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Silverstream next for Gisborne in First XV Festival
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
From teams to tactics: Your First XV 2024 season handbook
Renewed rivalries and documentaries - all you need to know to be ready for kickoff.
Opinion: Cut-down version of school lunches risks throwing nutrition and manaakitanga in the bin
OPINION: Too many don't have a real choice in foods they can provide for their children.
'It's destroyed me': School's struggle with asbestos removal
The Ministry of Education is considering giving schools more help with asbestos problems.
Will NZ's school phone ban work? Let’s see what it does for students’ curiosity
Where nearly everyone has a smartphone, probably nearly everyone will have an opinion.
What you need to know about the school cellphone ban
The Government's official cellphone ban has begun in schools.
Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
Work programmes would soon be announced relating to the priority areas.
Phone ban in schools begins - will it reduce cyberbullying?
Cellphone use will be banned in schools for students across the country.
Why kids wag school - truants in their own words
'We’re just seeing the tip of the iceberg.'
'That's the kind of leader I want to be for our kids'
Sela Pohiva was once a young student needing help - now she is the mentor.
Steven Joyce: Kids need to know they have the power to succeed
OPINION: Our bureaucratic, top-down education system is visibly failing us.
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
'Savage cuts': Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki look to slash 1000 jobs
The PSA has called it a 'brutal day' for the public sector.
'We're the ones that are saving the school lunch programme' - David Seymour
The Act leader says the Labour Party didn't set aside funds for school lunches after 2024.
Govt’s cellphone ban in schools: What Northland principals think
Schools say ban has had a positive effect but question whether it needed to be imposed.
Teacher admits sending naked pictures to students, offering them sex toys
He offered to teach a female student how to perform a sex act.
School rivalry: Teens charged after brutal bottle attack on student
Boys referred to Youth Aid as police vow to take hard line on violent assaults.
Can private businesses build better schools?
Investors could be used to build more public schools. It's been controversial overseas.
'Rock bottom': Auckland Grammar principal blasts state of education system
'In disarray, colloquially buggered, we’re heading towards rock bottom.'
Botany Downs Secondary College returns after evacuation, amps up police presence
Students were told to stay away from school due to a 'threat'.
Gregor Paul: The major changes in pipeline for Auckland First XV rugby
The proposal is all but agreed to create a city-wide lower-tier competition.
Tauranga Boys’ College spends more than $11k on 'PR spin' in historical sexual abuse case
The school says such 'complex' cases require specialist advice to protect all involved.
Public sector stress: Inside the 'unsettling' efforts to cut costs at govt departments
Just how deep will the cuts go in the race to cut spending?
Thousands of students stood down - highest in 20 years
Assaults, smoking, vaping and alcohol all resulted in formal removal.
Genesis scholarships support students’ Stem education
Genesis Energy community liason manager Michaela Latimer speaks about the company's scholarships that help support Stem education and how the scholarships have helped the recipients and their schools. Video / Genesis Energy
Focus: Meet Belle and Ena Yin: The St Cuthbert twins with 18 NZQA scholarships
From excelling in subjects like physics, english and maths to extra circular activities like robotics the 17-year old sisters have mastered a juggling act many would envy. Video / Cameron Pitney
‘Mum didn't know we took that many subjects’: Teen twins score 18 scholarship awards
Twins Belle and Ena Yin are two of the top 10 students in New Zealand.
Letters: Why we need to pay more tax; a better Auckland stadium site
OPINION: "NZ will have to learn to make sacrifices and save."
Two students expelled from school after brutal attack
Two students involved in an attack on another student have been excluded from school.