Support for Canterbury schools and students

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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley says schools and ECE services in Christchurch City remain closed until further notice, as the extent of damage to school property becomes clearer following the devastating earthquake. “The Ministry has now identified 18 state schools with major damage as a result of the earthquake,” says Mrs Tolley. “This is in addition to eleven state-integrated schools and five independent schools which have reported significant damage. “So far, 100 schools have been assessed as having minor level damage...

Voters may protest over system - Waikato Times

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Waikato Times
A Waikato school board chairman is warning the Government that the controversial national standards educational system could become an election issue as New Zealand prepares for the polls in November. Brett Johnstone, chairman of Morrinsville Primary, ...

Information on our response to the Christchurch Earthquake is

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Information on our response to the Christchurch Earthquake is available at www.minedu.govt.nz/EQNZ.

Schools and ECEs - Christchurch City

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Information and updates for schools and ECEs in Christchurch City covered by the Civil Defence State of Emergency

University of Canterbury Quake Update

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As we come to the end of the first weekend following the 22nd February Earthquake/Aftershock, it is timely to reflect on the past five days and let you know what’s happening in the coming week.

Schools prepare for new pupils from Christchurch

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Some schools around the country will be seeing new faces in class tomorrow morning.

Long wait for some students before a return to school

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Some Christchurch students face a long wait before being able to return to school, as the full extent of damage to property becomes clear.

Bullying guidelines left up to schools - Waikato Times

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URL: Bullying guidelines left up to schools Waikato Times Schools are being left to decide which model of bullying management suits them the best – with the Education Ministry supplying only broad guidelines and support. The Times approached the ministry about its bullying guidelines following an attack on a ...

Tackling bullying in schools - SunLive

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URL: Tackling bullying in schools SunLive “The Chiefs were looking for a worthwhile community based project to become involved with which would have a positive impact at the grass roots level and what better place to start than with kids in schools?” says Lance. “Kia Kaha is a whole school ...

Beneath the calm, the fear remains - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Beneath the calm, the fear remains Stuff.co.nz The Fidows start at Worser Bay School today, three of nine children from five earthquake flight families who have enrolled at the small 160-pupil school. With Christchurch city's schools closed indefinitely, the Principals Federation is getting reports ...

University Working To Provide Certainty To Students - Voxy

The Student Life

URL: University Working To Provide Certainty To Students Voxy Wellington, Feb 27 NZPA - The University of Canterbury is working "as quickly as possible" to provide certainty to students as they assess when classes can reopen after the campus was damaged in Christchurch's earthquake. ...

All Christchurch schools remain closed - Radio New Zealand

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URL: All Christchurch schools remain closed Radio New Zealand Education Minister Anne Tolley says the ministry is working on plans to get students back into some form of learning as soon as possible. She says options include temporary sites for some schools, relocatable classrooms and relief teacher support. ...

KITE still growing in strength - Marlborough Express

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URL: KITE still growing in strength Marlborough Express In the final of a series highlighting the 15 businesses entered in this year's Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, Sophie Preece talks to Monique Gemmell at the Koru Institute of Training and Education. A Marlborough education provider ...

Top high school in trouble - Northern Advocate

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URL: Top high school in trouble Northern Advocate While the report notes positives in the school's performance, it also observes NCEA achievement levels falling below those of similar schools and achievement levels of Maori students were below national averages. The report recommends the school ...

Christchurch earthquake: Teachers warned to beware of unsafe schools - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Christchurch earthquake: Teachers warned to beware of unsafe schools New Zealand Herald The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa said school and early childhood staff must listen to Civil Defence advice and keep away from quake-affected buildings and classrooms. It said assessors would be moving around schools and centres in the coming ...

Shirley Boys' High has to relocate

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The principal of the largest boys' school in the South Island says it will have to relocate in the short term because of earthquake damage.

Students step up and Government backs them

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Paula Bennett | Earthquake Recovery
A volunteer army of Christchurch students is stepping up to help people in Christchurch and we’re backing them with funding says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. “Just as they did after last September’s earthquake, students led by Sam Johnson are swinging into action and it’s truly humbling to see,” says Paula Bennett. Funding of $20,000 has been approved for the student clean up...

Govt expresses grave concern for Kings Education missing

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Steven Joyce | Earthquake Recovery
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce has this afternoon expressed grave concern for the staff and students of Kings Education, a private training establishment located on the third floor of the collapsed CTV Building. Kings Education is an international education private training establishment with students from a number of countries around the world.
Mr Joyce has spoken with Kings Education Director John Ryder to offer any additional support the government can give...

Update on Canterbury schools

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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley says while Christchurch City schools and early childhood education centres remain closed until further notice, some schools in Selwyn and Waimakariri may be able to open after the weekend, following the devastating earthquake. There are 215 schools across Christchurch, Waimakariri and Selwyn with around 76,000 students, and 415 ECE services. “We are doing all we can to support schools and ECE centres at this difficult time,” says Mrs Tolley...

