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Complaints About Lunches Frustrate Principal Whose Students Go Without

Friday, 7 March 2025, 8:55 pm | RNZ

"Is the food going to the right people? These people that are so complaining, are they the ones that really need the food?" asks an intermediate principal. More >>

Teacher Aides Call For Pay Equity To Be Upheld On International Women’s Day

Friday, 7 March 2025, 1:57 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa

Teacher aides will begin discussions across the country next week — and vote later this term — on whether to endorse taking legal action under the Equal Pay Act against the Ministry of Education. A review of their pay, required under the Equal Pay Act ... More >>

Empowering The Future: Leaders Programme Continues To Inspire

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 6:03 pm | Wairoa Young Achievers Trust

Throughout 2024, the WYAT Wairoa College Aspiring Leaders Programme engaged two groups - Year 7 & 8 aspiring leaders and Year 13 prefects - in hands-on leadership development, with sessions alternating between Wairoa College and the EIT Institute of Sport and ... More >>

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Announcing The 2025 Fulbright US Cohort

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 4:42 pm | Fulbright New Zealand

Fulbright New Zealand Executive Director, Penelope Borland, says the latest group of US grantees travelling to Aotearoa is testament to a deeply held, shared commitment to the betterment of our world. More >>

No Frills Teaching Council Needed - PPTA

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 9:01 am | PPTA Te Wehengarua

The Teaching Council has opened consultation this week on a proposal to increase practising certificate renewal fees from $464 to $501 for the next three years. More >>

Students Left 'Demotivated And Dejected' By NCEA Exam Results

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 3:29 pm | RNZ

Some students are so stressed by new high-stakes NCEA exams they are suffering extreme anxiety and sleeplessness. More >>

Student Wellbeing Probed On Biggest Campus In Aotearoa New Zealand

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 8:41 am | University of Auckland

Recommendations on how to better support students are likely to come later this year and facilitating connection will be key. More >>

Call For Education Minister Erica Stanford To Take Over School Lunches Programme

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 7:11 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa

NZEI Te Riu Roa President Ripeka Lessels says Associate Minister David Seymour has failed to resolve the problems introduced to the programme when he altered it to cut costs and now Minister Stanford needed to step in. More >>

Auckland Dean Welcomes Medical Training Places

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 5:30 pm | University of Auckland

“Every New Zealander knows our health system is under strain, and we need a range of solutions to meet those needs. The announcements are excellent news. The University of Auckland looks forward to offering more places for students to study medicine.” More >>

Step In Right Direction To Increase Pacific Scholars

Monday, 3 March 2025, 3:30 pm | University of Auckland

Pro Vice-Chancellor Pacific Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau and her team welcomed 72 Pacific scholarship recipients to the University with an event at the Fale Pasifika ‘Anau ‘Aiga on 26 February. More >>

Education Sector Leaders Oppose Proposal To Scrap Expert Teachers Of Literacy And Māori

Monday, 3 March 2025, 11:56 am | Te Akatea

Education leaders say the Minister’s decision disrespects the mana and expertise of Resource Teachers and places schools and teachers in the impossible situation of having to comment on this proposal when they are desperate for any additional ... More >>

Michael And Suzanne Borrin Foundation Announces Postgraduate Scholarship & Travel And Learning Award Recipients

Friday, 28 February 2025, 5:35 pm | The Borrin Foundation

In collaboration with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence, the Borrin Foundation is proud to support up-and-coming Māori scholars as they undertake advanced legal study. More >>

Government Delivers Another Gut Punch To Māori With Proposal To De-fund Expert Teachers

Friday, 28 February 2025, 5:18 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa

NZEI Te Riu Roa president Ripeka Lessels says the proposal is another blow to Māori after Education Minister Erica Stanford recently cut Te Ahu o te Reo, a highly effective te reo learning programme. More >>

Whakanoa Weaves Cultural Safety Into Medical Training

Friday, 28 February 2025, 4:23 pm | University of Auckland

The steps Centre for Brain Research director Sir Richard took back in the 1990s culminated in a whakanoa – spiritual clearing ceremony – for more than 200 second-year medical students at the University this week. More >>

