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Principals plead for 250 schools to be cushioned from equity funding drop

Newsroom survey: School leaders hope official workshops starting Tuesday will resolve apparent anomalies in the new equity index that replaces the tired…

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School emissions plan 'the bare minimum'

Officials from the environment and education ministries clashed over whether schools should report their air travel emissions.

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Questions over whether mega-polytech will be ready

The new tertiary institution is facing a full year deficit and having to delay consultation on where staff fit into…

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Yesterdaze: Goodbye to the good days

James Elliott looks back at a week dominated by people invoking divine vengeance in response to legislated rights. And it wasn't…

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Tortured and now stuck in slow motion

A UN committee excoriates the Government’s foot-dragging response over tortured children

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Tinetti's plans to reform NCEA and truancy services

Jan Tinetti wouldn’t say no to education minister, but for now she is happy with a beefed-up workload to let…

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Jacinda Ardern's not so minor Cabinet reshuffle

Jacinda Ardern described it as a minor reshuffle - it is anything but for the retiring and demoted MPs who…

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Education Minister Chris Hipkins jets abroad to woo international students

Government officials insist NZ is still on students' radar as borders reopen – but industry leaders fear trip is too…

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Lower-decile students work harder, study finds

The stigma of stratifying schools may be reduced but won't be ended by the new equity index funding.

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Greater transparency born in 'secrecy': Govt expands proactive release regime

Long-awaited improvements to the release of state information have been revealed – but an expert says there are "serious flaws".

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The debate that does Chris Hipkins' head in

Chris Hipkins says masks and portable air cleaners aren’t the best solutions for schools, and more parents need to know…

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Hipkins eyes school truancy reversal

The Education Minister is investigating reversing the contracting-out of school truancy services as persistent absenteeism worsens in a Covid world,…

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Publicly funded anti-bullying agency Netsafe faces new employment case

Mounting questions over public funding for agency as it blows its budget on a string of bullying and breach of…

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Leaked ministry email calls for masks in schools

A data analyst within the Ministry of Education has gone rogue, calling for the reinstatement of the school mask mandate…

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Ministers lag behind own proactive release standards

Less than a quarter of Cabinet papers are released within the Government's own timeframes, with patchy information on compliance.

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The Government has given up on Covid

In the face of record high autumn deaths and the prospect of another surge in sickness, the Government appears to…

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Quarantine lottery breached rights, New Zealand court rules

During the height of pandemic restrictions, thousands of New Zealanders desperate to return home essentially had to roll the dice…

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There's more ministerial brain fade but at least they are accountable

Whether one likes Government policy decisions or not, it is far more accountable to Parliament than its predecessors - even…

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The country could be seeing red for some time yet

It could be next summer before the country returns to the green-light traffic setting, writes political editor @jo_moir

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'Nervousness' as Covid restrictions keep relaxing

As covid restrictions loosen Cabinet's reviewing the traffic light settings, but not everyone is welcoming the relaxations, writes @jo_moir

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2023 election fertile ground for democratic change

MPs repeatedly cry foul over requests at select committee being blocked by majority-wielding Labour MPs. Could 2023 be fertile ground…

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Vaccine pass defaulter sues Government over 'irrational' constraints

Just days before the PM announces plans to phase out vaccine pass constraints, a cafe operator fined for flouting the…

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Govt urged to buy and freely supply N95 masks

The Greens and National have both backed a plan to make N95 masks free and health experts say the move…

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Māori-led Covid response hindered by roadblocks

While some Māori health initiatives are being derailed by anti-vaxxers, others are being stonewalled by officials.

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‘We’re all nervous’: NZ’s Covid tsar Chris Hipkins admits uncertainty over border reopening

The minister responsible for New Zealand’s pandemic response says the future is ‘still something that’s the subject of models rather…

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