Six schools significantly damaged in earthquake - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Six schools significantly damaged in earthquake New Zealand Herald St Paul's School was seriously damaged in the September quake and again on Tuesday. Photo / Mark Mitchell Six Christchurch schools have been significantly damaged following Tuesday's massive earthquake. Education Minister Anne Tolley today said the ...

Christchurch earthquake: 90 from language school missing - New Zealand Herald

Otago Daily Times

URL: Christchurch earthquake: 90 from language school missing New Zealand Herald Photo / Simon Baker Ninety students and staff from King's Education Ltd, housed in Christchurch's earthquake-ravaged Canterbury TV building, are either missing or unaccounted for. Of those nine were staff -- King's Education managing director Brian ...

Quake hits tertiary students at start of academic year - TVNZ

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URL: Quake hits tertiary students at start of academic year TVNZ The Christchurch earthquake has forced the closure of universities and polytechnics, affecting thousands of students at the start of the academic year. Tuesday's magnitude 6.3 quake struck on the second day of classes for the first semester of 2011 at ...

Schools take shaken pupils - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Schools take shaken pupils Stuff.co.nz Fifty children and teenagers from earthquake-ravaged Christchurch have joined South Canterbury classrooms in an attempt to return to routine. Thirty-three children have started at seven primary schools, while 17 have enrolled at three high schools. ...

Quake was like 'bomb going off' - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Mr Howison was trapped for more than an hour on the third floor of the PGC building with four co-workers from the Education Review Office after Tuesday's killer quake. The group had just finished lunch when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck about 12.50pm. ...

ERO's office in Christchurch was badly damaged and is now closed.

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 5

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Recovering from the earthquake As details of Tuesday's horrific earthquake continue to emerge it seems that hundreds of TEU members and their families have seen their workplaces and homes shaken or destroyed TEU national president Sandra Grey said, ...

Poor response to file early school reports - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Mark Johnson, HB Primary Principals' Association president At least two-thirds of Hawke's Bay schools have failed to follow the Government's request to file National Standards reports on student development four months early. Under the new National ...

Digital learning way of the future - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Digital learning way of the future Auckland stuff.co.nz MODERN CLASSROOM: Pakuranga College principal Mike Williams in one of the digital classrooms where students work on their own netbook computers. It's only a matter of time before all classrooms turn digital. That's the view of east Auckland principals ...

Whitcoulls: a proud Kiwi business success for most of its 128 years - Booksellers.co.nz

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URL: Whitcoulls: a proud Kiwi business success for most of its 128 years Booksellers.co.nz W & T also went promptly into the education area with a catalogue of educational works and a Teachers' Specimen Library. Clearly teachers could choose references and school texts from the selection. Financial security was important from the start; ...

Pupils help beautify stream - Hawke's Bay Today

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URL: Pupils help beautify stream Hawke's Bay Today LONG-LASTING CONTRIBUTION: Rebecca Lloyd and Sam Logan, Karapiro school leaders, with teachers and pupils from the school help Tom McGuire, kaumatua from Kohupatiki Marae, plant a totara tree. Photo / Duncan Brown LONG-LASTING CONTRIBUTION: Rebecca ...

Cash donations best way to help Cantabrians

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John Carter | Civil Defence
Cash donations are the best way to support people affected by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Canterbury yesterday, Civil Defence Minister John Carter says. Mr Carter says offers of support from donations of money are the quickest and easiest way to help organisations on the ground get exactly what they need. "That way, affected people can make their own choices about putting their lives back together. What’s more, money spent locally helps the local economy at a crucial time," Mr Carter says...

MR 2010/108 - Frustration and disappointment leads to withdrawal from National Standards Group

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa has withdrawn from the government’s National Standards Sector Advisory Group out of frustration and disappointment with the group’s failure to address the real problems with National Standards and their implementation.

MR 2010/109 - Blunt welfare reform will put children at risk

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is warning that young children will be the ultimate losers from blunt welfare reform which forces sole parents back into work.

Insight (8:12 am on 6th March)

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Insight looks at the changes being forced on early childhood services just as recommended welfare reforms are likely to increase demands...

Telling beneficiaries to study no use if classrooms are full - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
If the government wants to follow the recommendations of the Welfare Working Group it first needs to provide opportunities for would-be-students to enter tertiary education. That is the view of TEU national president, Sandra Grey. ...

School vandalism rise prompts more patrols - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Costs associated with vandalism, which includes graffiti and deliberate property damage but excludes arson, are covered by schools' Ministry of Education operating grants. Each school's grant takes into account the number of pupils and the vandalism ...

Education's Cinderella syndrome - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
And I definitely favour anything that improves the public education system in this country. And as far as paying teachers goes, I've been on enough school trips to know that whatever level of teacher they are - pre-primary, primary or post-primary ...

