Education
07:00am Sun 08 Mar, 2020
Sand is something we lie on, walk the dogs on, play cricket on - so many things come to mind when someone says sand, but how do our beaches and bays stay sandy? Around... Read More
08:30am Sat 07 Mar, 2020
Battling the taniwha of addiction and poor mental health affecting Maori in the Bay of Plenty takes much aroha, persistence and skill, with progress not perfection... Read More
09:16am Fri 06 Mar, 2020
Hundreds of students from across the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato came together to celebrate the start of the academic year at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology's... Read More
07:00pm Wed 04 Mar, 2020
School librarians want statutory protection after a survey found one in five schools cut funding for their library last year. They are preparing to lobby the... Read More
12:58pm Mon 02 Mar, 2020
The more you look, the more animals and creatures you will find - just like a hidden object game. This is all on the new shipping container found in the grounds... Read More
03:00pm Sat 29 Feb, 2020
They worked on the set of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe', then travelled to middle earth to build the Hobbiton set at Matamata and also had a hand... Read More
02:00pm Sat 29 Feb, 2020
The mokopuna and whanau of Te Kohanga Reo o Maketu Kokiri in Maketu have triumphed in a Western Bay of Plenty oral health challenge. Kohanga Reo from across the... Read More
01:00pm Sat 29 Feb, 2020
Patrick Crowe isn't quite on first name basis with Ohinau Island's flesh-footed shearwater birds - but he does know which ones will give him a peck. Patrick,... Read More
09:00am Sat 29 Feb, 2020
It's a kind of hug from the nation, a gesture of thanks, a message saying ‘we haven't forgotten what you did for us'. And the sentiment is all wrapped up... Read More
06:40am Fri 28 Feb, 2020
A surge in funding for Bay of Plenty schools is enabling them to do things that they 'only once dreamed about”. Several funding packages have been... Read More
04:10pm Mon 24 Feb, 2020
The buzzword for 2020 is 'circular economy” but how many people actually know what it means? Zero Waste Network will explain exactly that at a free... Read More
11:30am Sun 23 Feb, 2020
Thousands of dangerous, old and damaged lifejackets have been removed from communities across the country again this summer thanks to Coastguard's Old4New Lifejacket... Read More
17-Dec 18:04
Snapchat predator case moves to High Court
17-Dec 16:43
SH2, north of Katikati, open after serious crash
17-Dec 16:00
Shoppers visit Ikea in ‘unprecedented’ numbers
17-Dec 14:30
Mt Ruapehu crater lake shows temperature rise
17-Dec 13:00
Manta rays added to vulnerable species list
17-Dec 12:07
Car crashes into Tauranga shop, witnesses say
17-Dec 11:45
Serious food safety tips for the silly season
17-Dec 09:27
Serious crash on SH2, road closed
17-Dec 08:00
Lamb takes out ham this Christmas
17-Dec 07:30
Summer traffic squeeze: Key SH2 and SH25 changes
17-Dec 06:30
Coping with grief during the Christmas season
16-Dec 18:00
SH2 speed limits reduced in Karangahake, Waihī
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