03:32pm Sun 11 Jan, 2015
Sheldon the shag and Frankie the fantail will help impart important messages about wildlife to youngsters this year, when the Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre... Read More
01:20pm Sat 10 Jan, 2015
At mention of 'smazak” 10-year-old Nicholas Benfell of Mount Maunganui drifts into sensory heaven. 'Best stuff in the world,” he enthuses. Smazak is... Read More
07:02am Sun 04 Jan, 2015
Their smiles and excitement says it all. The way the pupils engage in this brightly-coloured illustrated book - you'd never guess it's a dictionary they're holding. It's... Read More
12:26pm Tue 30 Dec, 2014
Sometimes teenagers get a bad rap, but four Tauranga Girls' College students are proving they can be model citizens by providing care packages to parents of sick... Read More
11:43am Wed 17 Dec, 2014
Otumoetai Intermediate have won the excellence award at the inaugural VEX IQ National Championships thanks to a vision to align itself with seasoned robotics experts... Read More
11:03am Fri 12 Dec, 2014
Tauranga is ‘hot-housing' young potential scientists who might one day become the new generation Nobel Laureates like Ernest Rutherford, Maurice Wilkins and... Read More
09:06am Fri 12 Dec, 2014
A couple of his students ended up in prison - but the good teacher still can't bring himself to call them 'ratbags”. He retracts, reconsiders and suggests... Read More
02:24pm Thu 11 Dec, 2014
Two Papamoa primary schools are beginning a two-year programme looking at how apps can be used to teach maths. Nearly $200,000 has been granted by the Teaching and... Read More
02:35pm Mon 08 Dec, 2014
A Western Bay of Plenty school's decision to cut students attending Tauranga City schools off its bus route has one mother accusing the school of 'ludicrous”... Read More
01:55pm Mon 08 Dec, 2014
Taking pride of place at Otumoetai Intermediate, the Prime Minister's Supreme Award now has a little brother or sister after making a special 444km journey from... Read More
01:56pm Wed 03 Dec, 2014
Western Bay of Plenty school children will ride for free on the newly introduced Schoolhopper during term one thanks to a financial decision by Bay of Plenty Regional... Read More
10:38am Wed 03 Dec, 2014
It has been four years in the making, but Papamoa College's creative side is proudly shining through with its inaugural art exhibition. Launched on Monday, the exhibition... Read More