John Gerritsen

Two Wellington homes have been completely destroyed in a house fire overnight.

The fire was in Hanson Street, in the suburb of Newtown. It spread from one house to its neighbours, and at its peak… Audio

The Education Ministry has been trying to find schools for more than a hundred children who have been kicked out of other schools.

Some under 16 year olds have been out of class for more than a… Audio

Primary and intermediate schools fear foreign student enrolments worth more than $20 million a year are under threat.

They say they've been blind-sided by the announcement of a government review of… Audio

Teachers backing the new compulsory New Zealand history curriculum say it will help close woeful gaps in young people's knowledge of this country's past.

Consultation on the draft curriculum ended… Audio

Teachers are hopeful the incoming compulsory New Zealand history curriculum will help close woeful gaps in young people's knowledge of this country's past.

Close to 5000 submissions were made on the… Audio

Universities are banking on partnerships with foreign institutions to keep the cash rolling in from international student enrolments.

They say there is a trend away from using agents to sign up as… Audio

A teachers' union is mystified by the conclusion that $278 million is the right amount to settle Holidays Act underpayments to school staff.

The Educational Institute says it has been working on the… Audio

Historians warned the new school history curriculum could hurt and it has.

Moriori say they are pained that the draft curriculum for what will be a core subject from next year mentions them just… Audio

The head of the Secondary Principals Association, Deidre Shea, says the government's wellbeing budget will make teachers' job easier.

She says the increased social spending in the Budget will help a… Audio

Compulsory New Zealand history lessons that start next year may need to come with a warning.

An expert panel has warned the draft Aoteaora New Zealand Histories Curriculum deals with traumatic… Audio

An expert panel has warned that compulsory New Zealand history lessons next year could upset some children and lead to difficult classroom discussions.

The panel convened by the Royal Society of New… Audio

Education is one of the biggest areas of spending for the government at around $18 billion a year.

Schools take a big chunk of that money and they are hoping this week's Budget will provide help with… Audio

An independent report shows the Education Ministry is preparing to take a tougher line on fraud by early childhood services.

The review of a special unit that identified and raided high-risk early… Audio

Thousands of early childhood teachers will get a pay rise next year thanks to a $170-million funding boost announced by the government today.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins says the money will be… Video, Audio

The Government has announced a pay parity plan for some early childhood teachers worth $170 million. In a pre-Budget announcement this morning, the Education Minister Chris Hipkins said the government… Audio

New Zealand teenagers are spending 42 hours a week on the internet - one of the highest figures in the world and double what it was in 2012.

The finding comes from the OECD's Programme for… Audio

It will be months before senior students at Hutt Valley High School are back in the classroom fulltime after being forced out because of toxic mould.

The Education Ministry fronted up to some angry… Audio

Hundreds of teachers are not meeting a mandatory requirement to improve their knowledge of te reo and tikanga Māori.

The Teaching Council says it is taking a cautious approach to the rule, which… Audio

An Auckland school has excluded a boy with autism despite pleas from the Children's Commissioner to let him stay.

Judge Andrew Becroft stepped in after the thirteen-year-old boy asked for his help.

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The mother of an autistic boy says she is heartbroken that her son's school has decided to exclude him, despite the intervention of the Children's Commissioner.

The thirteen-year-old was suspended… Audio