This New Year's weekend is not just the start of a new year for kiwis but the start of over a week away at a Scout jamboree for thousands of kiwi Scouts. On... Read More

Young Western Bay bookhounds have sniffed out a Hairy Maclary classic as their top read for 2023. ‘Hairy Maclary, sit!' by Lynley Dodd was the top picture... Read More

One week in and Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries' famous Kia Kaha te Pānui - Summer Reading Challenge has already recorded more than 750 registrations.... Read More

Only 46 per cent of school pupils attended classes regularly in term three, one of the worst figures on record, with Māori and Pacific students worst affected,... Read More

A mother of five teenagers this week graduates with a doctorate from the University of Auckland and a huge sense of achievement. Lucy Hardie's research, in... Read More

A school visit from Waihi School to the University of Auckland's medical school planted the seed of medical graduate Kate Dunstall's passion for rural medicine. Kate,... Read More

A new medical graduate grew up largely identifying as Pākeha, but his koro's death and the University of Auckland's Māori and Pacific Admissions Scheme... Read More

The EVES Open is back in Pāpāmoa in less than a week - and students at Pāpāmoa Primary School have got the ball rolling! After the success of last year's... Read More

In a year that has been tough for many whānau, a children's sunflower-growing contest has brought smiles to thousands of young faces and imparted useful lifelong... Read More

A new Genesis survey has revealed that nearly 90 per cent of New Zealanders believe the primary school years are vital for children to learn and develop STEM... Read More

A homeschooled student from Tauranga is among 25 students selected from hundreds of applicants across New Zealand to attend the Antarctic Heritage Trust Young... Read More

The government is taking advice on its predecessor's plan to make online maths and literacy tests a prerequisite for NCEA qualifications from 2026. Trial... Read More