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Strict rules and supportive teachers helped Auckland high school students head back to class for the first time in 10 weeks.

Auckland remains in lockdown, but some high schools have reopened so years 11 to 13 students can prepare for NCEA exams.

Petrol was thrown at a boarding house wall at Mt Albert Grammar and set alight, now police are trying to identify two people captured on CCTV.

Rise of the tradies: Record numbers sign up as apprentices 25 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor More school leavers are training to become builders, electricians and plumbers: apprenticeships in traditional trades have nearly doubled in the past year. Data from the...

Auckland principal says some families may still not feel it is safe to send their kids back to school straight away.

However, they said students were already feeling anxious after just two-and-a-half days of disruption to studies. There were concerns about how students would cope with disruption so early into the school year and what it could mean for the year ahead. Secondary Principals’ Association of New Zealand (SPANZ) president Deidre Shea​ and Onehunga High School principal acknowledged that a lockdown so early in the year was challenging for students, particularly those without internet ac...

Secondary Principals’ Association of New Zealand (SPANZ) president Deidre Shea said schools are ready for 2021. “We are all ready and raring to go. The start of the school year is always a wonderful time to reconnect with students and their families. “This has been helped by a beautiful summer, so we are generally looking forward to reconnecting.” BRADEN FASTIER / STUFF Some parents are struggling to meet the costs of outfitting their children for the new school year. (Video first pu...

Auckland schools boast best-ever NCEA results - have we been too generous? 21 Jan, 2021 05:50 AM 6 minutes to read Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm: "We are absolutely delighted. These are easily the best results we have ever had." Photo / Dean Purcell Mt Albert Grammar School headmaster Patrick Drumm: "We are absolutely delighted. These are easily the best results we have ever had." Photo / Dean Purcell Exam results in some Auckland schools have jumped - raising questions over...

Secrets in u.s. history is in military court. bradley manning is charged with aiding the enemy about giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the website leak wikileaks. patrick drumm tells prosecutor he killed a machine and planned on killing more. prosecutors are seeking first degree murder charges. a man driving a green car seeing red. in colorado a woman honked her horn at a guy in a prius. the guy jumped out and allegedly punched her in the face. she says she will press assau...

what the verdict will mean for other cases like it nationwide. jon: wisconsin governor scott walker survives the recall election, beating his democratic opponent by a wide margin. well take a look at the consequences for both political parties and for organized labor. jenna: staying with politics. we talked a little bit frenchmy -- frenemy. well tell you what is causing more controversy today. jon: bright lights, lots of makeup and a big brouhaha. one pageant contestant giving up her c...