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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Education articles  Education
    The cost of school uniforms is a burden on families – is it time for the government to step in?
     4 February 2026
    Uniforms can cost hundreds of dollars. If students are required to wear them, the government should ensure they don’t become a barrier to education.
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    Otago police are investigating a bullying incident at a school in Oamaru
    4 Feb: Otago police are investigating a bullying incident at a school in Oamaru... more
    Not an artefact, but an ancestor: why a German university is returning a Maori taonga
    4 Feb: For the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, the Hinematioro Pou is the material presence of an ancestor.... more
    I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles
    3 Feb: A policing scholar and former FBI special agent lays out the established principles of policing and constitutional law that govern how federal immigration enforcement efforts should be carried out.... more
    I found Australian cult The Family’s left-behind library. Here’s what their books reveal
    3 Feb: I read the books that helped shape The Family, the cult founded by an Australian yoga teacher in the 1960s – when Western societies were newly fascinated by the East.... more
    Vandals have caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage at an Auckland school over the weekend
    3 Feb: Vandals have caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage at an Auckland school over the weekend... more
    The Education Minister says new nationwide school reporting will give teachers and parents clearer data on how students are performing
    2 Feb: The Education Minister says new nationwide school reporting will give teachers and parents clearer data on how students are performing... more
    The Government's keeping a closer eye on kids' achievement across primary and intermediate school
    2 Feb: The Government's keeping a closer eye on kids' achievement across primary and intermediate school... more
    Liam Conejo Ramos returns to Minnesota after being detained by ICE on way home from preschool
    2 Feb: Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose detention by federal agents as he returned from preschool sparked outrage across the United States, has been released from immigration detention, according to a US congressman.... more
    Introducing financial literacy to schools is expected to bring more gains than challenges
    2 Feb: Introducing financial literacy to schools is expected to bring more gains than challenges... more

     Most Popular Recent Education News
     07 Jan: Its sixty years today since a tragedy on Lake Taupo claimed the lives of four Wanganui Collegiate students ++++++++++++++++++++
     10 Jan: Otago University is giving high school students a taste of Dunedin student life +++++++++++++++++++
     24 Jan: Pakuranga College is paying tribute to two of its students caught in the Mount Maunganui landslide ++++++++++++++++++
     08 Jan: Kiwi Ben Robb will be throwing stress-free at the professional darts tour qualifying school in Germany starting overnight ++++++++++++++++
     09 Jan: Expressions of interest close today for a new Primary Care Pathway for medical graduates ++++++++++++++++
     18 Jan: Auckland University is taking aim at New Zealand's biggest cancer killer - by opening the country's first lung cancer organoid bank +++++++++++++++
     20 Jan: China's population declines for a fourth straight year amid record low birthrates +++++++++++++

     Education NewsLinks
      5 Feb: Cook islands community turns to full immersion education to save maori language (RadioNZ)
      5 Feb: Schools, education ministry at odds over what counts as an official school day (RadioNZ)
      5 Feb: Is google’s aluminium os releasing this year? sort of (PC World)
      4 Feb: Proposed closure of westbridge residential school following safety, performance concerns (RadioNZ)
      2 Feb: Watch: pm christopher luxon and education minister erica stanford on reporting students' progress (RadioNZ)
      31 Jan: One in five schools recently scrutinised by ero needs external support or intervention (RadioNZ)
      29 Jan: Ex-education ministry staffer says new school curriculum heavily politicised (RadioNZ)
      28 Jan: Mps urged to stop education bill said to have unprecedented ministerial over-reach (RadioNZ)
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     Today's News

    Entertainment:
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    Living & Travel:
    Buses will replace trains on most Wellington lines and all Auckland lines this Waitangi weekend 8:17

    Basketball:
    The life support is near to being turned off on the Breakers' NBL season after a 31-point loss at home to South East Melbourne 8:07

    Entertainment:
    Savannah Guthrie has asked people to keep praying for her mother to be brought "home" 8:01

    International:
    Today in history, February 6: The Manchester United team that perished in the Munich air disaster of 1958 7:57

    Business:
    Auckland's train network is shutting down again this weekend - only eight days after fully reopening for the new year 7:57

    Environment:
    The east coast of the North Island's looking like the place to be this long weekend 7:47

    Basketball:
    On-court general Parker Jackson-Cartwright has broken the Breakers record for the number of assists in an NBL season...but his effort couldn't prevent a 31-point loss to South East Melbourne in Auckland 7:37

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    Politics:
    Keir Starmer apologises to Epstein's victims for appointing Lord Mandelson as ambassador to US 7:27

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