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ASB Classic cultivating champs

Two young talented Tauranga tennis players will get to taste what it's to play at the ASB Classic Arena after qualifying for January's youth-focused tournament. Eleven-year-old... Read More

Inside Santa’s Grotto...all are welcome!

Gnomes in a floral utopia, elves 'playing' on children's toys, a fairy wonderland, Christmas tree and Santa's workshop awaits visitors who wander through Santa's... Read More

Saving little blue penguins

Local wildlife experts are spending their Christmas break rehabilitating little blue penguins that are washing ashore weak and starving on the beaches of the Bay... Read More

Beach boom for summer

Bay of Plenty Lifeguards are expecting a busy summer volunteering, with the heat of summer upon us. Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service senior lifeguard Jamie Troughton... Read More

Hairini‘s needles of love...

Going 'flat out on their needles” is how Betty Higgins describes the tight-knit group who've been meeting weekly in her Hairini home. Every Monday the Daintee... Read More

Get the kids reading this summer!

Keep the kids busy this summer season with the local libraries' challenges. Tauranga City Libraries and Western Bay of Plenty District Libraries are both running... Read More

Stop, share, celebrate, feast

'It's really lush, it's really cool.” It's St Peters in the City free community Christmas dinner. 'Thirty-two chickens, six units of ham at $130…... Read More

New Year’s Eve free, family fun is back!

Grab your whānau, a picnic blanket and your dancing shoes and head to one of five community New Year's Eve celebrations taking place across Tauranga on Saturday,... Read More

Tough decisions ahead for Te Puna

Te Puna Community Centre on Maramatanga Park is about to shut its doors for good, closing a chapter on a building that's been home to many activities and groups... Read More

Give your health business a lift this Christmas!

Float Fitness in Mount Maunganui is an established aerial fitness and wellness studio, first-of-its-kind and beautifully fitted out. The business is now for sale... Read More

Tauranga’s summer will be the bomb!

Get ready to make a splash this summer by trying your luck in the Tauranga Moana Bomb Comp this Sunday, December 18, at the public wharf along Tauranga City's... Read More

Barry’s suite retirement

How long is long enough on a comfy couch? Mount Maunganui's furniture connoisseur and retail icon Barry Muir has decided it's time. He's occupied his Maunganui... Read More