Ex-NZ international athlete who admitted sex offence with minor removed from school staff list
“Ensuring children are safe is an absolute priority for school boards and all educators – there is no…
Napier Port Hawke’s Bay Primary Sector Awards celebrate farmers, growers, agribusiness professionals
The pair follow in the footsteps of 2025 recipients Central Hawke’s Bay farmers Simon and Lou White. Primary…
April Fools pranks: Tauranga school sale sign, goat mowers and goldfish regulations
Hawes said she emailed parents about the signs going up. “Some parents were on to us from the…
Māoriland Film Festival: South Auckland caregiver turns trauma into short film, Dawn
“I woke up to that police knock, which everybody knows. It’s that very specific police knock,” she tells…
Twin boom: Otūmoetai Primary School set to welcome 14th set of twins
In Year 4 alone, there are seven sets of twins among the about 100 students. With fewer than…
Resource management reform: What do primary sector groups think?
It said 2242 written submissions were publicly available, but the total number of submissions was confidential to the…
Deficient training and oversight: Why NZ’s Navy spent 139 days without its largest ship
The crew wrongly believed it could do both jobs at once, failing to realise the degree of risk…
Ashburton school incident: Reports of children unwell after ‘low reading’ of chemical found, two taken to hospital
A “low reading” of a chemical was discovered, Fire and Emergency Southern Communications’ shift manager Blair Walklin said.…
West Auckland’s Woodlands Park School in police-advised lockdown
“The school had gone into a voluntary lockdown as a result,” police said. Police said they are now…
New classrooms ease overcrowding at high-growth schools as rolls soar
Flat Bush, one of the country’s fastest-growing areas, has experienced rapid pressure on schools. Te Uho o te…
Primary school principals accept Government pay offer
“The $15,000 change management allowance is a necessary recognition of the immense pressure involved in implementing wholesale curriculum…
Ex-NZ international athlete who admitted sex offence with minor now working at primary school
“I have requested and received initial information from the Ministry and have made my expectations to the secretary…