Exclusive: schools minister rejects proposal by cross-party MPs for more black input into history syllabus Last modified on Fri 31 Jul 2020 23.36 EDT Calls for a review to add more black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) history to the English national curriculum have been turned down by the government, the Guardian has learned. Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said […]
Read moreThere are 80 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today as Aucklanders prepare to leave the city from tonight after being restricted for four months. Meanwhile, several members of a flight crew have been identified as close contacts of an Omicron variant case in Australia. The crew members arrived in New Zealand last night and are in an MIQ […]
Read moreA snarling traffic jam up to 1.5km long has greeted motorists travelling near Waipu today as police begin their programme of handing out car stickers which they hope will make travelling through the northern border checkpoints smoother. Northland police today opened two locations where locals can obtain car stickers which are meant to ensure they can travel through the checkpoints […]
Read moreThe new school board overseeing the Douglas County School District will meet Tuesday to decide whether to end the mask requirements inside schools. The resolution that the Board of Education will consider states that the district will not mandate masks in schools unless they are required by federal, state or local laws or public health orders. The school board will […]
Read moreMost of the upper North Island – including Auckland – will go straight into the red level under the new traffic light system from Friday, while the whole of the South Island will go to the less restrictive orange. Auckland, Northland, Taupō and Rotorua Lakes Districts, Kawerau, Whakatane, Ōpōtiki Districts, Gisborne District, Wairoa District, Rangitikei, Whanganui and Ruapehu Districts will […]
Read moreThere are 182 Covid-19 cases today as the Government meets to decide on the traffic light system and a new variant of the virus starts to spread in more countries. The cases are in Northland, Auckland, and Waikato. There is also a new case in the Nelson-Marlborough region, however that will be added into tomorrow’s cases as it was confirmed […]
Read moreA student at Epsom Girls Grammar School in Auckland has tested positive for Covid-19. In a note sent to Year 9 and 10 parents, school principal Lorraine Pound said it was not known whether the student was infectious while attending classes, but said the school would remain open. Pound said families needing certain information have been contacted. The positive case […]
Read moreRegulator’s pledge to boost university access in England ‘may discriminate based on class’ Last modified on Wed 29 Jan 2020 07.02 EST Leading private schools have challenged plans to widen access to the most selective universities in England, warning they could lead to discrimination against young people “on the basis of the class they were born into”. The intervention by […]
Read moreIt is back to school for thousands of children in Auckland and Waikato this week. But it is also crunch time for teachers who will have to decide whether or not they will get at least their first Covid jab – or face an uncertain future that may risk losing their job. Today is the day teachers nationwide will have […]
Read moreThere are 185 new Covid cases in the community today as the country nears the 90 per cent milestone for first jabs. An additional death in Auckland has today been added to the national Covid figures. “This person’s death is subject to a police investigation and the ministry will not be commenting further on it, at this stage,” the Ministry […]
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