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Smacking: No increase

A review of the "anti-smacking" law has found no increase in the number of parents being investigated or prosecuted for light smacking.

Attack on pupil part of everyday 'race hate'

An attack on a Thai girl, who was beaten up by fellow pupils on a bus, is part of everyday "race hate" in Christchurch, a homestay parent says.

Pupils draw on real-life experience

TASMANIAN holidaymaker Eric Vanderlaan never expected to see his broad grin and bushy eyebrows rendered in a delicate filigree of blue crayon and grey lead pencil.

Foreign students face more stringent testsYuko Narushima

FOREIGN students will face greater screening as the Government cracks down on visa fraud and scrutinises their ability to finance life in Australia.

School 'used for cannabis plantation'

Disused Canterbury school buildings were used for an $87,500-a-year cannabis growing operation, a court was told today.

Fewer parents smack

Fewer New Zealand parents smack their children today than in past decades, according to results of a poll released today.

Teachers warned on texting

June 22, 2009 - Teachers with "little understanding of professional boundaries" are starting inappropriate relationships with pupils via text messages

Foreign students swell PhD rolls

International students are swelling the ranks of New Zealand's PhD programmes, with foreign enrolments increasing across the board.

Boot camp for worst young offenders

Colin Espiner Political editor - Canterbury
Young offenders will be sent to boot camps run by the army under a $35 million programme to be debated in Parliament tomorrow.

Proposal to boost repayments riles New Zealand graduates and students

The Treasury's briefing to Finance Minister Bill English recommends increasing the amount of compulsory payments graduates make on their student loans, saying there was little repayment incentive in the current system.