Education

Schools serving up breakfast

The most important meal of the day is now served for students at 96 schools in the wider Bay of Plenty as part of the KickStart Breakfast programme. Forty schools... Read More

Minister praises Waikato-Tainui

Minister for Maori Development and Associate Minister for Economic Development Te Ururoa Flavell has praised recent initiatives by Waikato-Tainui that benefit its... Read More

Cultivating careers in horticulture

About 250 secondary students from Bay of Plenty secondary schools descended on Te Puke and Paengaroa horticultural businesses last week in a bid to give students... Read More

A great afternoon at the carnival

Omokoroa Point School's annual Harbourside Carnival proved popular yesterday, with young and old turning out to support the school. The aim of the day, aside from... Read More

Wintec opens Whitianga satellite campus

The Waikato Institute of Technology has partnered with the Ngati Hei Trust to open the first satellite campus in Whitianga in years. Wintec is one of New Zealand's... Read More

Exhibition honours early endeavours

The harvesting and processing of harakeke is among New Zealand's early industries celebrated in the exhibition Building our Nation which opens in Katikati today. Harakeke... Read More

TCDC calls for YES 2017 nominations

If you're a young Coromandel local who lives on the east coast of the peninsula and is after a challenging, hands-on learning experience, then read on. Thames-Coromandel... Read More

A dream ’15 years in the making’

Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi is partnering with University of Hawaii - Winward Community College to bring 28 students and staff to Whakatane next week as part... Read More

Tauranga charitable trust goes national

Three years after starting a science education resurgence in Tauranga, the House of Science is taking its programmes nationwide. Former Tauranga Girls' College... Read More

Offering lollies to primary pupils

Police were alerted after a man was seen offering lollies to pupils at Te Akau Ki Papamoa School on Friday. Headmaster Bruce Jepsen posted on the school's Facebook... Read More

Support staff seeking pay increase

Paid union meetings were held by NZEI support staff members today over issues of pay and proper recognition. NZEI support staff representative Barbara Turley says... Read More

International students worth billions

New research shows the economic benefits of international education across New Zealand to be in the billions of dollars. As the country's fourth-largest export... Read More