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Teaching and principal vacancies have surged in the past two months - nearly doubling nationwide

6 March 2026

Teaching and principal vacancies have surged in the past two months - nearly doubling nationwide

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NZ wants to double foreign student revenue by 2034 – but does it have capacity?
	5 Mar: New targets would lift revenue to $7.2 billion and enrolments to 119,000 by 2034. But housing pressure, market concentration and graduate outcomes pose real risks.... more

Authorities say hydrogen cyanide was found at Ashburton's St Joseph's School last week, sending four people to hospital
	4 Mar: Authorities say hydrogen cyanide was found at Ashburton's St Joseph's School last week, sending four people to hospital... more

Former staffer at Hutt International Boys School sentenced to 12 months home detention for historical sex offending
	3 Mar: A former staffer at Hutt International Boys School has been sentenced to 12 months home detention - for historical sex offending against children... more

Does international law still matter? The strike on the girls’ school in Iran shows why we need it
	3 Mar: Daily compliance of international law remains the norm. Violations do occur – sometimes brazenly – but they are exceptions.... more

Iran claims US and Israel attacked a girls' school. This is what is known about the strike
	2 Mar: Iran says the death toll from an attack on a girls' school it claims was launched by the US and Israel has surpassed 165.... more

'More than 100 children' dead in US and Israel strike on Iranian school, Iran says
	1 Mar: Vision has emerged of crowds of people searching through the rubble of a girls' elementary school in the city of Minab in southern Iran. Iranian authorities say a US and Israeli air strike killed more than 100 children.... more

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a staunch hardliner who mastered the art of playing his enemies off each other
	1 Mar: A conservative Islamic scholar with a head for politics, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei succeeded his mentor in the wake of the Iran-Iraq War — and consolidated his grip on power over the following decades.... more

How young people experience school plays a critical role in their mental health
	1 Mar: How young people experience school plays a critical role in their mental health... more

The Post Primary Teachers Association says poor planning is to blame for a lack of high school teachers
	27 Feb: The Post Primary Teachers Association says poor planning is to blame for a lack of high school teachers... more

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Most Popular Recent Education News

09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control +++++++++++++++++++++++++

09 Feb: A Taupo high school is closed until at least tomorrow, after fire destroyed a block of classrooms, with two people charged ++++++++++++++++++++++++

06 Feb: Indonesia's government directs education funds to meals program as teachers struggle on low wages +++++++++++++++++++++

10 Feb: A Christchurch high school teacher's lost her bid to keep her name secret, over a sexual relationship with a teenage student ++++++++++++++++++++

11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others ++++++++++++++++++++

12 Feb: A Christchurch Catholic boys' school was alerted to allegations of sexual offending by a priest nearly 20 years before his conviction ++++++++++++++++++

20 Feb: A fire's broken out at Auckland's Northcote College, as firefighters strike ++++++++++++++++

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5 Mar: Whanganui collegiate facing investigation, court case and scrutiny from education ministry (RadioNZ)

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4 Mar: Singapore, germany, finland lead youth ai readiness ranks (ITBrief)

4 Mar: ‘ai’ could dox your anonymous posts (PC World)

3 Mar: Parents of nursery abuse victims to meet minister (BBCWorld)

3 Mar: The lure of private (and pricey) education (RadioNZ)

27 Feb: Teacher shortage forcing subject cancellations, principals say (RadioNZ)

27 Feb: Education ministry figures reveal teacher shortage worse than previous forecast (RadioNZ)

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Today's News

International:
Inside Iran, some citizens are already preparing for 'freedom day' 11:17

Environment:
All fire permits are suspended in the Queenstown Lakes District - as hot and windy weather has raised the fire risk to extreme 11:07

Entertainment:
Cara Delevingne is working on her "self-control" when using "terrifying" social media platforms 11:05

Auckland:
A post-mortem will be carried out today on the person who died in a fire in Auckland's Otahuhu on Wednesday night 10:47

National:
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s presumed next supreme leader? And would he bring change – or more brutal suppression? 10:37

Entertainment:
Zendaya has married Tom Holland in secret, according to her stylist Law Roach 10:35

National:
New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas 10:27

Living & Travel:
Emirates will be running a pair of flights out of Dubai to New Zealand tonight 10:27

National:
Fertiliser costs are soaring amid war in the Middle East. Will your grocery bill follow? 10:17

National:
Hezbollah - degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed - destabilizes Lebanon once again 10:07

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