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A Hamilton school has refused to let girls wear shorts instead of dresses - bucking what appears to be a more permissive...
Barely half of New Zealand adults know that it takes 365 days for the Earth to go around the sun. Fewer than half can name...
A Government takeover of school zoning may lock more students into attending their local schools - although schools that...
An insurance expert says insurers on SkyCity's new convention centre site may refuse to pay out on this week's fire on the...
A Waikato gang leader says his gang really is trying to transform people's lives, despite Police Association claims that...
A school principal has been censured for suspending a child informally without following the proper rules - a common process...
A large group of intruders lay waiting in a park then attacked students at an Ōtara school, leaving one student seriously...
Auckland Council has approved high-level plans for up to 34,500 new houses around Drury and Pukekohe over the next 30 years. Broad plans...
Primary school principals have imposed a six-week ban on working with the Ministry of Education unless they get a better...
One thousand doctors have signed a letter saying they "want no part in assisted suicide". They have urged politicians and...
Most schools will close tomorrow after hopes for last-minute talks to avert the teachers' mega-strike collapsed. The Ministry...
Students will face more emphasis on exams and less on internal assessment in changes to the NCEA system unveiled today. There...
A former principal who provides in-service training for teachers has had to borrow money to stay afloat after waiting months...
The cost of Auckland's City Rail Link project has soared by more than $1 billion. The new cost "envelope" of $4.419b has...
Private girls' schools dominate a new league table of New Zealand high schools produced by the tutoring company Crimson Education. Auckland's...
A decision to invite a Muslim cleric to say a prayer at an Anzac Day service has sparked an anguished backlash from veterans. The...
A national teachers' strike which had been pencilled in for April 3 has been postponed because of the Christchurch mosque...
An Auckland teacher has been deregistered after hitting a Down Syndrome boy with a toy lizard. Cristina Batang admitted...
A North Canterbury school principal has been banned from teaching after taking $8200 of the school's money for personal use. James...
Thousands of New Zealand school students plan to go "on strike" on March 15 to support a worldwide day of action over global...
Kawerau's truancy service wants schools to stop asking parents for money, after the town again clocked up the country's lowest...
The Ministry of Education is being slammed for "corrupt" use of taxpayers' money for a video trying to persuade primary teachers...
Primary teachers' leaders are urging members to keep fighting into next year so they can be joined by secondary teachers. NZ...
