“I am special. l am very special.” Thirteen-year-old Sophie Turner is special because she has succeeded – she has confronted some deeply challenging personal issues and blossomed on the national stage despite them. She has Tourette... Read More

It's about taking a step in someone else's shoes. And in the case of Red Cross' Maree Boyes and Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless, they're taking 10,000 steps a day to understand someone else's story. Maree and Greg have teamed... Read More

  Stars from The Flash, Teen Wolf, The 100 and more are expected in Tauranga this weekend for the city's first ever Armageddon Expo. New Zealand's biggest geek and entertainment event, Armageddon Expo, is coming to ASB Baypark Arena on... Read More

“Don't ever stop fighting.” That's what Cilla Veldhuizen tells people. She's been fighting cancer for seven years, and has been terminal for two. Cilla found out she had breast cancer after getting a sore breast from falling... Read More

He's been with the project from the start – since it was a pencil sketch on a piece of paper at Tauranga City Council – now he's going to make a splash at the official opening. Western Bay of Plenty residents are invited to the... Read More

It's a story that traverses generations and hemispheres – and touches senses and emotions on the way. It's about an enduring rock star in the United Kingdom, an unshakeable fan 10,000km away here in Bay of Plenty and some classic soft... Read More

The finest jazz musicians from home and abroad will get Tauranga jumping and jiving and grooving this Easter Weekend with the return of National Jazz Festival. Today marks the start of the 55th annual festival, and festival director Becks Chambers says... Read More

  Although the stockcar class required a runoff to determine the Bay of Plenty champion, it was the saloons and super saloons that provided the closest racing at the Baypark Speedway on Saturday night. Current 3NZ Steve Cowling eventually took out... Read More

It was pandemonium. English singer-songwriter and international superstar Adele steps on stage and 45,000 people go off. Cheers, yelling, clapping, whistling, yahooing. But this is Tauranga – 211.4km from Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland and 72... Read More

Ladies and Gentleman – it's time to don your fancy frocks and frills, grab your wallets and gather the kids – because tomorrow Racing Tauranga is hosting a horse racing and fashion in the field event for everyone. The Bayleys International... Read More