
Address muddle slows $88m computers for kids
Tiresa Tufue received a computer but it was addressed to another student and taken away.
Tiresa Tufue received a computer but it was addressed to another student and taken away.
'It's definitely been something totally out of my comfort zone.'
Universities have been hard-hit by Covid-19 pandemic.
Schools are officially open again - but many are not expecting any students.
Children less susceptible to Covid-19 and lockdown limiting other viruses, say experts.
Principal says students learn better when in a school environment.
'It's just a terrible situation and we're all trying to adapt to it and survive.'
Advocates want further assurance as New Zealand move into alert level 3.
Sandpits stay closed; parents advised to wait in cars at dropoff if necessary.
The move has been described as "bizarre" by one MP.
Educators prepare for what will level 3 look like for schools.
Children have been given 10 creative tasks to do with their free Lego characters.
COMMENT: Home schooling during lockdown has certainly been a learning curve.
Māngere Central School student Isobel Latif, aged 6, deeply engaged in her new Lego set provided by the school. Video / Supplied
Playgrounds can now open at childcare centres but are still closed in schools and parks.
New Zealand's health boss and Auckland Transport at odds over passenger masks.
Schools and early childhood centres will open on April 29
Centres reveal safety measures as they prepare to reopen.
"We don't want a situation to develop where all of the hard work is undone."
Morrinsville College principal's warning: 'Children can contract Covid and they can die'.
Nathan Wallis was slammed for pillow featuring the confederate flag.
Ministry says closing schools and childcare reduces deaths by only 2 to 4 per cent.
'You cannot change a nappy and social distance': educators question reopening risks.
Ashley Bloomfield and Iona Holsted answered people's Facebook questions.
Hipkins: 'We are not being too heavy-handed on this.'
COMMENT: Parents and teachers are concerned about the decision to reopen schools.
There are five new cases of Covid-19 today. There was a further death - a woman in her 70s from St Margaret's rest home in Te Atatu. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says that distance learning will continue 'for some time'.
Experts say we don't know how much children transmit Covid-19 to others.
An Auckland mum is on a mission to spread calm after return to school furore online.
The Early Childhood Council had called for centres to remain closed until alert level 2.