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John Key needs to stop his attacks on our polytechnics, says TEU national president Dr Tom Ryan. "The prime minister's sideswipe concerning completion rates for sub-degree tertiary programmes can only be read as a criticism of New Zealand polytechnics and ... More >>
The commercial property sector looks forward to working with the Government to ensure potential changes to the tax system do not drive up the cost of doing business in New Zealand. More >>
The silence by the Prime Minister today on tax rates requires reading between the lines to see where the Government is heading. From his statements, the Government has accepted the TWG’s integrity and coherence concerns. This indicates the most ... More >>
Most New Zealanders will agree with the government's broad objective to reduce income taxes and plug holes in the tax base in respect of over investing in residential property, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Good morning everyone and thank you for your warm welcome. It's a pleasure to be here today to talk to you. This is the most important, and most exciting, year for education in two decades. And you all have a vital role to play in it. More >>
Hundreds of students and staff at Tonga College now have the opportunity to access the latest computers, books and technical equipment thanks to the efforts of a group of young Kiwi engineers. More >>
Promising teen writers will take the fast lane to becoming New Zealand’s top creative talent when they get to “speed date” a group of authors in Hawera on February 15th 2010 . More >>
Hundreds of students and staff at Tonga College now have the opportunity to access the latest computers, books and technical equipment thanks to the efforts of a group of young Kiwi engineers. More >>
NZ Scholarship examination results for nearly 9000 students have been posted today (8 February) and will be delivered from tomorrow. Scholarship students will also be able to log-in and check their results on the NZQA website tomorrow afternoon ... More >>
The Department of Labour has laid charges against The Orewa College Board of Trustees following an investigation into the boiler explosion at Orewa College in June 2009. More >>
PAUL: So the school year has started in a climate of some agro between the Primary Teachers' Union, the NZEI, the Principals and the government. At issue the government's new system of assessing the progress of our children from year 1 at primary school. More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley says today’s Nielsen survey results in the New Zealand Herald confirm the overwhelming support parents have for National Standards. More >>
With unemployment statistics the highest they have been in a decade it is critical to invest more in education, not less, PPTA president Kate Gainsford says. More >>
Family First NZ is reminding and possibly informing parents that when they complete their IRD Tax Returns for the financial year ended 31 March 2010, they are entitled to claim back 1/3’rd of their school fees. More >>
The Alliance Party says teachers are right to be concerned about the national standards about to be introduced into primary schools this year. Parents should be concerned as well. More >>
International relations and security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan is returning to NZ for a month and will deliver a public lecture on SE Asia/Pacific geopolitics and security. The lecture is open to the public and is hosted by AUT University's PMC. More >>
The prime minister John Key told TV3's Sunrise this week that he has given Steven Joyce the tertiary education portfolio to sort out the sector's economic issues. More >>
Labour has welcomed the release of the Government’s consultation document on the review of special education and is urging it to take seriously the submissions of parents, students and other interested parties. Special Education spokesperson Grant ... More >>
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy today expressed her support for the Government’s new National Standards, an important policy that will provide parents with much-needed information about their children’s educational progress. "The Government has responded ... More >>
The Government’s national standards policy will see parents get their own homework as children go back to school this week. Prime Minister John Key announced a $200,000 publicity campaign Tuesday to promote the policy, which requires schools to compile ... More >>
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the government has launched what amounts to a National Standards marketing campaign, showing it is clearly on the back foot over the rollout of the policy. The Prime Minister and the Education Minister ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley today welcomed the introduction of National Standards in primary and intermediate schools as many students return from their summer break. More >>
NZUSA is calling on the Government to reaffirm its commitment to interest free student loans, following comments by the Prime Minister this morning. Commenting on TV3’s Sunrise programme, Prime Minister John Key referred to current economic issues within ... More >>
Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, MP for Maungakiekie, welcomed the introduction of National Standards this week, as primary and intermediate schools return after the summer break. “This is a very exciting year for education. Our National Standards policy ... More >>
Labour wants high standards in schools and for parents to know how their children are doing, but the Government’s process for National Standards is now National’s shambles, Labour leader Phil Goff said today. “Anne Tolley is simply not up to ... More >>
Prime Minister John Key’s reassurance to Pita Sharples that school league tables will not be an issue till “further down the track” is misleading nonsense, Labour Party education spokesman Trevor Mallard said today. Dr Sharples said yesterday that ... More >>
