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The cost of school uniforms is a burden on families – is it time for the government to step in?

4 February 2026

Uniforms can cost hundreds of dollars. If students are required to wear them, the government should ensure they don’t become a barrier to education.

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Otago police are investigating a bullying incident at a school in Oamaru
	4 Feb: Otago police are investigating a bullying incident at a school in Oamaru... more

Not an artefact, but an ancestor: why a German university is returning a Maori taonga
	4 Feb: For the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, the Hinematioro Pou is the material presence of an ancestor.... more

I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles
	3 Feb: A policing scholar and former FBI special agent lays out the established principles of policing and constitutional law that govern how federal immigration enforcement efforts should be carried out.... more

I found Australian cult The Family’s left-behind library. Here’s what their books reveal
	3 Feb: I read the books that helped shape The Family, the cult founded by an Australian yoga teacher in the 1960s – when Western societies were newly fascinated by the East.... more

Vandals have caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage at an Auckland school over the weekend
	3 Feb: Vandals have caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage at an Auckland school over the weekend... more

The Education Minister says new nationwide school reporting will give teachers and parents clearer data on how students are performing
	2 Feb: The Education Minister says new nationwide school reporting will give teachers and parents clearer data on how students are performing... more

The Government's keeping a closer eye on kids' achievement across primary and intermediate school
	2 Feb: The Government's keeping a closer eye on kids' achievement across primary and intermediate school... more

Liam Conejo Ramos returns to Minnesota after being detained by ICE on way home from preschool
	2 Feb: Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose detention by federal agents as he returned from preschool sparked outrage across the United States, has been released from immigration detention, according to a US congressman.... more

Introducing financial literacy to schools is expected to bring more gains than challenges
	2 Feb: Introducing financial literacy to schools is expected to bring more gains than challenges... more

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