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Rotorua Boys' High School's $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 School's 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 residential and commercial building consents issued last month. Principal Chris Grinter said it was "ve...

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 he'd never come back. Four years later, the new IT technician has to remember not to call those who are now his colle...

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 school's 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 school's new terraces. Photo / Andrew Warner The atmosphere at events and sports matches at Rotorua Boys' High School...

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 them.  For example, although one of Lowry’s study species, S. patulum, extends from southeastern ...