New ZealandTeacher shortage a 'ticking time bomb'The number of people training to be teachers dropped 40 per cent in six years.26 Feb 09:54 PM
New ZealandExclusive: Auckland will be short of 3000 teachers by 2027Top secondary teachers' pay scale would have to jump 36 per cent to restore real 1979 pay.26 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandGirl says she was bullied at school; school says her mother intimidated another child"I was being treated like a downgrade of a person" - Amber Knight, aged 12.26 Feb 01:44 AM
All BlacksFormer All Black Guildford goes back to schoolFormer All Black enjoys his new role but still has aspirations to return to rugby.24 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandNZ's top teacher encourages kids to argueNo one shrugs their shoulders or says "I dunno" in Katie Pennicott's class.22 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandWide-ranging reforms for schools announcedEducation summits in May will kick off wide-ranging reforms.20 Feb 08:26 PM
EducationHard work pays off for LydiaNga Tawa student Lydia Whyte, 17, gains double scholarship.19 Feb 04:00 AM
New ZealandStudents' hard work wins scholarshipsMacy Duxfield got scholarships, did university papers in Year 1319 Feb 02:01 AM
KahuSchool feeds body and soul for $4 a dayEducationalist David Hood says Tai Wānanga shows what all schools need to do.16 Feb 04:00 PM
New Zealand'Hand-to-mouth' Grammar needs donationsFour-fifths of schools now ask parents for "donations" ranging from $7 to $1225 a year.16 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandPM's honour for teen's spider-inspired inventionThe innovation's purpose is collecting fog to provide good-quality drinking water.13 Feb 03:15 AM
New ZealandMigrant maths teachers mired in red tapeTeachers still face immigration hurdles despite so-called "fast-track" measures.08 Feb 12:47 AM
New ZealandTeacher tried to spank woman's bottomTeacher claimed he had a 'sex addiction' that was relieved by spanking fantasies.31 Jan 08:40 PM
New ZealandOverseas teachers jump at $5000 grantApplications have opened for relocation grants for overseas and expatriate Kiwi teachers.29 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandA class act: In praise of teachersTen years ago, completing school was a distant dream for Alexia Russell's autistic son.27 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandThames commute fills Auckland teacher gapAuckland schools are hiring teachers from smaller towns and overseas to meet demand.26 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandIt's a crisis: School's in, but where are the teachers?A huge overseas recruitment drive will help in schools this year but many still have gaps.26 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandStudents switch to health, engineeringStudents switching from BA and BCom degrees to more job-rich fields such as IT.21 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandTeacher charged after allegedly restraining boyAlleged tripping is seen as a test of new restraint guidelines issued to schools in 201617 Jan 03:16 AM
New ZealandResults today as NCEA rejig loomsNZQA keeps release time under wraps to prevent repeat of website crash.15 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandPacific preschools 'set back 30 years'Teachers now have to have better English than doctoral students at NZ universities.14 Jan 10:10 PM
New ZealandShould all kids learn a second language?Bill would require listing at least 10 languages as "national priority languages".14 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandMonolingual no more: kids lead the wayDiverse population spurs students to learn other nations' languages.14 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandTeacher censured: Girl left in car four hours during funeralTeacher went to a funeral not realising she had left a 4-year-old girl in the van.11 Jan 12:00 AM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Investment culture in young win-win for allCOMMENT: From a national perspective, our financial ignorance is damaging.07 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandKiwis teach Tongans, Tongans teach KiwisJoy and Graeme Atkinson have learned that kindness goes a long way.02 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandChild centres 'like factory farming'27% of childcare workers would not send their own children to the centre they work at.17 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandGlobal honour for NZ forest schoolAt this school, kids learn by interacting with nature.16 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionAlwyn Poole: Teacher training letting us downCOMMENT: Teaching needs to offer paid apprenticeship training.11 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandTeacher crisis hits one in five city primary schoolsDesperate measures to lure former teachers back as new survey finds unfilled vacancies.11 Dec 06:00 AM
OpinionKerre McIvorMcIvor: Kiwi education - we must do betterOPINION: Our education is too important to be affected by fads and competing ideologies.09 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandTeacher who stopped head-banging incident censuredTeachers' union concerned after teacher censured for stopping boys hurting each other.08 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandTeacher hit relative with vacuum cleanerPreschool teacher censured despite discharge without conviction for assaulting a relative.07 Dec 11:07 PM
New ZealandTeacher training blamed for education slideTeacher trainees will need better literacy and maths, and eventually postgraduate degrees07 Dec 05:00 PM
