Over 80 per cent Mt Albert Grammar School students, staff tested
It comes after two students at the Auckland school returned positive Covid-19 tests.
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National: $4.8b for school buildings, looser zoning controls
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Otago refuses to release document on med school quotas
They're considering imposing caps on the number of Māori admissions to its medical school.
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Pressure on Green co-leader to pull support for green school
James Shaw has been warned by own party to pull support for a wealthy private school.
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