Golriz Ghahraman faces two charges and will appear in court, National starts political year on a high and why King Charles will be booked into hospital next week in the latest NZ Herald headlines.
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Ministers are already back at work, with Cabinet committees starting up this week, ahead of the first Cabinet meeting next Tuesday.
Massey University Professor of Politics Richard Shaw says they’ll be quietly pleased with recent good polling but there will be no sounds of self-congratulation.
NCEA pass rates drop
There’s work to do in turning around NCEA achievement rates across the country.
Secondary Principals’ Association President Vaughan Couillault says teachers have already started the job of trying to turn this around but it’s clear there’s still work to be done.
Rotorua Lakes High students preparing for NCEA exams. Photo / Andrew Warner
Greenland ice sheet
The Greenland Ice Sheet has lost more than five thousand square kilometres of ice since 1985.
A study published in science journal Nature used satellite images to analyse the extent of the changes.
The second-largest ice sheet in the world has shrunk by an average of 218 square kilometres every year, since January 2000.
The authors note this retreat does not appear to substantially contribute to sea level rise, but may play a part in ocean circulation patterns and how heat energy is distributed.
