30 Oct 2024

Chronic student absences on the rise

From Morning Report, 7:52 am on 30 October 2024

Chronic student absences have doubled in the last decade, with more than 80,000 students - that's one in ten - missing more than three weeks in Term 2 this year. Purapura Whetu chief executive Karaitiana Tickell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.