Education
12:30pm Thu 22 Dec, 2011
A new secondary school is to be established in Kawerau for Years 7-13, replacing both the college and the intermediate. The decision for the new school was announced... Read More
09:27am Tue 20 Dec, 2011
Tauranga children could benefit from Fonterra's Milk for Schools programme from 2013, with the scheme first being trialled in Northland in 2012. Fonterra CEO Theo... Read More
08:06am Sat 17 Dec, 2011
A former Tauranga teacher says the government's policy on charter schools is an initiative which can benefit children in New Zealand. Alwyn Poole, the former... Read More
04:43pm Thu 15 Dec, 2011
Twenty eight students from Tauranga Intermediate have reaped the rewards of their fundraising efforts and spent two weeks in South Africa. Along with four teachers,... Read More
08:26am Wed 14 Dec, 2011
Post Primary Teachers' Association Western Bay of Plenty regional chair Jason Smythe says government policy to introduce charter schools is irrational. The policy... Read More
08:11am Tue 13 Dec, 2011
Studying the New Zealand film Boy is what helped Tauranga Girls' College student Emma Dalton become one of the top Year 9 English students in the country. Tauranga... Read More
10:19am Sun 11 Dec, 2011
Tauranga Girls' College students are among the top innovators in the country, following a successful year in young enterprise. The success of the school includes... Read More
03:35pm Thu 08 Dec, 2011
The official opening of a new coastal research facility marks a first for the University of Waikato and is a milestone for its Coastal Marine Group. The new field... Read More
11:07am Wed 07 Dec, 2011
Sometimes we need a reminder about just how far we have come as a culturally cool country. No better was that reminder evident than at Te Puna School recently... Read More
08:30am Fri 02 Dec, 2011
Tauranga Intermediate's cricket team is the winner of the National Cricket Cup for 2011. Tauranga Intermediate School lifted the cup for the primary school boy's... Read More
08:41am Thu 01 Dec, 2011
Despite French teachers complaining about the inaccuracy of an NCEA exam, NZQA chief executive Karen Poutasi says they are standing by it. Nationwide teachers... Read More
12:02pm Wed 30 Nov, 2011
School's almost out for summer with students throughout the Bay of Plenty breathing a sigh of relief today as they sit their last NCEA exams. In the Bay of Plenty,... Read More
05-Nov 15:00
BoP set for summer-like heat as temperatures soar
05-Nov 11:55
Man charged with arson after car fire
05-Nov 11:41
Bay of Plenty Lotto player wins nearly $34k
05-Nov 10:49
Voter access concerns after ramp door locked
05-Nov 08:48
Car ends up off road in Ōhauiti, house undamaged
05-Nov 08:30
Heavy traffic snarls Hewletts Rd commuters
05-Nov 08:00
Bay homes offer a retirement alternative
05-Nov 07:00
Resident says shelterbelt is reducing visibility
05-Nov 06:00
SPCA renews fireworks ban call as Guy Fawkes nears
04-Nov 18:00
BOP fisherman receives international recognition
04-Nov 16:25
Tauranga hit-and-run accused removed from court
04-Nov 16:00
Little girl's wish tops Katikati tree with star
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