Education Minister Anne Tolley has told principals they should stop talking to the media and focus on implementing the controversial national standards.

Jonathan Coleman is demanding his officials come up with a plan to speed up the time it takes to process student permits.

With its locked gates and sentry post, a Waihi academy looks like a low-security prison than a language school - and that may be intentional.

International students at a top Auckland boys school are falling asleep at their desks - and it has nothing to do with the Fifa World Cup.

British student Richard Turner is so impressed with Maori TV he's travelled to NZ to find out why it's so successful - especially with Pakeha viewers.