Education

Mount Primary School wins Jump Jam nationals

Thirteen Year 5-6 Mount Maunganui Primary School students who often begged their coaches for more practice time have been crowned 2024 Jump Jam national champions. The... Read More

Schools brace for impact of new lunch scheme

Jobs and an initiative feeding extra students in need in Te Puke are threatened by Government changes to its school lunches programme, a charity boss says. The... Read More

University of Waikato honours campus kaumātua

The University of Waikato has presented an honorary award to Tamati Tata (Ngāi Tamarāwaho) recognising his service to the university as kaumātua at its Tauranga... Read More

ERO calls for NCEA Level 1 to be overhauled

The Education Review Office (ERO) has panned the revised version of NCEA Level 1 that was introduced only this year. In a report published on Tuesday it called... Read More

Protecting young minds with AI

‘Serenity', a new AI-driven chat application designed by University of Auckland researchers, can detect and mitigate cyberbullying in real time. The... Read More

Proposal to end timber machining apprenticeship

A proposal to end an 'invaluable” timber machining apprenticeship programme in Rotorua has left its tutor of 17 years worried for his students. The... Read More

Beloved Katikati College teacher Gaylia Bundle

With just two jobs in her résumé, Gaylia Bundle's successful and rewarding teaching career spanned a whopping 45 years. Those two appointments... Read More

Rotorua student awarded life-changing scholarship

A Rotorua student with an unyielding desire to help others is one step closer to becoming the first in her family to go to university thanks to a life-changing... Read More

5+ A Day Celebrates 20 Years of Fruit in Schools

An influential health initiative to encourage people to eat five plus servings of fresh fruit and vegetables daily is celebrating 30 years of success in Aotearoa... Read More

International students flowing in for 2025

International students have been in Samantha Lett's life since she was a teenager. Her family home on the farm was a second home to Japanese students... Read More

New police officers celebrate the finish line

Families and friends celebrated alongside newly attested constables at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua this morning to watch 57 new police officers, parade out from... Read More

Chess talent rises to national stage

Sun Live learned humility after meeting 11-year-old Alex Carter, who ranked fourth out of 97 in his division at the National Chess Championship in Wellington. After... Read More