More than 200 Christchurch students are being taught in classrooms as far afield as Auckland while their schools undergo inspection and repair.

Parents are being warned that unimmunised children will have to stay away from school for up to two weeks if they come into contact with measles.

About 300,000 welfare beneficiaries who are judged capable of work will face a day of reckoning tomorrow with the release of a report.

I have to go to a barbecue this week. This, in itself, isn't exactly newsworthy - even though it may very well be one of the last barbecues of the summer, which is always a poignant little mini-event worth noting.

Sure, books are one of life's pleasures, but who said every kid has to love reading?

Michael Wang plans to try a few new subjects and take things easy now that he's in his final year of high school.

John Key used a visit to a school close to his heart with Julia Gillard, to acknowledge the national standards hadn't gone as smoothly as planned.