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Council Of Medical Colleges Calls On Government To Stop The Rollbacks On Smoking Prevention
Friday, 26 January 2024, 7:14 am | Council Of Medical Colleges
The National-led Government needs to urgently rule out any further rollbacks on smoking prevention with the news today that the Associate Health Minister is open to options on freezing the tobacco excise tax, says the Council of Medical Colleges More >>
Opportunity For New Government To Lift Achievement Rates For Intellectually Disabled Students
Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 4:03 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand says although NCEA achievement rates for students with intellectual disability are rising, overwhelmingly there is a massive struggle for these students to access quality education at their local school. Today, 24 January, marks International ... More >>
Study Options On Show At Ara | Te Pūkenga Open Day
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 10:53 am | Ara Institute
Just weeks into the new year with NCEA results freshly out, individuals looking to lock in study options for 2024 and beyond are expected to flood to the Ara |Te Pūkenga Open Day this week. The event is held simultaneously at Ara’s City, Woolston ... More >>
Students’ University Dreams Made Possible By Milford Foundation
Monday, 22 January 2024, 11:11 am | Milford Foundation
The Milford Foundation has announced the 16 first-year students set to receive funding in 2024 through its tertiary scholarship programme. In a continued commitment to investing in future generations, the Milford Foundation has allocated $300,000 to ... More >>
Leaders Conference paves the way to ASB Polyfest 2024
Saturday, 20 January 2024, 5:48 pm | ASB Polyfest
The annual Student Leader’s Conference returns this week with guest speakers, cultural workshops, and connecting with more than 150 student leaders who are preparing for another ASB Polyfest season. This year’s leaders conference is sponsored by ... More >>
Legal Change A Positive Step For NZ’s Braided Rivers
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 9:26 am | University of Canterbury
New research highlighting the vulnerability of braided rivers has contributed to a recent law change acknowledging their uniqueness. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Professor Ann Brower of the School of Earth and Environment, ... More >>
Glen Eden Intermediate Wins Inaugural MoneyTime Competition
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 2:25 pm | MoneyTime
Room 20 Bravo at Glen Eden Intermediate School in Auckland has beaten 768 other classes in New Zealand to become winners of the inaugural MoneyTime Interclass Financial Literacy competition. The competition saw classes competing to achieve the highest ... More >>
New Research Aims To Protect Communities Against Wildfires
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 11:51 am | University of Canterbury
Canterbury researchers are building models to give more accurate predictions of where large wildfires could spread as they burn. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) Associate Professor in Atmospheric Dynamics Marwan Katurji, who ... More >>
High Hopes For A Smooth 2024 NCEA Exam Round
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 9:49 am | The Secondary Principals' Council of NZ
As NCEA results are released today for about 140,000 young people in Aotearoa New Zealand, secondary principals are hopeful that this year’s exam round will be completely free of disruptions. “Today will be a very memorable one for thousands of young ... More >>
New Researching Charging The Way For National Power Savings
Thursday, 11 January 2024, 11:02 am | University of Canterbury
Renewable energy solutions could change the way we store solar and wind. An environmentally friendly and safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries, redox-flow batteries are used for grid storage, but they are big —usually the size of a shipping container—slow ... More >>
Climate Research Takes On Single Greatest Threat To Pacific Region
Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 10:35 am | University of Auckland
With climate change identified as the single greatest threat facing the Pacific, Pacific researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, are taking bold steps to better understand the population dynamics of the region’s 13 million ... More >>
Kiwi Scientists Investigate Sky-Tower’s Weird Effect
Monday, 8 January 2024, 11:31 am | University of Auckland
When a scientist noticed an odd visual effect of Auckland's landmark Sky-Tower, he decided to investigate. From close-up, Auckland’s Sky-Tower appears short and stumpy, from far-off it seems tall and thin, prompting researchers with an interest ... More >>
Government Mini Budget Commits To Invest In Early Childhood Education
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 9:15 pm | Early Childhood Education
The release of the government’s mini budget has created some certainty within the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector. “By committing to the planned 4.6% increase in the 20 Hours ECE funding rates, the government has demonstrated that ... More >>
Advocacy Group Says ‘Status Quo’ Interests Holding Literacy Policy Back
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 7:59 pm | Lifting Literacy Aotearoa
A grassroots literacy advocacy group is challenging the government – and all political parties – to aim for 95 percent of children to become proficient readers and writers. Lifting Literacy Aotearoa (LLA) says educational research tells us that if policy ... More >>
