Education

Rotorua student awarded life-changing scholarship

A Rotorua student with an unyielding desire to help others is one step closer to becoming the first in her family to go to university thanks to a life-changing... Read More

5+ A Day Celebrates 20 Years of Fruit in Schools

An influential health initiative to encourage people to eat five plus servings of fresh fruit and vegetables daily is celebrating 30 years of success in Aotearoa... Read More

International students flowing in for 2025

International students have been in Samantha Lett's life since she was a teenager. Her family home on the farm was a second home to Japanese students... Read More

New police officers celebrate the finish line

Families and friends celebrated alongside newly attested constables at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua this morning to watch 57 new police officers, parade out from... Read More

Chess talent rises to national stage

Sun Live learned humility after meeting 11-year-old Alex Carter, who ranked fourth out of 97 in his division at the National Chess Championship in Wellington. After... Read More

Lure of Australia, Kiwis leave in record numbers

A record number of New Zealand citizens left the country in the year to September, and about half of them went to Australia, Stats NZ says. It has released... Read More

Hundreds of schools at risk from coastal flooding

Hundreds of schools are among critical infrastructure at risk from sea level rise now and in decades to come, data provided to the government shows. Fire... Read More

Why AI won't ruin children's education

A new version of Chat GPT helps students bypass detectors and cheat on their homework, but one principal says banning AI won't fix the issue. New versions... Read More

An ‘incredible celebration’ of culture

This year's Pasifika Festival in the Bay was an 'incredible celebration” of Pacific identities, languages and cultures. Between 8-10,000 people... Read More

Tauranga to welcome new migrants with pōwhiri

Are you a newcomer to the Bay of Plenty? Multicultural Tauranga, in collaboration with Ngāi Te Rangi, is set to host the third annual pōwhiri for migrants... Read More

Chee hoo – Katikati hosts Bay’s Pasifika fest!

Big smiles, swishing costumes, shaking hips, rhythmic drums, toe-tapping dancing, delicate hand movements and soulful voices... The performances of many unique... Read More

Q Awards now open for young creatives

Tauranga, Whakatāne, and the Western Bay of Plenty are buzzing with excitement as entries for the annual Q Awards 2024 officially open. Created by Quentosity,... Read More