PremiumPremiumNew Zealand'It winds the whole community down': Rural school bus changes kick in'You've got potentially 400 kids sitting on the side of the road next year.'21 Jul 11:26 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandMinistry won't take further action over bullying concerns at Wellington schoolThe ministry is taking a 'proactive interest' in the school’s response to complaints.18 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandPSA claims win over Education Ministry job layoffsThe Education Ministry’s change decisions included the cutting of about 600 jobs.18 Jul 04:58 AM
New ZealandFocus: Schools refuse to enrol excluded studentsThree NZ high schools are defying Ministry of Education orders to enrol expelled students. Video / NZ HeraldWatch17 Jul 08:00 PM
New ZealandExpelled students turned away and elopement on the rise | Focus Morning Bulletin July 18, 2024In today’s headlines with Chereè Kinnear high schools defy ministry orders, Darlene Tana’s future in Parliament and why more Kiwi couples are opting to elope.Watch17 Jul 07:34 PM
New Zealand'Unlawful': Three schools defy Ministry of Education, refuse to enrol studentsThe Education Ministry instructed three schools to enrol excluded students. They refused.17 Jul 05:27 PM
New ZealandHigh school counsellors were awarded $1.8m for workplace stress - now that's being challengedKath and Ron Cronin-Lampe were awarded damages after dealing with 32 deaths.15 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandESOL teacher shortage puts schools under pressureEducation leaders have described having to use libraries and halls as classrooms.14 Jul 09:05 PM
Education'Appalled': Teachers' fears after leaked emails show new curriculum plansEmails fuel English teachers’ fears about the likely content of rewritten curriculum.09 Jul 09:26 PM
New ZealandMore opportunities to succeed or privatisation? Charter schools debate ramps up$153m was put aside in the Budget for their re-establishment with some opening in 2025.03 Jul 01:00 AM
PoliticsGovt introduces standardised testing in primary schoolsThe 'progress monitoring' checks will focus on reading, writing and maths.02 Jul 11:30 PM
New Zealand'Opened the door and out came a flood': Suburb has 36 temporary classrooms half a century oldThey were intended to last 20 years. But Govt cuts mean they'll have to last even longer.29 Jun 11:15 PM
PremiumPremiumAged careNew Zealand’s 10 busiest buildersWinners of highest value of construction projects in 2023: BCI Central names top 10 in NZ.26 Jun 04:10 AM
PoliticsTertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds slams Te Pūkenga prioritiesGovt is defending shifting balance of tertiary education costs from providers to students.19 Jun 12:47 AM
New ZealandPause in Education Ministry job cuts after union challengeThe ministry has made a series of decisions that cut more than 700 roles to save money.18 Jun 08:56 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandMore than $8m spent on redundancies at one Govt ministryThousands of roles have been cut, or are on the line, across the public sector.17 Jun 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: 'A' for effort on education; minister wrong about speed limitsOPINION: 'The NZEI always talks absolute rubbish, so they should be ignored.'17 Jun 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSir Ian Taylor: David Seymour's stance on school lunches 'ridiculously divisive'OPINION: For many children, school meals are the only meals they can look forward to.16 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandAnother 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.11 Jun 04:36 AM
New ZealandUnion files legal action against Ministry of Education over job cutsA total of 755 roles are proposed to be slashed.04 Jun 05:29 AM
New ZealandMinistry intervenes in Hamilton college just one term after it opensA limited statutory manager has been appointed at Mangakōtukutuku College.31 May 04:00 AM
Politics'Let down': Budget funds charter schools at cost of much needed teacher aides, unions saySchools run on smell of oily rag, while $150m given to 'ineffective' charter scheme: union30 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsEducation gets $2.9b new funding for new classrooms, teachers, IT and initiativesThis is the coalition Government's first Budget.30 May 02:12 AM
Aged careRyman Healthcare selling controversial former university campus after profit plummetsThe Ministry of Education transferred the land to the university for just $10 in 2014.27 May 06:32 AM
New ZealandPublic sector cuts: Education ministry prepares to use consultantsConsulting firms already asking ministry staff being made redundant to work for them.13 May 10:26 PM
PoliticsAct leader David Seymour announces $153m to fund return of charter schoolsThe restoration of charter schools is part of Act's coalition agreement.13 May 09:23 PM
PoliticsWatch live: Question time - School lunches scheme gets new, cut-back fundingThe free school lunch programme was initially launched by Labour in 2019.08 May 01:59 AM
PoliticsMinistry of Education now producing daily school attendance dataReporting by schools is voluntary but will become mandatory next year.07 May 01:54 AM
New ZealandMillion-dollar donor's long wait for sports centre almost overPhilanthropist says he will be more excited once a construction contract has been signed.05 May 11:56 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madnessStanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.03 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsOfficial docs reveal Govt warned NZ school cellphone ban ‘may not be warranted’The Ministry of Education looked at policies from Europe, Australia, the USA and Asia.02 May 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sectorWorkers have been told not to make a decision 'on a whim'.02 May 05:57 AM
New ZealandWatch: PM distances himself from Peters' 'defamatory' remarks, literacy boost announcedThe NZ First leader's comments overshadowed a Government policy announcement on education.02 May 02:20 AM
New Zealand'It's destroyed me': School's struggle with asbestos removalThe Ministry of Education is considering giving schools more help with asbestos problems.30 Apr 10:17 PM
