's Marina View School students hold their breath as a robot enters the shade beneath a chair.
An Auckland school is seeking legal advice on how to best protect the intellectual property of students who are designing and programming apps.
Our son will be studying in Australia for the next few years and will need to borrow money from us for fees, living expenses and so on.
A management shake-up at one of the country's most conservative state schools is being considered.
Students at West Auckland’s Marina View School – some as young as 7 – are learning to code using robots. Students programme the robots to carry out tasks and complete a set course.
We continue our series showcasing the best Auckland has to offer. Today we ask two students from varied backgrounds about their lives.
Technology companies helping bring content to life reigned supreme at the University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs' Challenge.
The biggest pumpkin Grace Lusty has grown weighed in at a whopping 96kg.
Students at One Tree Hill College who need help in reading soon find themselves buddied up with doctors, lawyers, business leaders or even a knight of the realm.
Understanding how to manage money is being taught as part of school subjects including social studies and maths.
One of the country's oldest private schools has for the first time chosen a headmaster from the state schooling sector.
The past year has seen a big increase in cases of corporate fraud, according to a well-placed industry source working in the field.
There is something irritatingly smug and condescending about some of the coverage of "the bravest girl in the world," writes Joshua Keating
A best-selling author is giving away the hefty book collection that lines every wall of his beachfront Auckland home.
NZ has a "rock star economy" and surveys reveal high levels of business confidence, but what could make the economy run out of puff? Peter Lyons looks at the issue.
Kiwi employers working through a pile of CVs are unlikely to care how applicants' place of study compares on international rankings.
The University of Otago's ban on pornography in residential colleges is being slammed as an attack on student freedom.
More than half a century lies between them, but the youngest and oldest students graduating from the University of Auckland both have a secret.
Being young can often mean a lot of people will disregard what you have to say.
Thousands of students are travelling long distances across Auckland to avoid their local schools - and there's concern about the flow-on effects.
Sir John Kirwan's new push: “We teach them maths, English, science, but we don’t actually teach them resilience. I think it has to become part of the curriculum."
His own experience has taught him the importance of simply being available for his kids and willing to listen.
An exclusive extract from Stand by Me by Sir John Kirwan, his guide for helping parents and teens around mental health.
If it’s September, this must be New Zealand... Andrew Laxon catches up with the students and Kiwi founder of an international travelling school which has arrived in Auckland
A teacher who chatted online about sexually violating a schoolgirl and bringing her to a group sex session to "let everyone have a go at a young girl" has been de-registered.
A UNICEF report clearly states that violence in all its forms can rob children's dignity, diminish their self-worth, and threaten their optimal development, writes Bernadette Saunders.