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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Education articles  Education
    The dark history of forced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples
     13 August 2025
    An Indigenous scholar explains how starvation was used to acquire the lands of Indigenous peoples. Her great-grandparents experienced ‘starvation winter’ on the Blackfeet reservation.
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    'Deeply disturbing' video shows group of men attacking woman at PNG university
    11 Aug: A video showing a young woman being jeered at and assaulted by a large group of men as she walks across a university campus in Papua New Guinea is condemned by the university's vice-chancellor and women's rights activists.... more
    A police officer has been killed, following an earlier shooting at Emory University, in the US state of Atlanta
    9 Aug: A police officer has been killed, following an earlier shooting at Emory University, in the US state of Atlanta... more
    The Cambridge factor: how influential NZ schools hastened the demise of NCEA
    8 Aug: By choosing to offer the Cambridge exam system and publicly criticising NCEA, a group of prominent schools subtly helped shape the government’s new education policy.... more
    Two Northland high schools have been forced to make some students learn from home because of teacher shortages
    8 Aug: Two Northland high schools have been forced to make some students learn from home because of teacher shortages... more
    Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen
    8 Aug: US officials have used a number of rhetorical strategies – ways of talking about something – to distance the country from, and avoid responsibility for, atrocities committed by those it supports.... more
    The principal of Auckland Girls' Grammar School says it's taking a brawl there, very seriously
    8 Aug: The principal of Auckland Girls' Grammar School says it's taking a brawl there, very seriously... more
    Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? We asked 5 legal and genocide experts how to interpret the violence
    7 Aug: Five Australian international law and genocide scholars examine the evidence and share their conclusions.... more
    Big changes to NCEA and polytechs must deliver the skills NZ urgently needs
    7 Aug: Filling the skills gap through immigration denies young New Zealanders a pathway to meaningful employment. Only proper vocational training reform can fix that.... more
    Auckland's Southern Cross Campus school is back to normal - after locking down at home time, when people disrupted students trying to leave
    6 Aug: Auckland's Southern Cross Campus school is back to normal - after locking down at home time, when people disrupted students trying to leave... more

     Most Popular Recent Education News
     22 Jul: Why Harvard University has taken the Trump administration to court over funding cuts +++++++++++++++++++++
     24 Jul: NZEI is taking legal action against the Government - over defunding Maori and literacy resource teachers in this year's Budget ++++++++++++++++++++
     25 Jul: Serious allegations of bulling towards teachers is being alleged at a Wanaka school +++++++++++++++++++
     22 Jul: At least 19 people killed as Bangladesh Air Force plane crashes into college campus +++++++++++++++++
     25 Jul: Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will +++++++++++++++++
     23 Jul: Calls for part-time study option to ease burden on Australian medical students +++++++++++++++++
     14 Jul: The Education Minister wants to build our numbers of overseas students ++++++++++++++++

     Education NewsLinks
      13 Aug: Education minister cut maori words from future junior books (Stuff.co.nz)
      13 Aug: Education minister cut maori words from future junior books, documents reveal (RadioNZ)
      12 Aug: Gethin jones thanks nhs staff after dad's death (BBCWorld)
      12 Aug: 15 must-use free apps for your college laptop (PC World)
      12 Aug: Literacy experts say no problem with maori words in book for learner readers (RadioNZ)
      12 Aug: Clearing out the confusion over ncea changes (RadioNZ)
      8 Aug: Northland school rosters students to stay home over winter staffing crisis (RadioNZ)
      8 Aug: 'act of racism': education ministry cans children's school book for too many maori words (Stuff.co.nz)
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