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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Education articles  Education
    Predator Jeffrey Epstein used promises of university scholarships and modelling contracts to lure victims
     22 February 2026
    Admission into elite universities. A job that promised travel around the world. An audition for Victoria’s Secret. This is how Jeffery Epstein lured his victims.
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    The Miracle on Ice, when an unheralded USA team knocked off the mighty USSR
    22 Feb: On this day in 1980, a group of American students pulled off the most unlikely of victories, beating the greatest team in international ice hockey history in the upset of the century. Some even called it a miracle.... more
    Students in Auckland's Northcote College will be learning remotely next week, due to a fire-damaged building needing to be cleared
    21 Feb: Students in Auckland's Northcote College will be learning remotely next week, due to a fire-damaged building needing to be cleared... more
    The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available
    21 Feb: The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available... more
    Indra Brown's Winter Olympics medal contention doesn't remove the reality of school homework
    20 Feb: Sixteen-year-old Indra Brown came into the Winter Olympics as one of the top medal contenders in freeski halfpipe — a status elevated since she finished fourth in qualification — but it still doesn't get her out of maths homework.... more
    A Waikato teacher's been censured after being caught drinking wine from a drink bottle while on lunch duty
    20 Feb: A Waikato teacher's been censured after being caught drinking wine from a drink bottle while on lunch duty... more
    A fire's broken out at Auckland's Northcote College, as firefighters strike
    20 Feb: A fire's broken out at Auckland's Northcote College, as firefighters strike... more
    Why the ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970
    20 Feb: In 1970, National Guard troops killed four protesters at Kent State University. In 2026, federal agents killed two Minneapolis protesters. Public reaction to the deaths was significantly different.... more
    The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself
    20 Feb: Automating knowledge production and teaching weakens the ecosystem of students and scholars that sustains universities, raising existential questions about their mission.... more
    An investigation into how an Auckland boy was injured falling from a school bus emergency exit, has found neither students or the driver were at fault
    19 Feb: An investigation into how an Auckland boy was injured falling from a school bus emergency exit, has found neither students or the driver were at fault... more

     Most Popular Recent Education News
     09 Feb: A major blaze at a Taupo high school's been brought under control +++++++++++++++++++++
     24 Jan: Pakuranga College is paying tribute to two of its students caught in the Mount Maunganui landslide ++++++++++++++++++++
     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 +++++++++++++++++
     12 Feb: A Christchurch Catholic boys' school was alerted to allegations of sexual offending by a priest nearly 20 years before his conviction +++++++++++++++
     11 Feb: Devastation in Hawke's Bay's Wairoa over a fatal school bus crash yesterday, that killed one and critically injured two others +++++++++++++++

     Education NewsLinks
      21 Feb: Northcote college to close for a week after fire destroys building (RadioNZ)
      20 Feb: “fixing the basics” in new zealand education (Stuff.co.nz)
      19 Feb: Major special education support shake-up risks political backlash (BBCWorld)
      19 Feb: 'impossible deadline': union questions shorter consultation period for maori curriculum (RadioNZ)
      19 Feb: Uh oh! not all arm pcs are getting windows 11 26h1 special update (PC World)
      18 Feb: Newly-independent polytechnics given $325m from former owner (RadioNZ)
      14 Feb: Google docs can now ai-generate audio summaries of your documents (PC World)
      13 Feb: Growing numbers of pakeha seeking to understand te tiriti o waitangi (RadioNZ)
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    Law and Order:
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    Entertainment:
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    Cricket:
    The Central Stags have won domestic cricket's one day Ford Trophy, after demolishing Canterbury by six wickets in the final 18:37

    General:
    The curtain comes down on the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics overnight 18:27

    International:
    Why has Donald Trump issued Keir Starmer a warning about the Chagos Islands? 18:17

    Entertainment:
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    Soccer:
    Belief the issues at the Wellington Phoenix run deeper than just departed coach Giancarlo Italiano 18:07

    Rugby:
    The Crusaders have been demolished by the Brumbies 50-24 in Christchurch to close out the second week of Super Rugby 17:57

    Entertainment:
    Kate Hudson wouldn't give any advice to her younger self as she has no regrets - even about her mistakes 17:47

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