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What’s Trending With Kiwi Students? CensusAtSchool 2025 Kicks Off
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 7:24 pm | CensusAtSchool
Over the coming months, tens of thousands of students from Years 3–13 will take part, answering questions about everything from their screen time and tech use to their favourite foods, pets, sleep habits, gaming behaviour, and even what word they ... More >>
Kiwi Students Speak: CensusAtSchool 2025–2026 Launches Feb 25
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 8:27 pm | CensusAtSchool
Aotearoa’s largest student survey is back! More >>
Students Speak Out: Pineapple On Pizza - The Hotly Debated Verdict Revealed
Monday, 1 January 2024, 10:45 am | CensusAtSchool
In the latest CensusAtSchool survey, 39,000 students weighed in on the contentious debate: does pineapple belong on pizza? The results are in, showcasing a tight divide among Kiwi youth. While 47% advocate for its inclusion, 41% reject the idea of the ... More >>
Snapchat Beats TikTok for Top Place with High School Students
Monday, 7 August 2023, 6:33 am | CensusAtSchool
Snapchat has emerged as the top app among high school students, with 61% of them reporting that they used it four or more times the day before participating in the CensusAtSchool questionnaire. TikTok closely followed with 60%. In contrast, primary ... More >>
Top 20 Favourite Ice Cream Flavours For Young Kiwis Revealed
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 5:58 am | CensusAtSchool
Cookies and Cream is the favourite ice cream flavour by far according to over 20,000 young kiwis who have already taken part in this year’s CensusAtSchool survey. Almost a quarter of students chose Cookies and Cream as their favourite flavour, followed ... More >>
Kiwi Students Share Their Views On Life In CensusAtSchool 2023
Monday, 13 February 2023, 6:28 am | CensusAtSchool
CensusAtSchool New Zealand - TataurangaKiTeKura Aotearoa celebrates the launch of their eleventh biennial survey today to once again comprehensively chart students’ views of their own lives. The large national survey will give another intriguing ... More >>
11th Biennial CensusAtSchool Launches February 13
Monday, 30 January 2023, 10:09 am | CensusAtSchool
CensusAtSchool New Zealand - TataurangaKiTeKura Aotearoa celebrates the launch of their eleventh biennial bilingual survey next month to once again comprehensively chart students’ views of their own lives. From February 13, media will be able ... More >>
7 Out Of 10 NZ School Students Found Home Learning During Lockdown Better, Or The Same, As Learning In School Normally
Monday, 31 May 2021, 6:05 am | CensusAtSchool
Seven out of ten New Zealand school students say that learning at home was the same or better during lockdown compared to learning in school normally, the latest results of a nationwide survey suggests. The insight comes from CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura, ... More >>
Kiwi Students Share Their Views On Life In CensusAtSchool 2021
Monday, 10 May 2021, 5:10 am | CensusAtSchool
CensusAtSchool New Zealand - TataurangaKiTeKura Aotearoa celebrates the launch of their tenth biennial survey today to once again comprehensively chart children’s views of their own lives. The large national survey will give another intriguing ... More >>
Smoking cigarettes worse than smoking marijuana, say teens
Monday, 19 August 2019, 8:16 am | CensusAtSchool
Smoking cigarettes is worse teenage behaviour than smoking marijuana, according to Year 11-13 students from New Zealand schools. Furthermore, they think that their parents would agree with them. More >>
One in three students spend too much time on social media
Monday, 29 April 2019, 9:06 am | CensusAtSchool
One in three New Zealand high-school students say they spend too much time on social media, the latest results of a nationwide survey reveal. More >>
Kiwi students believe climate change is an ‘urgent problem’
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 9:32 am | CensusAtSchool
Nearly half of Kiwi students taking part in a nationwide in-school census believe that climate change "is an urgent problem that needs to be managed now". More >>
CensusAtSchool to inspire a new generation of curious minds
Monday, 4 March 2019, 2:11 pm | CensusAtSchool
A new generation of statisticians and data scientists will soon be able to see their lives reflected in data as CensusAtSchool 2019 launches today, Stats NZ said. More >>
Kiwi kids share their views on life in CensusAtSchool 2019
Monday, 4 March 2019, 9:13 am | CensusAtSchool
A large national survey that will give an intriguing glimpse into schoolchildren’s lives launches today. More >>
Kiwi kids share their views on life in CensusAtSchool 2019
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 11:29 am | CensusAtSchool
The only national survey to comprehensively chart children’s views of their own lives is taking place across New Zealand from March 4. This year, media will be able to report the voice of Kiwi kids on issues as wide-ranging as climate change, the ... More >>
Tuck shops losing out to home-packed lunches
Tuesday, 2 May 2017, 9:30 am | CensusAtSchool
School tuck shops are losing ground to home-packed lunches, according to latest results from the long-running CensusatSchool TataurangaKiteKura. In the past 10 years, the percentage of students buying lunches from tuck shops has halved. More >>
Most kids have no screen-time limits
Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 9:49 am | CensusAtSchool
Eight in 10 teens and six in 10 primary school children say there are no limits on their screen time out of school – whether that’s playing computer games, using their phones, or browsing the internet. The insights have emerged from the second ... More >>
How much pocket money do Kiwi kids get?
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 9:07 am | CensusAtSchool
Six in 10 schoolchildren taking part in the national CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura reported that they received pocket money, an allowance or a cash gift the week before participating, getting a median of $15. More >>
Students become data detectives in CensusAtSchool
Tuesday, 7 February 2017, 9:42 am | CensusAtSchool
Students will be able to see how their pocket money stacks up against their peers and whether they're getting less after-school screen time when they become data detectives in this year's CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura More >>
Verbal abuse the biggest bullying problem at school
Friday, 12 June 2015, 9:22 am | CensusAtSchool
School students think verbal mistreatment is the biggest bullying issue in schools – higher than cyberbullying, social or relational bullying such as social exclusion and spreading gossip, or physical bullying. More >>