John Gerritsen

Primary and intermediate school principals have rejected the latest government offer, holding out for pay parity with secondary principals and higher salaries for those at the helm of the smallest… Audio

The Education Ministry investigated and upheld a record number of complaints about early childhood services last year. The investigations resulted in 19 referrals to police and 22 to the Teaching… Audio

Polytechnics had a horror year last year losing tens of millions of dollars as student enrolments at most of the 16 institutions continued to fall.

And it's not going to get better any time soon with… Audio

The pay offers aimed at breaking the deadlock in the teachers' pay dispute have come as a kick in the guts for hundreds of small primary school principals, who say they will end up receiving less pay… Audio

The secondary teachers union has called off a series of rolling one-day strikes scheduled for next week. Does this signify a breakthrough in the talks between the Post Primary Teachers Association and… Audio

Principals are anxious their school might miss out on one of the 600 new learning support coordinators who will organise help for children with special needs from next year.

The government announced… Audio

School principals warn that talks aimed at solving the industrial stalemate between the government and teacher unions will fail unless the government improves its pay offers to teachers. Audio

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has stepped in to try to broker an end to the teacher strikes that are causing massive disruption around New Zealand.

On Tuesday thousands of Year 9 students have a… Audio

Parents are bracing themselves to cope with five weeks of industrial action from secondary teachers. Video, Audio

Susie Ferguson presents coverage of the 2018 Budget, with expert analysis and commentary from RNZ correspondents. Audio

Susie Ferguson presents coverage of the 2018 Budget, with expert analysis and commentary from RNZ correspondents. Audio

Thousands of teachers chanted, shouted and marched in towns and cities around the country today in the first ever joint strike by primary and secondary school teachers. They say the government's offer… Video, Audio

An unprecedented joint strike by primary, secondary and area school teachers could close more than 2,000 schools, keeping more than 700,000 children at home.

Members of the Educational Institute and… Audio

Primary, secondary and area school teachers are banding together for an historic joint strike in support of their pay claims on Wednesday.

In Hawke's Bay, 95 percent of schools have told the Ministry… Audio

Thousands of children called on adults to get real about climate change in mass protests around the country today. Video, Audio, Gallery

Secondary school principals are the latest group of school staff to lodge a pay claim with the Education Ministry. They're after a 15 percent pay rise, another week of annual leave and $1000 a year to… Audio

The Qualifications Authority has delivered a humiliating blow to a struggling polytechnic, Unitec, lowering its quality rating and describing its educational performance as marginal. Unitec is now in… Audio

Has the government's tertiary fees-free policy failed? RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen joins Susie Ferguson with the analysis. Audio

The government has announced an overhaul of NCEA, which will put more emphasis on external assessment and stop students from cherry picking which standards they will attempt. Education Correspondent… Video, Audio