College gains three perfect exam scores

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Only one in 500 students gets a perfect score in the International Baccalaureate exams.So a small Auckland school is on top of the world after producing three of the rare top scholars in one year.Auckland International College...

Mt Roskill Grammar students win two $30,000 Premier Awards

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Two Mt Roskill Grammar students have proved that decile ratings are no barrier to achieving top marks. William Quach and Jordan Zi have both gained Premier Awards in the NZ Scholarship examinations - a top prize worth $30,000 given...

School gets bigger and better - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
Principal Shaun Stevenson says the upgrade will include the refurbishment of four classrooms, a major overhaul of the school's infrastructure and swimming pool complex. Mr Stevenson says the refit is expected to take up to 18 months. ...

NZers open hearts, homes to Christchurch quake victims - New Zealand Herald

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URL: NZers open hearts, homes to Christchurch quake victims New Zealand Herald About 1000 phone calls and emails had poured in to a temporary phone line and email address set up to deal with inquiries from Wellingtonians wanting to offer free accommodation to the hundreds of people arriving in the capital today from Christchurch. ...

Christchurch quake: Pre-70s buildings are 'at risk' - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Christchurch quake: Pre-70s buildings are 'at risk' New Zealand Herald Rescue workers on the collapsed Pyne Gould Guiness building in central Christchurch. Photo / Mark Mitchell Earthquake engineers are calling for tougher standards for strengthening old buildings after the catastrophic collapse of many ... NZCER: Our building was constructed 1973-1974, the front building however was built 1966-7.

Consultation continues for South Dunedin schools

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has invited parents and teachers in the South Dunedin community to have their say in a second round of consultation about the future of South Dunedin schooling. “I want to thank the boards of the six schools and their communities for their constructive feedback in the first consultation round,” says Mrs Tolley. “I have considered all the feedback and I would now like the boards to consult their communities on the revised options...

Report takes a comprehensive look at welfare system

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Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett welcomes the Welfare Working Group report into long-term welfare dependency. “New Zealand now has an opportunity to make real, lasting change to our welfare system to break the cycle of dependency,” says Ms Bennett. The report containing 43 recommendations will be considered by the Government.
The work of the Welfare Working Group will further inform the Government as it embarks on detailed policy work...

South Dunedin community consultation

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Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the second round of consultation to reorganise schools and strengthen education in South Dunedin.

How repetition helps a child's vocabulary

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It may be boring for parents - but reading the same book over and over again to children is the best way to develop their vocabulary. Researchers at Sussex University have found that repetition is more likely to help them improve...

Telling Beneficiaries To Study Is No Use If Classrooms Are Full - Voxy

Voxy

URL: Telling Beneficiaries To Study Is No Use If Classrooms Are Full Voxy If the government wants to follow the recommendations of the Welfare Working Group it first needs to provide opportunities for would-be-students to enter tertiary education. That is the view of TEU national president, Sandra Grey. ...

MOE: Announcements and updates on Chch schools

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Update 22 February 2011 - updates for schools, ECE services and parents after Christchurch Earthquake.

Welfare group propose radical reform

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Big changes need to be made to address the 'major deficiencies' in New Zealand’s welfare system, according to the Welfare Working Group report.

Maori 'extremely disadvantaged' in NZ – UN report

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A United Nations report says Maori are extremely disadvantaged socially and economically compared to other New Zealanders.

Pupils want bullies out - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Pupils want bullies out Stuff.co.nz Yesterday, the Times spoke to numerous students at the college who thought the board of trustees had been too lenient on the girls. They said other pupils had been expelled for far lesser crimes and they couldn't understand why these girls had not. ...

Give proper training, not unproductive schemes, says Goff - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
BUILDING the forestry industry and providing access to proper training is the only way to get young people off the unemployment benefit . . . not through Community Max schemes, says Labour leader Phil Goff. Young people need focused training programmes ...

Schools and early childhood services - Christchurch City, Selwyn District and Waimakariri District

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All schools in Christchurch City, Selwyn District and Waimakariri District must remain closed until further notice. Please check this website for further updates.

Revised options for schools presented - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Revised options for schools presented Otago Daily Times The consultation process was launched by Mrs Tolley last year in response to the 620 surplus pupil places at Calton Hill, Caversham, College St, Forbury, and Macandrew Intermediate. She said a review had become necessary because the roll declines could ...

Universities and schools to remain closed - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Lincoln University also reported that staff and students on it campus during the quake are safe. Vice-Chancellor Roger Field says Lincoln will be closed on Wednesday while its buildings are inspected. The Ministry of Education says all schools in ...

Christchurch quake: Timelapse map shows progression of quakes

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A time lapse map produced by Paul Nicholls at the University of Canterbury shows the progression of the 22 quakes that struck Christchurch today.

