Teacher Jason Morgan, censured for sex comments to NZ students, loses job at Australian school
Since Chanel College, in Gladstone, about 100km southeast of Rockhampton, was made aware of Morgan’s behaviour, it has…
Teacher Sam Bocock loses registration after sexual relationships with students
Relationship with first student started on Tinder Before his first term teaching Māori at Timaru Girls’ High School,…
Rugby player Ruby Tui’s book Straight Up inspires Rotorua production
Samson said she sought permission from Tui’s manager and publisher. She received “Ruby’s blessing” in June. She and…
Pāpāmoa school bus chaos: Extra service reinstated after students stuck
They said buses were “always full” and an extra bus was “extremely important” for student safety. A parent…
Massey University brings back in-person exams to combat AI cheating
Schools are also grappling with the rise of generative AI and how to detect whether a student’s work…
Students injured in Christchurch by bottles thrown by neighbouring house party
She was talking to a friend at the party when she was suddenly hit just below her right…
School support dogs helping anxious students cope and learn in class
She said: “A lot of kids feel really judged today, and I think dogs just provide that non-judgemental,…
How generative AI is reshaping New Zealand education
A professor specialising in the uses and misuses of AI in education said new software to detect it…
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra musicians work with Gisborne students
Using small hand-percussion instruments that he provides, students work ‘like an orchestra’ to compose a piece based on…
Three Bay of Plenty students receive Milford Foundation scholarship
“I’m doing uni and I’m doing it all because of her.” Anderson is one of three Bay of…
Study links excessive smartphone use with poor body image and disordered eating
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that excessive smartphone use is closely…
Australian college suspends censured NZ teacher, Jason Morgan, after tribunal reveals sex talk with students
A former student of Morgan’s at the time of the incidents told NZME he was shocked to hear…