2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (519+ words) The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking applicants for a scholarship programme helping to boost on-the-ground support for farmers and growers. “Six scholarships, worth $5,000 each or a total of $30,000, are on offer for the 2027 academic year,” MPI’s director of…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (970+ words) Keith Rankin, 21 August 2026 On RNZ (Morning Report) on Monday, John Campbell said "Recent figures from Stats NZ show more than a third of 15 to 24 year-olds are unemployed or underemployed." It's still there on the website, in print, so has not…...

5+ day, 3+ min ago   (885+ words) Despite high youth unemployment and the spectre of AI, teenagers attending the Taranaki Careers and Training Expo this week are optimistic about their futures. Up to 3000 young people were expected through the doors of the TSB Stadium where education providers…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1027+ words) Banqer, the New Zealand financial education platform, has released four years of classroom data showing that teenagers caught out with no insurance at all inside its simulation go on to take out cover at more than twice the rate of…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (919+ words) The above chart shows average weekly hours worked over the last 40 years. It's calculated by taking total hours worked – according to the Household Labour Force Survey – divided by the population aged 15-69. Triennial elections are depicted in red. The data series…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1084+ words) Blue Light's Life Skills Camp, run in partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force, returned to Waiouru Military Camp last week, testing its latest group of participants with sub-zero conditions on top of the course's usual physical and mental challenges....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1044+ words) Lines of frilly green lettuce, bouquets of plump cauliflower, and sunny pumpkin blossoms burst from the soil at the Ōhaupō Community Gardens in Kirikiriroa. On this crisp winter morning, the vege patch would look at home nestled in the hills…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (772+ words) Members of the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) are worried about how gig work has become a norm for thousands of people working in universities. These insecure jobs impact student learning and put the health of universities as institutes of research…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (893+ words) The Science Media Centre asked experts to comment. Dr Michael Edmonds, Manager of the Biomolecular Interaction Centre, University of Canterbury & President of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, comments: “It is disappointing to see chemistry, the central science, not included…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (537+ words) Hamilton City Council has recognised Professor Tom Roa with the Hamilton Kirikiriroa Medal for his outstanding contribution to Hamilton Kirikiriroa, Waikato, and Aotearoa New Zealand through leadership in Maaori language revitalisation, cultural scholarship, education, and public service. For more than…...