Minister welcomes another pay settlement

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has welcomed the decision by school principals to ratify the Secondary Principals’ Collective Agreement (SPCA), and has congratulated all of the parties involved. “The 2011-2013 SPCA is a very good settlement for secondary principals and the Government,” says Mrs Tolley. “It provides an improved career structure for principals based on professional criteria and service...

Hope rises of national standards rethink - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
Hawke's Bay opponents to National Standards are hopeful Prime Minister John Key's public admission to flaws in the controversial curriculum model will bring changes. Mr Key acknowledged during a school visit last week that the introduction of the ...

Secondary principals' settlement good news for schools - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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URL: Secondary principals' settlement good news for schools Scoop.co.nz (press release) The new career structure in the Secondary Principals' Collective Agreement is good for secondary principals and for schools, Secretary for Education Karen Sewell said today. “School leadership is vital to achieving successful education outcomes for all ...

Secondary Principals' Collective Agreement 2011 - 2013

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Effective 11 February 2011 - 29 March 2013

Secondary principals’ settlement good news for schools

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Secondary principals’ settlement good news for schools The new career structure in the Secondary Principals’ Collective Agreement is good for secondary principals and for schools, Secretary for Education Karen Sewell said today.

AgITO helps 4500 trainees gain NCEA qualifications - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“Trainees who were convinced they were not capable of learning are being shown that they are through the training they do with AgITO. They can now proudly claim the same achievement as their peers who gained these qualifications at school. ...

Are schools becoming irrelevant to today's society? - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Schools have to become marketers and try to influence the wider community. “We need to start talking to parents and communities about how the world has changed, how education has changed and what our children are facing when they leave school. ...

Hon. Anne Tolley, Minister Of Education, New Zealand Meets Rt Hon William ... - Voxy

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Voxy
The largest gathering of education and skills ministers in the world once again took place in London, last week. Hon. Anne Tolley, Minister of Education for New Zealand was welcomed to the forum by the Rt Hon William Hague, First Secretary of State and ...

New training offer to help Canterbury companies - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Information technology company Datasouth has announced a partnership with Organisation Development Institute (ODI) to provide a new range of technical training workshops for Canterbury organisations.New training offer to help Canterbury companies get ...

RNZ NTN: Is special needs education still on the fringes of the system?

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Even though it is statutorily required, more than half of schools still don't offer special needs education. And are teachers adequately prepared to teach such students? We talk to Massey University Associate Professor Jill Bevan-Brown, and Jenny Tippett, a special needs teacher whose son has Asperger's Syndrome.

NorthTec’s MyStart introduction days register with youths

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Informative advice aimed at 16 to 17 year-olds and youth education agencies, was offered by NorthTec at its last two MyStart introduction days it held around the region which has helped several youths make up their minds about what career paths ...

Dave Randell - Principal's balancing act - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

URL: Dave Randell - Principal's balancing act The Bay of Plenty Times Mouths drop open when he turns up at the annual Otumoetai College Peer Support and Leadership Camp in gym gear and no glasses. "I show them and do everything with them," Randell says as he lands his feet back on the carpet. "I have a stunned audience ...

Schools may find it hard to keep unimmunised children away

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A top government health official admits they're having to rely on the honesty of parents as they battle a spreading outbreak of measles.

School of the Week: Otumoetai Primary - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

URL: School of the Week: Otumoetai Primary The Bay of Plenty Times Year 2 teacher Denise Carter is in charge of road safety at the school and says the initiative has been well received by the students and wider school community. "It's about education and it's also about getting the kids out and exercising," she says. ...

Christchurch school orchestra to play at Westminster Abbey - The Press

The Press

URL: Christchurch school orchestra to play at Westminster Abbey The Press By Daniel Tobin Pupils from Linwood College School Orchestra practising. They have been invited to play at Westminster Abbey as part of this years ANZAC Day commemorations. Pictured: Sam Lane 14 (L) and Jack Orr 16, on double bass. ...

cheap spirits a 'real problem' - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
It is not surprising that the amount of potent spirits is on the rise, with young people the likely consumers, an Otago University professor says. Information published by Statistics New Zealand yesterday shows the total amount of alcohol available for ...

Parents convicted for son's truancy - TVNZ

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TVNZ
ONE News understands Alyson McLeish's son skipped half the number of classes he was supposed to attend during a three year period at Orewa College. Principal Kate Shevland said prosecuting McLeish and her son's father, Kent Heller, was a last resort. ...

Teacher Fellowships Awarded « Teacher Fellowships Awarded « News ...

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Host organisations for this group of teachers include the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, The University of Auckland, Department of Conservation, Lincoln University, NIWA, Victoria University, Unison (powerlines company) ...

National Standards race to nowhere | Green Party of Aotearoa New ...

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On a school visit, John Key admitted to Julia Gillard that we're having a few problems with our “trial” of National Standards. If only it was a trial! In fact, it's been rolled out to all schools, but he was right to admit that it's not ...

