Jan Tinetti

The Education Minister says she's committed to reaching a deal with striking teachers.

Thousands of primary and high schools and kindergartens will be closed today as the teachers strike over the pay… Audio

The Ministry of Education is so concerned with fail rates in proposed literacy and numeracy exams, they've asked the Qualifications Authority to allow students to use spell check during testing.

A… Audio

The government will spend a further $74 million to tackle poor school attendance.

Some of the money will pay for 82 attendance officers to make sure children with low or falling attendance go to… Audio

More than 160,000 secondary school students from across the country will be able to access their NCEA results today, after yet another Covid-disrupted year.

The students can find out how they did in… Audio

An advocate for children with dyspraxia says more needs to be done for better access to diagnosis and increased funding.

They say the developmental disorder, which impacts a person's fine motor… Audio

Māori students are stood down from school as a punishment for bad behaviour almost twice as much as Pakeha students.

Official figures show the rate for Māori is almost 5 percent, compared to 2.5… Audio

Bullying and harassment victims are being traumatised by Fire and Emergency's complaints process. 

An independent reviewer is recommending sweeping changes to change the culture and restore trust… Audio

Attendance rates in schools are still low but what is going to be done about it? 

Latest attendance figures show just 40 percent of children went to school regularly in term two this year.

The… Audio

Firefighters have called off today's strike action after the Government stepped in with an offer to help settle the long-running industrial dispute.

Fire and Emergency's chief executive Kerry Gregory… Audio

Billions of dollars from Lotto's gambling profits have been handed out using an incoherent funding model, that sees Maori, Pasifika and other minority groups miss out. The Department of Internal… Audio

The government is funding $44 million into recruiting 1000 more teacher and supporting students behind in their learning due to Covid disruptions.

The aim is to coax 700 teachers here from overseas… Video, Audio

A fundraiser in Mount Maunganui to help the local intermediate school employ a counsellor for the next two years is raising questions about whether the government's $44 million Counsellors in Schools… Audio

The government is under pressure to stop Lotto selling gambling products to children.

There is no age restriction on buying Lotto tickets and one study of Pasifika children in New Zealand found seven… Audio

The government is defending high failure rates in trial writing and maths tests - saying the tests are still under development. Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti spoke to Māni Dunlop. Audio

Efforts are being made to curb what's being described as 'extremist parents' being elected on school boards.

This follows a white supremacist standing for the board of trustees at one of… Audio

High Schoolers will again get help passing NCEA with extra, 'learning recognition credits' available, to make up for the disruption caused by Covid-19.

Students can receive one learning recognition… Audio

The dust has settled, the hoardings have been packed away, the sun finally came out, and to nobody's great surprise, Tauranga voters overwhelmingly chose National's Sam Uffindell to be their new MP.

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The Māori Party will not stand a candidate in the Tauranga by-election calling the city a hot spot for hate speech.

The Labour Party candidate for Tauranga Jan Tinetti told Māni Dunlop she was… Audio

The government has unveiled its plan for tackling declining maths and literacy performance in schools.

It is promising more support for teachers and a new system of tests to measure children's… Audio

The media focus at Parliament was on the impact of leadership, but the legislation told a different story – about the impact of the public. That we can each change the law. Audio