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Good morning Principal David Selfe, teachers and, students. I’m delighted to be here today on your first day back at school for 2010 and at your first assembly of the year. I hope you all had a relaxing ... More >>
If the Government really wants to raise national standards of literacy and numeracy it needs to get serious about reducing socio-economic inequalities in our society, the Green Party said today. “The biggest influence on how well kids do at school ... More >>
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the Minister of Maori Affairs and Association Education Minister must seek an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister to express his opposition to the introduction of National Standards. Pita Sharples ... More >>
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy will next week visit Evans Bay Intermediate School in Wellington, where she will launch the discussion document for the Government's Review of Special Education. At 8:30am on Wednesday February 3 Mrs Roy will join ... More >>
PPTA is releasing a paper today in a bid to inform debate on national standards and steer the country away from ‘assessment mania.’ The paper looks at the dangers of National’s standards in a country that “already over-assesses,” PPTA president ... More >>
Today’s report in the Dominion Post which suggests that $26 million is being spent on a “charm offensive” on National Standards is wrong, says Education Minister Anne Tolley. The headline in the newspaper, “$26 million to win over parents on ... More >>
The prime minister announced this week that he was appointing a new minister of tertiary education, Steven Joyce, to replace Anne Tolley who had been in the job for only a year. More >>
Labour hopes the new Tertiary Education Minister will adopt a more sensible and less obstinate approach to the portfolio than his predecessor and has drawn up a list of his first priorities, says its Tertiary Education spokesperson Maryan Street. ... More >>
Wendy Cook, catapulted as a young woman into a celebrity lifestyle as first wife of Peter Cook (of "Peter Cook and Dudley Moore" fame) and now well-known as a speaker, writer, teacher and cook in her own right, is visiting NZ to give lectures ... More >>
“Tertiary education, and particularly Industry Training, is closely linked to economic development and Mr Joyce has considerable experience in this area, which will be invaluable in his new role,” Federation Executive Director Jeremy Baker. More >>
The economic development agency already facilitates the programme in secondary schools throughout the North Shore and Rodney District as part of the countrywide Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme and chief executive Terry Hoskins is excited about delivering ... More >>
On the auspicious occasion of Australia Day, I am pleased to announce the launch of South Asia Assistance for the Impoverished in Education (SAAIE). More >>
The continued “shotgun approach” by the primary teachers union (NZEI) and the Principals Federation (NZPF) to the Nationals Standards issue is not helpful to anyone says the New Zealand School Trustees Association. President Lorraine Kerr says the ... More >>
Israel’s economy has shown resilience during the global recession, but more active education and employment policies – particularly targeted at minority groups – are needed to bolster its economic performance and bridge deep divisions within its ... More >>
A Department of Labour report, Māori in the New Zealand Labour Market, shows that there has been a strong growth of Māori employed in education, including tertiary education, over the last five years. However there are likely to be job losses for ... More >>
With the triennial trustee elections happening in May this year, it is appropriate to recognise the great work that school trustees do in the running of our 2,460 state and state integrated schools says Lorraine Kerr, President, New Zealand School Trustees ... More >>
Education International stands with UNESCO in its urgent call to action for the international community to invest in sustained aid to provide quality education for the most marginalized and poorest learners worldwide. More >>
The global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world’s poorest countries of an education, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, with a knock-on effect on future economic growth, poverty reduction and progress in health and other ... More >>
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is reexamining a report it issued that suggests Himalayan glaciers could vanish by 2035. More >>
Live video from the linux.conf.au conference, running in Wellington from Monday 18 January until Saturday 23 January. More >>
It’s only 15 days into the New Year and the cracks papered over last year between National and the Maori Party are beginning to emerge, says Labour’s Deputy Leader and Social Development spokesperson Annette King. “Today we’ve seen Tariana Turia ... More >>
The recent death of Miep Gies, the last surviving and best-known helper of Anne Frank and her family, is a poignant reminder of the Anne Frank story. New Zealanders will soon be able to learn more about Anne Frank and Miep Gies when the Anne Frank travelling ... More >>
Allegations that children’s lunch boxes have become increasingly unhealthy since the Government amended school administration guidelines last year are just fantasy, says Katherine Rich, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council. ... More >>
NCEA examination candidates have just one more day to wait for the results of exams sat at the end of 2009, with result notices mailed today (13 January). Notices will begin arriving in letterboxes tomorrow, and will be online on the NZQA website from ... More >>
In response to the community need, the YMCA Tauranga is pleased to announce the launch of its Mothers and Preschoolers (MAPS) Programme. More >>
