EconomyStudy visas drop despite Govt fixesThe number of new international students approved to study in New Zealand has dropped nearly a quarter since 2009 despite government measures to boost the industry.07 Mar 04:30 PM
Personal FinanceWealthy Kiwis not passing on skills to kids - studyAre wealthy Kiwis passing on their financial knowledge to children.06 Mar 07:27 PM
New ZealandRegional polytechs facing underfunding - LabourRegional polytechnics are important to their communities, and the National-led government is underfunding them, two Labour politicians say.06 Mar 05:20 AM
New ZealandPeter Nicolle elected president of firefighters unionA Wanganui fireman is now heading the country's firefighters union and says he wants to develop much closer and clearer relationships with the Fire Service on his watch.05 Mar 08:50 PM
New ZealandParents frustrated by truancy chargeA Masterton father accused of failing to ensure his 15-year-old daughter attended school says his family has been put through hell and his wife had a nervous breakdown.05 Mar 06:24 PM
New ZealandParata blasted over Longstone payoutPrime Minister John Key has defended the $425,000 payout of former Education Secretary Lesley Longstone after a year's service, saying it was the "bare minimum".05 Mar 06:23 PM
New ZealandLack of multi-language planYoung New Zealanders are at a huge disadvantage to Australian and European students because so few are learning a second or third language.05 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandLongstone's hefty severence payoutFormer Education Secretary Lesley Longstone received a $425,475 payout after her resignation at the end of last year, it has been revealed.05 Mar 05:39 AM
New ZealandTeachers protest Novopay problemsNovopay Minister Steven Joyce says there is "a wider range of villains" behind the troubled payroll system than the National MPs whose offices are being picketed today.04 Mar 09:30 PM
New ZealandOtago Polytech bucks enrolment trendIn a positive development for Dunedin's tertiary education industry, Otago Polytechnic predicts higher student numbers later this year.03 Mar 10:24 PM
OpinionJohn O'Neill: Charter schools totally undemocraticThe chances of the most disadvantaged students getting any benefit from a PPP school may be no better than the toss of a coin, writes John O'Neill.03 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone: It's not dumb to want a better lifeOh-kayyyy. So Mike Williams, a former Labour Party president, calls parents who try to get their kids into higher decile schools "dumb", writes Deborah Hill Cone.03 Mar 08:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Maths at your fingertips a key life skillIt is many years since our primary schools adopted "new maths".01 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandTeaching change needed: maths expertNew Zealand's foremost mathematician has spoken out against the way maths is taught in schools, saying children need to know basic arithmetic before they try to start problem solving.01 Mar 04:30 PM
KahuLeaked document threatens schoolsA leaked document threatens to sabotage an ambitious bid for an $800,000 "tele-medicine" scheme for remote Far North schools.27 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandIllness gets overlooked - schoolsDr Lance O'Sullivan says he would not see most of Kaitaia's children with skin infections if he didn't go into schools to look for them.26 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandBoards wary on charter schoolsSchool boards of trustees want charter schools to be limited to three only, set up on a trial basis for three to five years, and assessed by an independent research programme.26 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandChristchurch next priorityThe KidsCan charity says an "epidemic" of poverty-related illnesses makes earthquake-damaged eastern suburbs of Christchurch its next priority for school-based health services.26 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandFrom Mt Albert Grammar to West WingA former Mt Albert Grammar student says a headmaster's speech about education being a "silver bullet" was eerily similar to one given in fictional TV show The West Wing.26 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandJoyce: I understand Novopay frustrationMinister in charge of Novopay Steven Joyce says he understands the frustration of secondary teachers who say they will pursue legal action over the Novopay payroll system.26 Feb 05:37 AM
New ZealandUnion launches Novopay legal actionThe Post Primary Teachers' Association has launched legal action seeking compensation for members affected by the Novopay payroll system.25 Feb 11:02 PM
New ZealandTaxis just like Novopay: teacherSpecial-needs students have been placed at risk by the Government's decision to switch taxi companies used to transport them to school, parents and a principal say.25 Feb 04:30 PM
BusinessEmpowering aheadHealey, the public sector director in Microsoft NZ's Enterprise and Partner group, has been at the company only a matter of months. But he relishes the intellectual challenge of working with the public sector on issues of national importance.25 Feb 04:25 PM
OpinionMike Williams: Dumb to send kids to distant schoolsBy trekking across town twice a day, any conceivable benefits are negated by a longer day, none of your schoolmates living close by, less exercise, and rootlessness. This behaviour is just plain dumb.23 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandMore teacher secrecyA physics teacher who had a sexual relationship with a female student from the age of 15 has been struck off - but the teachers' disciplinary tribunal is protecting his identity.23 Feb 04:30 PM