Close Down The Boot Camps! - Voxy

Voxy	URL: Close Down The Boot Camps! Voxy If he were to say that about any other National Government programme (National Standards come to mind) then there would be serious questions. But many New Zealanders like the so-called 'short, sharp shock' approach even though it has been proven to be ...

Teachers frustrated at increased workload - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
An NCEA survey has found teachers think the Government is failing to support secondary schools during a period of massive change. Around 3000 teachers throughout New Zealand took part in the survey carried out by the PPTA. President Robin Duff says ...

RNZ SAT: Peter Sunde : file-sharing and micropayments

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Scandinavian hacker, entrepreneur and DJ best known for co-founding The Pirate Bay and guest speaker at the annual Webstock conference in Wellington.

Time for a cultural revolution - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
We almost manage to have a decent health service, education, science establishment and other functions of a developed economy. Many people have an OK standard of living, although some unsustainably so through high debt. Our social fabric is strained ...

Students hang on for answers - Timaru Herald

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Timaru Herald
Several students approached management this week, asking for an update. They met management again yesterday, but said nothing had changed. "It just went round and round in circles. We got the same answers but in different words," one student said. ...

Mum confronts her daughter's website bully - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Mum confronts her daughter's website bully Stuff.co.nz Ms Cooper came forward after coverage of an horrific bullying attack at Morrinsville College last week in which a 13-year-old girl was hospitalised after having her head smashed against a toilet door by four fellow pupils. Deputy principal Murray Feast ...

Teenage bully pulled from school - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
But Mr inger said the past two Education Review Office reports showed the school took bullying seriously. "The reality is adolescents are involved in petty bullying and when it gets serious, as it does sometimes, it might result in a fight or assault. ...

RNZ SAT: Merlin Mann : creativity and productivity

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Writer, speaker, broadcaster and creator of 43folders.com visiting Wellington for the annual Webstock conference.

RNZ SAT: Augustina Driessen : children and attachment

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Nurse and psychotherapist who established the Family Attachment BASE SAFE Trust which runs in several schools in the Bay of Plenty area.

Bullies caught boasting about attack on Facebook - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: Bullies caught boasting about attack on Facebook 3News NZ The decision to keep them at school has been backed by the Ministry of Education, and even the Minister of Education Anne Tolley. But the Principal told Campbell Live the bullies were remorseful. That has caused a public outcry, with viewers showing us ...

Performing Arts Centre, New Classrooms For Auckland School - Voxy

Voxy

URL: Performing Arts Centre, New Classrooms For Auckland School Voxy Education Minister Anne Tolley says hundreds of children will benefit from a $1.36 million building project at Stanhope Road School in Auckland which has created a Performing Arts Centre and extra classrooms. The new facilities at the school in ...

Who's going to be eating all the pies? - SundayNews.co.nz

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URL: Who's going to be eating all the pies? SundayNews.co.nz Health advocates say junk food, vending machines and unhealthy food options have crept back in since the new government scrapped food guidelines requiring state and state-integrated schools make only healthy options available. But Education Minister ...

Schools on a roll forced to recruit - Wairarapa Times Age

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Wairarapa Times Age
Principal Geoff Shepherd said yesterday the school had a roll of 520 pupils when he had figured on 480 - and the flood of enrolments had not stopped yet. "We've had significant growth over last year and most especially in two areas - Year 9 and the ...

Four new schools, over 400 school buildings through stimulus package

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says school property has received a massive boost as a result of the Government’s economic stimulus programme. “Four new schools opened at the start of this year, while 400 new school buildings have resulted from the fast-tracking of publicly-funded projects,” says Mrs Tolley. “Overall, there have been 18 new schools and rebuilds since 2009.” “Schools throughout the country have benefited from the stimulus programme, which has created an additional 2000 jobs,” says Mrs Tolley...

MR 2011/106 - Government Confidence in National Standards Falters

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The Prime Minister’s admission that there are problems with National Standards is a significant victory for the thousands of parents, teachers, principals and academics who have expressed deep concerns, says the education sector union ...

auckland.scoop.co.nz » Will National withdraw National Standards ...

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There'll be frustration in National's Botany campaign today after prime minister John Key admitted that national Standards are facing problems, Labour's Botany candidate Michael Wood says. “John Key made it clear today that he no longer ...

Hundreds of schools stalling on standards - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Nearly 500 schools have failed to lodge National Standards-related documents as required, prompting warnings from the minister they risk jeopardising resources that could directly affect children's learning. ...

Leaders go back to school - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Leaders go back to school Auckland stuff.co.nz Mr Key took his counterpart to the school from which he launched the controversial national standards to show her the huge progress the Glendowie school has made. The pair was welcomed with a powhiri and a performance by the choir and ukulele band ...

auckland.scoop.co.nz » Frustration and disappointment leads to ...

