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National's policy no-show on rising school truancy

An actual policy or just one idea from National to address chronic truancy would go much further than grand statements blaming parents, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Support growing for changes to how Parliament runs

The public will have their say on proposed changes to the way Parliament is run when the standing orders committee meets next month.

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Covid virtue signalling promises false certainty

There is no greater fool than the one who says the Covid-19 pandemic is over.

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Lockdowns scrapped, but seven-day isolation to stay as Ardern seeks balanced response

The Government will remove its ability to impose lockdowns or close the borders but no changes to current Covid-19 settings have been suggested.

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Surveillance creep undermines policing by consent

The intimidatory police tactic of photographing individuals creates a them and us mentality, says Gehan Gunasekara

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Police photo law change will entrench discrimination

Changes to legalise the police practice of photographing rangatahi will undermine the trust between our young people, our police and our Government, writes Aaron Hendry.

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Schools and police to team up to stop 'tragedy' of 12yo ram raiders

Chris Hipkins knows what’s making headlines but is determined to resist short-term punitive fixes which he says bury the problem, rather than fixing it.

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Flake news: what is a sausage roll cake, and why does it exist?

The birthday ‘cake’ given to New Zealand MP Chris Hipkins raised many questions. We attempt to answer them

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Report proposes multimillion-dollar increase to MP funding

Politicians are being asked to do more with less, a new report says - but Labour has already indicated it may not back the changes.

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Principals plead for 250 schools to be cushioned from equity funding drop

Newsroom survey: School leaders hope official workshops starting Tuesday will resolve apparent anomalies in the new equity index that replaces the tired and broken decile funding regime.

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School emissions plan 'the bare minimum'

Officials from the environment and education ministries clashed over whether schools should report their air travel emissions.

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Questions over whether mega-polytech will be ready

The new tertiary institution is facing a full year deficit and having to delay consultation on where staff fit into the new entity.

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Yesterdaze: Goodbye to the good days

James Elliott looks back at a week dominated by people invoking divine vengeance in response to legislated rights. And it wasn't pretty.

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Tortured and now stuck in slow motion

A UN committee excoriates the Government’s foot-dragging response over tortured children

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Tinetti's plans to reform NCEA and truancy services

Jan Tinetti wouldn’t say no to education minister, but for now she is happy with a beefed-up workload to let Chris Hipkins focus on his new police portfolio

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Jacinda Ardern's not so minor Cabinet reshuffle

Jacinda Ardern described it as a minor reshuffle - it is anything but for the retiring and demoted MPs who triggered it, writes political editor @jo_moir

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Education Minister Chris Hipkins jets abroad to woo international students

Government officials insist NZ is still on students' radar as borders reopen – but industry leaders fear trip is too little, too late.

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Ombudsman to crack down on OIA delays

The Official Information Act must not be manipulated or undermined, the Chief Ombudsman says as he prepares to ramp up reporting on delays by ministers and agencies.

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Lower-decile students work harder, study finds

The stigma of stratifying schools may be reduced but won't be ended by the new equity index funding.

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Greater transparency born in 'secrecy': Govt expands proactive release regime

Long-awaited improvements to the release of state information have been revealed – but an expert says there are "serious flaws".

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The debate that does Chris Hipkins' head in

Chris Hipkins says masks and portable air cleaners aren’t the best solutions for schools, and more parents need to know why.

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Hipkins eyes school truancy reversal

The Education Minister is investigating reversing the contracting-out of school truancy services as persistent absenteeism worsens in a Covid world, writes @jo_moir

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Publicly funded anti-bullying agency Netsafe faces new employment case

Mounting questions over public funding for agency as it blows its budget on a string of bullying and breach of privacy cases.

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Leaked ministry email calls for masks in schools

A data analyst within the Ministry of Education has gone rogue, calling for the reinstatement of the school mask mandate in an email the Government disavows.

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Ministers lag behind own proactive release standards

Less than a quarter of Cabinet papers are released within the Government's own timeframes, with patchy information on compliance.

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