Local News

Knowledge is power

Citizens Advice Bureau Tauranga has ramped up its service in the face of a big increase in enquiries. Bureau manager Kim Saunders says people need to know they... Read More

It takes a village to stop the spread

Organisers of a Covid-19 checkpoint at Maketu are concerned at the amount of non-essential travel in and out of the town. Maketu Health and Social Services... Read More

Your moment in The Sun

The Weekend Sun may not be in your letterbox this week but that doesn't mean it's not there. All the usual content can now be found at www.theweekendsun.co.nz... Read More

These fat brothers are thinking big

Proudly and defiantly, unhealthy fast food - everything fat, nothing green, nothing vegetarian, nothing vegan. That was the business model that won the heart, and... Read More

A lifetime of doing good deeds

Alan Pine is a stayer. He's been with St John for 62 years and he is the latest person to be recognised in The Weekend Sun's series on volunteers. He was made a... Read More

Green space gobbles house

The Tauranga City Council is planning to remove a tidy, three-bedroom house in Pyes Pa to provide a second access to the park and playground behind it. The council... Read More

The big OE just got smaller

Tauranga woman Kelly Rice provides a perspective on being far from home during an international crisis. OPINION: We left the mighty shores of New Zealand on... Read More

Laughter is the best medicine

For Karen and Michael Kessell laughter goes a long way. The Aongatete couple have taken it upon themselves to lighten up the neighbourhood with their own brand... Read More

Art Festival is knocking on the door

Tauranga Arts Festival is cancelling the Escape! Festival at Queen's Birthday weekend but will deliver 'arts at home', a web-based project, for the lockdown. The... Read More

Partial eclipse of The Sun

The Weekend Sun will not be printed for the next four weeks. Management advises that an extensive, free news service will continue to be provided online... Read More

Essential businesses to stay open

New Zealand is in lockdown but Bay of Plenty people can still connect through Sun Media's news website: www.sunlive.co.nz and can now find essential services... Read More

Help your neighbours

People are being urged to build support networks in their community to ensure the needs of vulnerable people are being met. Age Concern general manager... Read More