Education

Mount band gains final placing

Three Mount Maunganui College students are enjoying their most successful bid at winning the Smokefreerockquest yet after being named in the competition's top nine... Read More

Golden effort for young heart patients

Mount Maunganui Primary School pupils' hearty approach to fundraising has secured almost $300 for Bay of Plenty children and families suffering heart problems. The... Read More

Kiwisaver policy no born solution

NZ First's election policy to automatically register every New Zealand-born baby with a KiwiSaver account and a $1000 kickstart from the Government is receiving... Read More

Simon goes back to school

Simon Bridges went back to school this week when he popped into the Western Bay of Plenty Trades Academy to check up on the progress of this year's first intake... Read More

Careers for all ages on show

A veritable feast of career and training options are on display at the annual Tauranga Careers and Business Expo today at ASB Arena, Baypark. The expo - in its second... Read More

Coastal marine research at expo

Live sea creatures in aquariums and research displays on the Rena grounding research are just part of University of Waikato's Coastal Science stand at next week's... Read More

School’s leaky buildings to go

More than half of Otumoetai College classrooms are set to be demolished and re-modernised in a multi-million dollar overhaul to fix five leaky buildings. Principal... Read More

Council 'roadie' meets district's heart

Two weeks on the road talking with Western Bay residents has been a great experience learning about what council can do to make the district an even better place,... Read More

Education for Maori key to BOP

Increasing Maori participation in tertiary education is crucial to the Bay of Plenty's wellbeing and economic growth, according to an action plan aiming to deliver... Read More

Surge in young innovators

A total of 55 finalists have been named in the 2014 Western Bay of Plenty Young Innovator Awards. Finalists were selected from more than 100 entries, with the majority... Read More

Help kindy get back on track

Coromandel MP Scott Simpson is collecting supplies for the Paeroa kindergarten after it was burnt down last week - and he wants your help. On July 19, an alleged... Read More

$15m for tertiary campus

The prospect of a new, purpose-built shared tertiary campus is one step closer with TECT funding $15million to expand tertiary education in Tauranga. The funding... Read More