The battle for Mana - The Dominion Post

The battle for Mana
The Dominion Post
Ms Parata does her best to explain how the GST rise, national standards and the controversial Kapiti expressway will benefit people in the region. ...

Principals reject ERO Maori pupil findings - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Principals reject ERO Maori pupil findings Otago Daily Times She believed part of the problem for many New Zealand schools was their attention was being diverted from the issue by national standards policy. ...

Education fight is a matter of principal - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

Education fight is a matter of principal The Daily Post National Standards were implemented in New Zealand schools at the beginning of this year and there has been ongoing debate about whether they will work or ...

MR 2010/72 - High quality support, not National Standards, needed ...

MR 2010/72 - High quality support, not National Standards, needed ...
... from an Education Review Office report issued today if it was serious about improving Maori student achievement, rather than diverting funds, professional development and school planning and resourcing into National Standards ...

Letter to board chairs and principals (8 October 2010)

Letter to board chairs and principals (8 October 2010)
The letter from Karen Sewell to boards and principals on charters and annual reports.

Polytechnic cuts places after funding loss - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

Polytechnic cuts places after funding loss The Bay of Plenty Times The Bay of Plenty Polytechnic will lose $2.2 million in revenue and 120 full-time students in the wake of government funding cuts. The slash in finances may ...

Schools given ultimatum on Maori achievement - Radio New Zealand

New Zealand Herald

Schools given ultimatum on Maori achievement Radio New Zealand Associate Education Minister and Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples says he is pleased that a government agency has recognised the mainstream school system ...

Principals strong on Maori - Marlborough Express

Principals strong on Maori
Marlborough Express
Queen Charlotte College principal Tom Parsons said five of his year-13 Maori students were attending university next year, which was a high number. ...

Bay schools add to drive for Maori - Hawke's Bay Today

Bay schools add to drive for Maori
Hawke's Bay Today
Principal Daniel Murfitt of William Colenso College, where 40 per cent of students are Maori, said that Te Kotahitanga counteracted old systems where Maori ...

Learning shift key to future - Sunday Star Times

Otago Daily Times

Learning shift key to future Sunday Star Times A "REVOLUTION" could happen in New Zealand classrooms if the different learning style of Maori and Polynesian pupils was ...

Teachers told to seize digital learning - Stuff.co.nz

Teachers told to seize digital learning
Stuff.co.nz
"We need to prepare our students for their future and not our past." Today's pupils thought graphically with "hyper-linked minds" and preferred processing ...

Taskforce Needs to Focus on Children

Taskforce Needs to Focus on Children
The Government’s newly established Taskforce on Early Childhood Education (ECE) needs to ensure that positive outcomes for all children is the focus of their work, according to New Zealand Kindergartens (NZK) Chief Executive Clare Wells.

ECE taskforce established without consultation

ECE taskforce established without consultation
The taskforce to review early childhood eductaion was appointed without consultation with the sector says Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa / NZ Childcare Association Chief Executive Nancy Bell.

Review Must Increase ECE Investment

Review Must Increase ECE Investment
Increasing investment in early childhood education and establishing a timeframe for achieving and funding 100 per cent qualified teachers in the sector must be the fundamental cornerstones of the Minister of Education’s review of early education, NZEI Te ...

Call for increased Early Childhood Education funding

Call for increased Early Childhood Education funding
The Government's review of early childhood education (ECE) must include increased funding for the sector, a teacher union says.

RNZ NTN: The 350.org climate action movement

RNZ NTN: The 350.org climate action movement
Bill McKibben, founder and global organiser of 350.org. The American environmentalist and author has been described by Time magazine as'the world's best green journalist'. 350.org is organising a Global Work Party on 10 October, in a bid to get thousands of volunteers to set up solar panels, dig community gardens or lay out bike paths.

Risky student drinking, adverse sexual experiences - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Risky student drinking, adverse sexual experiences
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealand university students who drink heavily report considerably more unsafe sex, unhappy sexual experiences and unwanted advances than their lightly ...

School boozing leads to risky uni sex - New Zealand Herald

3News NZ

School boozing leads to risky uni sex New Zealand Herald An Otago University professor wants a crack down on students binge drinking while at high school, after a survey found it can lead to heavy drinking and ...

NZTA Encourages Kids To Get Creative About Safe School Travel - Voxy

NZTA Encourages Kids To Get Creative About Safe School Travel
Voxy
Groups of students are encouraged to create a storyboard, shoot a video or write and illustrate a storybook or perhaps all three to win great prizes in the ...

Parents eye pulling pupils out over row - Waikato Times

Parents eye pulling pupils out over row
Waikato Times
Parents of students at a Hamilton Maori immersion school are threatening to withdraw their children if management issues at ...

Pupils moving into new $21.5m school - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

Pupils moving into new $21.5m school Otago Daily Times Wanaka Primary School pupils return for the start of the fourth term today to a new $21.5 million school. Staff and supporters were due to take part in a ...

Alcohol education urged in schools - Radio New Zealand

New Zealand Herald

Alcohol education urged in schools Radio New Zealand Kings College student James Webster, 16, died in a bed surrounded by vomit five months ago. Charles Webster told the inquest on Friday that he never had a ...

Huata academy leaves creditors in lurch - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

Huata academy leaves creditors in lurch New Zealand Herald She said the 15 remaining students suffered the worst, because the college had not refunded their tuition fees. Some courses at the academy, ...