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Kerre McIvor: Teachers want ‘poor’ draft curriculum rewritten

2021-04-17

The United Kingdom’s Hull University made headlines this week, after it proclaimed that marking students down for poor spelling, punctuation and grammar could be seen as “homogenous, North European, white, male, and elite”. Lecturers have been told that good written English discriminates against ethnic minorities and those who attended underperforming schools. The decision-makers at Hull University have clearly never studied […]

Body found in Whangārei stream

2021-04-16

A body has been found in a stream in central Whangārei. A member of the public called police just before 2pm today to report a body floating face-down in Raumanga Stream, close to the point where it flows into the Hātea River. Police and St John Ambulance were at the scene within minutes. With low tide at 4.20pm it is […]

Covid 19 coronavirus: Third Grand Millennium Hotel worker tests positive, four locations of interest

2021-04-11

Another worker at a central Auckland MIQ hotel has tested positive for Covid – a close contact of the hotel security guard who tested positive last week. And while there is believed to be little additional risk to the public, four new locations of interest have been released by the Ministry of Health – two bakeries, a dairy and a […]

Covid 19 coronavirus: Two new cases in MIQ, no new cases in community

2021-03-31

There are no new Covid-19 community cases to report today and two new Covid-19 border-related cases to report in managed isolation. The two new cases both arrived on separate flights from India, via the United Arab Emirates, on March 28 and 29 respectively. The first arrival returned a positive test on day one of routine testing, and the second on […]

“Big burden” put on schools trying to give kids internet access

2021-03-14

When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast. In a patchwork approach born of desperation, they scrounged wireless hot spots, struck deals with cable companies and even created networks of their own. With federal relief money and assistance from state governments and philanthropists, they have helped millions of students get […]

Vaughan Couillault, Papatoetoe High School principal in the eye of the Covid storm

2021-03-05

On Valentine’s Day morning, Vaughan Couillault and his wife went for a walk on the beach. “Vanessa and I are fortunate,” says the Papatoetoe High School principal. “We live in Beachlands and we can walk around to Maraetai on a lovely little coastal walk, flop down at our favourite cafe and munch our breakfast. “We had just done that on […]

Earthquake swarm, North Island tsunami warning after magnitude 8 shake

2021-03-04

QUAKE LATEST* Swarm of earthquakes off NZ coast spark Civil Defence warnings – including magnitude 8 quake* Tsunami warning for large parts of North Island coast – residents told to move immediately* 7.4 magnitude shake strikes at 6.41am off Raoul Island, the largest of the Kermadec Islands* A 7.3 magnitude quake struck earlier, at 2.27am, off the East Coast of […]

Neighbours at war in Opua: Digger driver tears up driveway beneath woman’s feet

2021-02-25

A Far North woman can be heard screaming in a video that shows her neighbour digging up a concrete driveway that cracks and falls away beneath her feet. The incident earlier this month marked the climax of a dispute over the driveway at the Paihia Rd property near Opua, the woman’s landlord Ben De’Ath claimed. However, the digger operator John […]

Covid 19 coronavirus: Open home held at house of virus-positive family; No new community cases

2021-02-25

Three people attended an open home at a household where three family members tested positive for Covid-19. The viewing took place at the Papatoetoe home of Cases I, J and K on Saturday before the Papatoetoe High School student and her siblings tested positive for the virus on Monday. The schoolgirl stayed in a bedroom throughout the event, according to […]

Covid-19 coronavirus: PM Jacinda Ardern to front press conference after new community cases

2021-02-14

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will at 7pm reveal more information about any possible alert level changes in Auckland following confirmation earlier today of three new community cases in the city. Ardern and Director general of health Ashley Bloomfield will front a 7pm press conference, which will be streamed here. Please keep refreshing this file for all the latest news. Cabinet […]

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