LifestyleTurning Japanese the easy wayMichael Burgess gets totally immersed in a foreign language.06 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandNovopay blamed for hold-upsThe Novopay debacle is being blamed for delaying the release of National Standards data - an excuse described as odd by a leading unionist.06 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandNZ pupils lack sleep - researchBeing underprepared and not getting enough sleep are reasons why New Zealand school children are lagging behind their international counterparts, research has found.05 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandStudent loan arrest plan polls wellA hardline Government policy to recoup student loan debt by arresting serious defaulters at the border has proved popular in a Herald-DigiPoll survey.04 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandTeacher stole lunches from young pupilsA teacher at a childcare centre has been censured after she was caught on camera stealing food from the lunchboxes of her pupils.04 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandTeachers feel unsafe in own classThe morale of teachers is dropping as they struggle under an ever-increasing workload because of NCEA and feel unsafe in their own classrooms, according to a report.02 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandCriminal past an asset, says new DeanWellington's new Anglican Dean was surprised the church would want to hire him, as he was a "dodgy Baptist" pastor with criminal convictions.02 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandMum blows whistle on te reo toolLook up "policeman" in an online Maori dictionary and you used to find a suggestion that police carrying warrants should be "kicked in the backside" and thrown out.01 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandChristchurch school launches legal battleA Christchurch school has today launched a last-ditch legal battle in a desperate bid to stay open.01 Jul 01:36 AM
OpinionPaul Moon: Forcing people to learn te reo not best way to revive languageThe first panicky headlines that came out of Timbuktu in January this year announced that thousands of ancient texts in the town's library had been incinerated.30 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandPassed fit for schoolWhen Tristan Cosio started school a fortnight ago he was ready and prepped. New school bag? Yes. New lunch box? You bet. Ministry of Health B4 School Check? No.29 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandSchool left to pay cost of phone theftAn intermediate school had to partially compensate parents for a box of students' phones stolen during school hours.29 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandCollege dumps donations to help parentsHuntly College has led a handful of schools in doing away with donations - a change principal Tim Foy said was driven by the needs of parents.28 Jun 09:23 PM
New Zealand'Free' school costs some $1k a yearParents are paying hundreds of dollars to prop up free school education with one of the country's top colleges asking for close to $1000, a survey has found.28 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandHomework - is it worth doing?Primary school students spend nearly an hour each night doing homework, a national survey says, but some parents and teachers question the value of after-school study.27 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandUni to keep places for poorer studentsStudents from poor backgrounds could have places reserved for them at the country's largest university in a shake-up of admissions currently targeted according to ethnicity.26 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandGraduates earn less in NZ - OECDA new OECD report makes grim reading for tertiary graduates - they can expect to earn far less than those in other developed countries.25 Jun 09:40 PM
New ZealandPush for on-site preschoolsParents should have the option to drop their 4-year-old off at school, says a principal who is set to open a preschool on his school's grounds.25 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandPeter Hughes appointed head of the Ministry of EducationActing Secretary for Education Peter Hughes has been appointed head of the Ministry of Education.24 Jun 11:52 PM
New ZealandChild health expert to be new Dunedin deanThe man chosen as dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine says he will be leaving the job he loves so he can help others fulfil their potential.24 Jun 08:29 PM
OpinionBob Jones: Classics, yes but not that rubble gazingLast year I recounted how my then 15-year-old daughter's mother had suggested I would be pleased to learn she (the daughter) had opted to study the classics.24 Jun 05:30 PM
New ZealandCanterbury schools praised post-quake responseCanterbury schools and early childhood centres have been praised in a report for how they dealt with the Canterbury earthquakes.24 Jun 06:15 AM
EntertainmentVideo: NZ robots conquer USAnimated short film <i>Shelved</i>, which was created by students at Auckland's Media Design School, has won four different awards in two American competitions.24 Jun 12:00 AM
New ZealandRich school, poor school: Parents' decile dilemmaSchools are bracing for the biggest changes to their funding in seven years, as officials measure how rich or poor their pupils' families are.22 Jun 05:30 PM
OpinionRodney Hide: Maori prayers cause for chucklesRodney Hide is an anti-theist. He just doesn't believe in God. He is pleased there isn't one.22 Jun 05:30 PM
