Education

Funding boost for BOP Poly

The Bay of Plenty Polytechnic has received a government funding boost to help grow its enrolment. It received $600,482 as part of the government's announcement... Read More

Katikati girl off to Cambridge

Katikati's Nathalie Saurat has won a scholarship to study at one of the world's most prestigious universities. She was awarded the 2009 Woolf Fisher Scholarship,... Read More

Speed zones reduce risk

Two Tauranga principals believe the safety of their students will significantly improve now that speed zones are operational outside their schools. The speed zones,... Read More

Professor receives alumni award

Tauranga Girls' College Alumni Association has awarded Professor Giselle Byrnes with its excellence beyond school award. Giselle studied at TGC from 1981 to 1984... Read More

Kindergarten is clean and green

Two years of hard work by teachers and parents associated with Katikati Kindergarten has paid off with the receipt of a Bronze Enviroschools award. During the last... Read More

Greenpark School on the track and in the field

Greenpark School students made the most of the fine weather on Monday as they participated in their athletics day at Pemberton Park. Below are a range of photos... Read More

Duck race raises hundreds

The annual Omokoroa Charity Duck Race has raised $675 for Omokoroa Point School. Young Niamh Brennan's duck won the race, which involves the race of small plastic... Read More

School in a box for Samoa

‘A school in a box' left the Mount for Samoa today to help rebuild Satitoa Primary School which was completely destroyed in the September tsunami. The 20... Read More

Head girl wins scholarship

A Year 13 Te Puke High School student has won a $5000 scholarship to put towards her tertiary education after impressing the Mike Pero Mortgages Foundation selection... Read More

School closes sex tape case

The case concerning a Tauranga Boys' College teacher, who was wrongfully accused of appearing in a sex tape, is closed says the school's principal Robert Mangan. Drama... Read More

Student s wave warning

A Tauranga student's award winning geography essay is warning the swell at Mount Maunganui Main Beach could be in trouble. Year 12 Otumoetai College student Sam... Read More

Bay schools receive $2.2m

Three Western Bay of Plenty schools have received a combined funding boost of more than $2.2m from the government. The funding is allocated for schools to build... Read More