Local News

Youth like the sound of jazz

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

New home building rules for WBOP

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

Loving life on wheels

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

A peep behind the shelterbelts

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

A heart of history on The Strand

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

Council braking on Mount Maunganu paid parking

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

City Cenotaph receives clean ahead of Anzac Day

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

Tauranga landowners oppose 'super' bus stops

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

Dissecting Dick’s 10,000 metres…again

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

Maka, basketball and her boys

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

Tauranga stadium construction deferred

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

Growing food resilience this March

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