Education

Foreign student income down on pre-Covid earnings

Foreign students paid $1 billion in fees last year and more than half that money went to universities. The figures were supplied to the Education Ministry... Read More

Library build turns waste into community resource

Waihī Beach Library and Service Centre is preparing to turn the page on an exciting new chapter, as the team gets ready to move into a much larger, modern,... Read More

Annual possum hunt blends fun and conservation

Te Ranga School's possum and pest hunt was rebooted last year and is on again this weekend. The event began in 1998 as a pig and possum hunt, but until last... Read More

Mother praises life-changing Big Buddy bond

Welcome Bay's Danny Prior has been a Big Buddy for almost four years to Little Buddy Roman Healey. Their first introduction was difficult; Roman was 7 at... Read More

Celebrating Africa Day in Tauranga

Tauranga Historic Village in 17th Ave will be coming alive with a colourful celebration of vibrant music, dance, food, and culture as the city celebrates Africa... Read More

Tauranga principal praises $30m funding boost

Tauranga Special School principal Barrie Wickens was chuffed and excited to find out the Government has allocated $30 million towards expanding specialist school... Read More

First Tauranga AI Business Summit helps students

Tomorrow's inaugural Tauranga AI Business Summit aims to help 'demystify” the emerging technology, and highlight how local businesses can use it. The... Read More

Largest youth arts programme comes to Tauranga

A nationwide performing arts programme is coming to Tauranga next month for young people to bring their original art, music, dance and drama performances to... Read More

Biggest brick show yet about to hit town

The ground floor of Tauranga Racecourse is about to be overtaken by inspiring and colourful creations as Bricks of Plenty's annual Lego show gets under way on... Read More

Volunteers to build school classroom in Vanuatu

A group of 25 Kiwi volunteers are heading to Vanuatu over King's Birthday weekend to build a school classroom. The volunteers will spend six days from June... Read More

‘Reading of the Stars’ in Katikati

There will be no light pollution - no street lights, no traffic lights, no neon signs to take away from the moment. Just a couple of hundred people hopefully,... Read More

Tauranga brass concert aims to boost band numbers

Tauranga City Brass is putting on a show for members of the community to display their skills and draw in some much-needed new members. 'Celebrations of Brass”... Read More