Education
03:32pm Tue 19 Jan, 2016
Students planning to use Tauranga's Schoolhopper network in 2016 are reminded to check their bus routes online before they leave for their first day at school. Schoolhopper... Read More
08:34am Wed 13 Jan, 2016
UPDATED: Paige Tanner was up at 7am today - the earliest she's been up all holidays - to check her NCEA results. The 16-year-old Tauranga Girls' College student... Read More
09:52am Fri 01 Jan, 2016
Trainee teacher Courtney Tilby has a vision. 'I want to ensure ever child in Ohlen will be in school.” It sounds like a simple vision, but the challenges are... Read More
09:35am Mon 21 Dec, 2015
Thames' Porritt Park has received a facelift with murals created by local school students now adorning the park-facing wall of the new toilet block. Earlier this... Read More
09:58am Sat 19 Dec, 2015
It was the day the reading recovery teacher gulped and choked back the tears. 'It was a wee bit emotional,” explains Dayle Sorrensen. A few of the older students... Read More
07:10am Wed 16 Dec, 2015
Increasing training opportunities and career pathways for Bay of Plenty youth is one objective of a new post-secondary education leadership group. The Tertiary Intentions... Read More
03:56pm Tue 15 Dec, 2015
The University of Waikato has appointed American-born poet Steven Toussaint as its Writer in Residence for 2016. Steven says he intends to devote the year to completing... Read More
08:55am Mon 14 Dec, 2015
Design firm Jasmax have been appointed by the University of Waikato to design their Tauranga campus in the city's central business district. One of New Zealand's... Read More
04:46pm Fri 11 Dec, 2015
According to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, the secret of New Zealand's kahawai population is all in the ear bones. And as part of a... Read More
03:58pm Fri 11 Dec, 2015
More than 100 Bay of Plenty primary and intermediate students got schooled on water and how it's managed at the ‘Hands On Water Expo' this week. Ten schools... Read More
11:28am Thu 10 Dec, 2015
He may be a World Cup-winning All Black, but Sam Cane kept things real and returned to his roots yesterday in his hometown of Reporoa. The 23-year-old also brought... Read More
10:29am Thu 10 Dec, 2015
Councillors are hoping a re-jig of the Bay of Plenty's transport systems may result in more local control of the city's bus services. Contracts for the Tauranga... Read More
04-Nov 11:45
More than 1400 hurt by fireworks in five years
04-Nov 11:00
Public art symposium seeks volunteers
04-Nov 10:00
Major Maketū culvert upgrade to start this month
04-Nov 08:04
Nangs-fuelled drive ends in home detention
04-Nov 07:00
Mum grows thriving food forest in Tauranga
04-Nov 06:00
Kiwifruit boom fuels Bay of Plenty land rush
03-Nov 18:00
Exports to Australia ease avocado glut
03-Nov 16:20
Man in custody after alleged hit-and-run
03-Nov 14:05
Te Puke artists put their creativity on show
03-Nov 14:00
Local actors bring hilarious comedy to life!
03-Nov 11:50
Ageing cable blamed for Tauranga power outage
03-Nov 11:00
Lifeguards help track offshore paddleboarders
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