New history projects including pre-Treaty cultural encounters, rural fire-fighting, and a history of an iconic Wellington gallery will receive funding from the New Zealand History Research Trust Fund. More >>
Environment Canterbury is joining with the Enviroschools Foundation in launching the ReGeneration Summer Jam event on Monday, January 11. The event marks the beginning of a five day summer camp where a hundred like minded young people from all over ... More >>
The best Christmas present the Government could give New Zealand children would be making education the country’s top investment priority, NZEI Te Riu Roa says. More >>
Marking of nearly 2 million NCEA and 9000 NZ Scholarship examination papers is almost complete with NCEA results due with candidates in mid-January, and Scholarship results due in February. More >>
The Tertiary Education Strategy 2010-2015 released today will ensure the sector is more responsive to the needs of students and employers, says Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley. “The new strategy outlines the Government’s priorities for the next ... More >>
Rory O'Connor has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the new school at Churton Park - currently called Amesbury Drive School. More >>
Proposed changes to four weeks annual leave will see New Zealanders' family life suffer for little or no productivity gains, Green Party Industrial Relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today. More >>
Yesterday's opening of the Great Barrier Island Arts and Heritage Village represents a great example of the community working together to make this project a reality. More >>
The Education (Polytechnics) Amendment Bill passed today will improve the performance of polytechnics, says Tertiary Education Minister Anne Tolley “This Government is striving for a world-leading education system that equips all New Zealanders with ... More >>
A group of teachers from all over New Zealand have just completed one-year out of the classroom to undertake research projects, with some ground-breaking work produced. More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley says immediate action is needed to help New Zealand’s youngest students, following the release of an alarming report by the Education Review Office (ERO). An ERO evaluation into reading and writing in the crucial Years 1 and ... More >>
Moves to silence teachers and principals from criticising the Minister of Education and Anne Tolley's threat to sack boards of trustees who allow staff to boycott the National Standards are like a red rag to a bull, says Kelvin Davis. “They have ... More >>
Here’s one for children looking for an adventure these school holidays. More >>
Applications are now open for Farming to Succeed, an intensive five-day career development course developed for the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation (ITO) with the support of dairy hygiene and animal health supplier FIL New Zealand. More >>
A resource consent application has been lodged with the Christchurch City Council to enable Fendalton Library to operate on Sundays between 10am and 4pm. The library is unable to open on Sundays under the existing resource consent. More >>
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says the Education Minister’s refusal to trial National Standards will force schools into a difficult position over their implementation next year. Calls have been mounting from teachers, principals, academics ... More >>
The Food & Grocery Council (FGC) congratulates the Government and two FGC members Coca-Cola Amatil and Frucor for removing full sugar drinks from schools. “The successful implementation of the Voluntary Schools Agreement today shows that when Governments ... More >>
Maori Party support for a Bill that removes guaranteed Maori representation on polytechnic councils is incomprehensible, Labour associate spokesperson for Tertiary Education Carmel Sepuloni says. More >>
Seven new Service Academies will open at New Zealand secondary schools in 2010, Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced. “The extra academies mean even more young people will have the opportunity to take part in a challenging and motivating programme, ... More >>
The move by Coca Cola and Pepsi to no longer supply sugar-filled fizzy drinks to schools is just a ploy to keep vending machines and their brands in schools, Green Party Food spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. “The much touted agreement is more ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley is living in another world when it comes to National Standards, says Labour Associate Education Spokesperson Kelvin Davis. “Anne Tolley talks as if teachers are opposed to good reporting to parents. They are not, and ... More >>
The negotiation team for union members covered by the fraught ITP multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) met with the employers for two further days of mediation this week to try again to settle the agreement which expired almost nine months ago. More >>
The Gisborne earthquake was remembered in Wellington last Monday, at a workshop held to discuss experiences and lessons learnt following the event. The magnitude 6.8 quake struck Gisborne at 8.55pm on 20 December 2007, causing extensive damage to ... More >>
From January 2010 the Royal Society of New Zealand, which promotes science and technology, will also be incorporating the humanities in its work. More >>
This weekend official commemorations will mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of River Plate. More >>
THOUSANDS of Pacific families will have a constant reminder of the need to think carefully about money management next year. More >>
“The Law Commission wants to hear views on access to official information. We want to know what works well and what doesn’t”, said Sir Geoffrey Palmer, President of the Law Commission. More >>
“Statistics released yesterday on the number and value of international students reveal a double success story for New Zealand’s $2.3 billion per annum export education industry. The first is that we have seen an increase in the number of international ... More >>
