John Gerritsen

The principal of a West Coast secondary school says there are too many barriers to hiring teachers who were trained or born overseas.

The Post Primary Teachers Association says schools' operational funding needs a $300 million inflation catch-up.

A former Education Ministry staffer has asked a Parliamentary committee to rein in the government's curriculum changes, and demand more detail about its use of AI and an Australian company.

A researcher says teachers and principals are frustrated by what they believe is the slow delivery of money for learning support allocated in last year's government Budget.

The government spends close to $20-billion a year on school and early childhood education and a further $3.8b on tertiary education.

Some state schools have stopped short of becoming charter schools because they do not want responsibility for expensive property problems, says the associate education minister

The Budget boosts spending on curriculum changes and trade training for teens, freezes nearly all tertiary subsidies and fast-tracks a modest boost for early childhood services.

The government's Budget sparked angry scenes in Wellington overnight when students marched on Parliament.

Kindergartens New Zealand says its members will struggle after the Budget increased their operational subsidy by less than half-a-percent.

A University of Auckland leader has welcomed the Budget decision to cover more student enrolments.