An Invercargill woman is calling for Southland Boys’ High School to change one of its house colours after pupils were seen dressed in blackface and afro wigs at their sports day. “I was pulling into a park when I saw…
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Douglas County schools expands in-person learning for grades 6 through 12
Douglas County School District students in grades six through 12 will resume in-person classes five days a week next month as more Denver-area districts move to bring older kids back to their classrooms before the end of the spring semester.…
Northland meningococcal death: Leaders plead for help as ‘well-loved’ boy passes away
Northland’s first meningococcal death in more than two years, a six-year-old boy, has Kaikohe leaders pleading for more essential health services in their rohe (area). The boy, from the Kaikohe area, was sent home from Tautoro School on February 12…
Further calls to remove Unitec board members, following claims of racism towards Māori
Kaumātua are supporting a call from Māori staff at Unitec to remove the chair of the joint Unitec and Manukau Institute of Technology Board and one remaining member of its rūnanga (council). The news comes after several Māori staff handed…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Papatoetoe High School willing to ‘pay the price’ to get rest of NZ open again
Papatoetoe High School says it is willing to “pay the price” of staying closed until Monday so the rest of the country can move to less restricted Covid-19 alert levels. Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield confirmed today three members…
Dilworth School investigation: The Crown cases against a man who will no longer go to trial
A former Dilworth scout leader who died before facing two separate trials was accused of giving students drugs at his Auckland home before indecently assaulting them. In one case the Crown claimed the complainant had consumed alcohol and cannabis “until…
Weather: Northland, Auckland in for more wet weather after soggy start to the week
It’s been a wet, grey and humid start to lockdown for Aucklanders and there is more rain on the cards for the region today. Northland, which was lashed with wild weather that closed schools, damaged powerlines and turned an Air…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Today’s update from health officials
There is one historical case of Covid-19 in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health has revealed. Historical cases, they clarified, are not considered to be currently infectious. There are no new cases in the community. Today’s one new case arrived…
Poverty the reason for underperformance of working-class white students, says minister
The schools minister has suggested poverty is behind the poor performance of white working-class children at school compared to other groups, rather than ethnicity. Nick Gibb said “low expectations” and a sort of “fatalistic assumption that the gap between wealthy…
Covid 19 coronavirus: Two new MIQ Covid-19 cases today – one whose positive test came back while in hospital
Two new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in managed isolation today. One tested positive after being transferred to an Auckland hospital from MIQ. But the Ministry of Health says infection and prevention controls were in place at the hospital…