Pioneering early literacy approach is showing strong results for Kiwi kids, study shows. When 'Lola' started primary school, she had limited oral... Read More

Charli Palmer from Mount Maunganui College and Ngā Kai Kiore from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Huiarau have emerged as Smokefreerockquest regional winners. Toi... Read More

Maungatapu School and Kawerau South School will soon have new classrooms, easing the pressures of growing school rolls. The two schools are among six... Read More

After more than two decades leading youth development initiatives across the Western Bay of Plenty, Dan Allen-Gordon, KSO, is stepping back from his role as... Read More

A group reviewing funding for the early childhood sector has been told to consider making trade-offs between the quality of early learning and its cost. Associate... Read More

You don't have to scratch too deep to find the Northern Ireland connection in Katikati. Stand at any intersection and look up. The street names are innocuous... Read More

The Bay of Plenty is among the regions gaining from the largest annual increase in the teaching workforce in more than 20 years. New government data show... Read More

More than 40 Katikati primary students will be keeping an eye on a ruru nesting box in their school's Te Awaawa gully come spring after it was installed this... Read More

There's a new face looking after Te Puke's younger library-going community. Robyn Baker is the new children and teens librarian at Te Puke Library. She... Read More

Students at Maungatapu School in Tauranga will benefit from new classrooms as part of a major government investment that delivers 32 safe, warm and dry learning... Read More

Bookrapt - Bay of Plenty Children's Literature Association - is gearing up for a storytelling extravaganza as it sets to host a morning of inspiring, fun, and... Read More

Imagine it - no TV, no tablets, no tech. Te Puke Primary School students took to the Baycourt stage in Tauranga last week and, with their imagining of what... Read More