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Student holding pencils for math calculation, homework.
Caption:The government’s changes wasted the time and money already spent implementing the curriculum, say maths education experts.Photo credit:123RF
Education Minister Erica Stanford at an announcement about $413m investment in school upgrades at Albany Junior High.
A teenager working on maths problems on a worksheet.
Composite of Christopher Luxon and Erica Stanford with ruler, maths book, protractor and pencils.
Composite of various strike action signs
A teenager working on maths problems on a worksheet.
St John is treating multiple patients at a daycare centre in the suburb of Woolston.
Oropi School principal and president of the Rural Schools Association, Andrew King.
Otago’s dean of education Vivienne Anderson.
Post Primary Teachers Association acting president Chris Abercrombie.
An Air New Zealand plane sits on the tarmac amid flight cancellations. Credit: RNZ / Sammy Carter
Richard Chambers.
Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Queen Camilla make their way back to Buckingham Palace from Horse Guards Parade during the King’s Birthday Parade “Trooping the Colour” in London on June 13, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Amelia Noyes.