Education

All that jazz and more

The country's best young jazz musicians will show off their talents at the Graham Young Youth Centre at Tauranga Boys' College next month. The 18 piece New Zealand... Read More

Schooling future footballers

The next generation of footballing greats might be gracing New Zealand's sporting arenas, but for one of Tauranga's top footballing clubs it's the even younger talent... Read More

Increase in overseas students

Statistics from Education New Zealand show the number of international students in the country grew 13 per cent last year, with an even bigger growth reflected in... Read More

Smokin' hot weekend for YES project

It's been an action packed month for the 18 participants in the Thames-Coromandel Youth in Emergency Services Programme. The 18 young people, aged between 16 and... Read More

Pupils lend cleaning hand

A fire extinguisher, a spade and bucket, and a section of a boat's fibreglass have been uncovered during Tauranga pupils' latest efforts to keep their city clean. Around... Read More

TCDC to receive $25k for youth council

An initiative to set up a Thames-Coromandel Youth Council will receive $20,000 under the 2015 Youth Development Partnership Fund. The money will go towards providing... Read More

Retro game gets Steampunked

Snakes and Ladders, the retro board game of the past, has been steam-punked to create the coolest winter reading programme this century. Steampunk is a quirky and... Read More

Matariki: Reach for the stars

The sharing of knowledge, skills and historic customs with future generations is the central theme behind a series of events held in Mount Maunganui this week to... Read More

Polar plunge for special boys

Plunging into the icy-cold waters in mid-winter is enough to send shivers down anyone's spine - but knowing it's in memory of two very special boys could warm people... Read More

Children helping the wildlife

Saving animal species and addressing global threats is the work behind a major conservation organisation. But a group of animal-loving Omokoroa No.1 School pupils... Read More

College students stage a war

It was a real life bloody and prolonged conflict over ownership of territory on the Crimean Peninsula. Hundreds of thousands died and it ultimately ended in a stalemate. Now... Read More

Blossoming performance wins

Tauranga Girls' College took out first place with their performance Blossoming from Destruction in the Open Division of the Tauranga Stage Challenge. The performance... Read More