Vaughan Couillault, Papatoetoe High School principal in the eye of the Covid storm
5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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From New Zealand s first Covid-19 case on February 28 2020 to entering another alert level 3 lockdown on February 28 2021 - here s a timeline of the milestones and setbacks we ve all endured. Video / NZ Herald
From New Zealand s first Covid-19 case on February 28 2020 to entering another alert level 3 lockdown on February 28 2021 - here s a timeline of the milestones and setbacks we ve all endured. Video / NZ Herald
On Valentine s Day morning, Vaughan Couillault and his wife went for a walk on the beach. Vanessa and I are fortunate, says the Papatoetoe High School principal.
Covid generation: Shaken and still feeling the hurt
27 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Covid generation students starting university on Monday, from left: Raman Kaur, Georgia-Rae Jones, Nabaa Faisal, Anna Maria Va a, Kevin Wang and Ellie Harper. Photo / Dean Purcell
Covid generation students starting university on Monday, from left: Raman Kaur, Georgia-Rae Jones, Nabaa Faisal, Anna Maria Va a, Kevin Wang and Ellie Harper. Photo / Dean Purcell
Eleven months after New Zealand went into lockdown, a generation of young New Zealanders is still feeling the hurt. Until the latest series of snap lockdowns - including the one that started at 6am today
Press Release – New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education
The Board of the New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education (NZCGE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Justine Munro as Chief Executive Officer, commencing 12 April 2021.
Ms Munro will replace Deborah Walker, who has been CEO of NZCGE and its predecessor organisations for 10 years, leading the development of a world-class curriculum and delivery platform for educational services to gifted students. The Chairman of NZCGE, Don Hammond, welcomed Ms Munro’s appointment and expressed the Board’s thanks to Ms Walker for her years of service and achievement in the CEO role.
“We are delighted to have secured a proven leader, strategic thinker and innovator of Justine’s calibre to head our organisation in the next phase of its development,” Mr Hammond said.
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NCEA results: Rotorua students pleasantly surprised after challenging year
21 Jan, 2021 05:00 AM
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Students around New Zealand logged on to find out their NCEA results on Thursday. Photo / Getty Images
Students around New Zealand logged on to find out their NCEA results on Thursday. Photo / Getty Images
From being a bundle of nerves to totally caught by surprise - Rotorua students rushed to their computers to check their NCEA exam results yesterday. Results were released early on Thursday for more than 9000 Bay of Plenty students who sat NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship exams last year.
Rotorua Girls High School Year 13 student Hope Waaka-Smith was nervous as she rushed to log on to see how she had done in her most challenging year of school yet, she told the Rotorua Daily Post.