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Teacher who had baby with student still registered

Sun, 22nd Nov

A woman teacher, who had a baby with one of her 17-year-old students, has managed to hang on to her registration.

Students consider legal action after strike delays exams

Sat, 21st Nov

The polytech at the centre of a pay dispute with staff is calling for them to halt industrial action if they want to strike a deal.
Teacher's withhold mark threat could lead to court action

Fri, 20th Nov

Plan by polytechnic teaching staff to withhold student's marks as part of industrial action may end up in court.
Students offer to pay for damage in alcohol-fuelled rampage

Wed, 18th Nov

Hillcrest High students have offered to pay for the damage caused to a classroom in an alcohol-fuelled rampage

Three in court after nationwide uni degree scam

Fri, 20th Nov

Police are urging hundreds of people who have bought "fake" university degrees to hand themselves in.
Paterson quits commissioner role for law chair

Wed, 18th Nov

Ron Paterson has been appointed to a chair in law at the University of Auckland after 10 years as the Health and Disability Commissioner.
SIS tells university staff to look out for 'foreign agents'

Tue, 17th Nov

The Security Intelligence Service is asking university staff to be on the lookout for foreign agents.

Will football give rugby the boot in NZ?

Mon, 16th Nov

After 27 years of waiting, New Zealand Football now has seven months to capitalise on the All Whites' popularity - in the run-up to the World Cup finals.
Otago students axe troubled toga parade

Thu, 12th Nov

Otago University's annual toga parade has been axed, less than a week after the High Court ruled the university was right to discipline students when it all went wrong.
Principals attack Education Minister over PM's old school

Tue, 10th Nov

The country's principals have scolded Education Minister Anne Tolley over moves to close Prime Minister John Key's old primary school in Christchurch.
Post-exam chaos avoided thanks to new intiative

Mon, 09th Nov

Palmerston North police say a new initiative has helped to avoid the much of the usual post-exam chaos from the city's students.
International scam may have caught NZ universities

Fri, 06th Nov

A number of New Zealand universities may have been caught up in a multi-million dollar international scam.
Principal resigns following fraud allegations

Wed, 04th Nov

Hamilton's Fraser High School principal Martin Elliott resigned today.
Up to 70 pupils watched as 13yo beaten in park

Sat, 31st Oct

A teenage girl who was badly beaten in a Wellington park was effectively assaulted again by having the attack filmed by onlookers on their mobile phones and spread among her peers, says Children's Commissioner John Angus.
Baby Einstein DVDs not so educational after all

Sun, 25th Oct

Disney is refunding parents the cost of the Baby Einstein DVDs and has dropped the word "educational" from its marketing.
Students' award a joke, says Laws

Sat, 24th Oct

Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws says an award given to a group of Otaki primary school pupils for standing up to him is a joke.

Leading business groups push Asian education in NZ schools

Mon, 16th Nov

Leading New Zealand businesses are urging schools to prepare their students for the future by teaching crucial Asian culture and language classes.
Raise interest on student loans says academic

Wed, 11th Nov

The Government should consider raising the interest on student loans so it will have enough money to fund universities better, an academic says.
'Grundy run' okay for boys, but not girls, students told

Mon, 09th Nov

Marlborough Girls' College students have been told it's a hoot for boys to do a "grundy run" through the girls' college grounds but not the other way around.
Skin cancer costs country more than $120 million a year

Sun, 08th Nov

A report for the Cancer Society says skin cancer costs the country more than $120 million a year.
Value of student loans goes down

Thu, 05th Nov

While student loan borrowing increased by billions of dollars in recent years, the value of the loans to the Government has remained static, a report released today said.
NZ too focused on carbon emissions - study

Tue, 03rd Nov

A new study says New Zealand is too focused on reducing carbon emissions and other environmental factors should take priority, like urban air quality, water quality and biodiversity.
Dunedin primary school vandalised in possible Carisbrook protest

Tue, 27th Oct

A Dunedin primary school has been vandalised in an attack that seems to have been triggered by hostility over the replacement of Carisbrook.
Job hunt much harder this year for students

Sun, 25th Oct

Finding work this summer may prove difficult for university students, with some saying there are not enough jobs to go around.