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa has withdrawn from the government's National Standards Sector Advisory Group out of frustration and disappointment with the group's failure to address the real problems with National Standards ..."

PPTA lashes out at Govt NCEA changes - 3News NZ

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URL: PPTA lashes out at Govt NCEA changes 3News NZ The PPTA released a survey today on the impact changes to NCEA - which, among other things, require schools to rewrite standards and assessment activities and produce new resource for their students - were having on teachers. PPTA president Robin Duff ...

NCEA survey reveals broken promises - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
An NCEA survey released by PPTA today exposes the government's failure to support secondary schools during a period of massive change. Schools from Southland to Upper Northland are struggling under the increasing workload around NCEA created by ...

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 4

URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 4
Aoraki staff suffering back-to-school blues Spare a thought for tutors and students at Aoraki Polytechnic where low morale and stress from restructuring means a number of staff have resigned, or are on sick leave, just as the teaching year begins. TEU ...

Principal hopes badly beaten student will return - Radio New Zealand

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URL: Principal hopes badly beaten student will return Radio New Zealand Morrinsville College principal John Inger says the Year Nine pupil was set upon by a group of classmates in a toilet on Tuesday. The girl was punched and kicked in the head and had a door slammed on her. She is still absent from school suffering from ...

NZEI pulls out of advisory group - Newstalk ZB

URL: NZEI pulls out of advisory group
Newstalk ZB
The NZ Educational Institute has pulled out of the Government's National Standards Sector Advisory Group. The group was set up by the Government last year and was supposed to identify issues and give feedback to the Education Minister. ...

Academics turn down 4% pay, want better education instead

URL: Academics turn down 4% pay, want better education instead
Protecting the quality of teaching and research may cost academic staff at the University of Auckland a pay rise but they’re prepared to make this trade-off and use industrial action to achieve it. At meetings across every campus at the University of Auckland, ...

Boarding schools eyeing sleepover decision - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Columba College boarding director Richelle Manson had also followed the case. If workers had to be paid by the hour the hostel would probably make the shift active, as it had been in the past. Plenty of chores could be done at night, ...

Educators urged to to get serious about technology - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Educators urged to to get serious about technology
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Next week he is also keynoting and giving multiple presentations at the *Learning@School *Conference in Rotorua, the education technology conference for New Zealand educators. Dr McLeod is an Associate Professor in the Educational Administration ...

Bashing bully girls back at school - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Bashing bully girls back at school
Stuff.co.nz
A week later those four girls are back at Morrinsville College - but their victim is not. She has spent a week in and out of in hospital and is now under 24-hour care at home, with the prospect of never recovering fully from the attack. ...

On-job training winning formula for Living Earth - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: On-job training winning formula for Living Earth
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
A commitment to on-job training has proved to be a winning formula for Living Earth, Christchurch's state of the art composting facility, with the first ever presentation of the National Certificate in Composting. Sue Winter, who manages the composting ...

Editorial: Woodford House still a class act - Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today

URL: Editorial: Woodford House still a class act Hawke's Bay Today ... schools in Hawke's Bay has rubbed off around the region to the point where many of our state schools are also consistent providers of quality education. Today is our chance to acknowledge the educational and societal impact Woodford House School ...

Waiopehu principal humbled by pupils' support - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Waiopehu principal humbled by pupils' support Stuff.co.nz RIGHT BEHIND YOU: Pupils at Waiopehu College, Levin, perform a haka in support of principal Barry Petherick after allegations of bullying at the school. SHOW OF SUPPORT: Principal Barry Petherick and pupil Joel Bennett, 14. Pupils from the school at ...

Teachers taking leave from schools to work with researchers - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Teachers taking leave from schools to work with researchers
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Host organisations for this group of teachers include the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, The University of Auckland, Department of Conservation, Lincoln University, NIWA, Victoria University, Unison (powerlines company) and Jasmax Ltd ...

auckland.scoop.co.nz » Government Confidence in National Standards ...

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The Prime Minister's admission that there are problems with National Standards is a significant victory for the thousands of parents, teachers, principals and academics who have expressed deep concerns, says the education sector union ...

Poster Schools and Principals

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Take, for instance, the poster principals for national standards. These principals, by definition, favour a solid regime of testing in literacy and numeracy. They also use such a regime as a driver of their schools, as a selling point ...

Teacher groups urge rethink on standards - New Zealand Herald

URL: Teacher groups urge rethink on standards
New Zealand Herald
Calls for a full review of National Standards grew yesterday following confirmation that a key player in the development of the controversial system was resigning. The debate surrounding the standards was reignited this week when ...

Boards stunned by PM's admission - Newstalk ZB

URL: Boards stunned by PM's admission
Newstalk ZB
The admission by the Prime Minister that the implementation of National Standards isn't going smoothly has stunned a coalition of school boards. A rebel coalition of school boards is stunned at an admission by the Prime Minister that the implementation ...

