Trustees at Otatara Primary School say a decision to give students fake letters claiming school hours would be extended was not politically motivated.

Early childhood provider KidiCorp is the focus of a Serious Fraud Office inquiry over $30 million of taxpayer money.

A drug dealing 12-year-old took a kilogram of cannabis to sell to his mates at an intermediate school.

"Expert practitioners" will work with schools to lift achievement, but a teachers' union is sceptical of the government's announcement.

The survivor of the fatal Orewa College boiler explosion fears there are ticking time bombs in most Kiwi schools.

An Education Review Office survey of 229 schools found about 20pc had inadequate inclusive practices for special needs pupils.

The Confucius Institute wants to get 50,000 people learning Mandarin by next year.

Some students won't get student loans for their final years under the changed student loan scheme.

A teacher who allegedly slapped a young boy was allowed straight back into the classroom.

The Government is moving to increase maximum sentences for knife-related offences while beefing up education and placing restrictions on the sale of knives.