Hundreds of primary school teachers, early childhood
teachers, support staff and parents marched down George St,
and rallied in the Octagon, in Dunedin, on Saturday to
protest against the Government's education agenda.
Carisbrook School is negotiating with an internet provider in
Wellington in a bid to roll out Wi-Fi and ultra-fast
broadband to the Caversham community for a fraction of the
normal cost.
Anzac Day will be extraordinary this year for 55 Otago Boys'
High School pupils who will observe the day at a Milan war
grave cemetery during a tour of historic World War 1 sites in
Europe.
One of the world's leading anti-smoking researchers and
campaigners has accused the New Zealand Government of
hypocrisy and sabotaging its own efforts to eliminate tobacco
use by 2025.
The growing rift between educators and the Ministry of
Education will be obvious as thousands of teachers and
parents take to New Zealand streets on Saturday to save
Kiwis' quality public education system.
Adding insult to injury, a 19-year-old skateboarder who
sustained a serious leg injury after skating under a truck
yesterday has been charged by Dunedin police with careless
use of a skateboard.
Jacobi Kohu-Morris is hoping to trade in his school uniform
for a fine suit and become a politician, after finishing
runner-up in the New Zealand Race Unity Speech Competition in
Auckland at the weekend.
Otago principals are questioning why the Ministry of
Education is being so ''secretive'' about the amount of
interest being registered in establishing charter schools in
the southern region.
