New secondary school for Kawerau

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Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister, Hekia Parata, has today announced her decision to establish a new secondary school, for years 7 to 13, in Kawerau to replace both Kawerau College and Kawerau Intermediate. The Government last month announced $6 million to establish a new secondary school in Kawerau and invited the Kawerau College and Kawerau Intermediate Boards to provide feedback before a final decision was made...

Miramar South School and Strathmore Community School to merge

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Hekia Parata | Education
The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, has today announced that two Wellington schools, Miramar South and Strathmore Community School, will merge. “I have carefully considered the information provided to me by the Boards of Trustees, and through the wider community consultation, and believe that creating one large, full primary school will strengthen education and provide stability for children and their families in the area,” says Ms Parata...

Standards 'not telling whole story' - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
"That's one of the failings [of National Standards], that they don't have a mid-point," he said. The second issue related to reporting student achievement in Year cohorts rather than age. "When it comes to the end of the year, there can be eight ...

Calls for social workers in schools after horrific abuse - TVNZ

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TVNZ
New Zealand Educational Institute President Ian Leckie says it would be great to have personnel to support the school and families. He says social workers should be made available in every school throughout the country. There has been a renewed call ...

Education Minister defends Kawerau school merger

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The Education Minister, Hekia Parata.

Anger from Kawerau community over school merger

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Kawerau Intermediate in Bay of Plenty is vowing to continue to fight against its merger with the local college.

New school to replace two Kawerau schools in 2013 - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced a new college will replace two eastern Bay of Plenty Kawerau schools in 2013. Kawerau Intermediate and the town's college will close, and the new secondary school for years seven to 13, will be set up on ...

School to fight merger - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Government announced last month it wants a new $6 million school built and confirmed on Wednesday it will go ahead with that plan. The Ministry for Education sought feedback from the school boards on the proposal, with both of them opposing it. ...

Merger site for Miramar schools revealed - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The site on which two Miramar schools will officially merge in 2013 has been announced by the Education Minister. Education Minister Hekia Parata announced the merger of Miramar South and Strathmore Community School this morning. ...

Murupara schooling consolidated | infonews.co.nz New Zealand's ...

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The Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, says the consolidation of schooling in Murupara will help strengthen education in the area and raise student achievement levels. Today's announcement confirms the establishment of a new year 1-13 ...

Milk in schools may reduce bowel cancer risk - The Southland Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Milk in schools may reduce bowel cancer risk The Southland Times However, from 1950, many Southland schools opted out of the scheme after being given the option by the provincial education board. For people who started school in Southland from 1951 to 1967, only 36 per cent had had school milk at least once. ...

Number of schools in serious financial difficulty jumps - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
In a report presented to Parliament on Wednesday, Lyn Provost also highlights financial problems at a significant minority of Maori immersion schools (kura kaupapa Maori). The report is based on an overview of the financial audits of public education ...

Community buys in needed for Murupara school plan - Waatea News

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Waatea News
At the end of the day, the children in Murupara deserve the very best in education. They're parents in their community must be alongside any proposal to list achievements and remodel the educational options out there". Hekia Parata says the new school ...

Troubled schools numbers expected to rise - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Principals Federation says the number of schools in financial trouble is likely to rise. A report by the Auditor General on the education sector issued on Wednesday, found 32 schools are facing serious financial difficulty, up from 19 the year ...

Principals say number of schools in financial trouble will rise

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The Principals' Federation says the number of schools in financial trouble is likely to rise.

Prospects bleak for teacher graduates - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Prospects bleak for teacher graduates Otago Daily Times Nearly 170 full-time teacher positions will be axed in Christchurch this week as a result of the earthquakes which have forced many pupils to move to other cities around the country. The situation has left College of Education student Ralph Miller with ...

big tick for Witt - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: big tick for Witt Stuff.co.nz The achievement comes on the back of a vote of confidence from the Tertiary Education Commission's report released yesterday. After decades of financial woes the tertiary provider announced a financial surplus of 12 per cent of its revenue in June this ...

NCEA answer-giving teacher 'doing what he thought best' - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
17 students won't get their NCEA credits after their teacher gave them the answers they needed. Photo / Greg Bowker A teacher at a Tauranga college gave his students the answers to internal assessments, forcing the school to withdraw the NCEA results ...

Students win story comp - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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URL: Students win story comp Auckland stuff.co.nz Most of the book is illustrated with drawings but the five-year-old Fruitvale School pupil features as Sione in photos. The bilingual read, written by students of the New Lynn school, is published in both English and Samoan and focuses on travelling ...

Mum rallies community to end school bullies' 'terrorism' - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
A Flaxmere mother fed up with school bullying has taken matters into her own hands after seeing "little action" from a school following an attack on a pupil that left her with a fractured spine. Flaxmere College student Ardriana Kemp, 14, ...