John Gerritsen

The Education Minister says imminent strike action by teachers is unjustified. Chris Hipkins says the government's $1.2 billion offer is the largest in a decade and the strike won't achieve any… Audio

After 30 years of Tomorrow's Schools, the goverrnment's looking at a shake up that might just take us full circle.  Audio

Parents and special needs experts are fed up with teachers who refuse to change the way they teach to help children with learning or behaviour problems. They say children are misbehaving and having… Audio

The government is hoping a combination of scholarships and school-based training will head off a shortfall of nearly 2500 teachers by 2025. Education Correspondent John Gerritsen reports. Audio

The government is considering a "national interest test" for screening major investments by foreign companies, saying it needs the power to stop purchases that might harm public health and safety or… Audio

Less than four weeks after a terrorist attacked two Christchurch mosques Parliament has passed a law banning the semi-automatic weapons he used to kill 50 people. MPs voted near unanimously last night… Audio

Schools in the poorest communities are doing just as good a job as those in the richest, according to research by the New Zealand Initiative think tank. It has figured out how much of a students'… Audio

Senior police officers have unboxed an arsenal of weapons in front of a select committee that's considering a ban on semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. Video, Audio

Anti-smoking groups are hoping the government will be bold as it figures out how meet the goal of making New Zealand smokefree by 2025. On current trends the target set by the National-led government… Audio

A teacher has put a bounty on white-supremacist posters and stickers in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks. It's part of a growing reaction in schools to hate speech since March the 15th… Audio

Teachers and teenagers are cracking down on hate speech in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks. One teacher has put a bounty on a white supremacist group's posters and schools say students are… Audio

The haunting tones of an Islamic prayer moved MPs to tears as Parliament held a special session to pay tribute to the victims of the mosque attacks. Video, Audio

A group of high-profile secondary schools is preparing a campaign against what they describe as radically aggressive plans to change the school system. The schools are launching an alliance to combat… Audio

The head of a taskforce proposing a major overhaul of the school system is aghast at schools' plans for a campaign against the suggested reforms. Bali Haque from the Tomorrow's Schools Review… Audio

Young people preparing for Friday's school strike for action on climate change reckon they've already won half the battle. They says the prospect of thousands of children quitting school to protest… Audio

MPs have been warned that public safety is being put at risk because many nurses can't afford to live within walking distance of hospitals. Audio

Green and Labour MPs will give the School Strike for Climate a warm welcome when it marches on Parliament next Friday, but National MPs say pupils shouldn't bunk class for it. Video, Audio

Should school children who wag class for a protest against climate change be marked truant, or encouraged and asked to write an essay about it? That's the dilemma next month's School Strike for… Audio

Former Labour MP John Tamihere has threatened to appeal the party's refusal to renew his membership, which he believes was rejected in an attempt to undermine his bid for the Auckland mayoralty. Audio