Ziptrek Ecotours is a spectacular two hour flying fox operation and interpretative guided tour in the forest canopy atop Skyline Gondola, high above Queenstown. More >>
Details of the rollout of a Positive Behaviour for Learning Action Plan were announced by the Ministry of Education today and have been published on www.minedu.govt.nz. The Plan has been developed in association with eight other education sector agencies. ... More >>
Olympic Triathlete Debbie Tanner will headline a Triathlon Intro Night this Wednesday at the Takapuna Boating Club. The event is hosted by Triathlon New Zealand to encourage people into the sport or simply to answer any questions that participants might have ... More >>
A Hamilton school will unveil a groundbreaking ‘green’ project this week [Friday December 11] – New Zealand’s first eco-classroom to be designed and managed by the students themselves. Three Hukanui Primary School students, representing the ... More >>
The New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development has welcomed the announcement by Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, that the Ministry of Education and Treasury are assessing the suitability of public-private partnerships (PPP) for building and ... More >>
The New Zealand Association of Scientists is pleased that a review of Crown-owned Research Institutes (CRIs) is being undertaken but has strong reservations about its scope and time frame. More >>
Solarview, a free web-based tool from NIWA, helps you get the most out of your house. NIWA have designed and built a do-it-yourself tool that tells you how much sunlight your home receives at different times of the year. This helps you work out whether ... More >>
The Ministry of Education and Treasury are assessing the suitability of public private partnerships (PPPs) for building and maintaining some new school property, the Minister of Education Anne Tolley has announced. “We would only accept PPPs for school property ... More >>
An attempt by the State Services Commission to silence criticism of the Government by teachers and principals should be stopped in its tracks, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said today. “It is the absolute right of teachers ... More >>
Barnardos New Zealand and Plunket welcome today’s launch of the campaign Never, Ever Shake a Baby, by Hon Paula Bennett, Minister of Social Development. The campaign is highly significant in that it focuses on protecting the most vulnerable of our ... More >>
Christchurch East MP Lianne Dalziel is taking up a challenge issued by school support staff to “walk in their shoes” for the day. Support staff, such as teacher aides, librarians and administrators, work at the frontline of education yet are among the ... More >>
Local schools Royal Oak School and Royal Oak Intermediate School are set to benefit from a new round of ICT upgrades, Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga says. Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce have confirmed ... More >>
The minister for tertiary education, Hon Anne Tolley, announced last week that she was looking for nominees to fill the four ministerially-appointed councillor roles in up to 31 tertiary education institution councils, including universities, wananga ... More >>
100 more schools around the country are set to receive ICT upgrades as part of the Government’s commitment to high speed broadband in schools. Education Minister Anne Tolley and Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce today ... More >>
The number of students borrowing through the student loan scheme, and the amount they owe upon leaving study, have increased, Statistics New Zealand said today. New statistics released today show that 37.5 percent of all students enrolled borrowed ... More >>
Hamilton has strengthened its sister city relationship with Wuxi in China with the establishment of a school exchange programme. Mayor Bob Simcock and a representative of the Mayor of Wuxi, a city of six million people, have signed an agreement to facilitate ... More >>
The lack of investment in public education and failure to address low pay are glaring holes in the first report of the 2025 Taskforce, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa. The Don Brash-led Taskforce has released its first report into how ... More >>
Life Education Trust received a $108,000 donation yesterday following the sale of a brand new two bedroom Lockwood home, which was built in 32 hours and put up for auction for the charity with a $1 reserve. Some 25 Lockwood builders from all over ... More >>
Sports codes should consider the needs of migrants if they want to attract players and supporters, says a new report by sociologist Professor Paul Spoonley. Women's sports, such as netball and hockey, need to recognise the cultural requirements of ... More >>
Four New Zealand schools have been selected for the third round of annual Treemendous School Makeovers, a joint initiative between the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson. More >>
The farmer behind a recently released report on the future of lucerne believes the crop has a very important role to play in New Zealand pastoral farming. The report was produced by Canterbury farmer David Ward, the inaugural winner of the New Zealand ... More >>
A Waikato University biochemistry student has been awarded a prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarship, worth $100,000 a year for up to four years, to study for a PhD at either Oxford or Cambridge University in the UK. Ashley Easter is one of three recipients ... More >>
National’s announcement today that it is shoehorning its controversial National Standards into the Pasifika Education Plan puts ideology before effectiveness, Labour's spokesperson for Pacific Island Affairs Luamanuvao Winnie Laban said. “The Pasifika ... More >>
Pacific Island Affairs Minister Georgina te Heuheu today described the revised Pasifika Education Plan 2009-2012 as a key stepping stone to raise Pacific education results. “Along with young Maori, Pacific young people are our future workforce,” she ... More >>
