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'Granny graduate' an inspiration to all
71-year-old grandmother Jennie Oakley was the oldest graduate to walk down Queen St this week.

Tolley promises 'hard' fight for school funding
Anne Tolley has told secondary schools the Government is serious about education, but the next few years will not see a great deal of new money.

Never let young watch TV: experts
Young children should not watch any TV because it sets them up for obesity and poor academic performance at school, say experts.

Watching TV 'makes toddlers less intelligent'
Parents, beware: watching television makes toddlers fatter and stupider at primary school, according to new research.

Sacked for teaching King Lear
Shakespearean tragedy has become high farce, after a Christian high school sacked a teacher for using a "morally defiling" King Lear text.

Brothel could be removed lawfully - expert
A law expert says Waitakere City Council is wrong to think it cannot help a school that wants a nearby brothel removed.

School points to bylaw in brothel row
A school chairman calls for Waitakere City to step in after learning Rodney has a bylaw stopping a brothel opening near a school.

Parents in shock at brothel by school
The owner of a brothel opposite a school says people should be more worried about children watching violent TV than his business.

School incensed brothel has opened across the road
A west Auckland intermediate school is outraged it can do nothing about a brothel which has opened across the road.

Award is nice but Olympic hero's dream is of cash
Sir John Walker lobbies ministers to help his successful youth programmes.