The mayor of the community where a young girl died after being struck by a train says she will do everything she can to prevent it from happening again. A... Read More

Community support has been one of the mainstays of Paengaroa School's Top School competition - and the reason it continues to be a success. Top School is... Read More

A free public lecture at the University of Waikato Tauranga campus this week will feature internationally renowned peace advocate and former Tauranga local Alyn... Read More

Pāpāmoa Playcentre, which covers its running costs solely from donations, is hosting a gala day at Simpson Reserve this Saturday, March 8, to create a new... Read More

A Tauranga woman is one of eight people to be announced as a recipient of the 2025 Te Waiu o Aotearoa Trust scholarship. Julia Newman (Ngātiwai and Ngāti... Read More

The University of Waikato will pay nearly $1.4 million for a 99-year lease on part of a Tauranga reserve where it plans to build a marine facility. The marine... Read More

Some students are so stressed by new high-stakes NCEA exams they are suffering extreme anxiety and sleeplessness. Schools say teens who have reached their... Read More

Parents who are dissatisfied with the new school lunch programme should "make a marmite sandwich and put an apple in a bag," Prime Minister Christopher Luxon... Read More

Attending Blue Light's Life Skills Camp in Trentham has reinforced 17-year-old Tyron Finnerty's ambition to join the New Zealand Army and earned him top honours. The... Read More

Principals from schools in the country's poorest communities have united to call for an end to new NCEA reading, writing and maths tests. They warn the... Read More

An Ōmokoroa school is getting a lot of mileage out of its reading programme, which has evolved and grown significantly in the last few years. 'I can read... Read More

The Bay of Plenty could face a shortage of 180 primary and 30 secondary teachers this year. Ōpōtiki School struggles to attract teachers, citing housing... Read More