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Gisborne Mayor Invites Act Leader David Seymour To Witness Mayors’ Role In Schools And Community
Friday, 9 May 2025, 8:41 pm | Zita Campbell - Local Democracy Reporter
Stoltz has participated in a campaign promoting school attendance with posters being put up at most schools and around town. More >>
Kiwi Kids Once Led The World In Reading – This 1950s Primary School Syllabus Still Has Lessons For Today
Friday, 9 May 2025, 6:54 pm | The Conversation
Compared with today’s structured literacy and standardised testing, the 1953 reading syllabus was a remarkably non-prescriptive blueprint for both teachers and pupils. More >>
Principals At Odds Over New Relationships And Sexuality Framework
Friday, 9 May 2025, 5:46 pm | RNZ
Consultation on the draft relationships and sexuality framework for school is closing, and some primary principals worry it is too explicit for their pupils. More >>
Discovering The True Nature Of Horses
Friday, 9 May 2025, 2:31 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
“It’s a 35,000 year-plus history: watching horses, hunting horses, taming horses, riding horses, cultivating our fields, transporting goods, going to war with horses." More >>
New Pay Equity Law Locks Teachers Out Of Process
Friday, 9 May 2025, 11:49 am | PPTA
“The new legislation has a far narrower set of possible male-dominated profession comparators that can be used to form the basis of a claim. Comparators must be from the same employer, or a similar employer or within the same industry or sector." More >>
Open Polytechnic Celebrates Auckland Graduation
Friday, 9 May 2025, 11:01 am | Open Polytechnic
The Auckland ceremony was the first of three for Open Polytechnic, with the second ceremony to come in Christchurch on 20 May and Wellington on 27 May. Including those awarded in absentia, around 1150 graduates will receive their diploma or degree from ... More >>
VetMAP Students Celebrate Graduation Milestone
Friday, 9 May 2025, 10:28 am | Massey University
VetMAP was introduced in 2020 as an outcome of the PhD research of Professor Eloise Jillings, Ngāti Maru, which explored access to veterinary education for Māori. The initiative is a targeted entry and support pathway offered by Tāwharau Ora School ... More >>
Kaiapoi School’s Creative Solution To Staffing Challenges
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 7:43 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Increased teacher release time has been a headache for some schools, but Kaiapoi North School has made the most of the extra resourcing. More >>
UC Business School Celebrates Global Recognition
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:56 pm | University of Canterbury
Ranked #2 in New Zealand for employment outcomes and employer reputation (QS 2025), UC delivers on its promise to produce highly skilled, work-ready graduates. More >>
Oaklynn Specialist School in New Lynn has closed indefinitely for new enrolments
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 4:59 pm | RNZ
Principal calls for government to prioritise highly vulnerable and complex young learners and their whanau. More >>
Dame Winnie Laban Awarded Honorary Doctorate Recognising Achievements For Pasifika
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2:38 pm | Victoria University of Wellington
The Honourable Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban DNZM, will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington at the graduation ceremonies this May. More >>
Secondary Teachers Initiate Bargaining Amidst Teacher Shortage And Pay Equity Tensions
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1:01 pm | PPTA
More than a third of schools that responded to the survey have teachers working in subjects they are not specialists in because they simply cannot find the teachers. The survey was responded to by almost 150 principals of state secondary and area More >>
Leaked Documents Say Kāhui Ako School Programme 'Set To Be Disestablished'
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 2:46 pm | RNZ
Leaked documents suggest the $118 million programme will be axed 'effective from Budget 2025'. More >>
PPTA Calls On Minister Stanford To Come Clean On Kāhui Ako
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 11:09 am | Post Primary Teachers' Association
Kāhui Ako provide an alternative and greatly valued career path for about 4000 teachers around the motu and they need clarity about their future, says Chris Abercrombie PPTA Te Wehengarua president. More >>
Proposed Changes To Relationships And Sexuality Education Will Put Children At Risk
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 10:11 am | Queer Endurance in Defiance
By removing reference to our existence, the government is actively putting gender-diverse children at risk of abuse. This is a deliberate choice that has been made to put children in harm’s way, and it has been done because the government does not care. More >>
More High-Achieving Teens Heading Overseas After Finishing School
Monday, 5 May 2025, 4:17 pm | RNZ
