An Auckland mother had started a petition, calling for the government to mandate the presence of at least two adults in every school van transporting children.

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RNZ Education·wellbeing

Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick's National Party swag bags upset parents

Mike Butterick has visited most schools across Wairarapa delivering tote bags, pens and notebooks, stress balls, lunchboxes and mints all emblazoned with the National Party logo.

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RNZ Education

ACT to campaign on reducing 'absolutely ridiculous' cost of school uniforms

It would limit all state schools to three compulsory branded items and ensure generic items were available from retailers like The Warehouse and Kmart.

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RNZ Education·policy

Kindys prepare to ask parents for donations after 'drop in the bucket' Budget increase

Kindergartens New Zealand says its members will struggle after the Budget increased their operational subsidy by less than half-a-percent.

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RNZ Education

Property problems preventing state schools going charter - Seymour

David Seymour claims about 20 state schools have investigated the charter model and a conversion could happen at "almost any moment".

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RNZ Education·policy

'You need to start listening to your young ones': Māori students speak out ahead of Budget

With the Budget expected to confirm the end of the fees-free tertiary scheme, Māori students say the move risks turning young people away from higher education.

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RNZ Education·policy

Kindergartens Aotearoa union expects Budget increase to be below inflation

Kindergartens Aotearoa is expecting to see an increase of less than the rate of inflation in next week's Budget.

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RNZ Education·policy

Green Party says National's education law changes undermine teaching council

Erica Stanford recently unveiled the changes to the Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill

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RNZ Education·higher-ed

How can we catch the lost students?

Trades trainers hope the shifting of government money from free university fees to vocational pathways will give students a better start in their work life

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RNZ Education

Is the 'brain drain' real - and is it really a problem?

Annual New Zealand citizen departures have risen from 0.44 percent of the population in 2021 to 1.34 percent in 2025.

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RNZ Education·higher-ed

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa formalises partnership with Oxford University

The partnership will create curatorial residences for Māori at the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford later this year.

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RNZ Education·policy

Green Party criticises govt's 'outrageous' decision to scrap fees-free tertiary education

Finance Minister Nicola Willis confirmed the scheme would be ditched in the upcoming budget.

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RNZ Education·policy

Principal says prosecution should be ‘last resort’ for truancy

The government announced it was taking a parent to court over their child's chronic absence from school as part of a crackdown on truancy.

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RNZ Education·policy

Parent prosecuted over child's school absence as part of government's truancy crackdown

Associate Education Minister David Seymour last year promised the government would be tougher on chronic absences from school.

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RNZ Education

Educators call on crown to pause contentious changes to Waitangi Treaty obligations

An urgent tribunal inquiry has heard how the changes were drafted without consultation with treaty partners.

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Call for mandated school van supervision after 'preventable' death of disabled boy

Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick's National Party swag bags upset parents

ACT to campaign on reducing 'absolutely ridiculous' cost of school uniforms

Kindys prepare to ask parents for donations after 'drop in the bucket' Budget increase

Property problems preventing state schools going charter - Seymour

'You need to start listening to your young ones': Māori students speak out ahead of Budget

Kindergartens Aotearoa union expects Budget increase to be below inflation

Green Party says National's education law changes undermine teaching council

How can we catch the lost students?

Is the 'brain drain' real - and is it really a problem?

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa formalises partnership with Oxford University

Green Party criticises govt's 'outrageous' decision to scrap fees-free tertiary education

Principal says prosecution should be ‘last resort’ for truancy

Parent prosecuted over child's school absence as part of government's truancy crackdown

Educators call on crown to pause contentious changes to Waitangi Treaty obligations

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