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Associate Education Minister David Seymour's blaming strike action for poor school attendance

13 November 2025

Associate Education Minister David Seymour's blaming strike action for poor school attendance

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Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees
	12 Nov: Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees... more

Removing Treaty responsibility from school boards undoes decades of progress
	12 Nov: Taking away the duty of boards to “give effect” to te Tiriti o Waitangi undermines the expectation that schools should work for Maori as well as for anyone else.... more

A Virginia jury's awarded 10-million US dollars to a 28-year-old former teacher shot by a six-year-old student
	7 Nov: A Virginia jury's awarded 10-million US dollars to a 28-year-old former teacher shot by a six-year-old student... more

An internet outage during NCEA exams yesterday means some students might turn to derived grades to counteract the disadvantage
	7 Nov: An internet outage during NCEA exams yesterday means some students might turn to derived grades to counteract the disadvantage... more

Father and son after being stung by swarm of 'murder hornets' during Laos holiday
	5 Nov: An American teacher and his teenage son die after being stung more than 100 times by a swarm of hornets while climbing down a tree after zip-lining at a resort in Laos.... more

Otago University's Proctor is investigating an incident involving 50 students shooting fireworks at each other and at Police
	5 Nov: Otago University's Proctor is investigating an incident involving 50 students shooting fireworks at each other and at Police... more

Secondary teachers are back on strike today, in the middle of NCEA exam season
	5 Nov: Secondary teachers are back on strike today, in the middle of NCEA exam season... more

A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term
	4 Nov: A man who broke into a Dunedin student flat and violated a young woman could now face an open-ended prison term... more

Otago University students say they're living on edge, after a man was caught peering into their windows, and underwear went missing
	4 Nov: Otago University students say they're living on edge, after a man was caught peering into their windows, and underwear went missing... more

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Most Popular Recent Education News

19 Oct: The secondary school teachers union says most of its members earn over $100,000 a year +++++++++++++++++++++++

21 Oct: A 72-year-old man's been arrested - in relation to alleged, historic sexual assault at Auckland's Dilworth School +++++++++++++++++++++

21 Oct: 'Accidental' homeschooling on the rise, as families say schools are not coping ++++++++++++++++++++

23 Oct: A person's been arrested following a Police incident in Nelson +++++++++++++++++++

20 Oct: The Prime Minister says he'd pay teachers and health workers more if it were possible - but for now they need to return to negotiating +++++++++++++++++++

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25 Oct: A Tokoroa family have pulled together an eight thousand dollar reward in the hope to find missing teacher Jayleb-Che Dean +++++++++++++++++

Education NewsLinks

13 Nov: Nearly 200 schools write to education minister over removal of treaty obligations (Stuff.co.nz)

13 Nov: Nearly 200 schools write to education minister erica stanford over removal of treaty obligations (RadioNZ)

13 Nov: Hastings hosts aotearoa's national maori language festival toitu te reo (RadioNZ)

13 Nov: Schools, early learning centres urged to stop using asbestos-contaminated sand (RadioNZ)

13 Nov: David seymour blames teacher strikes for drop in school attendance in last week of term (RadioNZ)

13 Nov: Funding, contract wording 'not a gag order', education ministry says (RadioNZ)

12 Nov: Thousands of indigenous educators to meet in tamaki makaurau for event (RadioNZ)

12 Nov: 'this is not a safe place for students': ero fires back at wesley college (RadioNZ)

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