Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Hats off to all the kids who’ve sat NCEA the past few weeks, that’s wrapping up this week, Friday’s the last day for exams. Hats off also to all the parents who’ve managed all that stress at home, juggling kids study schedules while also running them round to rowing before the crack of dawn or all the other sports they’re doing, as well as calming nerves, washing sports gear, trying to make nourishing meals.. look it’s a process. And no matter how many times you go through it, we’re onto our fifth time, it’s always good when it finishes and all that pressure comes off. It’s also good to remember all the hard-working students who actually are bothering to attend school, who do study, and do take education seriously. We talk a lot about all the ones who aren’t or don’t, all the truancy, all the drop outs, all the youth flicking the bird at education. But in that taking up all our focus, we forget all the kids who are getting up each day, getting out of bed, putting on uniforms, lugging heavy books, bags and lap