Government Must Act Now To Save Waitara Childcare Centre

Friday, 28 February 2025, 3:57 pm | Early Childhood Council

Waitara & District Community Childcare were given 90 days’ notice to vacate the LINZ building they occupy – handing them the impossible task of finding a new building and obtaining a Ministry of Education operating licence, a process that typically ... More >>

Substantial Decline Early Childhood Education Services Downgraded Or Closed For Non-Compliance With Regulations

Friday, 28 February 2025, 10:53 am | Office of Early Childhood Education

The number reduced by more than 40% - from 320 services in 2023 on a downgraded licence or closed for non-compliance to just 185 services (note that the figure for 2024 is provisional data). More >>

Team Behind University’s First Pacific Strategy Spans The Moana

Thursday, 27 February 2025, 12:32 pm | University of Auckland

Hon Pesetatamalelagi Barbara Edmonds says it was good to be amongst Pacific students and to have in-depth discussions focused on economic policies. More >>

Hoardings Go Up, Petition Signed As Early Childhood Teachers Wait For Proposed Reforms To Hit Cabinet

Thursday, 27 February 2025, 12:20 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa

NZEI Te Riu Roa National Executive representative for early childhood education Zane McCarthy says the recommendations prioritise the interests of corporations who receive millions in tax-payer funding, so they can put profits above quality early education. More >>

School Lunch Provider's Boss Says It's 'Mission Critical' To Meet KPIs

Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 8:44 pm | RNZ

It comes after Compass Group admitted halal meals it delivered to schools were not halal certified. More >>

Business School Celebrates Triple Crown

Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 2:00 pm | University of Auckland

The Business School's commitment to excellence, academic quality and innovative programme design were among several areas that impressed assessors from the Association of MBAs, an institution known for stringent criteria that evaluate teaching, curriculum ... More >>

Charter School Agency Announces New Application Round

Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 11:20 am | The Charter School Agency

New school applicants must complete the EOI forms by 24 March 2025. More >>

What’s Trending With Kiwi Students? CensusAtSchool 2025 Kicks Off

Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 7:24 pm | CensusAtSchool

Over the coming months, tens of thousands of students from Years 3–13 will take part, answering questions about everything from their screen time and tech use to their favourite foods, pets, sleep habits, gaming behaviour, and even what word they ... More >>

AUT Course Closures Send A Worrying Message

Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 12:19 pm | Tertiary Education Union

Auckland University of Technology to close postgraduate programmes in Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Human Rights. More >>

Gisborne School To Close After Student Numbers Dwindle

Saturday, 22 February 2025, 4:33 pm | Zita Campbell - Local Democracy Reporter

Current students will move to other schools in the local network. More >>

University Of Auckland Unveils Its World-Class Recreation Centre Hiwa

Friday, 21 February 2025, 5:09 pm | University of Auckland

With an innovative vertically ‘stacked’ design, it centralises the University’s sport and recreation services into a single premises, overcoming the spatial constraints of its central city location. More >>

Together We Can Solve The Teacher Shortage

Friday, 21 February 2025, 3:49 pm | Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood NZ

The Ministry of Education has admitted that the sector will have an under supply of 750 primary teachers and 500 secondary teachers this year – as opposed to the projected surpluses of 1050 primary school teachers and 61 secondary teachers. More >>

Solving Teacher Shortage Is About Valuing Teachers And Decent Pay, Says Union

Friday, 21 February 2025, 10:49 am | NZEI Te Riu Roa

NZEI Te Riu Roa Te Manukura | President Ripeka Lessels says shortages forecast in the latest teacher demand and supply planning projection are an ongoing pressure for primary schools and a major stress for school leaders. However, there are solutions, ... More >>

With A Little Help From Their Friends: School Challenges

Thursday, 20 February 2025, 4:08 pm | University of Auckland

Peer friendships and caring social connections with teachers and other school community members are central to students’ experiences of school, according to two recently published reports from the Our Voices project at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of More >>

