Was it a case of religious intolerance and insensitivity or a vigilant security officer on top of his game?   Either way it triggered... Read More

  It all began with a cheap shot at a sausage sizzle outside Mitre 10 last Saturday morning.   “Underwater hockey?” asked The... Read More

  The roller door has been hoisted, and the mid-morning sun is fingering its way towards a huge cauldron simmering on a gas trivet in the kitchen... Read More

  Aquinas College students have recently returned from an overseas trip of a lifetime, dissecting human brains and discovering how the universe... Read More

  Papamoa Domain has a new picnic table.   And this isn’t any ordinary picnic table – it’s specifically designed for... Read More

  Tauranga artist Graham Hoete is encouraging residents to start using the right pronunciation in his new tongue-in-cheek art piece.   “It’s... Read More

  “Why did the chicken cross the road? Because there’s no underpass.”   One wag’s placard at the Bayfair underpass... Read More

  If there were no seafarers the world would come to a ‘grinding halt’.   And next month, on Merchant Navy Day at Sulphur Point,... Read More

  Ethno Sessions this weekend at the Jam Factory is a superb way to experience the world of music from many cultures around the globe.   Organiser... Read More

For those who haven’t yet experienced the buzz that comes from being involved in a Coast Care day, the last dune planting days of the winter season... Read More

  “We had a little dream and it became a big dream,” says Karen Summerhays, who helped mastermind the bold business initiative to stop... Read More

  Lyndsay Morgan has been caring for infants for more than 40 years.   The Tauranga woman’s career started straight out of high school... Read More

  A Charlotte’s Web-themed tree has won first place in the Greerton Village Yarnbombing competition this year.   Knitted by Lynne... Read More

  Right now they may just be small sprouts, but sky-high glorious sunflowers will be dispersed across the Otumoetai Kindergarten garden in a few... Read More

  Merivale Community Garden is for the people.   And the group of devoted volunteers behind the garden want residents of the community to... Read More