Education

Tauranga principal resigns

Otumoetai College principal Dave Randell has announced he will be resigning at the end of the 2017 school year. Board of trustees chariman Russ Browne paid tribute... Read More

Powerlifter wins heavyweight scholarship

A powerlifting vegan with an interest in mudflat hydrodynamics has won this year's Stella Frances Scholarship awarded by Waikato Regional Council and the Department... Read More

Post-flood support for parents

Ministry of Education representatives will be at Whakatane and Kawerau from tomorrow to support parents with school and school holiday arrangements. They will be... Read More

New leadership team for Toi Ohomai

The Bay of Plenty's largest tertiary provider, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, has announced the appointment of its new senior leadership team. Toi Ohomai Chief... Read More

All Black pays local school a visit

Students at ACG Tauranga would have been impressed on Friday, when local All Black Nathan Harris dropped in for a meet and greet. The Steamers and Chiefs player... Read More

Kayakers waiting for river to drop

More than 100 teenage kayakers are playing a waiting game in the aftermath of the Eastern Bay of Plenty's tumultuous flooding this week. The New Zealand Secondary... Read More

Yacht rescue ahead of storm

The wisdom of deciding to put to sea with a cyclone remnant bearing down on the Bay is being questioned by the Waihi Beach Volunteer Coastguard crew who spent a... Read More

Flooding forces closure of 103 schools

The severe wet weather that lashed the North Island yesterday forced the closure of 103 schools and 92 early learning centres. The Ministry of Education says the... Read More

Students take on Shakespeare

Shakespeare is about to come alive in Tauranga, as the Bay of Plenty regional heat of the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival brings some of the bard's most memorable... Read More

Students urged to combat cybercrime

The career options for students who want to combat cybercrime are expanding so rapidly into fields like law, research, teaching and insurance, that a leading Hamilton-based... Read More

Reducing phosphorus in Lake Rotorua

Work has started on a three year ‘Phosphorus Mitigation Project' to understand how detainment bunds can help prevent phosphorus moving from farm land to Lake... Read More

The ins and outs of running

Students from high schools across the Bay of Plenty were treated to the wonders of biomechanics as part of National Biomechanics Day. The University of Waikato... Read More