NCEA results will be available on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority [NZQA] website from January 15. Results can be viewed via the MyNZQA learners portal. Students will be able to see their assessed and marked NCEA exam papers online from January 21. Students who sat the New Zealand Scholarship exams will know their results on February 11.
Bus hub improvements
Work to improve the old Rose St bus hub in Whangārei starts next week. Buses will travel to and from Vine St in the meantime. New public toilets, staff facilities, ticketing office, covered seating area, and pedestrian link are going to be built.
Heritage items uncovered
Numerous household items have been discovered during the restoration of a Northland heritage building site. Glass bottles and jars, including a Brylcream jar, Ponds hand cream jar, and a chickory essence bottle, were recently found within the centre of a wall at Edmonds Ruins near Kerikeri. The items were discovered when the wall was being restored by Kerikeri stonemason Ian McDiamard. Heritage New Zealand Northland manager Bill Edwards says after 70 years, the items were in excellent condition. Stonemason John Edmonds began building the house in 1840 which was subsequently finished by his sons over 10 years later. In the 1880s, the house was largely destroyed by fire leaving only the ruins that we know today.
