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'Every single case worries me': Teaching Council boss responds to inappropriate teacher behaviour
A recent case detailed a teacher's relationship with a 16-year-old student.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Students swap pens for tools
The students are building new skills, constructing a house from the ground up.
Media bans, sideline fights, poaching: Is schoolboy rugby out of control?
Kiwis continue to have a passionate fascination with schoolboy rugby.
Kaitāia College choir 'impressed, delighted and captivated'
The Ngā Reo o Kaitāia choir made a big impact at the top choir competition.
John Langley: Breaking the bruising cycle over teachers’ pay
OPINION: Why butt heads over wage negotiations every two or three years?
PPTA calls off industrial action as it agrees to arbitration
All industrial action immediately called off.
'Exploited a vulnerable student': Ruapehu teacher struck off after sex with student
A school caretaker found the pair in a classroom close to one another.
Christian teacher stripped of registration over refusal to use trans student's pronouns
The teacher likened transitioning to identifying as a judge or an animal.
Students want strikes to end: 'We are calling for our right to education'
“While you battle over pay and conditions, students are being sent home."
‘Indigitech’: Drawing Māori and Pasifika students into stem subjects
PLUS: A teacher with a positive view of AI.
Rolling strikes bring disappointment and frustration
The rostering home of students will continue until the end of the term.
First XV wrap: The quirks of the biggest game in Auckland schoolboy rugby
The historical rivalry neatly captures the contradictions of Auckland's 1A competition.
'No one's happy about this': Secondary teachers begin new round of industrial action
Students will be rostered home for the rest of the term.
Teachers refuse to teach two year-levels each day after rejecting latest pay offer
The rejected offer included immediate one-off payments of up to $5210 to teachers.
'Perfectionistic obsession': Coroner orders school review after teen took own life
Coroner calls for change around the handling of distressed students after 15yo's suicide.
WorkSafe concludes Christchurch Boys' High School investigation
The school was under investigation following complaints from former staff.
More than two-thirds of Kiwis want to ban vaping, poll finds
A recent study found 10 per cent of year 10 students were addicted to vaping.
Watch: Howick College bus showers broken glass on students
A driver has been stood down after broken glass from a bus window showed down on students from Howick College. Video / Supplied
Watch: Grant Robertson speaks to Mike Hosking ahead of Budget 2023
Finance and Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson reveals more details of Budget 2023 to Newstalk ZB’s Mike Hosking. Video / Newstalk ZB
Focus: Act releases Alternative Budget featuring tax cuts, prison boosts
Party leader David Seymour reveals his Budget, “A Time for Truth”, including tax cuts, prison boosts and increased defence spending. Video / NZ Herald
The NZ schools dropping NCEA Level 1
A growing number of schools are ditching NCEA Level 1 to better prepare kids for Year 12.
Councillors want Gore Mayor gone, Hipkins set to meet Biden & another school ditches NCEA | Focus Morning Bulletin: 12 May, 2023
Pressure is building to oust the mayor of Gore, Hipkins set to meet Joe Biden in Papua New Guinea and why another school is ditching NCEA in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Focus: Mangatepopo tragedy principal reaches out to Whangārei High School after caving death
Elim principal Murray Burton has endured tragedy before when he lost six of his own students and a teacher in the Mangatepopo river, now he has reached out to Whangārei High School following Tuesday's disaster. Video / NZ Herald
Security brought in for retail crime wave, 'disappointment' in Whaitiri & teacher pay offer falls short | Focus Morning Bulletin: 9 May, 2023
Retailers urgently call on more help to change the tide on a crime wave, the latest comments from the Prime Minister on Meka Whaitiri and questions around whether it's time to officially open the debate on New Zealand becoming a republic in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
WorkSafe investigates treatment of staff at prestigious high school
It's understood multiple allegations have been made against a senior staffer.
Focus: Students suffer ‘unfair’ living cost allowance as rent spikes
Students nationwide say they are suffering with the cost of living while landlords are profiting off new student allowance increases. Video / NZ Herald
Another atmospheric river, PM Hipkins 'blindsided' & why a school is saying 'stay away' | Focus Morning Bulletin 4 May, 2023
Atmospheric river threatens more slips and flooding, Chris Hipkins left in the dark over Labour minister’s shock defection and the future of MasterChef decided after judge’s sudden death in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Students called out for AI cheating, Cabinet minister jumps ship & Parliament protest today | Focus Morning Bulletin: 3 May, 2023
Top students deny AI cheating, wild weather sees insurance claims skyrocket and police monitoring protest action at Parliament today in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Christopher Luxon joins Kerre Woodham in studio
National Party leader Christopher Luxon joins Kerre Woodham in studio for an hour of talkback. Video / Newstalk ZB