Back to the future for schools around the country. 
Students at all levels are reverting back to remote learning for at least three days, and those within Auckland and the Coromandel peninsular for probably seven.
Mock exams are approaching for senior students. 
Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault told Mike Hosking the biggest challenge is technology. 
"What we haven't been able to do is get devices and hard packs out to students who don't have those sorts of things at home, but from a practical sense, teachers have been preparing for another lockdown all year really." 
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