"It's a pity that our very top students are going overseas, and I think sometimes it's more perception than reality," one principal says. More >>
‘Focus On The Basics’: Whanganui Mayor Pushes Back On Education Minister’s Truancy Appeal
Friday, 2 May 2025, 8:35 pm | Moana Ellis - Local Democracy Reporter
“To ask councils to get involved in tackling truancy is a contradiction to the directive we have been given,” Whanganui mayor Andrew Tripe said. More >>
Mayors: School Attendance Isn’t Our Job
Friday, 2 May 2025, 7:57 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter
Ashburton's mayor says as a community leader, keeping children in education has better outcomes - but it isn't his job. More >>
Commissioner To Lead Bargaining With Education Sector
Friday, 2 May 2025, 4:26 pm | Public Service Commission
The Commissioner will work alongside the Secretary for Education, Ms Ellen MacGregor-Reid, and other Ministry staff, who will remain actively involved in the negotiations. Their advice and expertise will be central to his decisions. More >>
Ara Students Design Kids’ Activities For Open Christchurch
Friday, 2 May 2025, 3:05 pm | Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd
The Monster Architecture Treasure Hunt and Colour Me Mountfort colouring-in pages have been created to encourage children to learn more about many of the central city buildings featured in the 2025 festival programme. More >>
Mākereti Papakura, The First Indigenous Woman To Study At Oxford, To Be Awarded A Posthumous Degree
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 8:06 pm | Te Wananga o Aotearoa
The degree will be awarded at a ceremony presided over by the University’s Vice-Chancellor later this year in Oxford’s Sheldonian theatre. Members of Mākereti’s family and representatives of the Māori community are expected to attend. More >>
Kaiapoi School At Capacity Just 7 Years After Redevelopment
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 5:22 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Kaiapoi High School is continuing to grow, prompting calls for new classrooms. More >>
Kindergartens Aotearoa Supports Government Move To Pay Teacher Registration Fees
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 1:47 pm | Kindergartens Aotearoa
Education Minister Erica Stanford announced that $53 million in budget 2025 will pay Teaching Council fees for early childhood, primary and secondary teachers through to 2028. More >>
Students Unite As One - Speaking Up For Unity In Aotearoa - Race Unity Speech Awards And Hui 2025
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 11:15 am | Race Unity Speech Awards
Twenty one regional representatives ranging from Years 11 to 13 (ages around 15-18) will come together for the Speech Awards semi-finals, final and a hui at Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae, Manukau Institute of Technology, Ōtara Campus. More >>
University Rocks Geology Education With New Garden
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 12:54 pm | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury is bringing local geology to life with a new garden featuring over 200 rocks, ancient fossils and a mini volcano. More >>
Minister Takes Steps To Support Teachers
Monday, 28 April 2025, 8:29 pm | Early Childhood New Zealand
We hope this announcement forms part of a larger education workforce strategy to encourage teachers to choose this profession, and for others, to remain in the profession. More >>
Teacher Registration Funding Is A Positive Step
Monday, 28 April 2025, 3:47 pm | Early Childhood Council
This initiative addresses the ECC’s concerns about the Teaching Council’s impending registration fee increase. More >>
Principals Welcome Government Teacher Registration Relief
Monday, 28 April 2025, 3:12 pm | NZ Principals Federation
"Principals welcome this initiative," said Gavin Beere, who heads up the NZPF Executive Pou on policy. More >>
PPTA Welcomes Government Decision To Pay Teachers’ Practising Fees
Monday, 28 April 2025, 10:09 am | PPTA
Teaching is an extremely rewarding and amazing profession; it is also an increasingly challenging and demanding one, so we need to everything possible to keep all of our experienced and skilled teachers in the workforce. Paying their Teaching Council ... More >>
Minecraft Version Of Historic New Zealand Farm Being Used As Educational Tool
Saturday, 26 April 2025, 5:41 pm | RNZ
Sow the Seed subject advisor Suzy Newman said it complemented new study units they created for year 7-10 students' science and agricultural curriculum. More >>
New Classrooms For North Canterbury Kura
Friday, 25 April 2025, 4:01 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Te Kura o Tuahiwi has new classrooms ready for term two. More >>
Govt Vocational Education Reforms Will Cause Massive Disruption
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 4:13 pm | NZCTU
“The NZCTU remains fundamentally opposed to these reforms, which will create further disruption across the sector and come off the back of a period of disruption and change in the sector over the past five years,” said NZCTU Acting President Rachel ... More >>
