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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 >>
David Seymour Defends New School Lunches That Some Compare To Prison Food
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 9:19 pm | RNZ
David Seymour is defending new school lunches that some students are comparing to prison food. More >>
How Would NZ’s Brightest Energy Students Reinvent The Energy System? Taranaki Energy Hackathon Challenging Status Quo
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 8:49 pm | Venture Taranaki
The Taranaki Energy Hackathon, led by Beca and sponsored by Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, the regional development agency, will challenge participants to think beyond traditional solutions and scope an intergenerational energy system that meets economic, ... More >>
Young Ocean Explorers Aims To Inspire Every Kiwi Child Through Revolutionary 21 Day Challenge
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 7:26 pm | Young Ocean Explorers
This year’s challenge, “Together For Our Moana – We’re Shaping Our Future,” begins on February 28, 2025, and is packed with opportunities to foster environmental stewardship. More >>
Milford Foundation Commits Additional $460k Of Support To University Students
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 7:45 pm | Milford Foundation
Initially launched in 2023, the Milford Foundation’s scholarship aims to increase access to tertiary education by providing financial support to school leavers, and this year will be committing $460k, almost half a million dollars, across all three ... More >>
Sharing Uniforms, No Food - KidsCan Survey Reveals Why Children Will Miss The Start Of The School Year
Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 7:43 pm | KidsCan
Feedback from more than 200 schools paints a bleak picture of families grappling with the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Some children arrive wearing ill-fitting or incorrect uniforms, while others share a uniform and shoes with siblings, meaning ... More >>
Ara Signs MoU With Prestigious Indian Engineering College
Monday, 27 January 2025, 3:20 pm | Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd
After signing the five-year agreement, the visiting party was addressed by Ara Head of Engineering and Architecture Dr Robert de Roo and Manager of Architectural Studies and Interior Design Dr Adam Khan, before enjoying a tour of campus. More >>
2025 International Day Of Education; Theme: AI And Education: Preserving Human Agency In A World Of Automation
Monday, 27 January 2025, 11:55 am | University Of The South Pacific
USP has significantly contributed to integrating AI into education practices across the Pacific region. By establishing innovative programmes and collaborations, USP has facilitated the development of AI-driven tools and resources that enhance learning ... More >>
Create Pathways Supporting Academic And Cultural Success Of Pasifika - Project
Sunday, 26 January 2025, 6:21 pm | RNZ
Researchers are calling on educators to rethink their approaches and create pathways that support the academic and cultural success of Pasifika learners in Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>
Historian Dr Toby Boraman Announced As 2025 JD Stout Fellow
Friday, 24 January 2025, 4:11 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
A specialist in the labour history and social movements of Aotearoa New Zealand, Toby has published numerous articles and chapters on the political and social turbulence of the 1970s and 1980s. More >>
Cultivating Agricultural Talent - Pāmu Apprenticeship Scheme Underway
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 4:26 pm | Pamu Farms
The scheme offers apprentices a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in both dairy & livestock farming while working toward Level 3 & 4 Primary ITO qualifications. Apprentices will gain practical skills including animal husbandry, stock rotation, ... More >>
Study Into Removing Barriers To Children’s Outdoor Play
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 3:36 pm | University of Canterbury
A UC student-led research team has looked at the barriers to kids getting outside to play, as global trends suggest not playing outside is leading to negative effects on their development. More >>
Soaring High: Seabird Researcher Wins Global Contest
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 3:33 pm | University of Auckland
Pleiss analyses feathers and blood samples from the tītī, or sooty shearwater, to assess how the birds and their colonies are faring and their prospects under climate change. More >>
Area Schools Brace For Busy Year
Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 9:22 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
North Canterbury's area schools face challenges, as Hurunui College's principal gears up for a second year as the Ministry of Education's area schools leadership advisor. More >>
The Willing Students Who Struggle To Find Work
Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 8:55 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Rangiora High School is seeking opportunities for its Lighthouse programme (special needs) students. More >>
St Bede's College Cancels Centenary Celebration Over Sexual Abuse Allegations
Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 7:20 pm | RNZ
A former St Bede's College teacher is facing 11 charges linked to historical sexual offending against four students about 20 years ago. More >>
Wintec Students Provide Marketing Expertise To International Not-for-profit
Monday, 20 January 2025, 6:34 pm | Wintec
The programme gives third-year Bachelor of Communication and Graduate Diploma in Communication students the opportunity to work together, establishing a student run advertising agency within Wintec, helping real clients solve real problems. More >>
Industry Groups To Oppose Government's Preferred Option For Trades Training
Monday, 20 January 2025, 8:54 am | RNZ
The move will mean the industry voice is lost in the discussion about workplace training and apprenticeships, critics say. More >>
Asian Psychology Students Reveal ‘Whitewashing’ Concerns
