Education

A movie under the stars at Ōmokoroa

It's time to get ready for a cinematic experience under the stars. Ōmokoroa Point School PTA are inviting everyone to an enchanting evening of outdoor... Read More

Celebrating 100 years of Forest & Bird

A special meeting on Wednesday celebrating 100 years of the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society in New Zealand will be featuring national conservation... Read More

New life for police body armour

Police and Massey University design students have teamed-up to put old Kevlar to good use. Redundant armour plates from old out-of-warranty stab-resistant... Read More

Reporting shows struggle with truancy epidemic

Internal reporting shows attendance services were struggling with schools and other agencies as they tried to get the most serious truants back to class. The... Read More

Tasting the real world via Yia!

Giving students a real taste of the real world - and what it's really like to be an adult - is what the Young Innovators Awards hands to students across the... Read More

Survey: Parents, children, schoolwork and AI

Over half of NZ parents won't allow children to use AI for schoolwork. A new survey from Norton, a Cyber Safety brand of Gen, has found that Kiwi parents,... Read More

Students to take part in own 'general election'

Thousands of kids will have the opportunity to have their say in mock elections that will introduce them to the voting process. Already 609 schools have signed... Read More

BOP booklovers plea to help girls in Afghanistan

A group of local booklovers in the Bay of Plenty have thrown their support around a project to supply suitable books to the underground book club network in... Read More

Sunflower project to sprout budding gardeners

In the Bay of Plenty, 750 children through 15 kindergartens are taking part in this year's Daltons Sunflowers in Kindergartens Project, which launched on the... Read More

New tertiary fund to help student success

A new fund will help remove barriers and improve opportunities for the most underserved tertiary students in New Zealand, according to Minister of Education... Read More

Govt says school attendance improving

A school attendance officer says anxiety about Covid-19, lack of food, and language barriers are contributing to poor attendance by some children. The government... Read More

International students flooding back into NZ

The education sector says the country's recovery from the Covid-19 slump in international students is well under way. Education New Zealand - the... Read More