Te Wānanga O Aotearoa Celebrates 40 Years Of Transforming Education
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 10:26 am | Te Wananga o Aotearoa
From humble beginnings in a double garage in Te Awamutu, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa has grown into the second largest tertiary institution in Aotearoa – distinctly Māori, community-based, and built on the foundation of whānau transformation through education. More >>
Kindergartens Aotearoa Opposes Government Putting Business Interests Before Children In Early Childhood Education
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 1:14 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
In announcing changes, the Minister for Early Childhood Education David Seymour focused on making it “easier to do business” the “thriving market” for early childhood education, and compliance costs, rather than on children and families or education. More >>
Parents Reject ECE Deregulation: "Children’s Safety Is Not Optional"
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 1:05 pm | My ECE
ECE Parents’ Council spokesperson Michelle De Bono said that it was not about red tape — it was about children’s lives. More >>
ECE Regulation Change Timeline Welcomed By Providers
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 12:10 pm | Early Childhood Council
“It’s good progress to have a clear timeline approved by Cabinet. We can expect changes within the next 18 months, ensuring the regulatory improvements can happen as soon as possible,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube. More >>
Lowering Teacher Qualifications Is A Cheap Fix With A Lifelong Cost
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 11:09 am | Early Childhood New Zealand
“While there was a pressing need for a review,” says Kathy Wolfe, CE Te Rito Maioha, “the review needs to ensure that quality education, best practice, and the wellbeing and education of our tamariki are kept at the centre of any decision ... More >>
Cuts To ECE Required Practices: Paving The Way For Baby Farming
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 11:05 am | Office of Early Childhood Education
Chief advisor to the OECE, Dr Sarah Alexander said that a market approach does not work when goals are to improve outcomes for children because ECE is a public good like schools. More >>
Teacher-Led Early Childhood Education: The Cornerstone Of Our Future
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 10:57 am | New Zealand Kindergartens
“The reference to possible legislative change within the Education and Training Amendment Bill raises serious concerns for us. Any dilution of the qualified, teacher-led workforce would be a regressive move with long-term consequences for tamariki, and ... More >>
ECE Sector Review Changes An Opportunity For Innovation
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 10:56 am | Early Childhood Education
The changes include introducing new licensing criteria for all ECE services by the end of September, following the recommendation to change or merge approximately three-quarters of the current licensing criteria. More >>
Barnardos Welcomes The Beginning Of ECE Sector Review Changes And Remains Committed To Ensuring Teacher-led ECE Thrives
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 10:53 am | Barnardos Aotearoa
“It’s encouraging to see the review progressing and the recommendations considered by Cabinet in such a short time. This gives us hope that tamariki are being put first, and that they will be able to access a greater quality of early care and education ... More >>
ECE Sector Leaders Partnership Welcomes Reform, But Raises Red Flags Over Potential Workforce Changes
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 10:50 am | Early Childhood New Zealand
“We remain concerned about the lack of information about Review Recommendation 10,” says Kathy Wolfe, CEO of Te Rito Maioha. “And we are troubled by the reference in the Minister’s release about changes in the Education and Training Amendment ... More >>
ECE Services Welcomes Approval Of Regulatory Review Recommendations
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 10:43 am | Advocates for Early Learning Excellence
“ECE managers and teachers have been confused by conflicting regulations, tied up with overburdensome paperwork and moving goal posts, which has taken time, resources and quality interactions away from children’s learning.” More >>
Passion For Community Led To School Board Role
Friday, 18 April 2025, 2:30 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
A Kaiapoi school board of trustees presiding member is encouraging people to stand in this year's board elections. More >>
‘Major Headache’ For Schools If Kāhui Ako Cut – Principals
Friday, 18 April 2025, 2:26 pm | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
North Canterbury schools say there weren't consulted over plans to scrap the Kāhui Ako education scheme. More >>
Spotlight Falls On New Zealand’s Confucius Institutes In Wake Of Australian Closures
Friday, 18 April 2025, 12:37 pm | RNZ
