Local News
12:18pm Fri 22 Mar, 2024
More than 600 secondary students from across Aotearoa will perform in The Wright Family Foundation 46th National Youth Jazz Competition in Tauranga next week. The... Read More
12:10pm Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Rules to help fast-track much-needed housing in Ōmokoroa and Te Puke are now in place. This month Western Bay of Plenty District Council made changes to its... Read More
12:01pm Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Nomadic souls in motorhomes, drawn from every corner of the country, are sharing a common passion for the open road. As they set up their lakeside... Read More
09:40am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Tamarillos, passionfruit, swiss chocolate, vanilla, strawberry…. These are just some of the flavours, the tastes, that will be explored in a brand new... Read More
09:16am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
More than 100 years since it was built in 1918, the St Amand Hotel on The Strand is having a new lease of life breathed into it. Today's St Amand Hotel building... Read More
08:59am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Free parking will continue in downtown Mount Maunganui, but council plans to take a tougher stance on people flouting time limits on spaces. Local businesses... Read More
08:50am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Tauranga's Memorial Park Cenotaph has been restored to its former glory by a team of natural stone sealing specialists ahead of this year's Anzac Day commemorations.... Read More
08:00am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
Plans for bus 'super stops' in Tauranga's city centre are opposed by landowners and developers, causing council to defer its decision. Tauranga City Council proposed... Read More
08:00am Fri 22 Mar, 2024
It was 1974 and colour television had just been introduced to New Zealand households. So had the name of a new New Zealand sporting hero - that of an unlikely,... Read More
10:33am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
Yes, there were tears. They cried and she cried. 'And I'm not a crier.” It was the last night of Tauranga Intermediate School's two-week boys' basketball... Read More
10:01am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
Plans for a stadium in central Tauranga have been scaled back and construction pushed out because of budget constraints. The community stadium at the Tauranga... Read More
09:36am Fri 15 Mar, 2024
From walking the 'aisles' of your own backyard supermarket, to growing your own lettuce in recycled bottles - there's plenty to learn about food resilience as Sustainable... Read More