New Kindergarten For South Otago

Thursday, 20 February 2025, 2:14 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens

The kindergarten came about after parents approached the Playcentre seeking more early childhood education for their children. Playcentre regional support lead Judy Hinton says the initiative has been community-driven, and it’s been a positive ... More >>

Award-Winning Composer Penelope Axtens Appointed To Creative NZ Lilburn Residency

Thursday, 20 February 2025, 9:17 am | Victoria University of Wellington

Professor Kim Cunio, Head of School at the NZSM, says that he and his colleagues are delighted that Penelope will be taking up the CNZ residency, describing her as “an award-winning composer with a distinguished career in Europe since 2002”. More >>

Teacher Enrolments Increasing At Te Rito Maioha

Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 1:37 pm | Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood NZ

“As a bicultural ITE provider, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, our focus is on ensuring a quality education so that our tauira (students) are classroom-ready using field-based learning, and secondly, that the needs of our tauira are prioritised,” ... More >>

Polymath Raises $1.5M NZD Pre-seed, Co-led By Blackbird And GD1 To Make Maths More Fun Than Roblox

Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 9:07 pm | Polymath

Polymath is the learning game that kids actually want to play. Kids on Polymath play for half an hour on average. After investigating the data on students who play Polymath regularly and those who don’t, the team found that kids playing regularly learned ... More >>

Applied Doctoral Scheme Boosts University And Industry Partnership

Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 2:08 pm | University of Auckland

The Scheme, funded for $20m over five years, is a programme to equip a cohort of graduates pursuing advanced research interests with hands-on skills from project management and finance to commercialisation and entrepreneurship. More >>

As New Charter Schools Open, We Still Know Too Little About How They Worked Last Time

Monday, 17 February 2025, 9:54 pm | The Conversation

Charter schools enjoy smaller classes and better teacher-pupil ratios. But big questions remain about their success rates – and why the public system isn’t better resourced. More >>

ANZIIF Partner With Lloyd’s To Present The 2025 Lloyd’s Innovators Scholarship

Monday, 17 February 2025, 5:27 pm | ANZIIF

This initiative is designed to recognise and empower future leaders in the insurance industry, providing them with an opportunity to develop their knowledge and expertise. More >>

Unpaid Placements Strain Trainee Professionals: New NZ Study

Monday, 17 February 2025, 9:55 am | University of Canterbury

Female-dominated professions, mainly teachers, midwives, nurses, and social workers, require three to four years of full-time tertiary study, during which students must pay university fees while working for free on unpaid work placements as part of their ... More >>

Gisborne students unhappy with repetitive free lunches

Sunday, 16 February 2025, 9:47 pm | Zita Campbell - Local Democracy Reporter

Teachers and principals express concerns the new school lunch programme, but also acknowledge the benefit it has for families struggling to provide food. More >>

Kindergartens Aotearoa Welcomes Minister Stanford’s Support

Sunday, 16 February 2025, 3:05 pm | Kindergartens Aotearoa

Kindergartens Aotearoa spokesperson Amanda Coulston says kindergartens welcome this commitment at a time when reducing regulations threatens quality and safety for children. More >>

Government Accused Of 'Othering' Muslim Community After Failing To Provide Halal-certified School Lunches

Saturday, 15 February 2025, 2:17 pm | RNZ

The government is being accused of racism and 'othering' the Muslim community, after failing to provide halal-certified school lunches. More >>

Facial Recognition Used On Students, NZ University Confirms

Saturday, 15 February 2025, 2:08 pm | RNZ

A New Zealand university is using facial recognition on students at one of its overseas campuses in China. More >>

Substandard School Lunches Ruining 'Sense Of Community' - Principal

Friday, 14 February 2025, 9:42 pm | RNZ

Nearly a third of schools receiving the cheaper free lunches have contacted the ministry with queries and complaints More >>

Hon. Carmel Sepuloni Talks Celebrity Treasure Island And Imposter Syndrome On Return To University Of Auckland

