Education

Chalking over Red Square

People have descended on Red Square today to take chalk to the pavement as part of a promotion for a free creative design course. ACG Yoobee School of Design sales... Read More

Variety Bash rolls into town

Fundraising madness and mayhem rolled into Tauranga today, with the annual Variety Trillian Bash bringing plenty of smiles to children's faces. Arriving in the city... Read More

Early human settlement found

Archaeology students from the University of Auckland have uncovered early remains of human settlement on Ahuahu - Great Mercury Island. The group of 25, including... Read More

School's $60K rusty problem

Schoolyard laughter and excitement giving way to 'shoddy” rusting joinery and steel on a playground isn't a combination any parent or school wants to be met... Read More

Marine science excitement

If bizarre sea creatures from the deep, sediment cores, or sea lettuce are your thing, then University of Waikato's Coastal Marine Field Station has just the answer. The... Read More

Brainstorming education

Lead teachers from kindergartens, kura and schools from across the Bay of Plenty have brainstormed strategies on how to develop their school's environmental education... Read More

Lifesavers among Hilary scholarships

Top efforts on the water and on the beach are paying dividends for Mount Maunganui lifesavers in the classroom, with three students among this year's Sir Edmund... Read More

Tauranga eyed for further growth

New Zealand's largest private education provider has just celebrated 20 years - and has pinpointed Tauranga as an area for investment in the future. Academic Colleges... Read More

Youthful focus of research

A major research project into how best to support Bay of Plenty children in the first 1000 days of their lives, and how to engage youth in the region, has identified... Read More

Road markings removal pleases school

Yellow ‘no-parking' lines outside a Tauranga special school have lasted less than a fortnight after an outcry from the school forced the city council to admit... Read More

School shade payments disputed

A Papamoa school is rubbishing claims that vital fundraising money is being allocated to fixing a sunshade issue as opposed to funding further sun smart options. In... Read More

Nanny Dene retires after 58 years

It took her three attempts to apply for teacher's college - but each time she fell pregnant. On the third time she concluded it just wasn't meant to be. 'I wouldn't... Read More