Wellington startup Kry10 has raised $6 million for its push to make connected devices - from manufacturing plants to wind turbines to tech-packed cars -.
Letters: Teen drivers, Unitary Plan, Queenstown tourism and David Seymour
19 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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NZ Herald
Letter of the week: Ainsley Dermody, Katikati.
A sleeping coastal village at 1am is shattered by a screaming engine, a loud bump and an even louder crash. The power goes off and a car horn goes on and on and on.
Outside, a woman is calling emergency services, one teen is running down the road and another is screaming, holding an RTD with blooming lip.
And an unconscious teen driver is being shaken by a teen girlfriend, screaming for him to wake up.
Rotorua students achieve scholarship success
14 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM
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Western Heights High School students Ashton McGarvie and Zach Jans achieved scholarship last year.
Despite a tough and unprecedented year in 2020, Rotorua students continued to excel in their academic ventures. More than 10,400 students entered New Zealand Scholarship examinations last year, and of those who sat them, 2148 students were awarded one or more scholarships across the 36 subjects.
New Zealand Scholarship assesses students on their ability to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation.
John Paul College topped the list of Bay of Plenty recipients with students achieving 15 Scholarships and three Outstanding Scholarships.