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Tauranga's Waikato Uni numbers jump, overseas students double
The school-leaver cohort was 6.4% larger than in 2025, which had set the previous record.
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OPINION: Clear your debt and mortgage before making that move to the beach.
Teen farmers get a shedful of sheep to learn the ropes
Government-owned Pāmu has 19 apprentices training on its farms nationwide.
Being a student is pricier than ever – does it pay off?
Students say loan support falls short of basic costs.
'Students are really doing it hard': Part-time jobs dry up for uni students
In January, Student Job Search had 38,000 applications for 4600 roles.
Uni ordered to return student's $8000 fees after she failed a paper
The student failed a paper she needed to get into a higher doctoral course.
Uni dropout stabs family after graduation lie
The attack happened on the evening before the graduation ceremony.
Sir John Key steps up as Crimson chair as firm eyes potential offshore IPO
A Silicon Valley heavy-hitter has also been named on the board.
Single-sex vs co-ed schooling: what's best for student success?
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The failure of Labour's 'first-year fees-free' scheme - here's why it didn't work
'A tremendous way to spend a lot of money to no effect' - tertiary education consultant.
The only Kiwi uni to crack the world's top 100 – and it did it twice
Auckland Uni is among the world's best universities, but a report shows NZ has work to do.
New chief executive signals fresh start as Toi Ohomai regains independence
Toi Ohomai returned to local decision making on January 1.
New Year Honours: Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupō recipients named
They include a former mayor, doctor, and two Citizens Advice Bureau managers.
Global educator recognised with ONZM
Professor Dr Jens Mueller has been appointed an ONZM in the New Year 2026 Honours.
Bruce Curtis: How lawyers turn routine legal work into a luxury few can afford
OPINION: Many contracts force disputes into private arbitration, keeping rulings secret.
Opinion: NZ needs more entrepreneurs – will its new tertiary strategy reward real risk-takers?
OPINION: New rules urge universities to create more innovators, founders and risk-takers.
'Vision finally becomes reality': Waikato medical school build begins
The school will offer New Zealand's first graduate-entry programme.
Rod McNaughton: The hidden curriculum in the new tertiary strategy
OPINION: A new IP policy lets academics, not universities, lead research spin-offs.
‘A whole new world’: The pathway to US college scholarships for top Kiwi athletes
Inside the booming US sports pathway reshaping Kiwi athletes' ambitions.
'Wake-up call': Warning A grades set to overtake Bs as most common mark at universities
Dr James Kierstead says grade inflation is narrowing the marking scale.
Property Insider: Bidders race to land $800m Christchurch prison expansion deal
Plans for the expansion include 240 high-security beds in 160 cells.
Scarfies dump couches, mattresses, rubbish in student quarter streets after final exams
Five large bins took more than five tonnes of rubbish off Dunedin streets.
Medical school and pro netball: Hall’s prescription for success
The 21-year-old debuted for the Silver Ferns after a standout 2024 season.
Editorial: Adapt or fall behind – how Kiwi workers can take advantage of AI
OPINION: AI is already causing job losses, but different skills will now be in demand.
More a resort than student digs: First look inside new UniLodge Auckland Central
Ashton Mitchell architect Cliff Paul's stylish new Auckland CBD tower for uni students.
Teachers day off: Improving working conditions will improve learning conditions, union says
PPTA President Chris Abercrombie is with us to take us through what needs to change in our education sector.
Builder appointed to 32-level $201m Auckland CBD student tower
This week's $310m equity raise to repay bank debt and fund the construction of tower.
Auckland University makes Treaty of Waitangi paper optional after backlash
About 8000 students took the compulsory Treaty paper this year.
Potential for $131m of asset sales with Te Pūkenga de-merger
'Any decisions to sell these assets will be made by the Polytechnic Council.'
The failure of fees-free and why Māori and Pasifika students might miss out
The Education Ministry says it's better to dump fees-free and spend the money elsewhere.