Sir Collin Tukuitonga Becomes ISC Fellow And Will Also Head WHO Transition Team
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 6:06 pm | University of Auckland
Sir Collin Tukuitonga Sir Collin Tukuitonga (Niue: Alofi) from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has been made a Fellow by the International Science Council (ISC). The Associate Professor of population health was recognised for his outstanding ... More >>
New Zealand’s National Party And Government Criticised For Lacking Innovation In Cell Phone Ban For Classrooms
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 11:19 pm | Daniel Harding
The New Zealand National Party’s recent policy to ban cellphones in classrooms has sparked a wave of criticism from educators across the country, accusing the party of opting for an easy, non-innovative solution to a complex issue. The move, seen ... More >>
Open Letter To Save The Humanities And Social Sciences At Massey University
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 12:44 pm | Save Massey Humanities and Social Sciences
An open letter to oppose the proposed cuts to 30% of academic staff in the Humanities and Social Science Schools at Massey University. Update 19 December: The preliminary decision was released yesterday and the number of job cuts have actually increased ... More >>
Te Pūkenga Announces Chief Executive Departure
Monday, 18 December 2023, 12:49 pm | Te Pukenga
Te Pūkenga Council today announced that Chief Executive Peter Winder will be leaving the organisation. "The function and duties of the role that Peter was employed to perform will change significantly given the new direction of the organisation ... More >>
Mother Of Five Graduates With PhD
Saturday, 16 December 2023, 8:46 am | University of Auckland
Proud graduate and family: Benjamin 17, Amelia 13, Lucy Hardie, Sebastian 19, Oliver 16, Reuben 48, Leon Hardie, 14. Lucy Hardie has graduated with a doctorate based on vaping research, all while raising five kids. A mother of five teenagers this ... More >>
Medical Graduate Has Vision For Making A Difference For Māori
Saturday, 16 December 2023, 8:44 am | University of Auckland
Isaac Samuels Isaac Samuels (Ngaati Hauaa, Ngaati Tuwharetoa) graduated in medicine on 14 December with hopes to improve Māori eye-care. A new medical graduate grew up largely identifying as pākeha, but his koro’s death and the University of Auckland’s ... More >>
Government Needs To Address Secondary Teacher Shortage Urgently
Friday, 15 December 2023, 11:49 am | PPTA
The Government needs to go where successive governments have failed – and solve the secondary teacher shortage crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. “The worsening shortage of secondary teachers ... More >>
Writers Welcome Return To Canterbury For Residency
Friday, 15 December 2023, 10:04 am | University of Canterbury
Acclaimed author Nic Low (Ngāi Tahu) returns to the University of Canterbury to take up one of two Ursula Bethell Writers in Residence placements. The 2024 residency will be a step back into familiar territory for Low, who was an undergraduate in ... More >>
Education Perfect listed in Deloitte’s NZ Fast 50 Master of Growth index for the third year in a row
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 8:02 pm | Education Perfect
Education Perfect has had fantastic growth over the last 5 years resulting in the inclusion in Deloitte’s Fast 50 Master of Growth index 2023, hitting the index at number 15 with 256% revenue growth over that period. Education Perfect was the ... More >>
Poster Exhibition Gives Voice To Elders And Connects Students Across The Globe
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 5:54 pm | Wintec
If you could give one piece of advice to the people of your city, in 20 words or less, what would it be? Design students across three countries proposed this question to elders within their community for a public good poster project called Hear Us ... More >>
Disestablishment Of Te Pūkenga
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 5:27 pm | Ara Academic Staff of Canterbury
AASC represents the academic staff employed at Ara Christchurch campuses. We are committed to the delivery of tertiary education in a way that puts learners at the centre. We also recognise that ākonga/learners require a range of supports during ... More >>
92 Years Of Resilience And Perseverance For UC Grad
Monday, 11 December 2023, 9:16 am | University of Canterbury
At 92, UC graduate Dr Patricia Roberts Pichette reflected on her pioneering career at UC’s 150th Anniversary. Dr Roberts-Pichette’s return from Ottawa, Canada marks not just a personal milestone but serves as a testament to her legacy and groundbreaking ... More >>
ECE Managers’ Pay Lagging Behind, Thanks To Pay Parity Policies
Friday, 8 December 2023, 4:29 pm | Early Childhood Council
A comprehensive survey of early learning sector wages shows Pay Parity is having a positive effect overall on average ECE teacher pay, but reveals the diminishing gap between pay for teachers and managers is ringing alarm bells. The Early Childhood ... More >>
Te Pūkenga Disestablishment Reveals Government’s Lack Of Plan
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 3:01 pm | NZCTU
The announced disestablishment of Te Pūkenga shows the Government has no plan for vocational education, says the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff said he was deeply concerned about the impact that another change ... More >>
Where’s The Vision?
