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Zoe Blake

Reporter · NZ

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Zoe Blake

    He left school with $6. Eighteen months later he has a six-figure business (opens the original)

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    Benji Smith grew Elevate Content from free shoots to a six‑figure operation. Photo / Photography with Holly Kate Benji Smith left school at 17 with $6 in his bank and a camera he had just bought. Eighteen months later, he says he’s made six figures and has enough for a house deposit. The Tauranga entrepreneur says he is now preparing to buy his first home, with money he made through Elevate Content, his real estate marketing business. “When my pre-approval came back accepted, and we could put an

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Zoe Blake

    School kids create life-size human image of Christ the Redeemer (opens the original)

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    More than 450 students and staff form a life-sized image of Christ the Redeemer. Rio de Janeiro’s most famous statue got an unlikely twin on a school field in Tauranga. St Mary’s Catholic School Tauranga students spent Thursday morning forming a human image of Christ the Redeemer. Armed with spray paint and the entire school roll, the student brought the landmark to life on their field. Year 5 and 6 students had spent the term researching the history and engineering behind the statue and the oth

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Zoe Blake

    ‘I feel like I’m being gaslit’: Mum fights for daughter’s disability funding (opens the original)

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    Four-year-old Remi Henderson requires round-the-clock care. Remi Henderson’s needs are growing but her family’s disability funding has remained the same. The Tauranga 4-year-old has Rett syndrome, and an early reassessment of her disability support put her family’s funding at about 40% less than their existing allocation. Rett syndrome is a rare genetic neurological condition that causes children to lose skills they previously developed. The family’s original annual funding allocation was reinst

  4. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Zoe Blake

    Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: Tauranga event puts spotlight on kapa haka (opens the original)

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    Waikato University associate professor Ngairo Eruera. Kapa haka’s power to keep te reo Māori alive will take centre stage at a public symposium in Tauranga on Wednesday. Held as part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori celebrations, the event will bring together Waikato University lecturers and local kapa haka practitioners for a shared discussion of its role in language survival. Among them, Waikato University professor Ngairo Eruera will join Taha-Ngawari Tangitu-Huata, Mauria Ngatoko, and Numia Tangitu

  5. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Zoe Blake

    ‘An experiment gone wrong’: Schools rethink open-plan classrooms (opens the original)

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    Pāpāmoa College principal Iva Ropati says the school’s open‑plan design was “an experiment that went terribly wrong”. For some schools, open-plan classrooms were an experiment that failed. For others, they’re still the future. In August, the Government announced a further $31.3 million to help nearly 90 schools create calmer, less disruptive learning spaces by modifying existing open-plan classrooms. Open-plan classrooms, also known as modern or flexible learning environments, are large shared s

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