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Child found screaming in locked preschool van 80 minutes after class return from trip

The teachers were unaware the child had been left sleeping in the back of the van.

Hamilton teacher keeps job after rape comment to 13-year-old student

In a second 2022 incident, Shannan McPeak said he wished he could hit a student’s bum.

On The Up: Charity offers mentor support for 250 pupils in Flaxmere

Te Whai Hiringa is the first Hawke's Bay school to partner with I Have A Dream.

Ice baths and yoga: High school health class helping kids practise stress management

Teacher Caitlin Cahill is teaching stress management techniques she wishes she learned.

Govt missed its own deadline on Māori-medium curriculum overhaul

Further work was required so it could be released in a "complete and coherent" form.

Stronger teen maths skills linked to higher study and pay, new study finds

The University of Auckland study links teen maths scores to adult earnings.

Teacher in a rush to start the holidays marked entire class with the same grade

He also passed NCEA students who hadn't submitted work and bumped up others' grades.

Video shows stabbed teacher wheeled into ambulance, parents fear sending kids back to school

A lockdown started last week after a teacher was allegedly stabbed by a student.

Auckland has the assets, but gaps are holding the city back - EMA

The EMA estimates poor planning and congestion cost Auckland $1.3b a year.

'Students were screaming': Teacher allegedly stabbed with box cutter before lockdown

A parent said scared students were hiding in classroom cupboards.

New NCEA plan, tight deadline: What the overhaul leaves teachers still asking

Current Year 9 students will be the first to enter the overhauled system in 2028.

Government to allow ‘relief’ for some student loan borrowers – so what’s the catch?

There's also a warning from the minister for those who try to use it as a loophole.

Fuel prices make relievers harder to find for rural schools

One rural school was hit with a $970 water taxi bill for a single reliever.

NCEA to go: Govt officially confirms new qualifications – what parents, students need to know

The changes have been signed off by Cabinet.

Associate Immigration Minister tells migrant couple’s disabled son to leave NZ

The 6-year-old's parents, brother, two grandparents and an aunt all live in NZ.

Students left waiting over an hour as school bus fails to show in Pāpāmoa

Up to 40 students were left without a bus and others were 'crammed' into another bus.