PremiumPremiumOpinionAndrew Rogers: NCEA overhaul must confront deeper problems in educationOPINION: The review aims to stop schools 'gaming' the system by shifting to percentages.19 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandTeachers day off: Improving working conditions will improve learning conditions, union saysPPTA President Chris Abercrombie is with us to take us through what needs to change in our education sector.Watch19 Oct 03:50 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionCecilia RobinsonCecilia Robinson: The education and health transformation changing everythingMāori and Pacific students meeting reading goals jumped from 25% to 43% in a year.17 Oct 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandOn The Up: They bought a school bus when their boy's route was cancelled, and stumbled into a thriving businessThe family’s 22-seater filled fast, prompting them to add two larger coaches.17 Oct 05:00 PM
CrimeCleared in court: Teacher not guilty of abusing boy while he was babysitting her kidsThe woman said it was the boy who made sexual advances, which she'd rebuffed.17 Oct 07:00 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionPatrick Walsh: Schools are seeing students live in a parallel online universePrincipals say social media is fuelling a surge in school mental health issues.16 Oct 05:00 PM
New ZealandTeachers left guessing after ministry U-turn on AI rulesTeachers can now use AI to help mark work but must oversee all results.16 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPropertyBuilder appointed to 32-level $201m Auckland CBD student towerThis week's $310m equity raise to repay bank debt and fund the construction of tower.16 Oct 01:00 AM
New Zealand'Back yourself': How a former Rotorua Young Achiever's dream came trueThe Rotorua Young Achievers has been recognising talented students for 35 years.15 Oct 09:07 PM
PoliticsPotential for $131m of asset sales with Te Pūkenga de-merger'Any decisions to sell these assets will be made by the Polytechnic Council.'15 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPropertySkyCity's new $1b international convention centre set to host 95 events in first yearNext year's largest event is in July: 2000 people will be at the coral reef symposium.15 Oct 02:00 AM
Herald NOWSchool without walls: The new charter school for online learningFounding principal of Aotearoa Infinite Academy, Saira Boyle explains how her new model is rethinking education for the digital age.Watch14 Oct 08:12 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsThe failure of fees-free and why Māori and Pasifika students might miss outThe Education Ministry says it's better to dump fees-free and spend the money elsewhere.14 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandGrowing unrest: Bay senior teachers begin wave of strikesMore than 8000 Bay of Plenty workers join the mega-strike, including 1500 senior teachers.14 Oct 02:14 AM
PoliticsVirtual online institute among three new charter schools to open next yearThe other schools will be based in Hawke's Bay and Wellington.13 Oct 09:26 PM
World'Bullying is a scourge': Death of 9-year-old girl shakes FrancePolice sources said the child had left a letter to her family.13 Oct 09:25 PM
WorldHe was a homeless student. He found hope in a parking lot'Rock bottom gets deeper,' says Edgar Rosales, studying despite being homeless in LA.13 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAnne GibsonProperty Insider: Auckland Uni's new $200m+ tower, Three Kings land sales, flood-prone land for sale'A giant? Probably a medium-sized building for us.' - Simon Neale on new B320 project13 Oct 04:00 PM
Politics‘Significant boost’: Education Minister Stanford hails jump in structured literacy resultsThe Government puts focus on fresh educational results.13 Oct 02:50 AM
New Zealand‘Biggest walk-off’: Unions plan mass same-day strike across health and educationMore than 8000 Bay of Plenty workers are set to join the industrial action.12 Oct 09:51 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandInside the state school dominating New Zealand college sport More than 500 out-of-zone students missed out in the North Shore school's latest ballot.12 Oct 07:18 PM
PoliticsNew education data to reveal 'transformational' impact after Govt's 'back-to-basics' pushThe results are expected to show across-the-board improvement for young children.12 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandTeachers to strike this week as pay talks with Govt stallSecondary and area school teachers will refuse to teach certain year groups this week. 10 Oct 10:02 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandPower rankings: New Zealand’s top sporting schools of 2025 revealedWhich school can claim to be the country’s biggest sporting powerhouse?10 Oct 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Welcome news': Funding allows Toi Ohomai Tokoroa campus to stay openTaupō MP Louise Upston said she was pleased 'face to face learning' would continue.10 Oct 01:01 AM
New ZealandMinistry considers first parent prosecutions over school absencesFines range from $30 a day to $3000 for repeat truancy offences.09 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumAucklandMega-school split: Mount Albert Grammar proposes dividing into twoIt may be a blueprint for other big schools battling to cope with rising student numbers.09 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandSecretary for Education warns Gloriavale Christian School it may lose registration as private schoolA July ERO review found the school failed three of eight key standards.08 Oct 10:06 PM
EducationDifferent educational regions could help attendance battle - SeymourDavid Seymour says fines for unjustified absences are 'back on the table'.08 Oct 08:15 PM
New ZealandSchool attendance lifts to highest level since Covid disruptionThe number of students who think school is important is also up. 07 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandNo longer stuck in the '90s: Renovated youth hub reopensThe youth-led redesign delivers gaming zones, quiet spaces and wraparound services.06 Oct 11:06 PM
New ZealandDunedin's Columba College refusing to say why principal is on leaveCharissa Nicol has been on leave from the Dunedin school since July 30.06 Oct 09:15 PM
EducationNZ’s Truancy Crisis: Why are so many kids skipping school?Papatoetoe principal on tackling the rise in chronic absenteeism. Video / Herald NowWatch06 Oct 06:54 PM
PremiumPremiumPropertyHedge height fight: Residents of heritage Mt Eden apartments battle over bushesResidents of $15m Chambers & Station heritage units are at loggerheads over the shrubbery.06 Oct 04:00 PM
