Two University of Canterbury researchers have received $870,000 in Marsden funding over three years to research how engineering and psychology could combine to make wearable computer systems easier....

A horror accident at a North Shore gymnasium which left a school student a quadriplegic came just months after a similar incident in which another teen broke his neck.

Thirteen thousand kilometres from Rotorua, orphans in Kenya are plieing in leotards from the Geyser City.

An engineering student has designed and built a remote-control robotic snake which he hopes can be used for search and rescue missions.

Catherine Zheng needs to plan her study time more than most, as exams start for her and thousands of other students.

Flimsy rules and poor enforcement around size mismatches in junior rugby risk the welfare of its players, says daughter of All Blacks legend Sir Brian Lochore.

There was nothing illegal about the tackle that left 12-year-old Zachary Hullah in hospital and scared he might be paralysed. It was that the tackler who smashed him was twice his size.

Flimsy rules and poor enforcement around size mismatches are putting children in harm's way on the rugby field, says a Masterton mother.

Six Year 12 students and one from Year 13 will today find out their futures at one of the country's most expensive schools, after allegations of "hazing" of younger boys.

Gardens School in Manurewa was one of the biggest casualties of the leaky building crisis and has been leaking ever since it was built in the late 1990s.

Kleenex Cottonelle, Resene and Fuji Xerox are much more commonly associated with decorating, printing and cleaning than fashion, however a group of New Zealand Fashion Technology students have used....

Making lessons relevant and suited to students' shortened attention spans are some of the reasons why young women are flocking to chemistry lessons at one school.

Students accused of a "hazing" incident at King's College are likely to find out their punishment tomorrow.

Elite Auckland school King's College is investigating allegations of student bullying after reports Year 9 pupils were made to march like "prisoners of war".

Kiwis living in Australia are coming home and those planning to jump the Ditch have put their plans on hold because New Zealand's job opportunities and lifestyle hold more appeal.

On a rainy lunchtime at West Auckland's Marina View School students hold their breath as a robot enters the shade beneath a chair.

A management shake-up at one of the country's most conservative state schools is being considered.

Students at West Auckland’s Marina View School – some as young as 7 – are learning to code using robots. Students programme the robots to carry out tasks and complete a set course.

The most notable item in the Government's third term agenda outlined to Parliament yesterday is an intention to hold "job fairs" in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane aimed at New Zealand....

Technology companies helping bring content to life reigned supreme at the University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs' Challenge.

We continue our series showcasing the best Auckland has to offer. Today we ask two students from varied backgrounds about their lives.

The biggest pumpkin Grace Lusty has grown weighed in at a whopping 96kg.

Students at One Tree Hill College who need help in reading soon find themselves buddied up with doctors, lawyers, business leaders or even a knight of the realm.

Understanding how to manage money is being taught as part of school subjects including social studies and maths.

One of the country's oldest private schools has for the first time chosen a headmaster from the state schooling sector.

The past year has seen a big increase in cases of corporate fraud, according to a well-placed industry source working in the field.

There is something irritatingly smug and condescending about some of the coverage of "the bravest girl in the world," writes Joshua Keating