Students

A Qualifications Authority report shows nearly three-quarters of Year 12 and 13 students at kaupapa Māori schools got NCEA levels 2 or 3 last year.

Daily school attendance dropped to 73 percent on the final day of the third school term last week when 200,000 children were absent.

The housing initiative started in 2023, and aims to house university students struggling with accommodation costs, homelessness or living in unsafe environments.

Auckland University of Technology held its open day on Saturday.

One Tree Hill College has joined forces with Kāinga Ora to renovate a former state house with invaluable hands-on experience.

The students have been fundraising since September 2023 through sausage sizzles, raffles, bake sales, hāngi sales, holding discos, quiz nights and comedy night.

Māori and Pasifika students at 12 Auckland high schools may have a better shot at tertiary study thanks to a new partnership between their schools and the University of Auckland.