General News

A senior tutor at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education is officially a Guinness world record breaker.

A determination to speak clearly to its audiences has won Te Ara, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, the top award for Best Plain English Website (public sector).

Award-winning interactive writing tool Te Tuhi a-Hiko helps motivate and support students to learn and practice writing in te reo Maori.

A new national association, ‘giftEDnz’, has been set up to support professionals working with gifted and talented students.

Over 120 delegates from schools offering the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) gathered at King’s College in Auckland on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th October, the final weekend of the holidays, for the Third Biennial Association of Cambridge Schools in NZ (ACSNZ) Conference.

Chris Carter announced at the opening of the brand new St Anne teaching block at Sancta Maria College, that the government has agreed to contribute $18.888 million in capital funding toward the cost of the building.

The Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand (DFNZ) has launched a revolutionary guide for NZ schools to tackle dyslexia in the classroom – a resource designed to support educators on the frontlines in the absence of dedicated government funding or resources.

Chris Carter has given special education in Wellington a boost by announcing that $18 million will be invested into the rebuilding of two special schools in the region.

Students at Victoria University can now enrich their formal qualifications by joining the Victoria International Leadership Programme (VILP), the first programme of its type in NZ.

The OSCAR Foundation is looking for people or organisations nationwide interested in providing “out of school care” programmes for five to 14-year-olds.