Students in Stratford High School uniform were barred from entering the store unless they were with a parent, caregiver or teacher.
Business
Tuesday 2:10pm
In the first three months of the year, students borrowed $1.145 billion, 19% or $184 million more than the same period in 2025.
New Zealand
Tuesday 10:11am
How are schools, businesses, and retirement homes coping with this latest surge in winter illness?
Tuesday 9:47am
5:48
The bill won't get through Parliament before the election, and the proposed system excludes a range of digital services based on existing Australian standards.
Politics
Mon, Aug 24
9:43
"We can afford to feed our children nutritious kai and put money back into our local communities," co-leader Marama Davidson said.
Thu, Aug 20
Erica Stanford said she was unsure why the words "climate change" had been deleted from the final document as she wasn't involved in writing the curriculum.
Wed, Aug 19
Gail Ives was "on the trip of a lifetime" when she was hit by a car while out running in Los Angeles.
Tue, Aug 18
A recent Education Review Office report finds more than half of teachers believe AI is hurting students' ability to think for themselves.
Fri, Aug 14
The teacher took a photo of the personal document while in the principal's office and shared its details with multiple people, without consent.
Thu, Aug 13
Latest popular items to be banned from schools due to disrupting learning.
Wed, Aug 12
The satellite campus at Lagmhor, part of Ashburton Borough School, has been trucking in a temporary water supply for the last year and a half.
Environment
Sun, Aug 9
Education Minister Erica Stanford said the subjects would be available for students in Years 12-13 from 2029.
Thu, Aug 6
The Government says the new qualifications will better connect classroom learning with the skills employers need, with teaching due to begin in 2029.
Ōmata School has used the devices in classrooms since 2011, but is now favouring a hands-on approach.
Leader David Seymour says the policy would give teachers more tools to tackle disruption, while the PPTA union called it "a solution looking for a problem".
Mon, Aug 3
"Let's be honest, there are a lot of little s**** in classrooms, and we need to address that if we're going to lift education standards," ACT candidate Paul Henry said.
Sun, Aug 2
There are fears the high number of school leavers with no qualifications is becoming baked into the education system.
The teacher encouraged students to play a game where they slapped each other, demonstrated an intimate scene on a pupil, and showed up to work impaired by alcohol.
Crime and Justice
Fri, Jul 31
A jump in the number of teens leaving school with no formal qualifications has continued.
Thu, Jul 30
Matekino Matthews had her registration cancelled after she was found guilty of serious misconduct, which included sexual relations with a college student "to the fullest degree".
Two people who attended a prestigious Michigan fine arts school reported conduct of a sexual nature by Jeffrey Epstein, a major donor.
As the Government rolls out the biggest overhaul of New Zealand's school curriculum in nearly two decades, five high school teachers explain why the reforms have them very concerned.
Tue, Jul 28
Students are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to challenge university grades.
Wed, Jul 22
"We are confident the issue has been resolved and will not recur," Deputy Secretary of Education Services Geoff Short said.
Tue, Jul 21
The New Zealand Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal found his actions had amounted to serious misconduct.
Wed, Jul 15
