Youth survey shows life for young New Zealanders improving
Nikki Kaye | Youth Affairs
Youth Affairs Minister Nikki Kaye has today released the latest survey about the health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students. “It is encouraging that on a number of critical measures life has improved considerably for young people compared to 10 years ago,” Ms Kaye says. “This survey – the latest in a five-yearly survey cycle of New Zealand secondary school students – shows clear evidence of a marked reduction in tobacco, alcohol and drug use by young people over this time period. ...
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Call for schools to be accountable for Maori failure
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Parents okay young truants
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Early childhood projects meet target
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Digital learning supported by council
Techday NZ
The Manaiakalani Education Trust and Auckland Council will work closely to enhanceeducational and employment outcomes for Auckland's children and young people in an agreement signed yesterday. The agreement formalises the working relationship ...
The school is predicting a need for a roll cap at closer to 650 and wants to build a bigger administration block to support as many as 30 classrooms, pending the Palmerston North City Council's decision on the planned Whakarongo expansion. Kelvin Grove ...
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East schools bulging at their seams
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Action4Peace: Making a difference in our community
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TEDxYouth comes to Auckland
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Time to give students a break
Stuff.co.nzIf we want the future professionals and creative innovators of this country to prosper and bring New Zealand into an age of true maturity and real economic growth then we have to raise the threshold for how much students can borrow, since student ...
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