Local News
12:10pm Fri 08 Nov, 2019
He's stylist or groomer to the students, the young men of Tauranga Boys' College. If the TBC 1st XV is looking especially slick before the big game or... Read More
12:08pm Fri 08 Nov, 2019
The Chase's Shaun Wallace is making a pit stop in Tauranga later this month during his 'jam-packed' trip to New Zealand. It's the 'Dark Destroyers'... Read More
11:51am Fri 08 Nov, 2019
A new addition to Papamoa's cycle lane has caused some jaw dropping amongst motorists this week. Papamoa College student Elliott Cope has been enjoying... Read More
11:48am Fri 08 Nov, 2019
They are the new Kiwis drawn from the largest ethno-linguistic group of people in Europe. They are the Slavs. East Slavs from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine,... Read More
11:47am Fri 08 Nov, 2019
A 17-year-old Papamoa college student has been recognised for her work tackling period poverty. Shuari Naidoo, of Moraka Menstrual Cups, won Entrepreneur... Read More
11:28am Fri 08 Nov, 2019
There's a heap of crap in Wayne Jacobi's front yard. 'Oh yeah! 23 years of crap. I am a bloody hoarder. There's some good crap too.” Maybe, but you'd... Read More
09:26am Fri 08 Nov, 2019
Perhaps the best-known voice in Katikati has fallen silent. Along with his trademark bell. Since 2000, the goateed John Groves, in his tricorne hat, gold... Read More
09:25am Fri 08 Nov, 2019
Hundreds of "stressed, under-resourced" social service organisations are working hard to make grassroots change within the Tauranga community. There are 225... Read More
09:22am Fri 08 Nov, 2019
Passionate park users who turned up to the Tauranga City Council's Kulim Park upgrade consultation may have been a little confused. While the council had its... Read More
06:28pm Fri 01 Nov, 2019
'Mother Nature is my girl, and these are my babies.” Dean Morman, a 50-something-old horticulture landscape designer musing on his Papamoa backyard.... Read More
06:26pm Fri 01 Nov, 2019
Tahatai Coast School is finally celebrating its brand new cycling facility, a project to promote wellness and bike safety among tamariki. After a year of... Read More
06:25pm Fri 01 Nov, 2019
Tauranga City Council is halfway through upgrading 7000 street light fixtures to LED, a project which could save two-gigawatt hours each year. The upgrade... Read More












