Education

Thinking big with conservation

Conservation groups in the Western Bay of Plenty are banding together in an effort to conserve their efforts and make them more effective, Tauranga City Councillors... Read More

Pyes Pa School welcomes new principal

Pupils, parents, and teachers at Pyes Pa School held a powhiri to welcome their new principal this morning. Blake Carlin will now head the rural school, after teaching... Read More

Early morning sirens a false alarm

Papamoa residents who woke to the sound of sirens early this morning can rest assured they were not tsunami evacuation warnings. The low-lying coastal community... Read More

Stunning footage of marine life

Kayaker and GoPro enthusiast Nathan Pettigrew has released another compilation of some of the best moments he's recorded over the last six months or so. Tauranga... Read More

Bayfair’s marvellous machine

Richard Parker has been busy building a marvellous machine to inspire active young minds over the school holidays. Commissioned for the Young Innovator Awards -... Read More

A sense of war, pride and love

They're precious ANZAC Day moments. Moments that linger long after. Hairs on necks bristled as two Harvard airplanes roared across Memorial Park at 1000 feet. And... Read More

Remembering the battle

The Battle of Gate Pa is, along with Te Ranga, one of the defining military engagements in Tauranga's history. It is so significant that when my grandfather and... Read More

Durham Redoubt heritage plaque unveiled

‘A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots,' stated social activist Marcus Gravey. As part of... Read More

TCDC extends nomination period for YES

Thames-Coromandel District Council has extended the nomination period for its Youth in Emergency Services Programme, which now closes May 8. YES is designed to... Read More

ACG new home of football academy

ACG Tauranga Primary and Secondary School is set to be the home for New Zealand's newest Ricki Herbert Football Academy Talent Centre. Ricki Herbert is a former... Read More

Intergenerational mingling at Easter

Toi Ohomai flight attending students were able to get some hands-on experience this Easter, serving the retirees at Ocean Shores. The institute's relationship with... Read More

PM opens new training centre

Prime Minister Bill English opened the new EmployNZ training centre in Second Avenue on Friday afternoon, an official duty on a short trip to Tauranga that also... Read More