Education

Soomin’s passion a musical winner

Tauranga Girls' College student Soomin Kim is ‘honoured' and ‘grateful' to be the first ever winner of the inaugural 2015 Rising Stars Composition Competition.... Read More

School gets ‘freaky’ for reading

For any of you wondering ‘where the readings at?' look no further than the catchy and foot tapping tunes coming from Arataki School. This week, pupils and... Read More

Tots to make free splash

UP to 1,000 local youngsters will get the chance to learn to swim for free over the coming months, thanks to a valuable collaboration between Bay Venues and McLeods. Bay... Read More

Schools keep streets clean

With gloves and rubbish bags at the ready, Tauranga's next crop of rising eco-warriors helped to clean up their local streets. Yesterday morning, 150 Tauranga Intermediate... Read More

Three wheels of happiness & health

Getting outside and exercising can sometimes be a very difficult task for many Kiwi children living with special needs. But for students at Goldfields Special School... Read More

Insight into Cambridge Curriculum

An international school curriculum now available to ACG Tauranga students can open doors in an increasingly global world. That's the message from Nathan Villars,... Read More

DIY take on race relations

A catchy hardware jingle appealing to our Kiwi DIY mentality has helped inspire one Aquinas College student to win this year's National Race Unity Speech Competition. Kimberly... Read More

$20k helping hand for trust

An organisation dedicated to helping Western Bay youngsters ‘Get Smart' by avoiding binge drinking and drugs has received a $20,000 financial boost as its... Read More

Educating schools on recycling

An award-winning Tauranga environmental trust is spending more than $48,000 on secondary schools that prove they're keen to recycle cans and bottles - hopefully... Read More

Tornado-hit school reopens

The new astroturf and few other areas containing buckled and bent metal remain out of bounds, but aside from that it's business as usual at Mount Maunganui Intermediate... Read More

Lectern’s lasting legacy

A sleepless night delving into the school motto and sturdy designs has come up trumps for two former Otumoetai Intermediate students, leaving their distinctively... Read More

Tornado closes Mount Intermediate

Mount Maunganui Intermediate is closed today after the school sustained 'considerable” damage from the tornado that hit the area overnight. In a statement... Read More