It has now been over three weeks since union members at the six North Island polytechnics covered by the ITP MECA resumed industrial action, and a resolution still does not seem imminent. Lecturers and tutors at NorthTec, Unitec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, ... More >>
Labour's Lianne Dalziel says she is appalled to discover that Education Minister Anne Tolley publicly announced confirmation of her final decision to close Aorangi School without telling teachers and parents so that she could put her reasons in ... More >>
Most Asian business graduates who attended New Zealand tertiary institutions say they are positive about their experiences of living and studying in New Zealand, a new Asia New Zealand Foundation report says. Of those surveyed, 71 percent indicated ... More >>
Labour MP Lianne Dalziel says that she is appalled that Education Minister Anne Tolley has confirmed her decision to close Aorangi School. "She made up her mind months ago and the community has been up against a brick wall trying to change her rigid ... More >>
A revamped feature on www.nzhistory.net.nz by Ministry for Culture and Heritage historian Imelda Bargas tells the story of the Erebus disaster from the first Antarctic sightseeing flights operated by Air New Zealand, to the airline’s recent apology to families ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that Aorangi School in Christchurch will close on 27 January 2010. “This has not been an easy decision to make, but after considering final submissions from the school and from the Ministry of Education ... More >>
UnitedFuture Leader Peter Dunne is urging Minister of Education Anne Tolley to ease the burden on the staff, students and parents of Aorangi School and make a decision over the school’s future as soon as possible. “The staff, students and parents ... More >>
Maungakiekie MP Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga is delighted that six schools in the electorate will continue to receive Government funding for fruit for their students. “When introduced, the previous government said Fruit in Schools funding would be for three ... More >>
Dunedin’s aspiring artists searching for inspiration need look no further than the building they study in. More >>
A delegation of Japanese from the Blue Sea & Green Land Foundation – Japan (B&G) are in New Zealand this week to attend the New Zealand Water Safety Conference “Charting the Future” and also to formalise a partnership with Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ). More >>
Universal College of Learning (UCOL) students are shocked at the Education and Science Select Committee’s report back on the Education (Polytechnic Governance) Amendment which seeks to allow the removal of student representation on Polytechnic Councils. More >>
Film Screening: Dutch Light Wednesday 2 December, 10.15am, Adam Auditorium. Free Entry. Chinese brush painting traditions: a demonstration Wednesday 2 December 12.30pm Adam Auditorium. Free Entry. More >>
Under One Roof will be of interest to anyone who has worked at Waikato Hospital or who has an interest in the history of health or of the Waikato region. More >>
Northland School junior historians awarded UNESCO Living Heritage Award Nearly sixty years after a young New Zealand pilot died saving a village in WWII, a group of Wellington school children have won a Living Heritage Award for an online project that remembers ... More >>
Are Mangroves unwanted weeds, the "Gorse of the sea" or are they beautiful trees that attract native birds? Mangrove swamps are prevalent throughout Takapuna and yet local youngsters discovered that adults seemed divided over where they were a ... More >>
An online history project initiated by the children of tiny Mahana Primary School - a rural school 30km from Nelson - has won a Living Heritage Taonga Tuku Iho Award for 2009. The students recognised that their small community was changing and they ... More >>
Unitec Teachers on Strike Cartoon comment from Adrian Maidment: Click for big version ENDS More >>
Unitec members of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) have been striking intermittently since September 16, hitting students in the crucial exam period. The most recent action targeting students has been threats of withholding exam marks which will result ... More >>
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson spoke today at the announcement of a major original exhibition by Weta Workshop which will tour China later this year. More >>
Twenty five groups supporting positive parenting are to receive more than $810,000, says Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett. For the first time the Ministry of Social Development’s SKIP (Strategies with Kids, Information for ... More >>
Custom learning designers, Wavelength, received a Gold and a Silver award in today’s Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards ceremony. This is the 15th year that these awards have been held. Wavelength was the only New Zealand company to be placed in ... More >>
Education sector representatives and leaders will be taking a list of concerns to the government over the implementation of its National Standards policy, and have suggested the Standards be trialled before being fully adopted. The policy was the ... More >>
The University, in partnership with the tertiary education sector unions, is to undertake a pay and employment equity review to determine the extent to which gender affects women's pay and employment experiences, and to find ways to remove barriers and achieve ... More >>
Educating young New Zealanders from low decile schools about farming is why Federated Farmers backs the efforts of Christine Fernyhough - philanthropist, farmer, inventor and author of Ben and Mark, Boys of the High Country. “Duffy Books in Homes provides ... More >>
Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics are not in the troubled financial straits that the Minister of Education has suggested, according to data released yesterday by her Ministry. More >>
The best in business congregated at the Lower Hutt Town Hall earlier this month for the Hutt Valley Business Excellence Awards. This year, the inaugural Apprentice of the Year Award was added to the list of honours, won by Wellington Institute of Technology ... More >>
Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson has been appointed to a chair in law at The University of Auckland. He will finish his present post at the end of March 2010 (completing ten years as Commissioner) and take up his professorship at ... More >>
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Students from Alfriston College talked about their involvement in the development of Randwick Park to over 50 business leaders and school representatives at an Education-Business forum facilitated by COMET today. The students have entered into a partnership with ... More >>
Work for Free Day is being marked today and the education sector union NZEI says it should serve to highlight the government’s continued efforts to undermine the value of women’s work. The Pay Equity Challenge Coalition says the 18th November ... More >>
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy today announced that the Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Schemes (ORRS), which provide support to students with high special education needs, will be extended to include another 400 students around ... More >>
The Nelson School of Music is being gifted a new Steinway grand piano by local businessman Murray Sturgeon and his wife Jocelyn. Announcing the gift today, the Chairman of the Nelson School of Music Trust Board, Peter Robins said the Steinway Concert D ... More >>
Paul, Board Chair, teachers, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning, and thank you for your very warm welcome. I am delighted to be here this morning. One of the best things about being Associate Minister of Education is that I get ... More >>
Children from Kidsfirst South Brighton are on the right track for a lifetime of healthy eating – scooping a top South Island prize in the process. As part of November’s Fruit and Vegetable month, the kindergarten created an art montage of a healthy body ... More >>
NorthTec landscape student Katie Hilford has been selected as one of five competitors from around New Zealand in the newly-established Emerging Designer’s category at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch in March of next year. Katie ... More >>
Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) continues to build its reputation abroad for excellence in education. The largest culinary school in the country and a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Hospitality and Tourism, WelTec is taking its recipe ... More >>
Memories of orchard life on Sturges Road are at the centre of 10-year-old Bella Berman’s award-winning essay, which took the top prize at this year’s JT Diamond Essay Competition. Bella was among the winners announced at a special ceremony held in the Waitakere ... More >>
Leading New Zealand business and employee organisations are urging schools to prepare young New Zealanders for the future by teaching them more about Asia, says Asia New Zealand Foundation Director Dr Richard Grant. More >>
More than 2000 primary school children will this week take part in a northern Buller field trip to learn more about efforts to save New Zealand’s threatened blue duck (whio). The Department of Conservation (DoC), which operates eight national security ... More >>
Leading New Zealand business and employee organisations are urging schools to prepare young New Zealanders for the future by teaching them more about Asia, says Asia New Zealand Foundation Director Dr Richard Grant. Dr Grant says the Business Education ... More >>
The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is hosting a forum to discuss the government’s controversial National Standards and what they will mean for children’s learning. More >>
The Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) has donated $400,000 toward the redevelopment of The University of Auckland's Grafton Campus, as a further expression of its support for medical and health research at the University. The AMRF has provided more than ... More >>
Waimokoia Residential School in Auckland is to close, Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced. “I have made my decision to close the school in the interests of the students, and based on reports from the Education Review Office (ERO) and the ... More >>
Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy today announced the appointment of the Gifted & Talented Advisory Committee which will provide advice on education tailored to gifted and talented students and to strengthen partnerships across the Education ... More >>
I would also like to thank everyone for being here today - parents, teachers, students, and those who have come from other schools. We are all here today to celebrate the establishment of the Patricia Avenue School satellite at the Te Awamutu College campus. ... More >>
More than 100 schools across the country have now been connected to ultra-fast fibre networks in what is being touted as a major boost for the spread of e-learning. The figure is a milestone for the New Zealand Regional Fibre Group, whose members have ... More >>
The number of New Zealanders getting sick from campylobacter has taken a dive following a concerted effort to combat the bug in chicken meat, Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson said today. More >>
A leading marine and freshwater chemist, Professor Hunter will succeed Professor Vernon Squire, who takes up his new role as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) from 1 February 2010. More >>
Award-winning author of fiction Sue Francis of Waihao Downs, near Waimate, knows how to inspire readers and judges with her literary craft and compelling stories. But the national winner of last month’s Sunday Star Times short story award also ... More >>
