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Tertiary education boost for Taupō with new polytech campus

Toi Ohomai Taupō is moving around the corner to a bigger site.

$100,000 in debt: Is a student loan worth it? 39yo dad speaks out

Student loans shift balance towards higher pay at the expense of family ties.

Generation Debt: Expat Kiwi still paying loan doubled by interest

Ash Gorringe always paid his student loan on time, yet interest has doubled it.

The burden of student loans: 'It set me back years'

Student loans have changed the lives of a generation of New Zealanders.

Generation Debt: Students with $400k loans too scared to come home

Huge student loan debts are making many expat Kiwis afraid to come home.

Hosking: When school doesn't work trades training is the answer

COMMENT: The world needs doctors and lawyers, but lots more tradespeople as well.

Lizzie Marvelly: Take care of our uni students

COMMENT: Student life is becoming isolated because of technology.

Studies, parties and drink: a deadly culture

Dunedin house-party tragedy raises questions about city's - and NZ's - drinking culture.

Student association calls for more staff at Sodona following Christchurch death

The national student body says Sonoda needs more RAs to cope with the amount of students.

Death of uni student 'inconceivable to imagine'

Now, a minister wants answers after body reportedly lay unnoticed for up to eight weeks.

Gus Gilmore: Where the fees-free policy is making a big difference

Comment: Support for students and trainees is working, if you know where to look.

Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman sent to prison

The former Desperate Housewives actress is going to jail for two weeks.

How much are parents paying for schools?

NZ tops OECD for school spending, although parents partly pay for it.

Shane Reti: Polytech reforms - big issues to address

COMMENT: Removal of employment protections for staff made redundant a big surprise.

One third of fees-free students flunked, withdrew from course

Fees-free students: Whiter, younger - and one in three fails or withdraws from a course.

Post-grad students' plea: We're suffering without allowance

Before the election, Labour promised to reinstate the post-grad student allowance.