St Peter’s College school board chair should resign, the school principal says. The Ministry of Education placed the Gore Catholic school under statutory management at the end of last month. Principal Tara Quinney (pictured) says she has no confidence in the school’s board chair, Ruth Mitchell, to lead. She says she has a dysfunctional relationship Read more
Four key factors negatively affect youth mental health, a new Auckland University study has found. The study investigated over 100 reports for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission study. Researchers found young people’s mental health suffers mainly from: an uncertain future due to inherited social and economic challenges and climate change racism and discrimination social Read more
Hospices are essential health services that rely on cake stalls and sales of second-hand clothes just to keep the lights on. Now some of the country’s biggest hospices are warning they will have to cut some services, if they do not get an urgent cash injection from the government. Last week, Hospice New Zealand chief Read more
A young Auckland couple living in transitional housing claim mould in the property has forced them to spend several nights in their car with a five-month-old baby. The couple were living in emergency housing in Papakura, and after the baby was born they were transferred to a two-bedroom apartment in Māngere, but the cleanliness of Read more
The Palmerston North diocese is continuing its community support following the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle. The diocese sponsored a combined parent evening for Sacred Heart College and St John’s College earlier this month. The move follows generous contributions from people around the country who donated to the Diocese’s Cyclone Gabriel appeal. Palmerston North Diocese Read more
Most of the donations raised to help Cyclone Gabrielle North Island flood victims remain unspent. That’s about $30m. The Red Cross has spent only $5m of its $24m Disaster Fund donations. The March Lotto fundraiser draw is sitting unused. That’s another $11.77m. People in disaster zones – the supposed beneficiaries – want to know what’s Read more
Three of four New Zealand Catholic bishops (NZCBC), the national body for the bishops of New Zealand have new leadership roles. With two dioceses still waiting for a bishop, New Zealand has only four bishops and the changes follow the retirement of Cardinal John Dew. The positions were announced following the Conference meeting in Auckland Read more
Daniel Thomas Pervan, a former youth leader at the Auckland diocese’s Catholic Discipleship College, has appealed to the Court of Appeal to reduce his prison sentence. He had been jailed for charges of sexual violation by rape and assault with intent to commit sexual violation. The charges relate to his relationship with a woman he Read more
How the decision to reduce class sizes from will impact state-integrated schools is currently unknown, says Catholic Education Office CEO, Kevin Shore, (pictured). On April 17, The Minister of Education Jan Tinetti announced class ratios in Years 4 to 8 will be reduced from 1 teacher to 29 students to 1 teacher to 28 students. Read more
It’s all hands on deck at Vinnies in New Plymouth. Staff – including volunteers from Sacred Heart College – say Vinnies has never been busier. Founded in France with the aim to help anyone in need, the Catholic charity makes a difference, not only to the lives of the people it helps, but to those Read more