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Mount Maunganui College
Mount Maunganui College is a state coeducational secondary school and is located in Tauranga, New Zealand. It was established in 1958, the same year that Tauranga College was split into Tauranga Boys' College and Tauranga Girls' College. There is also a Māori wharenui located on the ground. Enrolment As of , Mount Maunganui College has roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori. As of , the school has an Equity Index (New Zealand), Equity Index of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former Socioeconomic decile, socio-economic decile system). Achievements In the years 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2013, Mount Maunganui College competed in the Auckland Stage Challenge competition and won. The 2010 performance also won National Stage Challenge competition. In 2008 the school performed the highly popular stage musical ''Back to the 80's (musical), Back to the 80's'' at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauranga
Tauranga (, Māori language for "resting place," or "safe anchorage") is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the List of cities in New Zealand, fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century and colonised by Europeans in the early 19th century. It was constituted as a city in 1963. The city lies in the northwestern corner of the Bay of Plenty, on the southeastern edge of Tauranga Harbour. The city extends over an area of , and encompasses the communities of Bethlehem, New Zealand, Bethlehem, on the southwestern outskirts of the city; Greerton, on the southern outskirts of the city; Matua, west of the central city overlooking Tauranga Harbour; Maungatapu; Mount Maunganui, located north of the central city across the harbour facing the Bay of Plenty; Otūmoetai; Papamoa, Tauranga's largest suburb, located in the Bay of Plenty; Tauranga City; Tauranga South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In The Bay Of Plenty Region
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Educational Institutions Established In 1958
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education involves unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena. The precise definition of education is disputed, and there are disagreements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Williams
Dirk Antony Williams (born 31 March 1961) is a New Zealand-born Australian former rugby union player. Born in Tauranga, Williams was educated at Mount Maunganui College, where he had four years in the 1st XV. He was a New Zealand Schools and New Zealand U-21s representative. While attending the University of Otago, Williams played provincial rugby with Otago, then switched to Wellington after returning north for further studies. Williams, an openside flanker, undertook a tour of the United Kingdom with the New Zealand Barbarians in 1987 and the following year had a stint with London club Harlequins. He moved to Melbourne in 1989 to study at RMIT and played for the city's Harlequin Rugby Club. In 1990, Williams was state captain for Victoria. With the 1991 Rugby World Cup looming, Williams linked up with Sydney club Eastern Suburbs in an attempt to make the squad, then returned to Melbourne when he didn't receive a call up. Williams worked as a Sydney Swans conditioning coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Shadbolt
L.A.B. is a New Zealand reggae band formed in Whakatāne, Bay of Plenty in 2016. Its founding members are Brad Kora (backing vocals and drums) and Stuart Kora (backing vocals, keyboard and guitar) of the band Kora. They soon engaged Joel Shadbolt on lead vocals and guitar, Ara Adams-Tamatea, formerly of Katchafire, as bassist, and Miharo Gregory as keyboardist. The band mostly composes reggae music, with a mix of electronic, blues, rock and funk music. Their song "In the Air" topped the New Zealand Singles Chart in March 2020. At the end of the year, it was ranked as New Zealand's best-performing single of 2020. It stayed in the top 10 for 73 weeks, longer than any other single, and at 9× platinum is New Zealand's all-time best-selling single. " Why Oh Why" also topped the New Zealand chart in December 2020. By mid-2021, "Why Oh Why" had gained popularity at Island Reggae radio stations across Hawaii. In July 2020, the band announced their first summer show date for January 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Braunias
Steven Carl Braunias (born 20 June 1960) is a New Zealand author, columnist, journalist and editor. He is the author of 14 books. Early life and family Braunias was born in New Zealand to an Austrian immigrant father and a New Zealand-born mother. He is the younger brother of artist Mark Braunias. He grew up in Mount Maunganui reading Shoot (football magazine), ''Shoot'' magazine, ''Roy of the Rovers'' and ''Tiger and Scorcher'' comic books. These would come to influence his later columns through the comic characters' names. Braunias was educated at Mount Maunganui College, and then attended the Wellington Polytechnic (now Massey University) journalism course in 1980 but did not graduate. Career Braunias has worked as editor of ''Capital Times (New Zealand), Capital Times'', feature writer at ''Metro (magazine), Metro magazine'', deputy editor of the ''New Zealand Listener'' and senior writer at ''The Sunday Star-Times''. He was also staff writer at ''Metro'' magazine, and syndic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeroen Speak
Jeroen Speak (born June 1969) is a New Zealand-born UK-based composer. Biography Jeroen Speak received undergraduate training in New Zealand. With the aid of the William Georgetti and Herbert Sutcliffe scholarships he completed a master's degree at Victoria University of Wellington, where he graduated in 1993. In 1994 he was the Composer in Residence at the Nelson School of Music before moving to Britain where he completed a D Phil at the University of Sussex under Michael Finnissy, he has also studied with John Young, and Jonathan Harvey. In 2004 he was awarded a place in the 'Visiting Arts' exchange programme with Taiwan where he developed his interests in Chinese and Taiwanese music and aesthetics. In 2005 he was awarded an 'Artist Links' fellowship by the British Council to further develop these interests in Shanghai, China. In 1992 he was the recipient of the ACL Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize at the 14th Asian Composers' League Festival, in the same year he was awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Rose
Jessica Lee Rose (born April 26, 1987) is an American-New Zealand actress who first gained popularity after playing the role of '' lonelygirl15'', a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in YouTube video blogs, beginning in June 2006. In September 2006, the ''Los Angeles Times'' outed the character, destroying any mystery surrounding the possible fictionality of ''lonelygirl15'', which thrust Rose into the mainstream spotlight while also increasing the viewership of the series. In 2007, Rose won a Webby for this role. After leaving ''lonelygirl15'' in August 2007, Rose played "Jen K." on ABC Family's '' Greek''. She went on to appear in various movies, such as ''Perfect Sport'' and SyFy's ''Ghost Town'', and other web series, such as ''Hooking Up'' and '' Sorority Forever''. She signed on to do the independent movie ''Look at Me'' with her ''Lonelygirl15'' co-star Yousef Abu Taleb in March 2010. Early life Rose was born in Salisbury, Maryland, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Stokes
Edward James Taite Stokes (born 26 June 1950) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Stokes represented Bay of Plenty at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on the 1976 tour of South America. He participated in five matches during the tour, one of which was against Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...; however, international caps were not awarded for that game. References 1950 births Living people Rugby union players from Auckland New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Bay of Plenty rugby union players Māori All Blacks players Rugby union centres People educated at Mount Maunganui College 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Robertson (rugby Union)
Scott Maurice Robertson (born 21 August 1974) is a New Zealand rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ... coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the All Blacks, the men's New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand national team. Nicknamed "Razor", he played as a Flanker (rugby union), flanker for Bay of Plenty Rugby Union, Bay of Plenty, USA Perpignan, Perpignan, Canterbury Rugby Football Union, Canterbury and the Crusaders (rugby union), Crusaders. He won 23 international caps for New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand between 1998 and 2002. He was the head coach of the New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team, New Zealand U20 team, the Canterbury Rugby Football Union, Canterbury ITM Cup team, and the Crusaders in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
