A study suggests that watching just nine minutes of 'SpongeBob SquarePants' can cause short-term attention problems in four-year-olds.

For school complaints an Ombudsman review takes too long, which can mean students are out of school for months.

Clayton Weatherston has had his application to appeal his murder conviction....

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says around 40 per cent of school children in Pacific Island countries do not complete a basic primary education, and only 20 per cent graduate from secondary school, in opening a Pacific conference ahead..