Parenting can be a demanding and stressful job at any time, but a pandemic can pile additional pressure on parents, new Canterbury University research shows.
Cashmere High's principal says the school's focus is on looking after its students after one of them was identified as a close contact of Christchurch's new community Covid case.
More than 60 per cent of new entrants in some low-decile Christchurch schools struggle to express themselves in words, new Canterbury University research shows.
A year ago life was spiralling out of control for Christchurch school student Jaleel Aratuara-Collins, who says she had little to no respect for others until turning her life around.
An ex-Christchurch Girls' High board chairman has hit out at the Ministry of Education's "toxic" culture - and warned other schools to learn from their long and unfinished quake drama.
The Education Ministry has so far allocated $14.9 million from a $50 million fund to help children struggling to return to school or early learning because of the pandemic.
Schools in a Christchurch neighbourhood have lost their bid to stop a Tegel Foods Ltd poultry processing plant from continuing to discharge contaminants into the air.