Friday, 14 February 2025, 5:54 pm | University of Auckland

Despite having risen to the highest ranks of political life the Deputy Leader of the Opposition says she much prefers talking policy rather than sharing her own story. More >>

More Flexibility In ECE Staffing Can Improve Access For Children And Parents

Friday, 14 February 2025, 1:09 pm | Early Childhood Council

The most important aspect of exploring flexibility in qualification requirements is supporting this sizeable existing workforce with qualifications, status and recognition, says ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>

Kiwi Students Speak: CensusAtSchool 2025–2026 Launches Feb 25

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 8:27 pm | CensusAtSchool

Aotearoa’s largest student survey is back! More >>

No End In Sight To Auckland’s School Lunch Crisis

Sunday, 9 February 2025, 7:51 pm | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter

Local politicians say the situation is unacceptable, particularly for families in high-deprivation areas reliant on the programme. More >>

Wellington Mum Shocked At $1000 School Uniform Bill

Sunday, 9 February 2025, 7:21 pm | RNZ

A Wellington woman was horrified when she was handed the bill for her son's uniform this year and discovered she had to pay more than $1000. More >>

Call For Government To Halt Decision-making On ECE Regulatory Review Report Is Widely Supported

Sunday, 9 February 2025, 5:49 pm | ECE Academic Group

The academics warned that planned changes to ECE regulations are not in children's best interests. The proposed changes go against decades of research evidence on how to ensure high quality ECE. More >>

Should Schools Have The Day After Waitangi Day Off?

Friday, 7 February 2025, 9:16 pm | RNZ

Dozens of schools are giving their students and some teachers a four-day weekend this week. More >>

Sir Collin Tukuitonga Becomes A Professor

Friday, 7 February 2025, 8:39 am | University of Auckland

'Inequities stick out to me', says new Professor Sir Collin Tukuitonga More >>

North Canterbury Principals Pleased With NCEA Results

Thursday, 6 February 2025, 10:11 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter

North Canterbury schools are reporting NCEA results at or above the national average. More >>

The School Where Students Still Love Their Free Lunches

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 8:09 pm | RNZ

A high school that makes its own healthy lunches says they hardly have any leftovers at the end of the day. More >>

Free Speech Union Welcomes Academic Freedom Policy From Victoria University

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 6:03 pm | Free Speech Union

This is an important step to ensure that staff and students can engage in open debate without retribution or restriction from the University. We hope other Kiwi universities will emulate Victoria in this. More >>

Ashburton School To Review Uniform Rules After Issuing ‘Culturally Inappropriate’ Passes

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:51 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

Ashburton Intermediate principalled has apologised after issuing a uniform pass that labelled pounamu as “incorrect uniform”. More >>

New Charter Schools Open Doors To First Students

Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:38 am | The Charter School Agency

The introduction of more diverse learning options in our communities opens more choice for families and students and offers a new start for children who have been disengaged or who will benefit from a different approach. More >>

'Our Students Deserve Better Than This. We Will Not Back Off'

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:41 pm | Mary Afemata - Local Democracy Reporter

One Auckland school had to buy 200 pies for students after their lunches arrived nearly four hours late. "It's not okay when I've got hungry kids." More >>

Māori Educator Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi Dies Aged 95

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:35 pm | RNZ

Dame Iritana was a life member of the Māori Women's Welfare League, a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit and made a Dame Companion in 2009 for services to Māori education. More >>

Surviving The Back-to-school Rush: Tips For Families

Friday, 31 January 2025, 5:17 pm | Food for Thought

The nutritionists at Food for Thought, a nationwide programme that teaches primary school children about nutrition, with support from Foodstuffs, is sharing practical strategies to help families reset routines and ease the transition into the school ... More >>

Disruption To Auckland Healthy School Lunches Programme Today

Friday, 31 January 2025, 4:01 pm | School Lunch Collective

The School Lunch Collective apologises to schools, students and parents impacted and remains committed to resolving teething issues experienced these first days. More >>