Education

Teachers vote for full day strike action

Primary teachers and principals have voted for full day strike action instead of a previously planned three-hour strike. The teachers' union NZEI has been... Read More

New Zealand’s First Media Hub for Kids

HEIHEI is New Zealand's first media hub for children aged five to nine. It has been lunched with the intention for it to be a safe place for them to access local... Read More

Guidelines limit firearms handling in schools

New ministry guidelines will ban schoolchildren from handling firearms during visits by the Defence Force or police. The Education Ministry, along with New Zealand... Read More

Real life business booming at Otumoetai College

Business is booming at Otumoetai College this year, with five groups of students enjoying success with their real-life businesses under the Young Enterprise Scheme. YES... Read More

Dedicating 22 years to education

The Bay of Plenty Education Trust recently recognised and awarded the honour of Emeritus Trustee to one man who has dedicated 22 years to the Trust - the third... Read More

Fair pay from the early years in Tauranga

A number of Tauranga kindergartens are the latest to come on board with securing a fair living wage for its employees. Inspired Kindergartens has announced it... Read More

Building children up

Tauranga children have been given a reason to smile when they visit community organisations throughout the Bay of Plenty, following the donation of three children's... Read More

Govt seeks advice on te reo in schools

The government is seeking advice from Māori language experts as to how to get more teachers speaking te reo. Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis asked 12... Read More

Re O’Week begins in Tauranga

Re-Orientation Week, or Re O'Week, has kicked off in style for Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, as hundreds gathered at the Windermere campus to take part in... Read More

Campus hosts psychology careers expo

Perception, attention, memory, thinking and language understanding are just a few of the subjects you will learn in Psychology studies. The University of Waikato's... Read More

Educators to vote on strike proposal

NZEI Te Riu Roa teacher and principal members are to vote on whether to strike for a full day on August 15. The union's National Executive on Friday approved... Read More

Saw us, liked us and invited us

It was a chance social media connection. And a very lucky one, because it's delivered four Tauranga search and rescue students to a training exercise inside one... Read More