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'Sharp roll growth': Almost all state schools operating at or above capacity
The Education Minister is promising to address classroom challenges.
Legal limbo: 14yo boy barred from school during custody battle
The boy's mother has asked the court three times to let her son go to school.
Auckland school closed because of 'ongoing' water issues
Students have been told to stay home.
School seeks new lunch provider after plastic found in meal
A Milson School student bit into a hard plastic piece in their lunch.
Opinion: Why Govt’s latest plan for schools might fail history test
OPINION: A recent experience with standardised testing didn’t achieve what was promised.
‘False facts’: Govt hits out at Labour for ‘misleading’ attacks on PPP schools
Labour has had to change its story on PPP schools and their alleged downfalls.
‘What happens next?’ Calls for local solutions to school lunch problems
Libelle Group's liquidation raises concerns about school lunch programme's stability.
Govt’s surprise move on national testing system stuns principals
There are concerns the new test might be developed by a foreign company.
‘We could lose experts’: Funding uncertainty for literacy teachers
Possible reinvestment of funds has been labelled 'a kneejerk reaction to finances'.
Revealed: Hundreds of children escaped from early childhood centres in NZ in five years
Four children were found 'running around on the road'; another was found near a highway.
Opinion: You don’t fix an education system by tearing it apart
OPINION: The thing is not all children learn in the same way.
Kaiapoi young parents’ college enrolment surges with 17 new students
The college offers van pick-ups and lunch for pregnant and breastfeeding mums.
Replacing an entire school: Excited kids watch as modular classrooms, admin block arrive in one go
The fleet of trucks and a crane stopped everyone in the community in their tracks.
'Worries right from the start': Former school lunch contractor ready to step in
Libelle liquidation sparks calls for change in school lunch programme.
‘Frustrating’: The 15 Christchurch schools with unfinished projects in Govt rebuild delays
A total of 115 schools were slated for refurbishment after the 2010-2011 earthquakes.
Quality school lunches: Bay of Islands College leads by example
The Bay of Islands College kitchen team's skills and creativity result in quality lunches.
Pre-planned police operation led to school lockdown
One person was arrested. Police remain at the scene.
State-integrated school’s optional $10,000 fee shocks parent
The fee for day students nearly doubled from $5585 since 2020.
‘A good job’: Seymour stands by school lunch programme
The minister's comments come after incidents that included a child being badly burned.
‘Never intended’: School lunch that burned student wrongly reheated in oven
A Bay of Plenty school reported lunches arriving so hot that containers exploded.
‘Deeply regrettable’: School lunch burns student, prompting safety probe
David Seymour apologised to the principal for the lunch incident.
‘Bring it to our school’: Principal on free lunch programme gaps
Maidstone Intermediate doesn't qualify for the free lunch scheme.
‘Make a sandwich’: Luxon’s response to school lunch backlash
Luxon said he would rather the state not have the responsibility of feeding students.
'Unforgivable': Students consume melted plastic after school lunches overheat in oven mishap
David Seymour had called this incident 'unacceptable' as a review is under way.
‘Equity crisis’: Principals urge end to NCEA reading and maths tests
Over half of students from low-income schools failed the reading and writing tests.
The cost of a private school education: NZ’s most expensive & how much fees have jumped
A Herald analysis of 20 leading independent schools' fees.
‘We’ve had no one apply’: Teacher shortage hits region
The Bay could be short of 180 primary school teachers in 2025, according to projections.
‘He’s the minister responsible’: PM makes expectations clear to Seymour over school lunches
Christopher Luxon says the programme is still experiencing some 'teething issues'.
Bruce Cotterill: Who’s at fault on school lunches?
OPINON: An attitude of ingratitude has poisoned the school lunch rollout.