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Tutoring in your own home, at your own convenience

Today's schooling typically doesn't allow any room for individual learning, which means that students who don't suit the pace of the whole class can fall between the cracks. If students aren't achieving at the level they are capable of, their learning can stall, leading to boredom and frustration. Their confidence can suffer and they won't enjoy school as much as they should.

I can help. I offer personal tutoring in a range of subjects for NCEA and Cambridge International Exams, and can provide students with the skills and confidence they need to achieve their potential.

I'm based in Auckland and will come to your home at a time that suits you, for maximum convenience and maximum learning. Because the home is a familiar environment, it's where the student is the most comfortable – this is an important part of enjoying learning.

With regard to the October 2021 vaccination directive for home-based educators, I am fully vaccinated and have had a second booster.

Ian Mander.

PS. In the last handful of years I've also been vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough – the last of which in November 2024 had an epidemic declared in New Zealand.

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1 February 2026 – Sam Ruthe, 16, now the fastest NZ miler ever; 12yo sight-impaired runner knocks 35 seconds off PB

At an indoor event in Boston in the USA, Sam Ruthe has just firmly got the world's attention by achieving, at 16 years old, first place in the race and a world record under-18 time and New Zealand's fastest ever mile run time, with his time of 3 min 48.88 sec. The previous New Zealand record was Sir John Walker's 1982 time of 3 min 49.08 sec.

Sam also made the news on 10 January for helping out Tamahau Hicks, a sight-impaired 12 year old runner, guiding him and setting pacing to help the guy cut a massive 35 seconds off his previous personal best. Way to go Tamahau!

9 December 2025 – 15yo is world's youngest PhD in quantum physics

I last reported on Laurent Simons in 2019 when he was nearing the end of an electrical engineering degree. That degree didn't happen, and he started a physics degree in Antwerp instead.

He has just earned a doctorate in quantum physics from the University of Antwerp. He intends to next complete a second doctorate, in medical science in Munich, and has already enrolled.

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