Articles by Amy Wiggins
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News
Search continues for person swept off rocks at Piha
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 1:41pmSearchers are still looking for a person swept off the rocks at Piha yesterday afternoon. Police yesterday said they were...
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Education
More than half of students not attending school regularly, new data shows
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 4:12pmMore than half of students were not regularly attending school in term 2 of this year, data released shows. The Ministry...
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Education
'Everyone needs a break': Teachers, students concerned by weekend exams
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 2:56pmExams scheduled for a Saturday have raised concerns among students and a teachers’ union over school work encroaching on...
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Auckland
Waterfront explosion 'a prank gone wrong'
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 1:55pmAn explosion at an Auckland waterfront site a year ago was a “workplace prank gone wrong”, a WorkSafe investigation has found. In...
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Education
'One of the best things I've done': Schools with phone bans already in place report positive results
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 1:19pmStudents playing and talking to each other during breaks has become the norm again in schools with cellphone bans in place,...
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Auckland
'It was really scary': Students recall terrifying three-hour lockdown ordeal
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 4:17pmTerrified students were told to “lie down and get under the desks” as Rutherford College and Rutherford Preschool were plunged...
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National
Lockdowns lifted after gun threat forced four schools to lock gates
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 1:15pmA lockdown that forced four schools and several early childhood centres to close for nearly three hours has now been lifted. Four...
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Education
More than half of students still failing Year 8 maths
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 4:18pmAlmost 60 per cent of New Zealand Year 8 students are not achieving at curriculum level for maths while students at low decile...
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Education
Top Auckland school to ditch first year of 'refreshed' NCEA in favour of its own diploma
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 9:31pmA top Auckland private school has so little confidence in the new NCEA Level 1 curriculum it is ditching the qualification...
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National
Measles scare: 'I think we have dodged a bullet on this one'
Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 9:36pmA major outbreak of measles looks likely to have been avoided after a student with the virus attended an Auckland high school...
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Education
Half of students not regularly attending schools
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 5:05pmJust over half of New Zealand school students regularly attended school in term 4 last year, figures released today show. While...
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Education
Watch live: Roll-out of new NCEA assessments and refreshed curriculum slowed down
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 2:14pmThe roll-out of major changes to both the curriculum and NCEA assessments is being slowed down in an attempt to lift the...
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Emergency
"It looks like a tornado struck it": Hero helicopter paramedic's last rescue
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 4:04pmA hero helicopter doctor helped save the life of a woman crushed deep under a collapsed bach in his last ever rescue. Dr...
