A new school truancy policy that could see parents of chronically absent students prosecuted will 'punish poor kids”, Tauranga iwi leader Paora Stanley... Read More

It's an emotional time for Katikati Primary School deputy principal Anne Morriss as 2024 comes to an end. The teaching stalwart is retiring this year... Read More

Big-hearted volunteers will be out in full force in February 2025 as part of the Heart Foundation's biggest fundraiser of the year, the Big Heart Appeal. The... Read More

A book that empowers the "brave voices" of children by encouraging them to speak out and find help if they experience abuse will be distributed to all primary... Read More

Thirteen Year 5-6 Mount Maunganui Primary School students who often begged their coaches for more practice time have been crowned 2024 Jump Jam national champions. The... Read More

Jobs and an initiative feeding extra students in need in Te Puke are threatened by Government changes to its school lunches programme, a charity boss says. The... Read More

The University of Waikato has presented an honorary award to Tamati Tata (Ngāi Tamarāwaho) recognising his service to the university as kaumātua at its Tauranga... Read More

The Education Review Office (ERO) has panned the revised version of NCEA Level 1 that was introduced only this year. In a report published on Tuesday it called... Read More

‘Serenity', a new AI-driven chat application designed by University of Auckland researchers, can detect and mitigate cyberbullying in real time. The... Read More

A proposal to end an 'invaluable” timber machining apprenticeship programme in Rotorua has left its tutor of 17 years worried for his students. The... Read More

With just two jobs in her résumé, Gaylia Bundle's successful and rewarding teaching career spanned a whopping 45 years. Those two appointments... Read More

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