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Holidayzzzzz: Getting kids back into a good sleep routine
Getting a good night sleep can be tough on a sticky summer night. It can be even harder for young kids - and their parents! Audio
Holidayzzzzz: Getting kids back into a good sleep routine
Getting a good night sleep can be tough on a sticky summer night. It can be even harder for young kids - and their parents! - whose sleep schedules have been put out of whack by holiday adventures and… Audio
Otorohonga college forced to close rundown boarding hostel
Otorohanga College is being forced to close its rundown boarding hostel because it doesnt have the money to fix it up. It broke the news to parents and students this afternoon after unsucessfully… Video, Audio
The Week in Detail: Waitlist algorithms, teacher strikes, and the Kermadecs
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
What it's like to be a high school teacher in New Zealand
Tens of thousands of secondary teachers have walked off the job this year in a fight for better pay and conditions. Just how bad is it? Audio
Ōtara's first XV documented
A new documentary series is out following Ōtara's Tangaroa College first fifteen rugby team. It shows us what life is really like at a decile one school, the realities of school truancy, and how rugby… Audio
The Week in Detail: Wayne Brown, banks, and nuclear power
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
International students make a welcome return to Aotearoa
International education has been forever changed by the pandemic. Now that borders have fully reopened, we hear from two students about their experiences and find out what the future looks like for… Audio
The Panel with Lavina Good and Sam Johnson
Wallace and panellists Lavina Good and Sam Johnson hear from Phil McCabe of Kiwis Against Sea Bed mining who along with Greenpeace presented a 40,000 signature petition to Parliament asking for a ban… Audio
Kids unnecessarily missing out on school camps: YMCA
Tens of thousands of school children are unnecessarily missing school camps due to fears over omicron Covid, according to one of the largest providers of outdoor camps. Audio, Gallery
Otāhuhu College students return despite staff Covid case
It's day one, case one for an Auckland high school that's already dealing with a infected staff member just as students return to the classroom.
But Otāhuhu College's principal says it's time schools… Video, Audio
Do school uniforms need a makeover?
Are school uniforms good or bad? A better question is how do can we improve their impact on educational outcomes, says public health researcher Dr Johanna Reidy. Audio
Shock as school at centre of Covid cluster reopened
A Covid cluster has cropped up in the South Taranaki town of Eltham - with 16 confirmed cases in the comunity. Fourteen cases are children - and 11 are from a single classroom at Etham Primary School… Audio
Episode 7: Living Trans? Sweet As!
What is day-to-day life like when you're Trans? In this episode, we address one of the biggest fears of parents and whanau - what will the future hold for my transgender loved one? Audio
Auckland teens talk about skipping NCEA exams
Auckland teenagers are citing exhaustion, being busy, and strategic thinking as reasons for skipping some or even all of their NCEA exams.
The exams began today and in Auckland, Northland and… Audio
Auckland students return to school after three months at home
After three months at home, Auckland students will be allowed back in the school gates next week.
But for primary and intermediates it will only be part time to minimise the Covid risk.
The… Audio
New Plymouth school shocked by death of three staff members in car crash
A New Plymouth school community is reeling after three staff members died in a road crash in Horowhenua.
Four people died when a truck and a van collided at Kuku on State Highway 1 just after 3pm… Audio
Some Auckland senior students return, while younger years wait for news
There was no update today for Auckland pupils - and parents - about when children in younger year levels will go back to school. But some Auckland students have returned to the classroom for the first… Video, Audio
The Weekend Panel with Ali Jones and Chris Wikaira
Joining us on the Weekend Panel this morning are Ali Jones, a Senior Consultant at RedPR and BRG Director Chris Wikaira. Among other topics, they'll be discussing the roadmap out of lockdown, what to… Audio
Auckland parents, students respond to seniors' return to school
It's hello classroom, goodbye online learning for Auckland and Waikato's year 11, 12 and 13 students.
Despite Auckland's high Delta case count, seniors can head back to school from next Tuesday. But… Video, Audio