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 7:39 pm | RNZ
Kyle Tan, a co-author of the study, said the findings revealed a pervasive influence of racism on Asian psychologists, highlighting an urgent need for systemic change. More >>
North Canterbury Schools Embrace Collaboration
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 10:20 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
North Canterbury's three kahui ako (communities of learning) have embraced the spirit of collaboration. More >>
Kaiapoi School Faces Pressure From Growing Subdivisions
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 10:13 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Kaiapoi North School is set to pass its site capacity this year and is waiting on the Ministry of Education to make a decision on building new classrooms. More >>
Schools See ‘Massive Plummet’ In Vaping Incidents
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 10:06 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
North Canterbury schools are seeing the effects of tackling vaping. More >>
Rangiora School Looks Ahead To More Settled Year
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 9:24 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Rangiora High School is hoping for a settled year, with its building projects and curriculum review complete. More >>
Fears New Standards Could Leave Students With No Qualification
Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:23 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
The requirement to pass new literacy and numeracy standards to qualify for NCEA could result students leaving school with no qualifications. More >>
Students Opt For Music, Sports: ‘I Can’t Get Enough Instruments’
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 9:30 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Sports, the arts and music are proving popular at North Canterbury secondary schools. More >>
Oxford School Funds Upgrades As It Awaits Ministry Decision
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 9:22 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Oxford Area School plans to progress some of its projects, as it waits from decisions from the Ministry of Education around funding for its promised redevelopment. More >>
NZ’s Te Pā O Rākaihautū Wins 2025 Zayed Sustainability Prize In Global High Schools – East Asia & The Pacific Category
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 8:24 am | Zayed Sustainability Prize
The school was recognised for its groundbreaking Puku Māra project, which uses indigenous biocultural technology to address global challenges such as climate change, food insecurity, and land degradation. More >>
Canterbury Schools Back Threatened Qualification
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 6:50 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
"There is zero chance we will get rid of level 1, until anyone provides an alternative." More >>
UCOL Celebrating Strong Enrolment Numbers Across The Rohe
Thursday, 9 January 2025, 4:21 pm | UCOL
“We’re already 128 Equivalent Full-Time Students (EFTS) enrolments ahead of this time last year, and all four campuses are showing strong interest.” More >>
Businesses To Host Stanford Interns
Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 10:47 am | Waipapa Taumata Rau
Seven New Zealand businesses have demonstrated their commitment to sustainability by offering to provide internship opportunities for students from the prestigious Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. More >>
Call For Mandatory Child Protection Training For Teachers
Monday, 30 December 2024, 2:49 pm | RNZ
Teachers are in prime position to notice signs of child abuse or have a child confide in them, but it is not mandatory for them to know how to respond or report it. More >>
No Christmas Cheer For Te Pūkenga Staff
Friday, 20 December 2024, 1:57 pm | Tertiary Education Union
The Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills, Penny Simmonds, has belatedly announced, at the last possible minute before Christmas, that the Government still plans to proceed with their plan to disestablish Te Pūkenga but no key decisions have been ... More >>
Seven Students Have Been Awarded Owens Scholarships For 2024
Thursday, 19 December 2024, 9:32 am | Acorn Foundation
The award winners have shown a significant commitment to their schools and the community, with strong ideas about their future goals. More >>
Historic Appointment For Māori Education - Te Wānanga o Raukawa Appoints Professor Meihana Durie As Tumuaki
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 7:01 pm | Te Wananga o Raukawa
As Tumuaki, Meihana is committed to continuing Te Wānanga o Raukawa’s kaupapa Māori approach and enhancing its impact on Māori communities. More >>
Barnardos Aotearoa Welcomes Regulatory Review Of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 6:16 pm | Barnardos
Barnardos Aotearoa is pleased to have been heard, alongside other ECE sector leaders and the thousands of submissions, by the Ministry of Regulation who conducted a review of ECE earlier this year. The Ministry has made 15 key recommendations in response ... More >>
Regulatory Review Report Misses Mark On Quality And Safety
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 5:34 pm | Kindergartens Aotearoa
We continue to be concerned that private centres are trying to use the government’s review of regulations to drive down quality and reduce teachers’ pay so they can make greater profits from taxpayer funds. More >>
Parents Alarmed By Optional Standards Proposal For Early Childhood Services
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 5:27 pm | My ECE
The ECE Parents Council spokesperson, Michelle De Bono said that standards are not just checkboxes; they are the backbone of quality care and education and making them optional would jeopardise children’s well-being and development. More >>
Te Rito Maioha Responds To Regulatory Review Of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 5:18 pm | Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood NZ
