Education

But the government has rejected an advisory group's call for a more elite university system.

University students who come into conflict with their landlords say the Tenancy Tribunal is not fit for purpose.

NZEI will consider whether to ballot members on industrial action following two-weeks of stop-work meetings for primary teachers and principals.

Some schools have been incorrectly recording students as absent and there is a national push to ensure they get it right.

There is so far no actual threat to any school, police say.

Parents of students at a Wellington High School are annoyed their children were marked as absent on a day when school was closed. Audio

"It's about power, who holds it and who gets to decide what justice looks like in this country," says Associate Professor Andrew Erueti.

The plan comes at the expense of students who aren't uni-bound but have other strengths, they say. Audio

The Education Ministry has added less than half the extra classrooms it said would be needed in high-growth areas, but more in other parts of the country.

More than 100 post-graduate finance students need to explain their code after a lecturer questioned whether some used generative AI tools. Audio

If introduced, the reform would effectively see New Zealand return to a "tracking" system where students are grouped into two pathways.