Education

Funding boost for canoe racing

Canoe racing is receiving a big funding increase from the government in what is a big Christmas boost for kayakers and increased recognition for the sport. High... Read More

Students parade through town

Devonport Road was closed off this afternoon as more than a hundred student and staff members from Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology marched up it. The road was... Read More

Bad chicken on sale

More than half the samples of supermarket chicken in a Consumer test were contaminated with campylobacter, the leading cause of gastro intestinal infections in... Read More

Fruit in Schools a success in Bay

As of November 2016, the government's Fruit in Schools initiative has reached 46 schools in the Bay of Plenty, benefiting 6928 pupils and 812 staff. Nationwide... Read More

Libraries going supernova this summer

Hey young readers! Are you ready to go intergalactic with Thames-Coromandel District Libraries this summer? To inspire children to keep up with their reading the... Read More

Mount teacher NZer of the Year?

Mount Maunganui schoolteacher Leisa Renwick has been nominated for New Zealander of the Year. Last year she fought and survived stage four melanoma after being... Read More

Eastern Bay Academics promoted

Four academic staff at Whakatane's Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi will receive promotions at a special professorial ceremony taking place at Whakatane on Thursday.... Read More

Bendy light, photographers’ delight

Was it an illusion, lens trickery, or something a little more mysterious and extra-terrestrial? Te Puke schoolgirl Tiarah Kokiri was at home, on the deck, messing... Read More

The secret redwood forest of Gate Pa

Below Gate Pa School is a gully with a small redwood forest tucked away out of sight. Not for much longer. 'It will be a major walkway, part of the Tauranga cycleways... Read More

Bomb threat response congratulated

Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller is congratulating the teachers and parents of Tahatai Coast School for their response to a bomb threat. The school was evacuated to... Read More

Orca special for Manukau students

A group of Alfriston college students were rewarded for their 5am start today with the sight of orca in the Tauranga Harbour entrance. The 20 or so college students... Read More

College’s big win over cadets

Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College, scored a big victory over Baywide Cup competition leaders Element IMF Cadets, at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui on Saturday. The... Read More