Jason Young, director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Center at Victoria University of Wellington, said it was time for New Zealand universities to reconsider how best to use their limited resources to offer courses in Chinese language and ... More >>
2025 Critic And Conscience Of Society Award Winner Advocates For Health Policy Action
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 2:24 pm | Universities New Zealand - Te Pokai Tara
Sponsored by the philanthropic trust The Gama Foundation, the annual award recognises an academic’s role under the Education and Training Act 2020 to act as the critic and conscience of society. More >>
UCOL Cuts Will Cause Lasting Damage
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 10:11 am | Tertiary Education Union
The proposal impacts on the roles of approximately 27 academic staff and 47 administration and support staff in areas like disability support, enrolment and cultural support. More >>
New Zealand Professor's Paper Is One Of Century's Most-Cited
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 3:27 pm | University of Auckland
University of Auckland Professor Ginny Braun co-authored this century’s third most-cited scientific paper, which shows researchers how to conduct `thematic analysis’ of qualitative data. More >>
Turnitin To Release Findings Of Survey On The Impacts Of AI In Education
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 11:14 am | Turnitin
Responses to the online survey revealed that while the education community is generally positive about the impacts of AI in education, the line between “using AI to enhance students’ learning” and “cheating” is still undefined. More >>
Inaugural Oceania Seabird Symposium Underway At University Of Auckland
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 2:29 pm | University of Auckland
The three-day symposium organised by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) runs from 14-17 April. More >>
Disability And Progress: Relational Recoil From AI’s Silver Bullet.
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 1:35 pm | Maxim Institute
The idea of a “cure” thus sounds tempting. Elon Musk’s Neuralink, for example, promises to “restore autonomy” and “unlock human potential.” More >>
The ADA NSW Selects Brightspace To Support Member Growth By Providing A More Enhanced Learning Experience
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 9:31 am | D2L
ADA NSW provides hands-on practical skills workshops in its clinical space and digital dentistry training, including using artificial intelligence (AI), 3D printing, and high-definition intraoral scanning in its state-of-the-art digital learning space. More >>
Consultation Starts On New Draft Sexuality Education Framework
Monday, 14 April 2025, 3:07 pm | RNZ
Winston Peters called the previous guideline "woke" and "out of touch" but the Education Minister says Peters has had no influence over the new framework. More >>
Celebrations As EIT Hawke's Bay Students Graduate
Friday, 11 April 2025, 3:47 pm | EIT Hawkes Bay
In total, EIT awarded 2,241 diplomas, degrees and postgraduate qualifications to Hawke’s Bay-based learners who finished their studies last year. More >>
US Academic Takes Reins On Pacific Housing Research
Friday, 11 April 2025, 3:39 pm | University of Auckland
Miller grew up listening to stories about life in traditional Indigenous Hawaiian housing communities, known as kauhale. His father passed on stories about his childhood, growing up in a ‘camp’ in Hawaii, where the community lived simply in clusters ... More >>
UCOL Ākonga Awarded $28,000 In Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarship
Friday, 11 April 2025, 1:44 pm | UCOL
Eleven Manawatū akonga have been awarded Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarships yesterday totalling $28,000 to assist them with their studies and career advancement. More >>
Learning Support Is Desperately Needed In Early Childhood Education
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 8:16 pm | Early Childhood New Zealand
“We must and we should do better. The government need to immediately reactivate the inactive Learning Support Groups to address the list of ECE concerns demonstrate they are taking this issue seriously,” says Cathy Wilson, CE, Montessori Aotearoa ... More >>
NZ Atom-Smashers Honoured With Top Science Prize
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 4:31 pm | University of Auckland
The Breakthrough Prize was to recognise research with the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest smasher of atoms, which has revealed information about the fundamental properties of matter, energy, and the early universe. More >>
Principals Support NZEI's Call For Learning Support Boost
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 6:53 pm | NZ Principals Federation
We have been clear with the Minister from the very beginning, saying that the major problem in our education system is the lack of behavioural and learning support services that hinder our teachers' ability to teach and our principals to lead. More >>
