Education

$20m fund to help tertiary students learn online

A $20 million fund has been anounced to help eligible tertiary learners access digital devices and internet connections to continue their study disrupted by COVID-19. Education... Read More

BOP engineering apprentices awarded scholarships

Five Bay of Plenty engineering apprentices have received a helping hand from the Acorn Foundation. The second year apprentices are recipients of the 2020 Page/Acorn... Read More

University students celebrate virtual graduation

More than 1000 University of Waikato students graduated in April. While none could be part of a traditional ceremony because of lockdown, many have taken it upon... Read More

50,000 bottles of sanitiser delivered to schools

More than 50,000 bottles of hand sanitiser have been donated to schools throughout the country. The Ministry of Education has purchased 50,000 bottles of... Read More

$160m property improvement programme announced

Classrooms at hundreds of state schools and kura that are small or remote will be upgraded as part of a $160 million property improvement programme, Education... Read More

Nanogirl broadcasts free STEM lessons

Nanogirl Labs have joined forces with the Ministry of Education and TVNZ's Home Learning TV channel to launch six, 30 minute STEM lessons aimed at Year 4 - 8 students.... Read More

Study looks at NZ reaction to govt‘s COVID-19 laws

New Zealanders seem to welcome the government's strict Covid-19 rules, and it will be interesting to see if that changes as alert levels drop, a psychology... Read More

Many ECEs likely to remain shut at alert level 3

Health fears and lack of demand are likely to keep many early childhood centres shut when schools partially reopen next week. Sector leaders say many centre owners,... Read More

Virtual classrooms ease pressure for BOP teachers

A Tauranga teacher who's into her second week of Term 2 says an online schooling platform is helping ease the pressure amid the COVID-19 lockdown period. Aquinas... Read More

Toi Ohomai staff volunteer to help battle COVID-19

Nursing staff at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology have been volunteering at health centres in Tauranga and Rotorua to help in the battle against COVID-19. Under... Read More

Gardening tutorials give hope to kids in lockdown

A local gardening initiative has released a series of how-to videos for Bay of Plenty kids to grow a green thumb. Incorporated society Peoples, Plants, Schools... Read More

ECE moves to accommodate Level 3 COVID-19 response

Inspired Kindergartens welcomes the government's announcement regarding moving to level three of its COVID-19 response. "We are working towards opening our kindergartens... Read More