PM's Standards Admission "Extraordinary" - Voxy

Hawke's Bay Today

URL: PM's Standards Admission "Extraordinary" Voxy The Prime Minister's admission that different schools are interpreting the National Standards differently is no surprise to the 300 Boards of Trustees in the Boards Taking Action Coalition. Schools in the coalition have long claimed that the National ...

More schools join rebel coalition - Hawke's Bay Today

Hawke's Bay Today

URL: More schools join rebel coalition Hawke's Bay Today Teachers below mark, p2More Hawke's Bay primary schools have shown a lack of faith in the Government's National Standards and are refusing to comply with the Ministry of Education's controversial directive. Ten Hawke's Bay schools have joined a ...

Has the Govt's 'National Standards' education policy been a success? - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Has the Govt's 'National Standards' education policy been a success? New Zealand Herald Prime Minister John Key used a visit to a school close to his heart with a "special friend" Australian leader Julia Gillard, to acknowledge the national standards hadn't gone as smoothly as planned. He was at Glen Taylor school in Glendowie, ...

Tertiary pass rates unlikely to be manipulated - TEC - TVNZ

URL: Tertiary pass rates unlikely to be manipulated - TEC
TVNZ
Performance-linked tertiary education funding is unlikely to tempt universities and polytechnics to manipulate their pass rates by accepting lower quality work from students, says the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). "The whole idea is not to be ...

Transforming the RTLB service

URL: Transforming the RTLB service
A new service will be in place for 2012. The Ministry is working with the sector to redesign the RTLB service.

Speech: Murray Mccully - Resilience In The Pacific Conference - Victoria ... - Voxy

URL: Speech: Murray Mccully - Resilience In The Pacific Conference - Victoria ...
Voxy
No matter what else we do, the Pacific will not flourish if we do not invest in improving educational outcomes for young people. Currently we spend something like $67 million annually on educational support in the Pacific. When we sat down for our last ...

Automotive Training Centre to offer Automotive Trades Progra - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Automotive Training Centre to offer Automotive Trades Progra
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
South Auckland Automotive Training Centre (ATC) has been established as a charitable trust to fill the current gap between the largely theory-based training made available through the tertiary education system, and industry training for those employed ...

Bullying victim returns to school - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Bullying victim returns to school The Dominion Post Jacob Hamilton returned to Levin's Waiopehu College as the mother of a former pupil contacted The Dominion Post to say she had pulled her daughter out of the school because bullying had become so bad. Sara Hirini said her daughter, now 15, suffered six ...

National needs to remember the SM Principle

REF: The Dominion Post, Thursday 17 Feb 2011, B5
...with schemes like Community Max the issue in th end come down to accountability for public money - and whether it can be properly monitored...

Healthy futures - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Healthy futures Auckland stuff.co.nz Pipettes and petrie dishes will be playing a big part in the lives of some Pacific Island students from now on. Otahuhu College has launched a health science academy targeted at helping Pacific Island students work towards a future career in health. ...

Pupils show enterprise - Times Online - Auckland

Times Online - Auckland

URL: Pupils show enterprise Times Online - Auckland A BUSINESS challenge where teams create mock companies and compete against each other has been chosen as the ideal way to integrate students into a new school – and a fresh way of learning. Ormiston Senior College opened the doors ...

'landmark' Course Launched For Special Education - Voxy

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Voxy
Prior to that he was bullied and teased by pupils and misunderstood by teachers who thought he was lazy and non-compliant. Today he is aa successful, happy 29-year-old who works fulltime for a government agency and his mother, who works in special ...

UCOL enrolments confirm vocational approach to study

URL: UCOL enrolments confirm vocational approach to study
The pattern of enrolments for the first semester at UCOL in Palmerston North suggests students are taking a more vocational approach to their choice of study programmes. There are also indications that Government policies linking student loans to study ...

‘Skills for Life’ opportunity for students

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Seventy two students from Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty have been given an amazing opportunity to sharpen up their skills on an internationally renowned Dale Carnegie training course, thanks to the generosity of the Acorn Foundation and ...

Keeping 4000 young people in education and trades training

URL: Keeping 4000 young people in education and trades training
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that up to 4000 young people will be retained in education and skills training in the year ahead instead of dropping out of the system, as a result of the Youth Guarantee and wider Government initiatives. "The Youth Guarantee, Trades Academies and Service Academies are making a huge difference to the lives of thousands of Kiwi students and their families," says Mrs Tolley...

Ministry of Education National Standards' leader quit

Ministry of Education National Standards' leader quit
AUDIO. Critics of the national standards in reading, writing and maths say the policy has been put in jeopardy by the resignation of a senior Ministry of Education manager.

Ministry's national standards leader resigns

URL: Ministry's national standards leader resigns
Critics of the national standards in reading, writing and maths say the policy has been put in jeopardy by the resignation of a senior Ministry of Education manager.

