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The warm months ahead may be filled with bugs. In the Bay Area, mosquitos, cockroaches, termites and more all may see a population boom thanks to the rain.

Millions, possibly billions of Turkestan cockroaches, a species of the reviled insect,...

The fight to stop scientists — and hobbyists — from collecting (and killing) butterflies.

Bay of Plenty schools say Government funded school lunches dont go to waste 18 May, 2021 07:00 PM 5 minutes to read The Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme expects to benefit 215,000 students in New Zealand by the end of 2021. Photo / File The Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme expects to benefit 215,000 students in New Zealand by the end of 2021. Photo / File Concerns over food waste from a Government-funded lunch scheme dont seem to be shared by Bay of Plenty school leaders who say open communication is reducin...

Free school buses planned for Rotorua, Whakatāne students as BOPRC gets brave 12 May, 2021 06:00 PM 6 minutes to read Big moves have been made to enable school children in Rotorua and Whaktāne to catch the bus for free. Photo / Getty Images Big moves have been made to enable school children in Rotorua and Whaktāne to catch the bus for free. Photo / Getty Images Bay of Plenty Regional Council has voted to extend Taurangas successful trial of free bus fares for school children to Rotorua and W...

'We may not be popular but now's the time to make a move. Tauranga can't wait.'

Rotorua Boys High Schools $5.5m science block gets green light 9 May, 2021 06:00 PM 3 minutes to read New Science block at RBHS Rotorua Boys High Schools new multi-million dollar science facility has been given the green light - after more than three years of waiting. Figures from the Rotorua Lakes Council obtained by the Rotorua Daily Post show a building consent valued at $5.5 million has been issued for the new science block. It was part of more than $18.5m worth of residen...

Rotorua Boys High School old boys make up quarter of staff 17 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM 3 minutes to read Deputy principal Jonathan Taylor (front) with the former Rotorua Boys High School students now on the staff. Photo / Andrew Warner. Deputy principal Jonathan Taylor (front) with the former Rotorua Boys High School students now on the staff. Photo / Andrew Warner. Sitting in the Rotorua Boys High School boarding house in 2016, James Devenport remembers saying hed never come back. Four year...

New Rotorua Boys High School terraces represent young men climbing to the highest levels of knowledge 14 Apr, 2021 06:00 AM 5 minutes to read Rotorua Boys High School director of Māori performing arts Jamus Webster (left), principal Chris Grinter and deputy principal Rie Morris at the schools new terraces. Photo / Andrew Warner Rotorua Boys High School director of Māori performing arts Jamus Webster (left), principal Chris Grinter and deputy principal Rie Morris at the schools new terraces. P...

P. LOWRY/MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   Over the past decade, botanist Pete Lowry has noticed a worrying trend in his field. An expert on the Sciodaphyllum (formerly Schefflera) genus of neotropical plants, he used to have a relatively easy time doing fieldwork abroad, he says. Now, however, he and his colleagues at the Missouri Botanical Garden face a mountain of logistical hurdles to gain permission to work in the various countries they want to visit, let alone bring samples back home with t...