Local News

Playing new sport head on

The Tauranga City Tridents will get kitted up in helmets and shoulder pads this Saturday, with their contact American Football contest finally kicking-off in... Read More

Ascending Mauao for a good cause

Going up Mount Maunganui 18 times in less than 24 hours sounds like a real challenge and it's exactly what gym owner Chris Shearer will be doing today to... Read More

World’s best on home soil

New Zealand squash champions, Paul Coll and Joelle King will play against the world's best on home soil for the first time in their careers for the New Zealand... Read More

Car show on the road again!

Bay of Plenty Vintage Car Club's annual family show and swapmeet is returning to Cliff Road this Sunday - but be warned, attendees will view more than Model... Read More

New social supermarket in Otūmoetai

Connecting a community through food is behind a new social supermarket that has opened this week in Otūmoetai. Referral based, once fully operational, the social... Read More

Welcoming migrants to Tauranga

Multicultural Tauranga will welcome new migrants to the Bay of Plenty by hosting the second-ever Migrant Powhiri next Saturday, November 12. Multicultural Cultural... Read More

Rare Victorian era home on view

Brain Watkins House is a Victorian kauri villa completed by Joseph Brain in 1881 and occupied by the family for 98 years. Located at 233 Cameron Rd, it is listed... Read More

Trust to mark Armistice Day at Papamoa Beach

The Papamoa War Memorial Community Trust is to mark this year's Armistice Day with a ceremony at the flag pole and memorial in Stella Place, Papamoa, next... Read More

God’s changing rooms

A Beauty of Ashes seminar with the theme 'God's Changing Rooms' is being held on November 5 in Tauranga. Beauty for Ashes Ministries NZ, founded by pastors Tonia... Read More

A novel win for Carol

A Tauranga author has won a prestigious Storylines Notable Book Award for Junior Fiction, for her debut novel published by Scholastic in July. 'Kidnap at... Read More

Aquatic centre’s golden girl to unveil improvement

If you ever happen to find yourself at Greerton Aquatic and Leisure Centre at 7.30am on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday - look to lane seven in the lap pool. Be... Read More

Red Tulip Walk brings Parkinson’s to fore

Gather your friends and family for a 5km Red Tulip Walk for Parkinson's around Mount Maunganui tomorrow, November 5. Parkinson's is the fastest growing neurological... Read More