Education

New environment lessons in Maori

Children attending total immersion Maori language schools in the Bay of Plenty have a new tool to learn about their environment. Cathy Black from Te Whare Kura... Read More

University forges titanium link

Waikato University and the Titanium Industry Development Association have joined forces to help boost New Zealand's titanium industry. The two parties signed a memorandum... Read More

Not just teachers striking

Ministry of Education workers are holding a two-hour work stoppage at offices across the country on Thursday.This nationwide stoppage marks the start of an industrial... Read More

PPTA chair refutes $71,000 claim

The Western Bay of Plenty's chairperson of the Post Primary Teachers' Association, Jason Smythe, is refuting claims by the Ministry of Education that secondary school... Read More

Otumoetai fire flick wins award

Playing with fire has helped three Year 10 Otumoetai College students win national film making award: Firewise Mad Movie Challenge. Renee Cotton, Melissa Tapper... Read More

Learning cleanliness and safety

Waiariki Institute of Technology year one nursing students gave demonstrations on some basic and easy things people can do to keep healthy at Tauranga Intermediate... Read More

Mayor backs Yr 7 Jack's complaint

Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby and Otumoetai Intermediate student Jack Morgan met at the Carlton Reserve stormwater drain, which backs onto the school, on Thursday... Read More

Teachers plan more disruption

Otumoetai College teacher Jason Smythe says further industrial action is needed because the government is not taking their concerns seriously. Jason Smythe. Teachers... Read More

Confidence in the face of the PM

Three weeks in the wilderness without a hair straightener was the first challenge set for Grace Dalzell as part of the Project K programme; a programme designed... Read More

Chinese check mussels

A delegation from Tauranga's Chinese sister city, Yantai, is in Tauranga visiting aquaculture facilities including Bay of Plenty Polytechnic's new facility at the... Read More

Tourism students at end of runway

Tourism students have bundled up the end of their course this week with a conference. The event management students, studying the Diploma in Tourism at Bay of Plenty... Read More

Uni fees for the winning

Nineteen Bay of Plenty students have the opporunity to forgo a portion of their university fees next year.Year 13 students have the opportunity to win a scholarship... Read More