Children
Growing calls to cancel NCEA exams in Auckland
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: Daily cases could reach 200 or higher - Chris Hipkins
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
Covid-19: Principals want students back in school
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
Covid-19: Auckland principal on school plans
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
Covid-19: Auckland students, principals wait to hear what's next
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
Covid-19: Principals help whānau with support given to kids at school
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 mum sets own alert levels for vistors
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
From Oranga Tamariki security guard to social worker
At 47 James Cherrington decided to study a bachelor of social work. Now 56 and with his Masters, he's hoping to make changes to the way social work is taught to create systemic change for Māori and…
Western Australian campsite mystery: Search continues for missing 4-year-old
Cleo Smith was last seen at 1.30am on Saturday in her family's tent at the Blowholes Shacks campsite in Macleod, Western Australia.
Community leaders fear lockdown's long-term impact on families
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
Teen fundraising for children with arthritis
Five years ago India Heron's world turned upside down when she was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Audio
Many reasons behind online learning challenges - principal
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
How a pinging phone can affect your child's language development
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, Kohanga Reo pushing for staff to be vaccinated
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
Covid-19: Expectant couples caught in MIQ booking backlog
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
KidsCan: many children still in food poverty during lockdown
With Auckland school children still unsure when they'll be able to return to class, for many it's not only their education that is suffering ... Children's charity KidsCan has seen a huge surge in… Audio
Children need better definitions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ screen time
Analysis - The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of our lives and the increasingly blurred line between recreational and educational screen time presents new challenges.
Covid-19: Pfizer submits to FDA for child vaccines
To the US, Drug company Pfizer has submitted an emergency request for the authorisation of its Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged from five to 11.
The Food and Drug Administration has promised… Audio
Parenting with Nathan Wallis - coping with lockdown effects on children's routines
Neuroplasticity educator and parenting expert, Nathan Wallis talks to Kathryn about Covid lockdowns and getting children back to a normal routine and dealing with the anxiety of going back to school… Audio
Facebook whistleblower unites congress
American whistleblower Frances Haugen's Facebook revealations led to a somewhat united Congress yesterday. Her testimony about Facebook's impact on children could propel Republicans and Democrats to… Audio