Education

Writing workshop brings community together

More than 100 pen warriors tutored, learned and observed at a recent writing workshop at Paengaroa School. The school holiday event was a great success, with... Read More

Health school students' creativity on show

A vibrant and imaginative new exhibition at The Incubator Gallery is turning heads - and chairs. All About the Chair, which opened with an enthusiastic crowd... Read More

Aquatic centre fun for those who dress in blue

A Bay of Plenty-based water safety organisation is keen to get the 'aquatic survival starts with you” message across today, July 25, with a fun, blue-themed... Read More

School curriculum rewrite had serious problems

Internal Education Ministry documents sighted by RNZ reveal serious problems plagued the rewrite of the school curriculum earlier this year and managers were... Read More

Student finds unexpected passion in infrastructure

Candice Pretorious wasn't really sure what she wanted to do for a career when she attended a Careers in Infrastructure expo for secondary schools held at the... Read More

Mum calls for change to school holidays

Tauranga mother-of-two Karina Tendler says when it comes to school holidays, something needs to change. She recently approached the Ministry of Education... Read More

Three decades of giving to her community

'It's great to see you Chevelle. How are you today? Did you do some nice things with the whānau in the holidays? How's [your brother] Khavallie?” The... Read More

Māori arts programme aims to raise $6000

A Māori arts programme is empowering tamariki to learn about their culture, express themselves and build resilience. Māori Toi Akoranga is a school-based... Read More

Celebration of Dale Carnegie scholarship winners

Graduation certificates have been presented to 13 students from ten Western Bay of Plenty secondary schools who have completed the three-day Acorn Foundation... Read More

NZ engineering students aid Tongan healthcare

University of Canterbury Engineering students keen to help out medical services in the Pacific have received a welcome financial boost. Tait Contel Trust... Read More

Toi Ohomai restructure proposal cuts jobs

A 'shocking” proposal to cut more than 160 jobs at a tertiary institution threatens the closure of two campuses, a union says. The Bay of Plenty and... Read More

‘Milestone’ for education system announced

The Government will return 10 polytechnics to regional governance from the start of next year in an unwinding of Labour's decision to merge them into Te Pūkenga. It's... Read More