Children

For some families, being in lockdown together will have felt like an exceptionally long time. So what might be happening to the normal relationships children have with each other - have they been… Audio

As students in years 11 to 13 get ready to return to classes in Auckland next week, many parents are prepping for a slightly more normal life.

Natalie Robinson, a mother of three from Parnell, is one… Audio

The move to reopen schools for senior students at the start of next week poses a significant risk for increasing case numbers, says a government adviser.

Secondary school students in Years 11-13 who… Audio

Auckland students are struggling to deal with the uncertainty around schools reopening.

Minister Chris Hipkins will provide further advice on face-to-face learning today. With exams looming, the… Audio

Air quality experts are looking to the government's pandemic school plan due out today to do more to protect students in classrooms.

They have just met with the Ministries of education and health to… Audio

There are growing calls for the government to waive NCEA exams for students in Auckland.

Principals are floating options including cancelling level one exams or allowing teens in the region to choose… Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says people should prepare themselves for increasing numbers of daily cases.

On Tuesday the number of community cases reached a pandemic daily high for New… Audio

Some Auckland secondary school principals want students back in the classroom next Tuesday.

Auckland schools have been shut for nine weeks because of the delta outbreak.

Education Minister Chris… Audio

Senior secondary students are just weeks out from exam leave before final exams begin on 20 November - but Aucklanders are still in lockdown, and waiting to learn what the government's latest advice… Audio

Auckland students and teachers are waiting to learn what's in store for them next, in a government update later today.

But schools still face a rush to bring pupil's learning up to scratch by the end… Audio

Auckland school kids have been stuck at home for more than two months now - and teachers are doing what they can to help whanau who are struggling.

On Wednesday, the government is set to announce… Audio

Northland is officially out of Level 3, but not everyone in the far north is lining up for level 2 living Kerikeri school teacher and new mum Renee Archer has let everyone know that while other… Audio

The lengthy Auckland lockdown is making it even harder to address truancy - with growing concern some children will disappear from education entirely.

School principals have told Checkpoint as few as… Video, Audio

Five years ago India Heron's world turned upside down when she was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.  Audio

Some Auckland schools are battling virtual truancy and more than 50 percent of students dropping off the radar as they head back into online classes on Monday.

For hundreds of thousands of students… Video, Audio

Parents who turn off audible notifications on their devices have the best chance of expanding their child's vocabulary, according to a new study by the University of Auckland's School of Psychology. Audio

Kura Kaupapa and Kohanga Reo are urging all their staff to get vaccinated - and are still working on those who are hesitant within the sector.

School and early childhood staff who have contact with… Audio

Expectant couples caught up in the MIQ booking backlog are begging for help so they can be reunited before the baby arrives.

Others are desperate to get back in the country so they can give birth… Audio