Education

Sweeten up winter days with a perfect health snack

Grey skies and cold temperatures can leave us all feeling a bit low over the cooler months, so this winter the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust are encouraging Kiwi families... Read More

Ross parks up the ride-on at Maungatapu

Ross Prestidge is hanging up his well-worn tools at Maungatapu Primary School, after serving as the caretaker for more than 31 years. The 75-year-old first joined... Read More

Class campaigns to get Ōmokoroa spelt right

A classroom of students at Ōmokoroa Point SchooI is campaigning to get the area of the place they live spelt correctly with a macron above the first letter of... Read More

Tauranga woman‘s chilly research

The world's coldest, iciest, driest, windiest and highest continent is the focus for Tauranga's Sophia Rauzi. Sophia, who is doing a doctorate in Earth Science... Read More

Worry illnesses may hit harder next term

Schools close for holidays at the end of the week and principals are worried that severe disruption from winter illnesses and Covid-19 will be even worse when... Read More

Mental health: Sir John makes Tauranga stop

Mental health advocate and former All Black Sir John Kirwan is on a mission to discuss the mental health of children. He stopped by Tauranga's Bellevue School... Read More

Catfish counting wins inaugural science award

A scientific project exploring the use of artificial intelligence and traps to identify and photograph catfish underwater to monitor population numbers has taken... Read More

Schools hit by illnesses holding on until Friday

Amid clear signs a second wave of Omicron has arrived, some schools have decided to make mask-wearing compulsory. This is despite no Government mandate, in a... Read More

Katikati lads soar onto world stage

Ultimate Frisbee is flying high at Katikati College where four students have been chosen to represent New Zealand at the World Youth Frisbee Championships next... Read More

Toi Ohomai awarded $1.2million research grant

Appling a mātauranga Māori lens on a veteran's transition from the military to civilian life will be the focus of a new research project being undertaken by... Read More

Tauranga to host interfaith workshops

A series of workshops aimed at building cultural awareness and overcoming bias are set to return to Tauranga Moana. The Tauranga Moana Interfaith Council, supported... Read More

BOP students win Outward Bound scholarships

Fourteen Bay of Plenty students are preparing for a trip of a lifetime after being awarded Outward Bound scholarships. The Acorn Foundation hosted the 2022 Outward... Read More