08:46am Mon 06 Jun, 2016
It's filling empty bellies, teaching empathy - and it's growing good young men. 'It also says something about kids these days,” says Nicki Goodwin, co-ordinator... Read More
01:31pm Fri 03 Jun, 2016
Around $53.5 million will be invested in school property in Tauranga, Hamilton and Hawke's Bay as part of Budget 2016. Education Minister Hekia Parata made the announcement... Read More
11:22am Fri 03 Jun, 2016
A woman has been arrested at Auckland Airport over student loan debt and prevented from flying, according to reports. She tried to board a flight to Australia on... Read More
04:44pm Thu 02 Jun, 2016
St Thomas More Catholic School's mood wasn't dampened last week by the rain as they won the Primary School Amazing Race Inter School Challenge. The event has been... Read More
11:02am Mon 30 May, 2016
Bay of Plenty historian Cherie Mortensen may not have used a time machine but she has stepped back in time. One hundred years to be precise, it's all part of her... Read More
09:25am Mon 30 May, 2016
Fingers poised, hands hovering above the keyboard. Mind busy, buzzing with ideas, stories, characters. A practised short story writer, Tauranga Boys' College student... Read More
08:11am Mon 30 May, 2016
What's in a name? Quite a lot it would seem, especially for Avenues Kindergarten. The kindergarten has had three names since the early 1960s. The kindergarten on... Read More
06:51am Thu 26 May, 2016
The 2011 grounding of the Rena inspired a University of Waikato students to pursue a postgraduate study. Caleb McSweeney, a self-professed jack of all trades and... Read More
03:01pm Sat 14 May, 2016
The future leaders of Tauranga got to strut their stuff in the halls of power impressing the organiser of today's Model United Nations Security Council. United Nations... Read More
03:26pm Thu 12 May, 2016
Awakeri School won the regional finals at the Kids' Lit Quiz last night. Ben White, Alex Robbie, Tayla Jones and Jake Webb were coached by Margo White and principle... Read More
07:19am Wed 11 May, 2016
Clever cookies at Tauranga Intermediate School will be competing at the regional Kids' Lit Quiz later today. Five students from Tauranga Intermediate School have... Read More
11:13am Tue 10 May, 2016
Tauranga MP Simon Bridges is encouraging people in the community to put their hand up for School Board of Trustee elections. Simon says nominations are open until... Read More