NCEA exams delayed due to Covid-19
NCEA exams have been delayed by 10 days in light of the pandemic crisis.
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$4 billion injection for health system
Almost $4 billion will be spent on the health system in the wake of Covid-19.
Schools may stagger reopening days at level 2
Teachers ready to return to class despite persistent safety fears.
Early childhood teachers win big pay hike
Early childhood teachers will get big minimum pay rises in the Budget.
Revealed: Why many Kiwi parents will keep kids at home in level 2
Parents appear evenly split over whether to send their children back to school.
Mind the gap: The growing social divide at schools
The lockdown has widened educational gaps between advantaged and disadvantaged kids.
Cabinet papers show scramble to get laptops, modems to disadvantaged students
Cabinet documents show the struggle - and cost - of quickly rolling out online learning.
Document dump: Warning uni students were moving to dole
Fears that students struggling with job losses and higher costs would drop out altogether
Most ECEs to reopen under alert 2, but 'anxious' parents may stay away
Nearly all childcare centres will reopen under alert 2. But some families may stay away.
Secondary school principals angry about lost income
Secondary schools are angry they won't get support for the loss of international students
Schools may get lifeline to keep foreign students
Schools may get compensation for foreign students lost due to Covid-19.
School playgrounds, sports, assemblies resume
Toys, sandpits and other currently banned delights will be allowed again.
Private schools charging full fees claim $11.7m in Govt wage subsidy
Private schools say the loss of international students during lockdown has hit them hard.
'Frustrating': School's flu jab clinic cancelled twice due to short supply
It's the second time the school has tried and failed to get teachers vaccinated.
All Marist College students and staff to be tested for Covid-19
The tests will take place regardless of whether people have symptoms or not.
Locked down: The four weeks that changed NZ forever
No one who lived through it will ever forget the great New Zealand lockdown of 2020.
Small schools top plans for post-Covid rebuild
Small schools to get better lights and insulation in bid to restart economy.
Address muddle slows $88m computers for kids
Tiresa Tufue received a computer but it was addressed to another student and taken away.
Schools reopen - but one in six don't expect any students
Schools are officially open again - but many are not expecting any students.
Childcare in Level 3: Sandpits closed, parents told to stay in cars
Sandpits stay closed; parents advised to wait in cars at dropoff if necessary.
Editorial: How will history judge NZ's Covid-19 response?
We say: The Government's call to "go hard and go early" appears to have paid off.
Editorial: Back-to-school nerves understandable
WE SAY: It is a big deal to start relaxing our mental programming of the past month.
Level 3 backdown: Kids can use playgrounds
Playgrounds can now open at childcare centres but are still closed in schools and parks.
Preschool centres like a 'petri dish of sickness' says mum
Schools and early childhood centres will open on April 29
No soft toys, play dough or sandpit: Early childhood centres prepare for level 3
Centres reveal safety measures as they prepare to reopen.
Auckland schools: 'We'll do our bit for the recovery'
Schools expect only 5 to 10 per cent of students to turn up in alert level 3.
Jacinda Ardern's former school is not happy with her back-to-classroom plan. How she responded
Morrinsville College principal's warning: 'Children can contract Covid and they can die'.
Kiwi home-learning TV host apologises after outrage over pillow
Nathan Wallis was slammed for pillow featuring the confederate flag.
Revealed: Surprising stat that allowed NZ schools to open
Ministry says closing schools and childcare reduces deaths by only 2 to 4 per cent.
Hipkins: Govt 'won't be heavy-handed' if childcares stay shut
Hipkins: 'We are not being too heavy-handed on this.'
Focus Live: Five new cases, Auckland woman dies of coronavirus
There are five new cases of Covid-19 today. There was a further death - a woman in her 70s from St Margaret's rest home in Te Atatu. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says that distance learning will continue 'for some time'.
'Take a breath New Zealand': it's time to support parents and teachers
An Auckland mum is on a mission to spread calm after return to school furore online.
'Deeply disturbing': ECE services feel ignored by Government
The Early Childhood Council had called for centres to remain closed until alert level 2.
Lockdown stand-off: Kids not as contagious says Bloomfield; childcare centres refuse to reopen
Some childcare centres will stay closed, but most schools will open on April 29.