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Tauranga doctor becomes Rotorua teacher to help improve the lives of young people 5 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM 4 minutes to read He spent six years studying to be a doctor and six years working in a hospital. But now a proud Palestinian Kiwi has also become a teacher in Rotorua, just so he can help make a difference to young people. Dr Abdal-Bari Al-Chanati, 30, from Tauranga has this week started a new career as a teacher at Rotorua Boys' High School. And while he's commuting Monday to Friday inspiring the students at the school to be good at science, he's also picking up shifts at...

Rotorua provisional school rolls 2021: Single-sex schools have largest student spike 17 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read Rotorua brothers Taylor, 11, and Harrison Beazley, 13, will both start at new schools this year. Photo / Kelly Makiha Rotorua brothers Taylor, 11, and Harrison Beazley, 13, will both start at new schools this year. Photo / Kelly Makiha More Rotorua parents are opting to send their kids to the city's single-sex secondary schools, which both face significant roll jumps this year according to provisional figures. However, co-ed schools remain the city's largest. M...

Rotorua Daily Post Year in Review: November 2020 8 Jan, 2021 07:50 PM 6 minutes to read Rotorua Daily Post The Rotorua Daily Post is looking back at the stories of 2020. Here's what made headlines in November. November 4 He used to clean the windscreens of people's cars at traffic lights to make a few bucks, now the former Rotorua homeless man is cleaning windows for a real job. Brian "Bam Bam" Mollgaard was a familiar sight either sitting on footpaths with an upturned cap politely begging for money or cleaning windscreens of cars stopped at traffic lights for coins. But thanks to a Rotorua w...