Treasury is advising that government’s investment in education may have to decline from its current 6.4 percent of GDP to less than 4 percent by 2050. It wants government to achieve that cut in funding by shifting more of the cost of education services ... More >>
Visitors to Wanganui’s Saturday market are likely to notice something colourfully cultural underfoot. First year English students from the UCOL’s Computer Graphic Design programme will use an unusual medium to share their poetry skills with the ... More >>
Six of the ten newly elected Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) are from The University of Auckland. "Fellowship of the Royal Society signifies national recognition of academic excellence and we are delighted that our researchers have ... More >>
Three outstanding Year 13 high school students are the recipients of Mike Pero Mortgages’ Foundation tertiary education scholarships for 2010. “We are delighted to announce the three winners who will receive scholarships, two of $5,000 and one of $2,500, ... More >>
In the global battle to attract international students, academic rankings have become an important tool and one of the main factors used to help students decide where they want to study. New Zealand’s consistently high quality of education has given ... More >>
Professor Jim Jones has been appointed to the second professorial position at the New Zealand Biochar Research Centre. Professor Jones, a chemical engineer, joins soil scientist Associate Professor Marta Camps as a co-director of the centre. Together ... More >>
The government has chosen not to invest in a new adult literacy and education programme developed by COMET and the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT). The new programme is based on the highly regarded Manukau Family Literacy Programme (MFLP), which COMET, ... More >>
Pasifika parents are being encouraged to stand for school boards of trustees through two community fonos being held in Auckland this month. The fono are part of a joint initiative by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs called ... More >>
Five members of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) have taken multiple prizes in the prestigious Kodak Gold Awards—a competition honouring and promoting the importance and value of excellence in professional photography. ... More >>
Families should be worried by moves by the National Government that could see costs of early childhood education shifted on to parents, Labour’s Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says. “National has deliberately dropped the word 'free' ... More >>
Complex engineering problems and their solutions will be on display in an exhibition that caps four years of study for engineering students at the Wellington campus. Observe, Invent, Realise will be held at the Holiday Inn on Wednesday and showcases ... More >>
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), the Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice are co-hosting a seminar next month for legal, media and Internet professionals to discuss issues around suppression orders, contempt of court and the Internet. The ... More >>
A Dunedin student with a view of a clean and safe nuclear-powered future has been recognised as one of the world’s top young scientists, and will complete a PhD at a leading American university thanks to his selection for a prestigious International ... More >>
Greater emphasis is required on the secondary-tertiary interface, according to the NZVCC submission on the Government’s Draft Tertiary Education Strategy 2010-2015. On the strategy priority of more young people gaining degrees, the Committee suggests ... More >>
SIKA, renowned as a leading exponent of Didjeridoo will present ‘SACRED HOOP’ TALK / SOUND JOURNEY: a fascinating invitation to delve deeply into the esoteric world of sound & healing. Sika's highly amusing stories carry us into the world of ... More >>
Architect and internationally acclaimed speaker Richard Gage will present startling new evidence about the September 11, 2001 collapses of the World Trade Centre when he speaks in Wellington next month. More >>
Almost 60 percent of New Zealanders believe education about the dangers posed by pure methamphetamine (P) use and addiction should start as early as primary and intermediate school level. The scale of the P problem in New Zealand and New Zealanders’ desire ... More >>
In 1859, Darwin’s theory of evolution shook humanity, confronted science and challenged religion, including the profound faith of his beloved wife Emma. More >>
Computer science researcher and PhD student Daniel Playne has won a North Harbour Club award for his groundbreaking work on computer simulations used to solve physics-related problems. It is the third year running he has received the Massey-sponsored IT, Innovation ... More >>
A new charitable trust has been established to support up and coming musical talent in New Zealand. The Lewis Eady Charitable Trust Inc. was established in 2008 and will be officially launched in Auckland on 18 November. The trust will support musicians ... More >>
An establishment board of trustees has been appointed for the new primary school in Churton Park, Wellington, the Acting Regional Manager of the Central South office of the Ministry of Education, Anne Devonshire announced today. ``Population growth ... More >>
Today Promethean, a global leader in education technology solutions, introduces National Geographic Young Explorer ActivLessons; a series of interactive whiteboard lessons designed specifically for kindergarten and first grade students. Engineered to expand ... More >>
The Northland region will be treated to a feast of creative output from NorthTec students at exhibitions around the region in November and December. More >>
Jenny Yule, the founder and managing director of PORSE In-Home Childcare and Educator Training has voiced her support for a new report calling for stronger community-based services to provide more opportunities for young children. More >>
