Education

Students shine in excellence awards

Outstanding students from around the Bay of Plenty were honoured at the Graeme Dingle Foundation Bay of Plenty Regional Excellence Awards on Wednesday night. Bay... Read More

Love of surfing helps tackle mental health issues

A Mount Maunganui man who battled mental health challenges for years has used his love of surfing to help others overcome their own struggles. Grant Trebilco,... Read More

Let’s out vote the baby boomers

A group of driven Tauranga youth are calling on their peers to band together and outvote the older generation in upcoming local elections. The Tauranga Youth... Read More

Tauranga CBD Campus’ triple win at property awards

The University of Waikato's Tauranga CBD campus is now a triple winner. The campus was celebrated at the 2019 Bay of Plenty Property People Awards last... Read More

Waikato Uni strengthens ties with Lancaster

The University of Waikato has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Lancaster University in Lancashire, UK to further develop the existing relationship... Read More

NCEA attainment rates fall

More than 7000 teenagers left school with no qualification last year after NCEA attainment rates among school-leavers fell for the first time. Those without qualifications... Read More

Learning all about maths at Tauriko School

Tauriko School is opening up its classrooms to the community to showcase the changing practices used in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Wednesday... Read More

Logan Gemming and family honoured by college

On Saturday, a large number of people gathered at Tauranga Boys' College to honour the family of Logan Gemming who tragically died in a kite surfing accident earlier... Read More

Nature Needs Us - 50 years of Conservation Week

I was first introduced to the idea of conservation when I was an 11-year-old student at Otumoetai Intermediate. Our teacher Betty Bennett took our Form 1 class... Read More

Plague of wallabies threatens Kaimai forest

The Kaimai Range native forest is under threat due to the explosive growth of wallabies. Forest & Bird says the government urgently needs to fund wallaby control,... Read More

Gumboots, embroidery and Dracula

Bran Castle - not everyone's destination of choice - home of the fanged vampire, Transylvanian Count Dracula, in the cold brooding Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It's... Read More

Conservation Champion to visit Te Puke

Waikato Council's natural heritage team leader and respected scientist Alan Saunders will be sharing his knowledge in Te Puke on Monday as part of Conservation... Read More