An interesting article in today’s NZ Herald has highlighted the status of teaching in New Zealand, a popular occupation for many immigrants from OCED countries looking for a lifestyle change down under, it seems that the grass is definitely not greener for many of them. An international report shows that NZ teachers are among the…
What is it with knives in NZ schools right now? there’s been a veritable rash of knife incidents over the last few weeks. A few days ago we wrote about how the village was failing the child when kids used violence to sort out their differences, with some parents even scheduling fights for their daughters …
We’ve often written about both youth and school violence on this blog because it’s increasing in both severity and prevalence, it affects migrants with school age children and those who move to NZ to take up teaching positions. It also has a big impact on the local communities in which migrants live. 777 teachers were…
Following yesterday’s stabbing of Steve Hose, a 53 year old maths teacher at Te Puke High School, the Secondary Principals Association says that teachers need to have more power to protect themselves against violence in New Zealand’s classrooms. It’s a far, far cry from the safe, low-crime image that the country tries to portray abroad.…
A number of times on this blog we’ve highlighted the plight of skilled people who have been allowed emigrate to New Zealand to fill jobs that are on skills shortages lists but have been been unable to find work. Now we’re hearing of school classes being cancelled due to a lack of teachers and, as…
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