New ZealandLiteracy service axed in Budget 2025, leaving 109 specialists joblessEducators describe the decision as “unjustifiable,” fearing negative impacts on students with complex literacy challenges. Video / Rafaella MeloWatch03 Jun 06:00 PM
New Zealand'Room for growth': Plan to boost lagging international student numbers to pre-Covid levelsInternational education contributed $3b to NZ's economy last year.28 May 05:00 PM
Politics170 formal complaints from schools about lunches programme in first monthComplaints included missed deliveries and menu problems. 20 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandHow this teacher aide is helping a small rural school thriveAshley Steedman has 'fallen in love with the job'.10 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandSouth Taranaki kura community rallies after 11 students injured in van crashThree students remained in hospital on Thursday afternoon but all are expected to recover.03 Apr 05:26 AM
KahuAct MP can’t name one ‘race-based’ policy she’s trying to outlawThe MP says policies for Māori and Pasifika students are unfair but struggles to name one.02 Apr 05:02 AM
OpinionOpinion: How students feel a year into the school phone banOPINION: Here's what young people really think about the ban.31 Mar 03:51 AM
New ZealandReplacing an entire school: Excited kids watch as modular classrooms, admin block arrive in one goThe fleet of trucks and a crane stopped everyone in the community in their tracks.12 Mar 05:31 PM
Politics‘Fantastic’: Stanford, Seymour met as school lunch debacle continuesMeeting followed liquidation of a key lunch provider, child receiving second-degree burns.12 Mar 03:13 AM
New ZealandSchool giving most of its 'inedible' lunches to a pig called CracklesCritics of the school say it should invest in some salt and pepper to make them tastier.12 Mar 02:39 AM
PoliticsDavid Seymour on food provider Libelle GroupAssociate Education Minister David Seymour on food provider Libelle Group going into liquidation. Video / Mark MitchellWatch11 Mar 01:36 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandPicky eating is in the genes - so how do you know if your child is a 'problem feeder'?Rose Bertram knows exactly what it is like to clash with a picky eater at meal times.05 Mar 05:00 PM
New ZealandDavid Seymour on the ongoing school lunches sagaAssociate Education Minister David Seymour on the ongoing school lunches saga and his missed meeting with Education Minister Erica Stanford. Video / Mark MitchellWatch04 Mar 02:13 AM
Politics‘Blind to the effects of poverty’: Hipkins scorns Luxon over school lunches debaclePM Luxon: 'There are a number of issues and the meals are not up to scratch.'03 Mar 11:22 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: ‘Marmite sandwich’ brigade living in the pastOPINION: 'The evidence for provided school lunches is clear – they work around the world.'03 Mar 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Unforgivable': Students consume melted plastic after school lunches overheat in oven mishapDavid Seymour had called this incident 'unacceptable' as a review is under way.03 Mar 06:47 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandThe cost of a private school education: NZ’s most expensive & how much fees have jumpedA Herald analysis of 20 leading independent schools' fees.02 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandTowards a digital future for Māori: Cash boost for tech academyThe grant will help to provide 300 students with upgraded gaming PCs.28 Feb 11:00 PM
New ZealandGisborne’s unique school blends heritage and innovation to reshape learning'Our students are here to grow': Inside a Gisborne kura outside the mainstream.18 Feb 04:00 AM
PoliticsSeymour says there was ‘overlap’ during teacher only-day crackdown, no overstepHe stressed teacher-only days need the Minister of Education's approval.16 Feb 07:18 PM
Politics‘Overstepping’: Education Minister backtracks David Seymour’s teacher-only day crackdown'I think he knew at the time he was overstepping ...'15 Feb 11:09 PM
New Zealand‘Doesn’t meet nutritional guidelines’: Kids to get pies, Pita Pit to tackle lunch issues'If I were a school student I would have loved a pie as my taxpayer-funded school lunch.'13 Feb 06:26 AM
New ZealandHitchhiking students: Daughter finds ride, 15yo son still thumbing it after school bus axedMike Brown’s son, Chamon, still hitchhikes along State Highway 2 to and from school.13 Feb 02:23 AM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Missing lunches and missing buses - is NZ failing its schoolchildren?EDITORIAL: Students in our country should not have to hitchhike to school.12 Feb 04:00 PM
New Zealand‘Nightmarish’: Auckland school turns to sausage sizzles after Government lunch programme delaysThe school is using sausage sizzles and Weet-Bix because of unreliable deliveries.12 Feb 06:50 AM
New ZealandHow Aquabots are leading charge for diversity in techYoung female engineers from Rotorua will compete at the Aquabots finals in June.10 Feb 10:18 PM
PremiumPremiumNew Zealand500 schools ranked: NCEA hotspots where top marks meet affordable housingDiscover the schools with the highest academic results and most affordable house prices.09 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandKiwi mum shocked at $1000 school uniform billWoman says she was horrified when handed the bill for her son's uniform this year.08 Feb 12:24 AM
New ZealandWine-making student wins scholarshipA former Te Puke High student will take his love of wine to university next month.07 Feb 03:59 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionOpinion: The real reason so many kids failed NCEA Level 1 this yearOPINION: If you leave school without a qualification, you earn an average of $18K a year.02 Feb 07:09 PM
New ZealandSchool lunch delays: ‘Our students deserve better than this'David Seymour downplayed issues, but school says it's about showing respect to students.01 Feb 06:21 PM
New Zealand‘We apologise’: Lunches to arrive late across Auckland schools due to oven glitchSchools will be reimbursed for buying food due to delayed lunches.30 Jan 08:54 PM
PremiumPremiumLifestyleDavid Seymour's free school lunches: A restaurant critic's verdict'It was a container of sadness and carrots.'30 Jan 04:00 PM
New Zealand‘It’s a growing problem’: Demand rises for school support programmes'We want all children to get to school on day one, ready to participate and learn.'30 Jan 04:00 PM
