New Zealand's school kids are failing at maths - and other subjects too. What are we doing about addressing our educational gaps? New Zealand's primary school competence in reading, mathematics and science have plummeted to their worst recorded level ever. Just over four in 10 students are meeting minimum levels in maths. Just two in 10 are meeting expectations when it comes to science. So, what's the problem? Is it to do with the curriculum?.
The Trump administration may be no more, but lawsuits over its handling of the environment continue unabated.
Gerald Generette, left, and Maurice Miller look onto the Cape Fear River in Fayetteville, N.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
(CN) Public health and environmental justice advocates filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit Monday challenging the EPA’s failure to ban the use of 1,4-dioxane, a widely used solvent that studies show causes cancer in humans.
The seven groups including the Center for Environmental Health are active in eastern North Carolina, where 1,4 dioxane routinely shows up in drinking water samples taken from various sources in the Cape Fear River Basin.
The need to prioritise sustainable tourism that enhances community wellbeing is the central theme of the Tourism Futures Taskforce report, released today. The Taskforce was established in May 2020 as an independent public-private partnership to consider the future of tourism. Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says the Taskforce report sets out .
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The Government is investing nearly $9 million in four iwi-led projects in the South Island through its Jobs for Nature programme. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has developed four strategic projects with Papatipu Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu as part of its biosecurity and biodiversity programme. “These projects will create enduring .