In this report, the authors argue that the New Zealand Education and Training Act should be amended to enable more than one professional body for the teaching profession to be established.

This report considers the different approaches taken by higher education institutions, students, academics and policy-makers towards the relationship between teaching and research.

This publication draws on the body of research compiled at The New Zealand Initiative over the past decade to bring together a coherent plan to improve the New Zealand's education system.

This discussion paper on how teaching is taught at universities focuses on several areas for reform as well as determining what is required to successfully and consistently deliver these reforms across jurisdictions, such as changes to the authorising environment.

This report finds that new teachers experienced isolation and self-doubt because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, but also demonstrated resilience that could make them even better teachers.