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 11:54 am | Tertiary Education Union
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is deeply concerned for the future of vocational education, in light of the National government commencing implementation of its 100-day plan commitment to “begin disestablishing Te Pūkenga”. Te Pou ... More >>
PISA Results Continue To Show More To Be Done For Equity In Education
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 7:17 pm | Post Primary Teachers' Association
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results released show a widening gap between students who are advantaged and students who are disadvantaged, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. “The main result PISA ... More >>
No Surprise PISA Results Show Drop Says NZPF President
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 7:08 pm | NZ Principals Federation
The President of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF), Leanne Otene, said "I am not at all surprised that our reading, writing and mathematics PISA results have dipped this year." "We have just come through three years ... More >>
University Of Auckland 1st In Oceania And 5th In World For Sustainability
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 4:47 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland highest ranked university in Australasia in world sustainability ranking. Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has been ranked as first in Oceania and fifth in the world for sustainability in the 2024 QS World University ... More >>
Cash Splashed, Scores Crash: New Zealand's PISA Predicament
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is expressing deep concern over New Zealand’s declining education standards as revealed by the latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results. Taxpayers’ Union Investigations Coordinator, Oliver ... More >>
Waikato Ranked In Top 100 Universities Globally For Sustainability
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 11:39 am | University of Waikato
6 December 2023: The University of Waikato has been recognised in the top 100 universities worldwide in the 2024 QS Sustainability rankings, released today. The University is ranked 99 out of 1,403 participating institutions. The rankings, now in their ... More >>
New Research Out Of Wintec | Te Pūkenga Paving The Way For Ultra-marathon Performance
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 10:37 am | Wintec
New research to support peak performance in ultramarathon running, conducted by Russell Best, Principal Academic Staff Member at Wintec | Te Pūkenga Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance, and his international collaborators, is having ... More >>
UC Ranked In Top 100 For Global Sustainability
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 10:12 am | University of Canterbury
Annual QS Sustainability rankings released overnight placed UC 86 overall, and in the top ten worldwide for environmental education. Now in its second year, the QS Sustainability Ranking uses data to measure social, environmental and governance ... More >>
PISA Results Show Urgent Need For Increased Support For Tamariki
Wednesday, 6 December 2023, 10:03 am | New Zealand Educational Institute
The latest PISA results show that the incoming Government should continue the school lunch programme and provide more learning support for students and young people rather than mandating further testing, says education union, NZEI Te Riu Roa. New Zealand ... More >>
Early Childhood Education Teachers Take Action Urging Government To Prioritise Tamariki
Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 3:31 pm | NZEI
Kaiako and kaimahi working in early childhood education (ECE) are holding a national day of action to call on the new government to put tamariki first by prioritising improvements to the ECE sector. The new government’s clear intention to scrap a ... More >>
School Closure Sees The End Of An Era
Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 10:33 am | Melville High School
Wednesday’s final junior prizegiving signifies the last day for students for Melville High School students. It fills principal, Clive Hamill with great pleasure and at the same time sadness, it signifies the end of an era of schooling in southwest Hamilton. ... More >>
Secondary Teachers Question Rationale For Changes To Relationship Education Guidelines
Monday, 4 December 2023, 2:01 pm | PPTA
Secondary teachers are mystified by the reasons given by the Prime Minister for the need to remove the relationship and sexuality education guidelines, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. “When asked by the media early ... More >>
Exceptional Teachers Receive National Excellence In Teaching Awards
Monday, 4 December 2023, 10:38 am | NEiTA Foundation
Four early childhood, primary and secondary school educators from across the motu, each demonstrating outstanding teaching practice and leadership, have been honoured with National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTA). They are: Mina Pomare-Peita ... More >>
Children Celebrate ‘graduation’ At Christchurch Town Hall
Friday, 1 December 2023, 10:01 am | University of Canterbury
More than 1,100 Canterbury tamariki have put on academic gowns and attended their graduation after taking part in a programme that offers university for kids. Te Mātāpuna Mātātahi | Children’s University members aged from seven to 14 were presented ... More >>
Fund Full Pay Parity For ECE Educators Before Paying Landlords
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 11:16 am | NZEI
A policy decision in the recently released National-ACT coalition agreement documents means landlords will receive a large Christmas bonus that no one voted for – at the expense of tamariki and their educators. Landlords would now receive around $3 ... More >>
Poll: Ban Mobile Phones During Class, But Not Breaks
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 10:27 am | Horizon Research Limited
New Zealanders most support a ban on mobile phones at school during class time, but not during breaks. A Horizon Research poll of four possible policy options finds: · 61% support and 20% oppose banning mobile phone use at all schools during class ... More >>
Fight To Save Massey Sciences Continues
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 1:51 pm | Tertiary Education Union
Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union members at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University are outraged following yesterday’s release of a “Preliminary Decision” proposing to cut over 70 jobs from Natural Sciences, and Food and Advanced ... More >>
Children Need A Government That Cares About Early Learning, Not Removing Rights And Safeguards Of Quality
Friday, 24 November 2023, 3:26 pm | NZEI
The government should be focusing on better early childhood education funding, not regulation, if it wants the quality and safety of early learning for tamariki to be improved, says NZEI Te Riu Roa, New Zealand's largest education union. Pay parity ... More >>
NZPF Welcomes New Minister Of Education
Friday, 24 November 2023, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Principals' Federation
The New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF) President, Leanne Otene, congratulates the new Minister of Education, Erica Stanford and looks forward to working with her. "We realise that today’s announcement gives only a taste of the education ... More >>
Education And Social Work On The Move To City Campus
Friday, 24 November 2023, 1:23 am | University of Auckland
From this month, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland is now welcoming the Faculty of Education and Social Work from its current location at 74 Epsom Avenue to City Campus in readiness for teaching in 2024. The move to a beautiful, refurbished ... More >>
Early Childhood Education Gets Shafted Again
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 11:34 am | Early Childhood New Zealand
With a National-led government emphasising the importance of reading, writing and arithmetic, including a commitment from our incoming Prime Minister to “educate our children so that they can grow up to live the lives they dream of”. Surely ... More >>
‘Discrepancy’ Of $253 Million Means 18,000 Teachers Missing Out On Pay Parity And ECE’s Closing Fast
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 9:06 am | Early Childhood Council
The Labour Government’s early learning Pay Parity promise became unaffordable in June 2023, when the Ministry of Education changed its method for calculating how much they would fund ECE teachers employed by independent education and care centres. ... More >>
Early Childhood Teachers Should Not Be Short-changed Because Of Inadequate Forecasting
Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 1:48 pm | NZEI
The incoming government has an urgent job to do fixing early childhood education funding, education union NZEI Te Riu Roa says. A recently released Cabinet paper from September shows the previous Labour Government walked back from their commitment ... More >>
All Aotearoa New Zealand Schools To Receive Free Digital Technologies Resources From January 2024
Monday, 20 November 2023, 2:54 pm | Grok Academy
From 1 January 2024, Ed Tech charity Grok Academy (Grok) will offer its extensive range of coding and web design resources free of charge to every student, teacher, and homeschooling parent in New Zealand. Teachers can now register their accounts ... More >>
New Report Highlights Links Between School Isolation And Practice – NZCER
Monday, 20 November 2023, 10:45 am | NZCER
Teachers in more isolated schools are more likely to have good morale, but are more likely to report concerns about vulnerable students’ ability to receive timely support. The findings come from a new NZCER data report, Teacher Perspectives from ... More >>
$50,000 Critic And Conscience Of Society Award 2024 Open For Applications
Monday, 20 November 2023, 9:14 am | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Applications are now open for the 2024 Critic and Conscience of Society Award. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2311/31addd0559c203c1838f.jpeg" width="720" height="720"> 2023 winner Dr Dean Knight (left) ... More >>
Employers Committed To ECE Fair Pay Agreement Process
Saturday, 18 November 2023, 2:31 pm | Early Childhood Council
The Early Childhood Council confirms its commitment to the Early Childhood Education Fair Pay Agreement process, despite NZEI Te Riu Roa issuing a petition claiming employer representatives weren’t coming to the table. “Nothing has changed – the ECC ... More >>
Research Leader And Antarctica Expert To Join Waikato As Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research
Friday, 17 November 2023, 12:27 pm | University of Auckland
17 November 2023: The University of Waikato has announced the appointment of Professor Gary Wilson to the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research from early next year. Gary is currently Chief Scientist and General Manager Research Strategy & ... More >>
Support For Promising Scientists
Friday, 17 November 2023, 11:03 am | University of Auckland
nvestigations into prevention of brain cancer and understanding the origins of our solar system have seen two scientists from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland awarded prestigious fellowships. The Royal Society Te Apārangi’s Rutherford Foundation ... More >>
Funding Goes To The Telling Of NZ Histories From Hokianga To Fiordland
Friday, 17 November 2023, 9:18 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
History grants have been awarded to 10 projects which will tell a wide range of histories - from the revival of Moko Mataora (facial tattoo) in the North, to a 1795 shipwreck in Tamatea Dusky Sound in the South. "The annual Whiria Te Mahara ... More >>
Science & Engineering Fair Inspires Next Generation
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 3:04 pm | Energy Resources Aotearoa
More than 220 enthusiastic young learners packed out New Plymouth’s Devon Hotel, alongside their teachers, parents, and caregivers, for the recent Taranaki Primary Schools Science and Engineering Fair 2023. The two fun-filled and educational days ... More >>
University Of Otago Student Has Been Selected As One Of The 2023 Emerging Practitioner Award Recipients
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 8:21 pm | Acorn Foundation
Cameron Monteath The Acorn Foundation and the trustees of the FAME Trust are pleased to announce the selection for the 2023 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at the University of Otago. Seven promising students are selected each year from top-rated ... More >>