To remove the need for qualified teachers or “dumb down” qualifications does not solve the teacher shortage! The appropriate response to staff shortages is to put in place an effective ‘teacher education workforce strategy’. More >>
There’s Much For The ECE Profession And Public To Be Worried About – Analysis Of The ECE Regulations Report
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 5:04 pm | Office of Early Childhood Education
Chief advisor to the OECE, Dr Sarah Alexander said that the terms of reference for the review meant that the advice provided by the Ministry for Regulation to Minister Seymour would be biased. More >>
Qualified Teachers Essential To Quality ECE, Say Kaiako
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 12:11 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The report, released on Wednesday, recommends what it calls "greater flexibility in workforce qualifications" to support access to & quality of ECE, however teachers say this doesn't address the true causes of the shortage of teachers and will place ... More >>
Report Finds ECE Regulation Is Not Fit For Purpose
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 9:47 am | Early Childhood Council
“Many of the concerns we raised on providers’ behalf, including our community-based members, have been heard. Change is desperately needed and it’s now on the way, thank goodness.” More >>
ECE Regulation Shake-up Welcomed By Home-based Providers
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 9:03 am | Tiny Nation
The report makes clear recommendations around the need to simplify the regulatory framework for ECE providers. This includes revising the criteria that providers are licensed by to ensure that they are necessary and proportionate to the risks that ... More >>
Sector Responds To Regulatory Review Of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 5:40 am | Early Childhood New Zealand
“As a sector, we have been calling on the govt to put children first & create a set of regulations that support the education and protection of our children while also supporting the ongoing viability of ECE service provision,” says Kelly Seaburg, ... More >>
Regulatory Review Of Early Childhood Education (ECE) Has Delivered A Balanced Set Of 15 Key Recommendations
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 5:30 am | New Zealand Kindergartens
The review’s recommendations respond to the call for clearer regulations and improved transparency – including the use of public funding, data and evidence, and strong and more mature working relationships with regulators that can ensure regulations ... More >>
Country Kindy Successfully Repels Ministry Of Education’s Aggressive Approach In Legal Action, Raising Renewed Questions
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 4:59 pm | Early Childhood Council
“MoE doesn’t seem ready to face accountability for what they did to Country Kindy. In this case they even engaged high-powered lawyers to try to bully its opponent into the ground – when is enough, enough?” said ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>
Lack Of Strategy For Addressing Long-Standing Early Childhood Workforce Problems Hurts Children’s Education
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 4:50 pm | Office of Early Childhood Education
Nicola Willis’s office forwarded her copy of the briefing paper to Minister Seymour because to quote: “the issues raised fall within the portfolio responsibilities of Hon David Seymour, associate Minister of Education”. More >>
Fellowship Tops Off Big Year For Te Manawahoukura Rangahau Director
Friday, 13 December 2024, 9:05 pm | Te Wananga o Aotearoa
Te Manawahoukura director Dr Becky Kiddle (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) received the Mana Tūānuku Research Leader Fellowship from the Royal Society Te Apārangi. More >>
New Early Childhood Service To Open In Glenorchy
Friday, 13 December 2024, 8:55 pm | Kowhai Valley Creche
The Crèche will open to enrolled children based in Glenorchy on Monday 27 January 2025. More >>
2024 Recipient Of Margaret May Blackwell Travel Fellowship Announced
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 2:33 pm | NZCER
The fellowship, established in 1988, supports those working in or around early childhood education to study overseas to gain further experience and subsequently to disseminate that information for the benefit of early childhood education in New Zealand. More >>
University Of Waikato Improves Sustainability Ranking, Remains Among The World’s Best
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 10:09 pm | University of Waikato
Waikato's ranking of 112= out of 1,744 participating institutions sees it move into New Zealand's top four. Its score is 85.4 out of 100, an improvement on last year's 81.9. More >>
We Are The University Open Letter: Cuts To Marsden Funding For Humanities And Social Sciences
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 9:34 pm | We are the University
By tightening the bottleneck of researcher funding, Collins is crushing the ability for new ideas and new teachers to enter the realms of humanities and social sciences, consequently disincentivizing students' study of these subjects. More >>
New Zealand Men Main Reason For Bad Slump In Literacy, Numeracy Test
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 9:01 pm | RNZ
And an educator says she is not surprised. More >>
STAND Tū Maia An Essential Service, Say School Principals
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 4:06 pm | NZ Principals Federation
"The number of whanau, children and schools that have benefitted from STAND Tū Maia is immeasurable," said Leanne Otene, President of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation. More >>
Resist Gender Education Welcomes ERO’s Recommendation That Relationships & Sexuality Education Curriculum Be Reviewed
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 9:42 pm | Resist Gender Education
Although the ERO Report contains much useful information about the education needs of students in this era of online abuse and pornography, it also perpetuates some of the confusion and misrepresentation that has led to the current crisis and parental ... More >>