Why we need performance pay for teachers —

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We now ahve national standards to measure the progress of children, how about we bring in national standards to measure the performance of teachers and start by making them sit a teaching “certificate of fitness” exam. ...

PM admits national standards flaws : Prime Minister John Key used ...

URL: PM admits national standards flaws : Prime Minister John Key used ...
Prime Minister John Key used a visit to a school close to his heart with a 'special friend' Australian leader Julia Gillard, to acknowledge the national standards hadn't gone as ...

Schools defy Govt on targets - Northern Advocate

URL: Schools defy Govt on targets
Northern Advocate
Thirty-six Northland primary and intermediate school boards have stuck to their guns and refused to comply with the deadline for national standards target-setting. They make up more than 25 per cent of all schools in the region. ...

Has the Govt's 'National Standards' education policy been a success? - New Zealand Herald

URL: Has the Govt's 'National Standards' education policy been a success?
New Zealand Herald
He was at Glen Taylor school in Glendowie, which first launched the flagship national standards policy, when he said that the first year had effectively been a "trial". There had been "teething problems" around the moderation between schools, he said. ...

Teacher trainers not the issue - Newstalk ZB

URL: Teacher trainers not the issue
Newstalk ZB
Tertiary teacher providers are assuring that they're making the grade when it comes to training after concerns over teacher incompetencies. Assurances are being made that tertiary teacher providers are making the grade when it comes to teacher training ...

Incompetent teachers need to be struck off - Principals - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Incompetent teachers need to be struck off - Principals New Zealand Herald Too many incompetent teachers are being allowed to remain in classrooms, says the Secondary Principals Association. Of the 95000 registered teachers in New Zealand, 174 have been referred to the Teachers Council over competency issues in the past five ...

Teachers' Council allay competency concerns - NZ City

URL: Teachers' Council allay competency concerns
NZ City
Teachers' Council director Dr Peter Lind is attempting to allay concerns about incompetent teachers being allowed back in the classroom. ...

RNZ NTN: Teacher incompetence

URL: RNZ NTN: Teacher incompetence
How incompetent does a teacher have to be before they're stopped from practicing in the classroom?

MR 2011/105 - Teacher Competency Concerns Misplaced

URL: MR 2011/105 - Teacher Competency Concerns Misplaced
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says maintaining high professional standards is in the interests of all teachers and students, and the number of teachers being referred to the Teachers Council for competency issues is very low.

Stopping incompetent teachers expected to take time

URL: Stopping incompetent teachers expected to take time
The Secondary Principal's Association says efforts are being made to stop incompetent teachers getting through the system, but it may take time.

'Ghetto education' creates suspicion in major market - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: 'Ghetto education' creates suspicion in major market New Zealand Herald "Hit and run" private training establishments (PTEs) are threatening to ruin the success of New Zealand's export education industry, says a Labour MP. Raymond Huo, Labour's Chinese community affairs spokesman, says bad experiences at ...

Education leaders meet in Auckland - TVNZ

URL: Education leaders meet in Auckland
TVNZ
The City of Manukau Education Trust believes the cities economic future depends on equal education opportunities for all children, no matter where they live. Chief Executive Bernadine Vester says 84% of Auckland's low decile schools are located in ...

New resources to support school planning

URL: New resources to support school planning
Recently six leadership teams from primary schools in Auckland, Waikato, and Christchurch came together in regional pairings to work on their action and annual plans for 2011 and beyond. As part of on-going review cycles each school had used the Self-review Tools to help work out their priorities. They had a clear idea about how they would use their review data to determine next steps and the outcomes they wanted to achieve.They shaped these priorities into action plans. You can download the school plans they have developed and watch a video of Beckenham and Opawa leadership teams working on their plans at this link.

'landmark' Course Launched For Special Education - Voxy

URL: 'landmark' Course Launched For Special Education
Voxy
The University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the University of Canterbury to provide the programme in alignment with the Government campaign launched last year, called Success for all - every school, every child. ...

First CACTUS intake gets underway in Rotorua - New Zealand Police (press release)

URL: First CACTUS intake gets underway in Rotorua
New Zealand Police (press release)
Rotorua's first CACTUS (Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit and Support) got under way last week at Western Heights High School (commencing on 6 February 2011). The CACTUS course is an eight week intensive physical training course that ...

Bullied boy too scared to attend school - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Bullied boy too scared to attend school Stuff.co.nz A 13-year-old boy says he is too scared to go to school after a barrage of threats, standover tactics and cyber-bullying from other pupils at his college in Levin. Jacob Hamilton, a year 10 pupil at Waiopehu College, said: "I just want to go to school, ...

Youth fight gets serious - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Youth fight gets serious Stuff.co.nz SCHOOL TROUBLE: Several police officers descended on Hamilton's Fairfield College yesterday after a pupil allegedly punched another in the head. A Hamilton student was hospitalised after allegedly being beaten up by another student when a holiday ...