Keith Newman tells Ratana’s life story, from his early days as a hard-working farmer,
heavy drinker and gambler to the ‘divine’ encounters where he picked up the mantle
of earlier Māori prophets, turning the people from fear and superstition and healing ...
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) is this coming week launching a book titled
Environmental Defenders: Fighting for Our Natural World which tells the story of
the Society’s 50 years of operation since the early 1970s.
The Minister of Education, Erica Stanford, has announced that as of Term 1 2025,
all teachers in state schools will be required to teach reading using the structured
literacy method.
The cellphone ban in schools came into effect this week, and so far there don’t
appear to have been audible howls of anguish from the nation’s playgrounds. That’s
not to say every student will be thrilled, just that some might even welcome an enforced ...
The number of children in Aotearoa New Zealand who are not immunised against measles
is still growing and we are now close to the tipping point that set off measles epidemics
in previous years warn public health experts.
Collated by Dr Rosemary Baird, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Senior Outreach
Advisor, based in Christchurch, the kit will be available on the Heritage New Zealand
website for people to download and print free of charge. The kit includes posters, ...