Education
The man reimagining teacher training
Last year, Westlake Boys School headmaster David Ferguson left his job of 15 years to address a critical issue - a lack of teachers. Audio
WelTec and Whitireia students in limbo over proposed closure
Students and staff have been left in limbo as Wellington polytechs Whitireia and WelTec consider closing their central city campus. Bill Hickman reports. Audio
Harvard's bonfire could be NZ's foreign exchange
New Zealand universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students.
America's foreign student fiasco
New Zealand universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students. Audio
Government celebrates record increase in teacher numbers
Education Minister Erica Stanford said the 2.5 percent rise last year is the biggest increase since records began in 2009.
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 10 June 2025
In today's episode, the Labour Party's ability to work with Te Pāti Māori in a potential government has come under question following the Treaty Principles haka debate, the Green Party is calling on… Audio
Heavy demand for Canterbury University accommodation
Canterbury University has seen a large increase in demand for student accommodation, with more than half of the applicants missing out on a place this year. University of Canterbury Students'… Audio
WelTec and Whitireia students and staff in limbo over proposed closure
Last month the polytechnic revealed a plan to cut nearly 60 positions and over a dozen programmes.
More 15-year-olds being allowed to drop out of school
Some schools facing the most socio-economic barriers had early leaving rates up to 18 times higher than the overall numbers.
Auditor-General asked to look into food waste from school lunch programme
Campaigners say unopened lunches are a small fraction of the programme's waste problem. Audio
Campaigners ask Auditor-General to look into food waste from school lunches programme
Anti-food-waste campaigners have asked the Auditor-General to look into wastage in the school lunch programme as part of his inquiry into the scheme. New Zealand Food Waste Champions executive… Audio
Schools making own lunches without govt funding
Schools that make their own lunches for students, despite reduced funding from the government scheme, are using more lentils and less yoghurt to make ends meet. Education correspondent John Gerritsen… Audio
New digital whodunnit series spotlights epidemic of image-based abuse
A new digital whodunnit comedy series puts the spotlight on the dangers and growing epidemic of image-based abuse and bullying. Inspired by millennial television shows like Gossip Girl, The Sender is… Audio
Māori, Pacific removed from extra education funding priorities
Subsidies for disabled and students with low prior educational achievement will continue.
Foreign students paid $1b in fees last year
But the fees were about $100 million less than the pre-pandemic years of 2018 and 2019.
ECE centres struggling with underfunding, teacher shortages
Early childhood teachers and managers have said centres are struggling with teacher shortages, low enrolments and insufficient government funding. Some are alarmed by surprise changes to pay parity… Audio
Another school brings back traditional single-cell rooms
Shirley Boys High School is spending $800,000 to transform its open plan classrooms, built in 2019, into single-cell rooms.
Second Christchurch school ditches open plan classrooms
A second Christchurch school has made the costly move to ditch its near-new open plan classrooms. Rachel Graham has more. Audio
'Unnerving': Pay changes add more anxiety in childhood education
Some say centres are struggling with teacher shortages, low enrolments and inadequate government funding.
Trust faces criminal charges after boy badly burned on school trip
The nine-year-old boy was placed in a medically-induced coma.
