07:01am Tue 24 Feb, 2015
Bay of Plenty ratepayers will pay nearly $270,000 this year to help subsidise fares for Bay of Plenty Regional Council's new Schoolhopper bus service. The expected... Read More
01:49pm Mon 23 Feb, 2015
'Miscommunication” has been blamed after a school bus failed to run its regular route this morning, leaving students stranded by the roadside in the rain. The... Read More
09:57am Mon 23 Feb, 2015
School children were left stranded by the roadside in the rain this morning after a daily bus service was cancelled for the day without any prior warning. The abrupt... Read More
12:36pm Fri 20 Feb, 2015
Award-winning magician, ventriloquist and presenter Elgregoe is using a blend of magic and humour to deliver important social messages to Bay of Plenty children... Read More
12:05pm Fri 20 Feb, 2015
An Otumoetai College student has provided the perfect example of why not to break school rules after illegally driving his friend's car and crashing into a power... Read More
11:21am Fri 20 Feb, 2015
Winter is looking pretty snug and cosy for Maketu Educare and its children as it happily pulls up its newly installed ‘big blankets' of insulation. This week... Read More
09:41am Fri 20 Feb, 2015
Josh went back to school last week in a rag-tag uniform. As his mum says it was 'scraped together”. He was still wearing the over-sized and tattered shorts... Read More
11:33am Thu 19 Feb, 2015
Tauranga City Council has admitted an internal investigation is underway into how a series of ‘no parking' yellow lines were allowed to block a Tauranga special... Read More
08:04am Thu 19 Feb, 2015
Water Safety NZ wants to hear from schools with swimming pools that are under threat of closure and lend a hand to keep some of New Zealand's most vital resources... Read More
11:57am Mon 16 Feb, 2015
Motorists outside a Tauranga special school are being forced to flout the law after a Tauranga City Council parking 'cock up” saw yellow lines marked outside... Read More
09:26am Sun 15 Feb, 2015
When 17-year-old Agustina Ledesma LLovell arrived in Tauranga in February 21 last year, despite already having learned English she couldn't understand a word we... Read More
09:34am Fri 13 Feb, 2015
It was one of those sickening moments of realisation for a young mum. 'The school bus pulled up and my six-year-old daughter wasn't on it.” Tracey Came of... Read More