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Pay errors unaddressed: Calls grow for school payroll reform

Calls for overhaul as overpayment cases hit 820, with 66 in Northland.

Opinion: The real reason so many kids failed NCEA Level 1 this year

OPINION: If you leave school without a qualification, you earn an average of $18K a year.

'Make a huge difference': Principals praise KidsCan support

KidsCan supports 1100 schools, helping with food, shoes, and jackets.

Letters: Banks' climate policy could be NZ's saving grace

OPINION: Saving grace or woke climate policy?

'A force of nature': Tributes flow for Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi

National leaders have praised her impact on Māori education.

Letters: How to cut cost of school uniforms, why would PM attend Waitangi?

OPINION: 'I cannot deny that Donald Trump's strategy is masterful.'

‘Beyond unacceptable’: Two toddlers walk out open daycare door

A teacher accidentally left a door to the street open and the two 1-year-olds walked off.

‘A thousand times harder’: Parents turn to charities as school costs rise

Parents increasingly rely on charities due to rising school costs.

'Bland' school lunches arrive up to three hours late, just before home-time

Principals had to buy food to tide students over or pull them out of class to eat late.

‘So many secrets': Ex-deputy principal jailed for sexual relationship with student

The offences occurred in the early 2000s when Iain Anderson was at Tapawera Area School.

‘It’s not safe’ – Lack of pedestrian crossing on route to school sees car win over walking

Children are keen to walk to school but busy roads are a barrier.

Back to School: Fresh and healthy school lunches your kids will love

Expert meal planner Kathrine Lynch has helped more than 100,000 parents.

Prestigious boys' college cancels centenary celebrations amid sex abuse allegations

A former staff member faces 11 charges of sexual abuse against four boys.

Back to School: Parents reuse and repurpose to save money on expensive devices

Families should try to avoid finance options if possible, say budgeting advisers.

Back to School: Mum of three’s cost-cutting uniform tips

Parents are saving hundreds being prepared and buying secondhand.

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Mum of three give tips on how to get kids into uniform without breaking the bank.

'It's very transparent': Parents praise new compulsory structured literacy for schools

How we learn to read and write will completely change for some Kiwi kids.

Jailed Dilworth teacher dies days after compassionate release

Robert Wynward sexually abused eight young boys at the Auckland boarding school.