Thousands of low paid school support staff are attending paid union meetings around the country to consider their next move in their stalled pay talks. Their collective agreement expired on March 1 and despite several days of negotiation with the Ministry ... More >>
For almost a decade, Dunedin Public Libraries have joined forces with Dunedin Public Hospital to provide a Books for Babies pack for every child lucky enough to be born in our fair City. More >>
A report released today outlines a vision for a national network of high quality community-based early childhood centres. The report ‘Strengthening Community-based Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa – New Zealand’ was authored by Helen May ... More >>
A new report, released today, calls for the coordinated development of public early childhood education services in every community. Entitled 'Strengthening Community-based Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand”, the report is the outcome of ... More >>
More New Zealanders are studying diplomas and higher-level tertiary education qualifications Secretary for Education Karen Sewell said today. From 2007 to 2008, the proportion of domestic students studying for diplomas and higher qualifications increased from ... More >>
“I heard many times that New Zealand is a beautiful country. I wanted to see it with my own eyes” says Peach Tanunchai, a 17 year old student visiting from Thailand. Peach is one of twelve Thai students who won the chance to brush up their English ... More >>
With purse strings easing, smart, forward-thinking companies will be looking to capitalise on the prospect of new opportunities. This means the labour market is about to heat up. And from the perspective of students, the timing couldn’t be better. The key ... More >>
A group of young people in foster care will today receive awards celebrating their achievements. Run by Child Youth and Family, the William Wallace Awards are a result of a bequest made by William Wallace and into their fourth year. The 13 young winners ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley and China’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Mr Zhang Limin, today signed an education agreement at Parliament which focuses on enhancing education research, science and technology links between New Zealand and China. The ... More >>
Wanganui people have the chance to learn the intricacies of decorative sugar art from one of the country’s top pastry chefs at Whanganui UCOL’s Summer School of the Arts in January. More >>
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, will sail on the Spirit of New Zealand on November 5 alongside forty young New Zealander’s on the Waitemata Harbour. The sailing will rekindle memories of his time spent aboard the Spirit of Adventure in 1982 when he ... More >>
An agreement establishing a Confucius Institute at the University of Canterbury has been signed by the First Vice-Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. More >>
The Cognition Education Trust announced its major new philanthropic initiative when it launched the Cognition Institute in Auckland on Saturday night. The Cognition Institute is intended to be a thought leader in New Zealand education dedicated to ... More >>
Carpentry Programme Coordinator Brett Tickner swapped his hammer for tongs at UCOL Wairarapa’s Cookery programme relaunch on Labour weekend. Brett was one of several volunteers who assisted celebrity chef Al Brown during his outdoor cooking demonstration ... More >>
Primary and Intermediate school students flocked to Auckland’s Mt Smart Stadium this afternoon to witness New Zealand’s largest game of Scrabble on a board over 16m squared. More >>
Working In, last night named for the third time in the Deloitte Fast 50, is hoping international students will attend New Zealand’s first ever International Student Expo in Auckland this weekend. More >>
Anne Tolley's refusal to provide correspondence about night class cuts from National MPs to herself and John Key, on the grounds that it would take too much work to collate, suggests the pair have been deluged with correspondence from unhappy National backbenchers, ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that Alternative Education contracts with schools will be extended for 2010. “I want to give certainty to the sector, following a review of Alternative Education,” said Mrs Tolley. “There will be ... More >>
Wintec (Waikato Institute of Technology) is to be the principal partner of Netball Waikato from January 2010. The partnership was announced at Netball Waikato’s Annual Volunteer Awards dinner this week. Waikato Region Manager Delwyn McCarroll said the ... More >>
A combined effort between a Wintec student and a tutor saw a business paper take best student paper at the New Zealand Applied Business Educators conference in Rotorua recently. More >>
A group of MBA students leave for China next Thursday for a study tour. About 20 students and staff will spend 10 days in the cities of Shanghai and Suzhou assessing economic growth in the manufacturing and service sectors and experiencing the significant ... More >>
“Changes to the qualified teacher targets for early childhood education and care centres will impact on the quality of services to young children and families” says New Zealand Kindergartens chief executive Clare Wells. The Minister of Education ... More >>
Moving the 80 per cent target for early childhood teacher registration out two years to 2012 is welcomed but will not solve the sector's current and damaging staff shortages, says the Early Childhood Council. Chief executive Sarah Farquhar says the number ... More >>
Education Minister Anne Tolley has acknowledged the valuable work being done by New Zealand’s teachers as they celebrate World Teachers Day. “Teaching is a vitally important job, second only to parenting,” said Mrs Tolley. “Our children and ... More >>
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