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Sunday, April 13, 2025

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Education

Principal in Person, with Sarah Baleicakau, Elm Park School

  How long have you been an educator, and where did you train? I’ve worked in education for 25 years. I completed my education degree at...

Music academy brings performance focus

The innovative Eliette’s Music Academy (EMA) is coming to east Auckland with it set to open its newest location at the Botany Town Centre. Led...

Experienced educators already making marks at college

Two experienced and passionate educators, Lucy Tomlinson and Shannon Nelson, have joined Howick College’s senior leadership team. As the term-one halfway mark passes for 2025,...

New head coach for college footballers

Howick College has appointed highly-credentialled Kyle Park as the new head coach of its First XI boys football team. Park is an experienced coach with...

Excitement galore at Cockle Bay School Carnival

There was so much happiness and laughter in the air that at times it felt as though half of east Auckland had turned out...

Maths teacher named Local Hero of the Year

East Auckland schoolteacher Subash Chandar K has been named Local Hero of the Year at the 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. He...

Principal in Person, with Matthew Cooke, Macleans Primary School

How long have you been an educator, and where did you train? Twenty-six years. Began my teaching at Somerville Intermediate School, and high school and...

Thrilling rides, delicious treats – it’s Carnival time!

By Times’ Junior Journalist Pia Grover I recently met with Carla Bickel, who’s leading the Cockle Bay School Carnival, and she took me through...

Pupil struck by vehicle spurs school pedestrian safety upgrade

An east Auckland school is set to receive a much-needed pedestrian crossing to help keep its pupils safe after one of them was struck...

Sunnyhills School’s strong family ties

Family connections run deep at Sunnyhills School and it’s putting the feature spotlight on them as its 55th jubilee celebrations get closer. The Times recently...

Parents urged to buy stationery packs locally

An east Auckland business owner is publicly expressing a big “thank you” to local parents and schools for buying their children’s stationery packs from...

Actress in real-life medical drama

A severe health emergency has upstaged a trip-in-a-lifetime for an east Auckland actress. The dramatic incident led her mother to drop everything and get on...

Principal in Person, with Lisa Bethune of Beachlands School

How long have you been an educator, and where did you train? Completed my training in 1991 at the Auckland College of Education. I went...

Inspirational teacher finalist in New Zealander of the Year Awards

An innovative east Auckland schoolteacher is among the finalists in this year’s Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. Subash Chandar K, a mathematics teacher...

Ex-St Kents’ captain to make Super Rugby debut

By Henry Lee, AUT Journalism Student With the Blues only recording one victory in Super Rugby Pacific so far this season, head coach Vern...
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