Mallory Havens, a student at Knox College, has been awarded a research fellowship from the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) to study the effects of climate change on soybeans.

In many ways, sport is the laboratory for our society, the testing ground of our culture, the place where the future gets a preview. Change comes to the games we play before it takes root in the way we live.

Wingham's Rachel Relf has a big future ahead of her in the beef industry. The 14-year-old St Clare’s student placed first in the intermediate judging in the 2008 Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) Heifer Show, held during the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Eleven church leaders and representatives were at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday to make their contribution to the National Conversation on Scotlands constitutional future

Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro will present a lecture next Wednesday in Wellington to highlight the importance of Mäori and Pacific children to New Zealand society in the future.