Tag: Schools

By John Mitchell in Suva Fiji got to celebrate World Oceans Day this week -- a day when our conscience gets the occasional prick on...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Tens of thousands of ni-Vanuatu children could be experiencing "stress and trauma" after the double cyclones that tore through...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e lea faka-Tonga, or Tongan Language Week, is under way with schools and community groups organising...

By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal in Majuro The Marshall Islands lost its covid-free status yesterday when tests confirmed six positive cases...

By Soumya Bhamidipati, RNZ News journalist The orange light pandemic setting in Aotearoa New Zealand has brought a sense of relief for parents, as the...

RNZ News Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its...

By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea A few shops and buildings in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands provincial capital Mt Hagen have...

By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education correspondent Education Minister Chris Hipkins has warned that nearly every New Zealand school and early childhood centre will have...

By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education reporter New Zealand Education Ministry figures indicate just 2.4 percent of school teachers -- about 1400 people -- have...

By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter A Northland high school principal says she has been accused of being "complicit in mass genocide" by people opposed...

By Poreni Umau in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Women wept among the smoking remains of melting water tanks, hot corrugated iron and the fresh smell...

COMMENT: By Laurens Ikinia The above photo is an image of how I grew up in Papua. But before I share my story, I would like...

By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has instructed schools to enrol all children who turn up for the...

This special debate, held 29 September 2020, aimed to present and discuss approaches on reopening schools or resuming classes post-covid-19. The panellists also gave...

By Aileen Kwaragu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean parents have been assured that everything is being done to ensure the health and safety of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Schools in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District resumed yesterday, with strict covid-19 protocols in place, and with several turning away...

Pacific Media Centre Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) staff are calling for restraint and calm as a New Zealand family in isolation for Covid-19...

By Jean Bell in Auckland with additional reporting by Rahul Bhattarai Volunteer teachers are being maliciously labelled as "terrorists" by the Philippine government while paramilitary...

Professor Welby Ings ... talking "disobedient thinking" at TedxAuckland in 2013, some of the ideas underpinning his new book. Video: TedxTalks Despite being expelled from...

By Nasik Swami in Suva The Fiji government has no say in the Adopt a School programme by donor countries, Parliament has been told in...

By Maggie Boyle in Suva Students attending schools managed by TISI Sangam, Fiji's largest non-government organisation, in some cyclone-ravaged areas will be provided lunch for...