Education

Making your way to Home

If you haven't made your way to the Tauranga Art Gallery to check out their latest exhibition, there's still time. Mr G: Home will be exhibiting at the art gallery... Read More

Tauranga students can get a jump start on study

Waikato University is offering Tauranga students the chance to hit the ground running with their studies next year. The university's Jump Start programme will... Read More

Mount teen takes it to Harvard

Mount Maunganui's Samuel Taylor has dreamed of attending Harvard University in the United States as far back as he can remember and he always knew he'd have to... Read More

Ease into summer sports to avoid injury

Active+, one of New Zealand's largest multi-disciplinary rehabilitation suppliers, is warning Kiwis to take care when jumping back into summer sports activities.... Read More

Santa delivers slip slop slap message

Santa and Elsie his helper elf have paid a visit to the Elm Tree Early Learning Centre in Mission St, Tauranga. Santa, who is actually Troy Edgecombe,... Read More

A timeless cookbook from Aquinas College

On opening a copy of Aquinas College PTA's newly published cook book, ‘From Our Kitchen', I'm struck first by the images. Photos of people stand alongside... Read More

Jack Hoven and Rosie the Studebaker

It's that Christmas time of year when we need to find ‘just the right present' to give. My sister Andrea knows that I love second-hand books, so I thought... Read More

Keep pets safe during your travels

Pet owners are being called on to keep their animals safe every time they take them in a vehicle. Southern Cross Pet Insurance and the SPCA have been working... Read More

Keep dogs on leash to protect Pukehina wildlife

A variety of wildlife inhabiting the Pukehina shoreline, saltmarsh and estuary area are dangerously threatened by roaming dogs at this time of year as the local... Read More

It’s as Kiwi as…

Free Kiwiana language classes in Tauranga will help resident refugees and migrants learn the ‘rules' of New Zealand. From learning about the iconic pineapple... Read More

Does your portable pool need to be fenced?

Stay cool but fence the pool. That's the message from Sport BOP, Water Safety NZ and Tauranga City Council, who are reminding the public that any pool filled... Read More

College students make cookies for pound dogs

Katikati College students have cooked up a treat for Western Bay's foster and pound dogs. Western Bay of Plenty District Council's animal services officer Betty... Read More