Articles by Amy Wiggins
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News
Search continues for person swept off rocks at Piha
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 1:41PMSearchers are still looking for a person swept off the rocks at Piha yesterday afternoon. Police yesterday said they were...
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Education
More than half of students not attending school regularly, new data shows
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 4:12PMMore than half of students were not regularly attending school in term 2 of this year, data released shows. The Ministry...
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National
Private Auckland school shuts down Palestine support group
Friday, 3 November 2023, 1:57PMAuckland’s Diocesan School for Girls has shut down plans for staff and students to gather and stand in “solidarity for Palestine’s...
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National
School drop-out 'crisis': Kids as young as 12 leaving school in search of work
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 9:33AMChildren as young as 12 are leaving school in search of work, according to youth employment agencies who say the country...
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National
Police patrol Auckland school every day amid rise in violence
Friday, 25 August 2023, 2:15PMPolice are patrolling the grounds of an Auckland school up to three times a day in response to an increase in youth violence...
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Education
'Everyone needs a break': Teachers, students concerned by weekend exams
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 2:56PMExams scheduled for a Saturday have raised concerns among students and a teachers’ union over school work encroaching on...
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Auckland
Waterfront explosion 'a prank gone wrong'
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 1:55PMAn explosion at an Auckland waterfront site a year ago was a “workplace prank gone wrong”, a WorkSafe investigation has found. In...
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Education
'One of the best things I've done': Schools with phone bans already in place report positive results
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 1:19PMStudents playing and talking to each other during breaks has become the norm again in schools with cellphone bans in place,...
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National
How wanted Marokopa father is disguising himself
Friday, 4 August 2023, 9:18AMPolice have revealed how wanted father Tom Phillips is disguising himself in public - by wearing a beanie, glasses and a...
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Education
School violence on the rise: Thousands of students stood down or suspended
Sunday, 30 July 2023, 2:37PMThe number of students stood down or suspended for physically assaulting staff or students has increased 66 per cent in the...
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Auckland
'It was really scary': Students recall terrifying three-hour lockdown ordeal
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 4:17PMTerrified students were told to “lie down and get under the desks” as Rutherford College and Rutherford Preschool were plunged...
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National
Lockdowns lifted after gun threat forced four schools to lock gates
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 1:15PMA lockdown that forced four schools and several early childhood centres to close for nearly three hours has now been lifted. Four...
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Education
'Extremely serious and concerning': Preschool teacher hit child on head for not sharing
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 12:46PMA preschool teacher hit a child on the head with her knuckles after he refused to share a toy in what has been described...
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Education
Teachers assaulted by student at top Auckland girls' school during VIP visit
Friday, 21 July 2023, 1:22PMA student attacked two teachers at Auckland’s Epsom Girls Grammar School yesterday, the school has revealed in an email to...
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Education
More than half of students still failing Year 8 maths
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 4:18PMAlmost 60 per cent of New Zealand Year 8 students are not achieving at curriculum level for maths while students at low decile...
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Politics
Early childhood policy may not mean reduced fees, Government warned
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 2:48PMThe Government was warned its extension to the 20-hours-free early childhood education policy in this year’s budget was “low...
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Education
Fears proposed science curriculum will turn out ‘ill informed students’
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 9:11PMTeachers at all levels fear the draft new science curriculum will turn out “ill-informed students” who will be totally unprepared...
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Education
University rankings: 'New Zealand continues to outperform relative to its size'
Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 12:16PMNew Zealand’s eight Universities have all climbed higher in world rankings, data released today shows. The 2024 Quacquarelli...
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Education
Childcare waitlist warnings as 20-hours-free scheme extended
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 12:24PMParents keen to take advantage of the 20 hours of free childcare being offered for 2-year olds are being warned there could...
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Education
Primary school teachers reject third pay offer
Friday, 12 May 2023, 1:50PMPrimary school teachers have rejected the Government’s third collective agreement offer, saying it did not provide the additional...
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Audio
Top Auckland school axes 'dumbed down' NCEA for its own diploma
Friday, 12 May 2023, 7:07AMA top Auckland private school has so little confidence in the new NCEA Level 1 curriculum it is ditching the qualification...
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Education
Top Auckland school to ditch first year of 'refreshed' NCEA in favour of its own diploma
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 9:31PMA top Auckland private school has so little confidence in the new NCEA Level 1 curriculum it is ditching the qualification...
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National
Measles scare: 'I think we have dodged a bullet on this one'
Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 9:36PMA major outbreak of measles looks likely to have been avoided after a student with the virus attended an Auckland high school...
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Education
Half of students not regularly attending schools
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 5:05PMJust over half of New Zealand school students regularly attended school in term 4 last year, figures released today show. While...